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• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Cinia cuts Ribbon deal for transport network upgrade

  Real-time communications software and network solutions firm sees OTN platforms deployed in upgrade of backbone transport network in Finland and Northern Europe

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Canada’s Rogers and Shaw announce $26bn merger

  Canadian telcos come together citing the belief that 5G is redefining the innovation landscape and that significant multibillion-dollar investments are needed to deliver the connectivity that communities, consumers and businesses require

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Nokia inks RAN collaboration with leading cloud providers

  Google, Microsoft Azure and AWS link up with comms tech giant to utilise cloud and open radio access network technology to develop new customer-focused 5G use cases

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Consortium makes big shift in autonomous vehicle research in the UK

  New SHIFT Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Report identifies the potential impact of deploying autonomous vehicle services across the UK with advanced traffic modelling helping to predict potential impact of autonomy on congestion, emissions, public ...

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha becomes Nokia FAN for green transport

  In its effort to improve environmental safety and quality with the latest class of gas-fuelled vessel, leading Japanese shipping line implements 4G/LTE field area network

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon attacks spike 10 times in four days

  Exploitations of the Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon vulnerabilities have increased tenfold in just four days

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Judges refuse EncroChat defendants’ appeal to Supreme Court

  Experts suggest Parliament and Investigatory Powers Tribunal need to consider the implications of a court decision on police use of data from the EncroChat phone network

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Cheltenham races as CityFibre extends gigabit fibre to more than 200 additional UK locations

  Former UK altnet announces new build and extensions to existing projects that will see it supply full-fibre infrastructure to nearly a third of the UK market

• March 14, 2021 14 Mar'21

  Arrest warrants issued for Canadians behind Sky ECC cryptophone network used by organised crime

  The US has issued arrest warrants for the CEO of Sky Global and a former distributor for racketeering, aiding and abetting the distribution of illegal drugs by supplying encrypted phones to criminals

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Eseye looks to Verizon to enable IoT localisation

  Partnership aims to enable customers with global IoT deployments to localise devices over-the-air to operator’s network, avoiding permanent roaming issues and delivering global IoT connectivity

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  NCSC issues emergency alert on Microsoft Exchange patch

  UK’s national cyber agency calls on organisations affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to patch their Microsoft Exchange Servers immediately

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Cisco, University of Strathclyde and Scotland 5G Centre announce 5G Cloud Core network

  Networking tech giant, leading university and national hub for accelerating deployment and adoption of 5G team up to create enterprise-grade cloud and core systems to deliver benefit to communities and businesses

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  UK government confirms financial support for Shared Rural Network programme

  UK government ponies up its share of £1bn infrastructure project, designed to reduce partial not-spots in UK locations

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  DearCry ransomware targets vulnerable Exchange servers

  As predicted, ransomware gangs have started to target vulnerable instances of Microsoft Exchange Server, making patching an even greater priority

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Nokia, LG Uplus trial 5G business-to-business platform in Korea

  Test of 5G solution designed to go beyond traditional network connectivity and deliver enhanced service quality and creation of new B2B services

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Mavenir extends AI and analytics portfolio

  End-to-end cloud-native communications network software provider Mavenir deploys software and API-led connectivity, deep AI/ML knowledge and virtualised network expertise critical for 5G AI use cases

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Community Fibre scales up gigabit offerings for London businesses

  ISP pivots from home to business to provide new features tailored to SMEs’ needs and hires new head of business and wholesale to assist post-lockdown working environment

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  O2 Business aims to boost flexible working with digital workplace

  Operator strengthens digital workplace portfolio with two new propositions to help business owners get the latest devices and integrate voice services for Microsoft Teams

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Attack on surveillance cameras a warning over security, ethics

  The attack on a video surveillance startup by a hacktivist group raises questions not just over cyber security, but the use and extent of surveillance technology

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Scotland launches digital strategy

  Updated strategy aims to equip Scotland for technological transformation post-coronavirus and focuses on building an ethical digital nation

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Norwegian government falls victim to Microsoft attacks

  Norway’s parliament, the Storting, suffers second major cyber incident in a year as threat groups capitalise on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  CityFibre extends full-fibre network to Peterborough

  Former leading altnet to put a further £1.5m into its high-speed broadband connectivity project

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  KymiRing throttles up private 5G wireless network for motorsports circuit

  Largest motorsports and events venue in Northern Europe to implement industrial-grade private 5G network to fulfil international broadcasting needs and provide a secure testing environment for the automotive industry

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  LogMeIn refreshes GoToConnect to support permanent shift to flexible work

  Collaboration technology provider enhances core suite to empower customers to connect from anywhere and integrate with leading collaboration systems

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Met Police chooses Capgemini as strategic IT infrastructure services provider

  Capgemini has a history of providing the force with day-to-day technology services, and will now deliver its infrastructure services under the Pegasus programme

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Samsung and Spark light up 5G net in New Zealand

  Samsung switches on its first 5G in New Zealand, claiming to bring a new wave of rich and immersive services to users of the Spark network

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  AT&T adds managed SASE to portfolio

  Comms and IT provider AT&T teams with security specialist Fortinet to offer network solution based on SASE principles to support distributed workforces and solve associated challenges

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Police crack world’s largest cryptophone network as criminals swap EncroChat for Sky ECC

  Belgian and Dutch police have breached the encryption of users of Sky ECC, the world’s largest cryptophone network. There are significant parallels with the international police operation against the EncroChat cryptophone network which led to ...

