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• May 19, 2014 19 May'14

  Cisco to Obama: get NSA out of our hardware

  After allegations that the NSA routinely intercepted Cisco hardware to insert bugging equipment, Cisco CEO John Chambers has written to US President Barack Obama to demand action

• May 18, 2014 18 May'14

  Cisco CTO tells women "there is no such thing as work-life balance”

  Cisco’s chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior, said there is “no such thing as a work-life balance”, but instead she integrates the two

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  EE looks forward to 5G

  Telecoms firm EE is in the midst of its 4G roll-out, and predicts that 5G will not begin appearing commercially until at least 2020

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  London unites local authorities on Public Services Network

  London is the first region to connect all of its local authorities to the Public Services Network (PSN) through the London Public Services Network (LondonPSN)

• May 15, 2014 15 May'14

  Cisco Q3 results not as bad as feared

  Cisco reports year-on-year declines in both sales and profits for its third quarter, but the fall is not as bad as predicted

• May 14, 2014 14 May'14

  Can Tech City deliver reliable fast internet for startup businesses?

  Technology companies based in London’s Tech City are struggling to access high-speed fibre optic broadband, which is dramatically affecting the success their businesses.

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  BT Group sales flat despite consumer sport uptake

  Growth at BT’s Consumer business underpinned by take-up of its BT Sport service was not enough to offset flat and declining sales elsewhere in the Group’s fourth quarter

• May 07, 2014 07 May'14

  UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting

  The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years

• May 02, 2014 02 May'14

  Analysis: How the UK connects to the US global drone network

  A single acronym in a US defence contract provided the clue that established the role of the UK’s telecoms infrastructure in US drone flights

• May 02, 2014 02 May'14

  UK telecoms infrastructure used to support controversial US drone operations

  The UK’s telecommunications infrastructure is being used as part of a global defence network the US government uses for drone operations

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  Golder Associates plans global WAN

  Engineering company Golder Associates is rolling out a wide area network (WAN) across its 180 global sites to optimise connectivity for its diverse and often remote locations

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  EE sees further rise in demand as big companies move to 4G

  Mobile network operator EE has seen a further rise in demand for its 4G services as its customer base increased by 889,000 to 2.9m over the last quarter

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  Home Office tenders for new Emergency Services Network (ESN) provider

  The Home Office is searching for a new provider of its emergency services communications contract

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  Ordnance Survey and BT sign £23m data deal

  Ordnance Survey has begun a new five-year agreement with BT Openreach to supply a range of data products and services

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Zebra Technologies to acquire Motorola’s enterprise business for $3.45bn

  Zebra Technologies has announced that it will acquire Motorola Solutions’ enterprise business for $3.45bn