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• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Vodacom lands 2Africa subsea cable in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

  What is described as ‘transformative’ subsea cable lands at the Vodacom facility in Gqeberha at South Africa’s Eastern Cape to provide a gateway to direct international connectivity for faster, more reliable internet services in the country and ...

• January 23, 2023 23 Jan'23

  UK government reveals further ESN contract details

  Latest chapter in UK Emergency Services Network saga sees termination of Motorola contract for comms equipment and supplies, software packages and software development services

• January 20, 2023 20 Jan'23

  Deloitte: Four major comms trends to navigate in year ahead

  Consultancy’s predictions for the coming 12 months highlight challenges from macroeconomic headwinds, complex capital funding, sustainability and the transformation towards more tech-centric models

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  Zayo expands 400G fibre to connect Paris and Marseilles

  Leading global communications platform boosts European fibre infrastructure with a new fibre route to link up two major French cities, supporting traffic growth and making it easier and more secure for enterprises to send traffic to the rest of ...

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  UK government reveals Cornwall as next port of call for Project Gigabit

  Latest contract in UK government’s Project Gigabit programme given to Wildanet to deliver ultra-fast broadband in south-west and mid-Cornwall connecting nearly 20,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  Sateliot collaborates with Sensefinity for at-sea satellite 5G IoT

  Leading IoT provider for asset tracking teams with owner of low-Earth orbit nanosatellites constellation under 5G protocol to support at-sea connectivity

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Yorkshire Water taps Connexin for smart water delivery framework

  Leading north of England water provider reveals partners for its advanced customer metering programme to reduce leakage, improve services and help customers save money on their bills

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Nokia, Telefónica successfully test 25G PON technology in Spain

  Noting ever-increasing consumer bandwidth demands and the need to support applications such as the metaverse, operator announces demo of new FTTH technology to offer new business services on same network as home connectivity

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Ukraine cyber teams responded to more than 2,000 attacks in 2022

  The Ukrainian authorities responded to more than 2,000 major cyber incidents during 2022, and are blocking thousands more potential attacks every day

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking

  Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Optical lights up nascent space communications applications market

  Research highlights potential of what it calls “exciting and rapidly developing” global market for optical communications terminals driven by NGSO broadband constellations

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Orange juices JDE expansion with SD-WAN

  Telco’s Business Services division selected by global coffee company to secure end-to-end connectivity offerings for more than 120 locations worldwide

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Benelux CIO interview: Richard Ventre, SHV Holdings

  In his role at Netherlands-based SHV Holdings, Richard Ventre is tackling the challenge of enabling a diverse set of digital transformations across a range of industries

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Southern Cross switches on third 400GbE transpacific link

  Specialist international capacity provider and optical network technology provider announce commercial availability of ultra-high throughput along 15,840km network

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Cloudflare urged to clamp down on pirates, counterfeiters

  A whitepaper produced by brand protection specialist Corsearch calls on Cloudflare to do more to stop online content piracy and sales of counterfeit goods

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Connectivity critical for UK entrepreneurs

  Research from BT Business reveals three-quarters of British entrepreneurs feel they couldn’t run a business without reliable broadband and mobile connectivity

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  StarHub to undertake major network transformation

  Singapore telco StarHub is deploying a hybrid cloud architecture that will enable it to launch sovereign cloud services, among other capabilities

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  UK businesses urged to move away from ISDN in 2023

  Research warns that as analogue switch-off approaches, only 15% of SMEs and 20% of large businesses have plans in place to migrate to an alternative technology

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  GTPL Broadband modernises network with Alepo AAA transformation

  Leading Indian operator enhances infrastructure with authentication, authorisation and accounting solution to expand data offerings through plans based on speed, validity and fair usage policy

• January 16, 2023 16 Jan'23

  SES and Du boost 5G enterprise comms with first satellite backhaul network

  Pervasive connectivity delivered via satellite accommodates Middle East telco’s 5G backhaul requirements over remote areas across the region

• January 13, 2023 13 Jan'23

  Tech firms add to private 5G offer, but ABI warns of no mass take-off in 2023

  Even as comms tech providers announce partnership to extend technical capability of private 5G platform, analyst warns private 5G will not yet take off in 2023, even if outdoor use cases drive private cellular in general

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  AWS opens first Australian Local Zone in Perth

  AWS’s first Local Zone in Australia will bring low-latency performance to companies such as Woodside Energy and Nearmaps

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  CityFibre continues gigabit roll-out to non-metro south of England

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform begins work on £50m digital transformation project in Kent

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  UK net neutrality regulation failing all stakeholders

  Leading analyst releases study showing net neutrality regulation is failing consumers, innovators and investors, calling for evidence-based broadband policy

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Cloudflare completes SASE offer with Magic WAN Connector

  Software-defined wide-area network functionality released by online application acceleration and infrastructure provider Cloudflare to complete single-supplier secure access service edge offering