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Belgian police raid 200 premises in drug operation linked to breach of encrypted phone network

  More than 1,600 police and law enforcement officials conduct drug raids after the compromise of an encrypted mobile phone network that has parallels with EncroChat

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Nearly 30 million UK mobile users suffer in-home signal problems

  Study finds more than half of UK mobile users regularly suffer signal problems at home, including calls dropping out, but a similar percentage do not check network coverage maps before signing up to a service

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Cibicom taps Nokia to supply mission-critical LTE network across Denmark

  Finnish comms provider inks deal with Danish operator to roll out new 450 MHz LTE infrastructure for mass volume IoT and mission critical data coverage

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  CityFibre embarks on £34m Thames Valley full-fibre project

  UK’s third-largest broadband provider announces plans to light up fibre in key area of southern England, addressing the current and future digital needs of residents and businesses in the region

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Scottish consortium unveils new scheme to boost 4G, 5G connectivity

  Programme launched to help Scottish local authorities and public sector organisations reap the benefits from improved connectivity without overburdening their resources

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  UK’s first 5G-connected tram on track across West Midlands

  Leading next-generation network test lab announces latest project offering a showcase for what the future of connected transport could look like in its home region and beyond

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  UK government offers ‘inadequate’ response to broadband concerns

  DCMS Committee takes government to task for the second time in two months for lack of response in how it will ensure communications strategy is realised

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  DZS accelerates network process strategy with RIFT acquisition

  In its second recent strategic acquisition, transport and broadband access solutions provider swoops for automation firm to deliver and manage intelligent network and processing functions at the network edge

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  T-Mobile targets post-pandemic workplace with remote working suite

  Aiming to address a world of work in which Covid-19 brought a decade’s worth of progress in a year’s time,T-Mobile launches a collaborative solutions suite that it says will meet the challenges of remote working head on

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Connectivity the ‘unsung hero’ of the future of work

  Research finds that by stripping away bureaucracy, flattening hierarchies and streamlining processes, the response to Covid-19 has given an indication as to how work could and should change for the better, but there will be losers along with the ...

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Vodafone promises ‘unbreakable’ broadband without breaking the bank

  New hybrid Pro Broadband product aims to deliver Wi-Fi in every room through hybrid router that is claimed to deliver uninterrupted wireless connectivity

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Mobile business and productivity apps see 7.1 billion downloads in 2020

  App Annie research finds stay-at-home orders and lockdowns drive uptake of business productivity applications such as Zoom Cloud Meetings, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, growing 35% annually

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  UK network users burn through unprecedented data in lockdown 3

  Coinciding with the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone update, Virgin Media records its busiest day on record, with the average user downloading more than 20GB of data

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  AI, fibre investment sees Comcast ride out massive wave of network traffic in 2020

  Smart hardware and software technologies allow national US network provider to manage unprecedented traffic driven by major growth in online video and gaming

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Virgin Media trial demos multi-gigabit upgradeable bandwidth

  Virgin Media trials optical networking technology that could pave way to faster internet connectivity that is easier to upgrade

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  Goldman Sachs CEO comments highlight need for home working balance

  The remote working revolution has been prominent in the banking sector and organisations have a balancing act to perform once the pandemic passes

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  Openreach taps VIAVI to ensure network quality for UK full-fibre build-out

  Openreach opts for optical network monitoring system to address network quality, including validating new construction, performing pre-activation checks and monitoring ongoing services

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  Cellular IoT connections to reach 3.5 billion by 2030

  Strategy Analytics survey finds that despite mass roll-out of next-gen networks, in the real world of the internet of things, 4G will continue as the dominant underlying platform, and 5G-based IoT growth will be gradual over the remaining part of ...

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  UK government pumps £4.5m into central Scotland gigabit connectivity plan

  Key Scottish population belt identified as the first territory for investment as part of UK government’s £5bn investment in next-generation broadband

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Covid accelerates Bradford University remote working project

  Pandemic injected fuel into university’s existing project to introduce remote working

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Only 12% of worldwide enterprises fully embrace SASE

  Global survey reveals that although many public and private sector organisations have elements of secure access service edge in their IT stack, few have a comprehensive architecture and a significant number do not embrace the philosophy at all

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  First Newcastle residents gain CityFibre gigabit access

  UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform provider claims Tyneside digital revolution is gathering pace as the first homes are connected to next-generation full-fibre network