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September 15, 2020
15
Sep'20
Openreach adds 67 locations to broadband fibre build plan
Growth accelerates in UK full-fibre network, with 32,000 homes and businesses gaining full-fibre broadband access every week
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September 14, 2020
14
Sep'20
UK government furthers investment in rural broadband
Quarter of a million rural homes and businesses across England have been given access to more financial help to get super-fast and above broadband speeds up to gigabit
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September 11, 2020
11
Sep'20
NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app to launch in England and Wales on 24 September
After a catalogue of delays, missteps and a complete technological volte-face, UK government finally pencils in the date its contact-tracing app will become available nationally
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September 11, 2020
11
Sep'20
Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024
Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
5G roll-out delay could see £18.2bn hit to UK economy
Huawei publishes research showing the huge potential financial cost of removing its 5G products and services from the UK’s next generation
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
Zoom continues boom in second quarter
Lockdown breakout video conferencing provider continues hot streak through second quarter of 2020, racking up record revenues of over half a billion dollars
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August 18, 2020
18
Aug'20
StarHub starts 5G commercial trial for consumers and businesses
StarHub customers will be among the first in Singapore to access 5G services which are being delivered through a non-standalone network
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August 13, 2020
13
Aug'20
UK government redesigns contact-tracing app and begins new trial phase
No official launch, but app is upgraded to offer alerts based on postcode, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker and test booking in conjunction with the official Test and Trace programme
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August 13, 2020
13
Aug'20
PCCW Global furthers global IoT reach with Nayar Systems
Industrial internet of things firm collaborates with global comms services provider to reduce the time and cost of deploying the services most required by high-tech elevator systems
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August 13, 2020
13
Aug'20
Ericsson hits 100th 5G commercial agreement milestone
Century up for Swedish communications tech firm in next-generation infrastructure wins with deal at Telekom Slovenije to supply essential RAN and Packet Core technology
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August 12, 2020
12
Aug'20
Broadband upstream usage, speeds spike higher in Q2 2020
As the need for remote working, learning, information and entertainment makes broadband access more important than ever, a consumption report finds mass usage of applications such as Zoom driving uptake of higher-speed packages
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August 12, 2020
12
Aug'20
SD-WAN revealed as key enabler for ‘new normal’ remote workforces
Research from software-defined network and cloud platform provider shows the increased importance of software-defined infrastructure to the new work environment
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
UK government gigabit broadband scheme nears half a million new premises benchmark
UK government celebrates reaching gigabit broadband services deployment milestone as part of its ambitious target over the lifetime of parliament
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August 10, 2020
10
Aug'20
SD-WAN gains momentum with enterprises in Australia
As Australian businesses accelerate migration to the cloud, the underlying network will play an increasingly important role and nearly 60% of enterprises in the country have already implemented SD-WAN
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August 10, 2020
10
Aug'20
Poor connectivity sees home workers lose over half an hour of work a day
Business leaders reveal pressure of new normal with research revealing four-fifths of home workers experiencing unreliable internet connection while working from home, and nearly half having slow and/or unreliable internet connection
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August 07, 2020
07
Aug'20
‘Inadequate’ broadband impacts bottom line for London’s SMEs
Research reveals as many as 85% of small businesses in UK capital do not know how fast their broadband speed needs to be for their business to thrive, and only two-fifths were able to transition to a fully online business model after Covid-19 hit
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Tata Communications unveils new secure digital experience
Global digital ecosystem enabler Tata aims to allow businesses to adapt to the realities of enterprise transformation, workforce mobility and consumer experience in the new digital-first environment
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Edge server shipments set to double by 2024
As business gets close to the edge, analyst predicts a ‘supercharged’ edge server market over the next five years driven by an associated boom in cloud services
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
BT launches drive to support UK SMEs
Small Business Support Scheme will help country’s 5.8 million small businesses boost connectivity, cashflow and confidence following coronavirus pandemic
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Apple smashes sales in third quarter, outpaces rivals in growth
iPhone SE and iPhone 11 sales contribute to record June quarter as Apple defies expectations in first true half of the year
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
BT takes Covid-19 hit but claims strong first quarter
Comms provider warns of further impact from pandemic in future quarters as a result of insolvency, slower decision-making by larger customers and lower usage across businesses
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
£400m full-fibre broadband expansion as Warburg Pincus, DTCP take control of Community Fibre
Expansion of full-fibre network across London will deliver up to 10Gbps of broadband to a million households and businesses
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Firms face remote working challenges as IT teams express concern about infrastructure
Post-lockdown survey finds UK-based IT leaders lack confidence in their organisation’s plan to withstand an unanticipated crisis as Covid-19 dramatically accelerates cloud adoption
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
US Cellular taps Nokia, Ericsson to build out 5G infrastructure
Scandinavian comms tech suppliers on board to support US’s fourth largest telco’s journey to next-generation services
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Ofcom to free up additional spectrum for wireless services
Regulator takes steps to boost home network users who are now in their home offices and will be there for a considerable period of time