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  eSIM market to be worth over $4bn globally by end of 2023

  2023 set to be the year of embedded subscriber identity module as Google and Samsung look likely to emulate rival Apple, leading to a drastic increase in the number of smartphones with eSIM connectivity

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Internet shutdowns cost global economy $24bn in 2022

  Deliberate disruption of people’s access to the internet by governments is having a substantial economic impact and contributing to a range of human rights abuses, primarily against protestors

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Juniper Networks and NEC charge up Wi-Fi user experience for Powerco

  Leading global IT and network transformation services provider and AI-driven networks selected by leading New Zealand gas and electricity distributor to design and deploy new Wi-Fi network infrastructure across nationwide sites

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Cloudflare unveils suite to maximise remote work collaboration and productivity

  Internet application acceleration and infrastructure provider introduces digital experience monitoring system to provide visibility and insights to businesses in the age of remote work

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  ‘Anomaly’ sees first UK space mission fail to reach orbit

  Despite optimism surrounding historic first attempt to launch satellites from UK, mission reaches space but falls short of reaching target orbit

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Launch window opens for UK’s first orbital mission

  All systems go for first space mission in UK as project partners announce the official opening of the Start Me Up launch window

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Qualcomm enters space race with Snapdragon Satellite

  Mobile platform giant teams with satellite operator to claim world’s first satellite-based service, providing global coverage from pole to pole

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Edge computing key for rapid Industry 4.0 adoption

  As edge computing is set to disrupt many sectors in the Industry 4.0 era, study finds edge computing holds a promise to dramatically improve data processing for mission-critical applications and accelerate uptake

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  New UK laws to see homeowners, tenants get better access to fast broadband

  UK government mandates that almost all new homes in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections during construction, making it easier for homebuyers, renters and some leaseholders to upgrade to ultrafast services

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  LG announces technical collaboration for the future of mobility

  Global CE giant unveils infotainment slate, including partnership to develop next-generation autonomous driving solution proof of concept, and launches TV featuring real-time video and audio wireless transmission at up to 4K 120Hz

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  Qualcomm, Salesforce team up to provide connected automotive experiences

  Mobile tech giant uses CES to reveal more of automotive tech slate in partnership with leading customer relationship management company

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  Warning over ransomware attacks spreading via Fortinet kit

  Following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in October 2022, Fortinet VPN devices were exploited in two known ransomware attacks, with access likely sold on the dark web

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  Qualcomm goes up a gear in driver assistance and autonomous driving

  Mobile tech giant sees flagship platform adopted by leading automotive companies to rapidly create safe, scalable and updateable advanced driver assistance and automated driving systems

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  CityFibre and Vodafone complete first UK 2Gbps residential trial

  Leading UK independent full-fibre broadband provider teams with comms operator and leading anchor tenant for trial of 2Gbps services, with scope to scale for introduction of services up to 10Gbps, made possible by recent upgrade to XGS-PON

• January 03, 2023 03 Jan'23

  Cutting-edge contact centre means experience is everything for Bayview

  Offering a variety of support, back-office and IT services to companies and customers around the world would present a variety of challenges to any firm. To ensure it could offer acceptable experiences for customers and employees at every touchpoint...

• January 03, 2023 03 Jan'23

  Remote workers shun return to work

  Study from UK gigabit broadband service provider reveals that despite received wisdom of home workers wanting to make at least partial return to pre-Covid working practices, stark contrast exists between employers and employees in their desire for ...

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 networking stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories of 2022

• December 28, 2022 28 Dec'22

  Complaints that NCA failed in duty of candour over EncroChat warrants ‘incredible’, court hears

  NCA lawyers argue that a decision by an NCA intelligence officer to disclose notes of a key meeting after two-and-a-half years boosts her credibility as a witness

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  Top 10 India IT stories of 2022

  We recap the top 10 stories in India, including the digitisation work undertaken by global firms in the country and the progress made by local enterprises in harnessing technology

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  UK operators brace for broadband surge

  UK infrastructure operators see year of massive traffic driven by major events such as the Queen’s funeral, live sport and online gaming, and get ready for further network peaks across the Christmas period

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2022

  We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the opportunities and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  CityFibre lights up Luton with gigabit broadband

  UK’s largest independent broadband infrastructure provider rounds off hugely active year by successfully completing full-fibre network roll-out in large parts of East Luton, including Stopsley and Wigmore

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  EE goes live in first-of-its-kind mobile infrastructure pilot in London

  BT-owned mobile division announces first outdoor 4G and 5G small cell network in the UK capable of hosting all four mobile network operators from day one through bespoke technical solution and centralised radio access network

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  Top 10 telecoms stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 telecoms stories of 2022

• December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

  BT C-RAN 5G architecture pilot scheme live in Leeds

  BT takes next-gen mobile connectivity a stage further with a 5G pilot scheme to enhance coverage and connectivity in key UK city enabling local customers to access faster, more reliable speeds