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• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  Zoom fatigue kicks in as working from home becomes working from phone

  Research from leading telecoms operator finds over a third of Brits working from home are increasingly switching to mobile data to stay online in lockdown

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  How computer vision can protect coral reefs

  The Australian Institute of Marine Science teams up with Accenture to protect coral reefs in a computer vision project inspired by a Netflix documentary

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Remote workers battle for home broadband

  Research reveals that maybe the real issue in the big broadband debate is to be found inside the home rather than outside, especially for remote workers

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Nokia furthers Open RAN push with CPQD partnership

  Collaboration between Nokia and CPQD set to explore Open RAN-compliant RIC platform to develop 5G use cases such as fixed wireless access smart cities and Industry 4.0

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Masergy, Cisco construct UCaaS collaboration solution

  SD-WAN provider teams with networking and collaboration technology giant to address distributed enterprises’ communications needs

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  More than $2bn returned to US consumers through mobile device trade-ins in 2020

  Market falls back, but old comms devices maintain value in 2020 despite Covid-19, with $786m returned to US consumers in Q4 2020 alone, representing a 38% rise from Q3 for the secondary device market

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Massive uptick in collaboration software usage in 2020

  US and Europe show differing directions of travel in remote working take-up but leading collaboration systems exhibit four-figure growth since February 2020, with usage levels set to remain high as the new normal of work establishes itself

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Verizon Business, Deloitte gain retail edge with 5G

  Operator’s 5G and mobile edge compute technology, coupled with IT consultancy’s retail industry and solution engineering experience, aims to improve store operating efficiency and enhance the customer experience

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Nordic states launch joint drone development initiative

  Nordic Drone Initiative backed by 16 public and privately owned organisations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark to probe the efficient use of airspace for drones

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Truespeed and CityFibre accelerate UK fibre roll-out

  More fuel to fibre roll-out across the UK, with leading west of England ISP Truespeed propelling Bath into the gigabit era, while third national broadband provider CityFibre heads to Inverness with its gigabit net

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  First phase of Shared Rural Network set to bring £187m boost to UK rural businesses

  Operator-commissioned study claims first phase of scheme to reduce partial not-spots in the UK could mean rural communities contribute an added £58.9m to UK GDP each year

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Companies call for new breed of enterprise network operator for greater IoT control

  Survey finds almost half of those controlling decisions on the deployment of internet of things technology and services would like to own a dedicated network in-house

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Société Générale adopts work-from-home policy

  French bank formalises remote working policy after discussions with labour unions

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Vodafone UK adds Digitalk to MVNO portfolio

  UK telco taps global mobile virtual network enabler service provider, offering cloud-based real-time communications platforms, to assist in on-boarding partners to virtual network

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  NHS Covid-19 app alerts 1.7 million contacts

  More than 1.7 million users asked to isolate by UK app as a result of a close contact since launch, helping to break chains of transmission and prevent the deaths of thousands, says developer

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  BT claims £24bn value as it enables new customer experience for Walgreens Boots

  As it announces role in delivering transformation for pharmacy chain, BT reveals data showing that it employs one in every 12 people in UK’s IT and communications sector

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  CityFibre lights up Yorkshire cities with gigabit connectivity

  Former altnet turned UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform provider announces plan to transform two of the White Rose county’s largest conurbations into digitally connected cities

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Telecom Egypt implements IBM hybrid cloud to transform operations

  Leading regional telco deploys Cloud Pak for Automation technology to modernise network operations and deliver fast and secure services to clients and looks to IBM Global Business Services to build and manage its datacentre

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  European cities hit key smart technology milestone with €250m investment

  London, Lisbon, Milan, Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw trigger investment in smart technologies as part of Sharing Cities programme

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  Deutsche Telekom taps Nokia for optical transport network modernisation

  Global operator signs deal to deploy optical transport portfolio to deliver more automated, higher-capacity network to meet growing demands of residential and Industry 4.0

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  Large and small firms accelerate UC technology adoption in response to Covid-19

  Large companies showed an increase of nearly 40%, an increased adoption driven by remote working surge caused by the pandemic

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Mayor of London launches digital inclusion initiative

  Taskforce focused on increasing digital inclusion in London will promote digital skills and increase access to devices and connectivity

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Telcos flesh out 5G volumetric use cases

  NTT DoCoMo and BT among first telcos to examine the potential of technology that will enable large, high-quality interactive 3D files to be streamed to 5G mobile devices and viewed directly through a browser, along with AR/VR.