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Amdocs boosts 5G portfolio with Openet acquisition
Deal will bring Openet’s open and network-centric technologies to Amdocs’ portfolio of more than 350 service provider customers worldwide
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Telekom Slovenije introduces 5G
Slovenia’s leading telco unveils the first in a number of phases in its evolution towards next-gen communications
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Aryaka, Check Point announce global managed security partnership
Cloud-first-managed wide area network provider and threat prevention specialist collaborate to produce integrated security and SD-WAN-as-a-service solution
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
UK government ignored civil service warning of no benefit in acquisition of OneWeb
Civil service revealed to have taken the rare step of alerting government that $500m investment in troubled satellite company would bring no discernible benefit
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
Verizon completes long-haul 800Gbps single-wavelength fibre data session
US comms giant sends 800Gbps across long-distance fibre in preparation for significant increase in amount of data from enterprise and consumer 5G applications
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Nokia launches first commercial enterprise 5G standalone private wireless networking
New technology aims to provide ‘direct to 5G’ entry point for high-spec industrial use case validation and ecosystem development
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
A1, Telstra tap Nokia to enhance 5G evolution and pilot network slicing
Self-organising network software deployed to boost automation of leading Australian comms operator’s wide radio access networks as it continues its evolution towards 5G services
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Cloudflare apologises for major net outage
Incident from network engineering team’s routine router configuration update work sees major outage on backbone leading to drops in internet services in Europe, US and Latin America
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Ericsson calls for Europe to ramp up 5G as it wins SoftBank cloud dual-mode core contract
Cloud-native, dual-mode 5G core will provide container-based microservice architecture to help Japanese operator develop new business models
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Global business leaders comfortable if not fully prepared for large-scale shift to remote work
Riverbed survey shows new technology investments are expected to enhance corporate performance and wellness as employees increasingly work from anywhere and employers adopt hybrid working models
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
India’s Jio Platforms eyes global 5G opportunity
Indian mobile network operator Jio Platforms has built a 5G solution that will meet domestic and global demand for 5G services
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
UK’s first 5G accelerator gains speed
UK 5G testbed springs into life with 12 hours of content in a virtual event lasting over two days, offering business-orientated training programme to show the benefits the technology can bring to enterprises
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Over four-fifths of companies will allow employees to work remotely after lockdown
Study finds dynamics of the new work situation means organisations need to manage a more complex, hybrid workforce
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
Nokia claims readiness to enable 5G transition ‘seamlessly’
Software upgrade claimed to offer ‘seamless’ transition for installed 4G/LTE technology to 5G infrastructure, avoiding the need for tower climbs enabling immediate enablement of next-generation networks
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July 13, 2020
13
Jul'20
Consistent trust gap in contact-tracing apps in US, Europe
Survey of more than 16,000 users in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain about mobile applications for Covid-19 tracking reveals global consensus that user trust needs to be rebuilt by giving citizens choice and control
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July 10, 2020
10
Jul'20
Nearly half of employed in UK worked remotely in April 2020
Covid-19 drives upsurge in home working in UK, and of those who did some work remotely, around a third worked fewer hours than usual and the same percentage worked longer hours
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Huawei warns ban would cause ‘huge damage’ to UK digital economy
On the eve of what are predicted to be swingeing limitations – if not an outright ban – on its products from UK, the Chinese communications technology supplier highlights how far its technology is embedded in national infrastructure
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
World’s first 5G eSIM service goes live
Virtual SIM card plan claims to offer pathway to connect users instantly to the world’s fastest mobile network in select countries worldwide
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
Swisscom taps Hitachi to improve network-based customer service
Pentaho product helps business customer service reps of Switzerland’s largest telecommunications company and leading IT services provider provide better, faster service through centralised hub
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
Orange Wholesale unveils eSIM first for France
Global telco ups the ante in French operator wholesale market by partnering with Prixtel to enable customers to download electronic SIM card to latest smartphones
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
Nokia accelerates Open RAN availability with performance, security enhancements
Leading communications technology supplier announces update in open radio access network solutions to support more rapid development of open innovation ecosystem and telecom supply chain
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July 06, 2020
06
Jul'20
Radius aims to get ahead of the curve with new telecoms division
Converged technology, mobile and fixed line telecoms provider’s new division aims to help companies get the ‘smartest approach’ to their operations
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Telco edge to accompany 5G roll-outs in APAC
Pilot projects are underway in the Asia-Pacific to deploy telco edge infrastructure to support high-bandwidth, low-latency applications
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June 30, 2020
30
Jun'20
Partially accurate exposure notification may be best users get from UK contact tracing app
Renowned UK mobile expert warns that adoption, capability, privacy and user behaviour are issues yet to be addressed with UK contact-tracing app, and that results may not be worthwhile to overall fight against Covid-19
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Nokia nets exclusive Taiwan Mobile 5G deal
Three-year deal sees Finnish comms tech provider selected as single supplier for 5G RAN, Core and IMS Taiwanese operator, continues 5G strategy focused on digital transformation and sustainability