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Networking and communication

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  HPE opens shop for retail-ready networks

  Security-first, AI-powered capabilities said to help retailers improve customer experience and operational efficiency, detecting negative impacts and transmitting remedies to improve the omnichannel experience

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Virgin Media O2 to begin 3G switch-off in April 2025

  City of Durham to become first part of operator’s plan to focus on 4G and 5G, and deliver faster and more reliable connectivity for customers by moving away from legacy mobile

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  CityFibre, nexfibre accelerate roll-out of UK gigabit project

  VMO2 joint venture claims to reach key milestone in its mission of delivering full-fibre network to previously underserved UK areas faster than any other operator while UK’s largest independent provider kicks off work in East and West Sussex

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Gramedia speeds up inventory checks with RFID

  Indonesian bookstore giant has sped up inventory checks, minimised shrinkage and improved customer experience with RFID-powered checkout kiosks and exit gates

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  US bank FNBO uses Pindrop to tackle voice fraud, deepfakes

  Learn how First National Bank of Omaha in the US is enhancing customer authentication and verification in its contact centres, eliminating friction points and making life easier for its customer service teams, with Pindrop voice security technology

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  Mandiant: Latest Ivanti vulns exploited by Chinese cyber spooks

  Threat actors are once again lining up to exploit vulnerabilities in the widely used Ivanti product suite, with an apparent link to Chinese espionage activity

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  Telstra to offer Starlink satellite-to-mobile services

  Australia’s leading comms provider collaborates with SpaceX on combining satellite and mobile technology to provide connectivity options across expansive landmass

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy upgrades core network infrastructure

  ‘Landmark’ project sees AI-native networking company facilitate a network upgrade for the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy to support the advancement of new radio astronomy research by delivering ten times more compute power

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  Openreach taps Nokia to introduce intent-based fibre networking in UK

  Open access platform designed to accelerate fibre broadband services for UK homes and businesses enabling operator to simplify operations and reduce support systems complexity

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  CES 2025: Intel gears up for automotive drive

  IT giants eye up opportunities in software-defined vehicle sector with offering designed to drive down total cost of development and deployment while empowering automakers to build the future of mobility faster

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Nokia and stc conclude 1Tbps datacentre connectivity test

  Global comms tech provider and telco reveal Middle East’s first ever terabit long-haul field trial of network to support growing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications such as AI, cloud services and next-generation digital innovations

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  CES 2025: Arm teams with Nvidia to boost software-defined vehicles

  Leading processor and AI graphics processing unit provider join forces to advance processing and connectivity in sector where GenAI applications are becoming paramount

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Satellite rises up the agenda in enterprise plans

  Research from global mobile industry trade body finds almost 45% of enterprises surveyed view satellites as extremely important to their digital transformation agenda

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  CES 2025: QNX claims industry-first automotive digital cockpit

  BlackBerry division launches framework allowing OEMs to virtualise development of digital cockpits in the cloud, enabling architects and developers to design, test and refine code, and streamline processes

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  CES 2025: Qualcomm gets more Aware with industry-connected intelligence

  Connected processor and artificial intelligence company adds observability, monitoring and location services to enable the development of IoT solutions that meet specific needs and challenges of enterprises across industries and use cases

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  UK government accelerates gigabit broadband scheme for rural villages, towns

  More than £289m in contracts signed to offer gigabit broadband access to hard-to-reach homes and businesses in remote UK locations including in the Dee Valley, Isle of Anglesey and Shropshire Hills

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy

  StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud

• January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

  Openreach hits full-fibre tipping point

  UK’s leading broadband provider now has gigabit services available to half of all UK homes and businesses, with more than 4.3 million in rural and hard-to-reach areas, and stays on track to reach 30 million by the end of 2030

• January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

  G+D looks to turn packages into IoT devices with Smart Label

  New smart label said to enabling cost-effective and versatile tracking for a variety of applications through internet of things and in some use cases ‘revolutionising’ the global finance supply chain

• January 02, 2025 02 Jan'25

  Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden

  Food delivery firm tests out drone and robot deliveries in Swedish capital

• December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

  Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024

  The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Railway connectivity on track to break $1bn revenue mark

  Research finds spending on Future Railway Mobile Communication System based on 5G and LTE networks will gain speed over the next three years, with Asia being the engine of growth

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Project Gigabit lit up in South Wiltshire

  First customer connected in Dorset by local and independent broadband provider under UK government’s £5bn infrastructure scheme

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  Project Gigabit makes further gains in UK Midlands

  Latest work in £5bn infrastructure scheme begins in Leicestershire and Warwickshire to connect rural areas to full-fibre broadband

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  Nokia and e& UAE claim world first in end-to-end network slicing for premium apps

  Intent-based network slicing solution allows leading MENA operator to enhance user experiences for premium services such as enterprise applications

