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Mobile networks
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March 01, 2018
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Mar'18
MWC 2018: Cisco and Vodafone demonstrate network slicing
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, network supplier Cisco and mobile operator Vodafone demonstrated network slicing techniques using segment routing
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March 01, 2018
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Mar'18
Six bidders set to take part in 5G mobile spectrum auction
Ofcom has confirmed the names of the six companies that have successfully qualified to take part in this year’s mobile spectrum auction
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February 28, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: 5G collaboration dominates agenda at annual mobile fair
At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, 5G mobile networks were the talk of the show, and a number of operators announced new collaborations around the emerging network standard with their technology partners
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February 28, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Project Flame launches 5G testbed in Barcelona
The European H2020 Project Flame has launched the first urban-scaled 5G testbed for open media internet trials, using an InterDigital platform
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February 27, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia
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February 26, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Telefónica aims to connect 100 million in Latin America
At Mobile World Congress, telecoms operator Telefónica launches a new initiative to bring 100 million people in Latin America online by using mobile networking technology for the first time
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February 26, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: 5G 'open for business', says Ericsson CEO
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm has been expanding on early commercial opportunities for 5G mobile networks
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February 26, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 launch kicks off annual mobile festival
Samsung has raised the curtain on Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona with the launch of a new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone device
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February 22, 2018
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Feb'18
Emergency Services Network progress ‘deeply unsatisfactory’, says PAC
A Home Office review of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme will not be finished before the end of July, the Public Accounts Committee has been told
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February 22, 2018
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Feb'18
5G mobile network rocks up in Brighton
Digital Catapult and the Coast to Capital LEP will switch on a 5G mobile network test bed in Brighton in April 2018
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February 22, 2018
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Feb'18
O2 uses The O2 to run 5G mobile network trials
Mobile network operator O2 is to trial a 5G ‘experience’ at the eponymous London music venue later in 2018
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February 20, 2018
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Feb'18
4G IoT network may ease aviation sector fears over drone safety
Vodafone is testing mobile and internet of things network technology to protect commercial aircraft from badly flown drones
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February 19, 2018
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Feb'18
Church spires to become mobile coverage hotspots
Following successful trials in East Anglia, DCMS and Defra plan to encourage rural vicars to host broadband connectivity hotspots in their churches
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February 14, 2018
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Feb'18
Consumers wasting millions of gigabytes of inclusive mobile data
Over 140 million gigabytes of mobile broadband data included in UK consumer mobile contracts is going unused every month, according to uSwitch
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February 13, 2018
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Feb'18
Vodafone introduces 4G mini-masts in Cornwall
Vodafone has installed and trialled a pint-sized 4G ‘mini mobile’ mast, designed to be less obtrusive, in Cornwall
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February 12, 2018
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Feb'18
Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel
The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles
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February 09, 2018
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Feb'18
EE launches home broadband over 4G LTE
EE has been conducting tests of a powerful 4G antenna that it claims can provide isolated rural homes with broadband speeds equivalent to full-fibre
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February 07, 2018
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Feb'18
Orange announces European 5G testing
Mobile operator Orange will run 5G mobile network pilots in France and Romania later this year
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February 07, 2018
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Feb'18
Dubai transport authority maps city to support autonomous cars
Dubai’s RTA has enlisted Here Technologies to build a high-definition map of the city to support its goals around self-driving cars
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February 02, 2018
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Feb'18
Global Services still problem child for BT
Challenging market conditions and lost customers at its IT services unit weigh heavily on BT’s results in the third quarter
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January 31, 2018
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Jan'18
Australia’s internet speeds limiting productivity
Australia’s broadband networks, already among the world’s slowest, could be further strained by the emergence of virtual and augmented reality
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January 25, 2018
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Jan'18
Select Committee highlights Brexit effect on roaming and data protection
House of Commons Select Committee report sets out Brexit challenges such as uncertainty around regulations, data protection, mobile roaming charges and skills
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January 25, 2018
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Jan'18
Sky to move pay TV services to broadband
The days of the satellite TV dish are numbered as Sky signals its intent to switch to an IP streaming delivery model over broadband connections
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January 24, 2018
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Jan'18
Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues
Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries
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January 18, 2018
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Jan'18
Milton Keynes first to get CityFibre-backed consumer broadband
CityFibre’s FTTP broadband network will be launched to residential customers in Milton Keynes through ISP partner Vodafone