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  CE consortium calls on comms regulator to ignore pleas to delay 6GHz certification

  As users’ reliance on wireless devices increases, the US Consumer Technology Association warns FCC to ignore lobbying to pause progress of Wi-Fi 6E equipment certification

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack

  Source code from two products developed by French cyber security firm was compromised in a December 2020 incident

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  RAN returns strong growth but Nokia prepares for challenging year ahead

  Comms tech provider claims solid Q4, full year 2020 performance but anticipates “meaningful headwinds” in year of transition

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  How Yarra Valley Water is tapping APIs

  The largest water retailer in Melbourne has rolled out application programming interfaces to improve operations and customer service

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Wi-Fi global economic value to reach $5tn in 2025

  Study of the mainstay of in-home work, educational and entertainment communications finds Wi-Fi is a major global economic engine

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  BT counts cost of Covid-19 in third quarter

  Fibre and 5G roll-outs continue apace, but trading update reveals trying times for UK incumbent telco, with falling revenues and profits

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  SolarWinds chases multiple leads in breach investigation

  Investigators at SolarWinds are exploring multiple theories as to how the company’s systems were compromised

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Ericsson: Dematerialisation is the path to profitability

  Comms tech provider’s research finds so-called dematerialised enterprises expect to take advantage of cloud and mobile technology to become more productive and sustainable by 2030

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  AWS and Telstra team up on 5G

  Australia’s Telstra will explore a range of AWS’s edge computing offerings that can be integrated into its 5G network to speed up the performance of 5G applications

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Broadband speed boost sees UK home values jump by £3,500

  UK government survey quantifies added value of access to superfast broadband, which is now said to have pushed broadband speeds up a gear for 5.5 million homes across the country, creating £2.7bn of economic benefits including 17,600 jobs

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  EE, BT team to ‘redefine’ home broadband with BT Halo 3+

  Comms provider and mobile division announce new hybrid connect device, claiming to combine full-fibre home broadband, Wi-Fi and UK’s fastest mobile network

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  SolarWinds patches two critical CVEs in Orion platform

  New vulnerabilities disclosed as SolarWinds reels from December 2020 Solorigate/Sunburst attack – but do not appear to have been exploited yet

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  EE 5G mobile usage increases by 40% over last quarter of 2020

  Surge in use of next-generation networks for BT-owned mobile service over the festive period with video, especially news, causing spikes

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Tata Communications grows IoT footprint

  India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Poly pivots product line to remote working

  Latest Poly P Series offers pro-grade webcams, video bars, speakerphones and an all-in-one video conferencing monitor, with remote management and software services to address new normal

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Latency higher priority than speed as IT leaders look to gain edge

  Business leaders believe success depends on low latency, namely 10ms or less to ensure the success of their applications, with three-quarters requiring 5ms or less for edge initiatives

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Liverpool City Council upgrades to cloud-based contact centre

  An 8x8 integrated cloud PaaS contact centre with voice, team chat and meetings support is helping to drive the council’s digital agenda

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Microsoft and Singtel team up on 5G via Azure Stack

  Microsoft Azure customers in Singapore will soon be able to use Singtel’s 5G infrastructure to power 5G applications through the telco’s edge computing platform

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  Enterprise 5G network slicing to carve out $20bn revenues over next five years

  Research highlights dedicated network allocation technique as an enabler for new value creation as communications service providers bolster their capabilities to go beyond connectivity revenues

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  O2 and NEC claim Open RAN trial success

  Leading UK mobile operator teams reveal positive results from open radio access network test with IT and network technologies provider, including virtualised RAN software and hardware from GigaTera Communications, Supermicro among others

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  Qualcomm ramps up 5G with French research and development centre

  Brittany and Paris Region colocated R&D facility set up to boost chip giant as it embarks on next-generation network objectives

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  5G to the fore as Ericsson beats expectations in financial year

  Strong year recorded by comms tech firm from continued high activity levels in North America, Northeast Asia and Europe, with 5G strong

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Revealed: Brits who fuelled ‘vicious’ conspiracy theory by Trump supporters

  Trump supporters have apologised and paid millions in damages to the family of murdered Democratic Party staffer Seth Rich for promoting false allegations that Rich – not Russian agents – stole emails from the Democratic National Committee

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Dell, SK Telecom, VMware bring 5G edge to enterprises

  IT giants team with telco to collaborate on an integrated multi-access edge computing system with the aim of providing more secure and reliable access to data at edge locations

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Wi-Fi Alliance advances support for Wi-Fi 6E ecosystem

  Specification published defining architecture, protocols and functionality for the automated frequency coordination system-to-AFC device interface to maximise the 6 GHz spectrum opportunity and expand Wi-Fi 6E benefits

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Manufacturing particularly at risk of Solorigate-linked breaches

  Every fifth victim of the SolarWinds Solorigate/Sunburst attack was a manufacturing organisation, say researchers

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Telcos accelerate digital transformation but revenues remain store-based

  Report reveals operators still rely mainly on physical channels to sell their products and services, but know the value that digital sales can create for them