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  Vodafone, Google unite to improve customer experience

  Vodafone and Google team up to boost 5G upload speeds for Pixel users with the introduction of new MIMO technology to support demand for high-quality, immersive and interactive applications

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  Verizon, Nvidia launch 5G-powered AI service for enterprises

  Telco combines secure private next-gen mobile network and private mobile edge compute with leading AI processor firm’s technology to deliver real-time AI services at the edge

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  NTT claims world record for optical fibre transmission

  Tech firm reveals results of what is said to be world’s first long-distance space division multiplexing transmission experiment

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  NXP expands automotive networking and connectivity portfolio

  Communications infrastructure chip firm makes strategic purchase of company specialising in advanced driver-assistance systems and in-vehicle infotainment applications

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Top 10 networking stories of 2024

  It’s been a year of rapid growth for AI in networking, not only for operations but also in applications. Read about this and more in Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories from 2024

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Top 10 telecoms stories of 2024

  Over the past 12 months, the telecoms market has seen a wave of new technologies, both in the fixed and wireless sector, and even the opening of a new computing space defined by the internet of things

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice

  The codes of practice and guidance from Ofcom outline the steps online services providers can take to protect their users from illegal harms

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  VMO2 claims UK overall broadband experience leadership

  Biannual study looking at UK broadband connectivity experiences finds Virgin Media O2 grabbing five of the overall national experience awards outright

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Morse Micro intros Wi-Fi HaLow router

  Wi-Fi HaLow chips provider announces launch of first reference-designed access point based on low-power wireless standard expanding its suite of internet of things evaluation tools

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Nokia claims European 5G cloud RAN and standalone mmWave firsts

  Comms tech provider claims milestones in radio access networks and fixed wireless access connectivity, looking to provide more agile network services to customers by bringing network usage closer to the edge and closing digital divide

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  UK businesses risk disruption as PSTN switch-off approaches

  Third annual state of UK broadband study from independent comms and tech service provider reveals most businesses remain unprepared for transition to all-IP networks

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Nscale unveils IP network offering to support AI workloads

  IP network designed to support growing global demand for AI-driven applications, which consume massive amounts of data

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Mobile industry unlocks new opportunities with open APIs

  Intelligence arm of global mobile trade association finds significant progress made by mobile industry and cloud providers when it comes to opening up their networks to developers through open APIs

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Record levels of data consumption on VMO2 networks

  Research from UK comms provider shows as British workers returned to the office in 2024, its network dealt with record levels of data consumption, including an 8.1% rise in broadband usage and a 9% uplift year-on-year on mobile data

• December 12, 2024 12 Dec'24

  Nokia and Motorola integrate drone tech for public safety and mission-critical industries

  AI-enabled 4G/5G drone-in-a-box solution to offer enhanced situational awareness, remote operations and faster decision-making to help first responder agencies and industries

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Russia focuses cyber attacks on Ukraine rather than West despite rising tension

  Computer Weekly talks to GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre operations director Paul Chichester and former NCSC chief executive Ciaran Martin on Russia, China and Salt Typhoon

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2025

  Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to focus on securing their AI workloads, invest in energy efficient infrastructure and rethink their platform strategy, among other tech trends in the new year

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Starlink traffic continues to skyrocket

  Connectivity cloud company’s 2024 Year in Review shows rapid growth of SpaceX services and mobile connectivity

• December 06, 2024 06 Dec'24

  Trains delayed due to ‘nationwide fault’ with comms system

  A fault instigated by the installation of new hardware at a major communications hub hindered the ability of train drivers and signallers to automatically log in to onboard radio communications system

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Government agencies urged to use encrypted messaging after Chinese Salt Typhoon hack

  Chinese hacking of US telecom networks raises questions about the exploitation by hostile hacking groups of government backdoors to provide lawful access to telecoms services

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  UK government set to hit target for 85% gigabit broadband coverage in 2025

  The latest figures for full-fibre broadband roll-out from telecoms watchdog Ofcom show 83% of the country now has access to gigabit connectivity – even if many households are yet to use it

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  CMA gives Vodafone-Three merger green light

  The deal is on. Now Ofcom will need to ensure Vodafone-Three doesn’t raise consumer or wholesale mobile network prices

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Sateliot closes €30m financing with EIB for satellite IoT

  Long-term lending institution of the European Union announces first venture debt operation with Spanish space company to aid internet of things connectivity

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  WBBA sets out roadmap for next-generation broadband

  Global connectivity association warns of pressing need for investment, legislation and deployment plans to enable the migration towards all-fibre broadband networks for next-gen internet

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  Vodafone UK, eSIM Go look to remove MVNO barriers to entry

  Embedded subscriber identity module provider and operator look to allow organisations with subscription model able to provide UK mobile services via rapid, automated MVNO-in-a-box enablement without upfront risk, cost or commitment