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Ofcom pushes ahead with spectrum auction despite legal hold-up
Regulator starts preparation work for the long-delayed auction of radio spectrum to support enhanced 4G and future 5G mobile network roll-out
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January 16, 2018
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Jan'18
Telstra adds narrowband capability to its IoT network
Australian telco claims to be one of the first in the world to support both narrowband internet of things and Cat M1 technologies
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January 16, 2018
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Jan'18
Consumers demand better treatment from mobile operators
Mobile operators need to work to win back consumer trust ahead of widespread 5G deployment, according to a report from Ericsson
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January 11, 2018
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Jan'18
CES 2018: Hyundai and Cisco bring SDN to the automobile
Hyundai will debut a new generation of hyperconnected software-defined car in 2019, incorporating a Cisco-designed network platform
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Spanish authorities ready roads for autonomous vehicles
Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic has selected Mobileye technology to develop vision and data analysis for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
CES 2018: Pizza Hut to test autonomous delivery vehicle
At CES 2018, underway in Las Vegas, Pizza Hut and Toyota announce a partnership to develop an autonomous pizza delivery service
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
CES 2018: Jaguar Land Rover picks Qualcomm to power in-car connectivity
British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820Am automotive platform to power in-vehicle connectivity
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January 04, 2018
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Jan'18
Scottish Ambulance Service tests satellite to improve critical care process
The Scottish Ambulance Service is testing satellite broadband to help paramedics gather vital information on their patients’ conditions whilst in transit
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January 04, 2018
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Jan'18
Claire House Children’s Hospice opens up about its digital transformation triumphs
Claire House Children’s Hospice took home the Best of Show prize at the Best of VMworld 2017 Awards by sharing details of how technology is helping it achieve its aim of reaching every family who needs its help across the north-west of England
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January 04, 2018
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Jan'18
Intel, Nokia prepping APAC telcos for 5G wave
The two tech firms are among others that have been working with telcos across the Asia-Pacific region to test 5G technologies and applications
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
Smartphone production to plateau in 2018, says report
After a bumper year, driven chiefly by growth in the Chinese market, smartphone production will begin to slow in 2018, according to analysts at TrendForce
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January 02, 2018
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Jan'18
Trackside network to bring 5G to UK rail travellers by 2025
The government has launched a consultation on improving mobile connectivity for rail passengers
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December 05, 2017
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Dec'17
Vodafone picks Huawei to underpin NFV and SDN roll-out
Mobile operator Vodafone will use Huawei’s FusionSphere Openstack platform to support its NFV and SDN ambitions
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November 20, 2017
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Nov'17
Budget 2017 to promise huge UK technology boost
Wednesday’s Budget will include funding for artificial intelligence, driverless cars, 5G, digital skills and more computer science teachers
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November 14, 2017
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Nov'17
Emergency Services Network delay to cost hundreds of millions
The Emergency Services Network roll-out has hit further delays and is likely to become very costly indeed, the Public Accounts Committee has heard
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November 14, 2017
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Nov'17
Waltham Forest Council gives 5G network plans a boost
Waltham Forest Council in London is to allow Arqiva to deploy small cell technology on 16,000 lampposts across the borough
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October 20, 2017
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Oct'17
Operators urged to find compelling B2B use cases for 5G
5G has the capability to bring froward a number of use cases for the business-to-business sector, says Innovate UK
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October 19, 2017
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Oct'17
Government cuts cost of network infrastructure roll-out
Parts of the Electronic Communications Code have been updated to help communications providers deploy new infrastructure more quickly
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears
A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.
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October 10, 2017
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Oct'17
Belgian telco Proximus picks Cloudify to support NFV roll-out
Belgium’s largest telecoms operator Proximus will deploy a cloud-native orchestration platform to support its adoption of NFV services in the business
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September 28, 2017
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Sep'17
Large scale IoT deployments double in 12 months
Vodafone’s fifth annual look at the IoT market reveals that the percentage of companies with more than 50,000 connected devices has effectively doubled in the past year
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September 11, 2017
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Sep'17
EE repurposes 2G spectrum to support expanded 4G mobile service
The operator will re-farm a tranche of spectrum formerly used for 2G services to boost capacity and speed on its 4G network
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September 11, 2017
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Sep'17
EAN airline broadband service moves closer to reality
The European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and will begin to service in-flight broadband customers later in 2017
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September 06, 2017
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Sep'17
IoT networks a massive sales opportunity for operators, claims GSMA
Commercial initiatives around low power wide area network infrastructure will present mobile operators with a potential $1.8tn revenue opportunity over the next decade
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September 01, 2017
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Sep'17
Content delivery innovation improves user experience for e-tailer
WorldStores Group, the owner of a number of online home and lifestyle retail brands, has transformed its customer experience with enhanced content delivery capabilities from Instart Logic