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• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: More than two-fifths of employees likely to continue remote working after pandemic

  Research firm Gartner offers guide to managing remote workers during Covid-19 pandemic as new normal for work emerges

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Three changes to office work post-coronavirus

  While it’s early days, experts believe the coronavirus pandemic could change working practices. We investigate

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  WHO wades into UK fake 5G Covid-19 links row as regulator probes leading broadcaster

  World Health Organization publishes myth-buster guide to Covid-19 as Ofcom investigates remarks made on leading ITV programme casting doubt on media proof of fake news

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: European network traffic curves flatten but security issues increase

  Nokia research finds networks are taking the strain despite a huge increase in upstream traffic during the day from videoconferencing and downstream during weekends from video-on-demand

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Apple and Netflix most imitated brands in phishing attacks

  A new report highlights the brands which are being most frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in phishing attacks

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Zoom user credentials for sale on dark web

  IntSight researchers say they have found a database containing thousands of Zoom usernames and passwords being sold on the dark web

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  UK altnets increase full-fibre coverage by 50%

  Independent network providers notch up notable year in 2019 as fibre access for all becomes political hot potato

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus puts brakes on 5G core deployments

  Research firm identifies short- and long-term impacts that global pandemic will have on 5G core and edge networks

• April 13, 2020 13 Apr'20

  How Singapore’s Niometrics is changing network analytics

  By extracting granular data and emphasising privacy protection, Niometrics’ network analytics technology is being put through its paces in a variety of use cases

• April 10, 2020 10 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Warning over surge in Zoom security incidents

  Check Point researchers have observed a surge in suspicious Zoom domains as cyber criminals target popular remote working and collaboration tools

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Omdia: New norm for working set to have ‘dramatic’ implications for collaboration industry

  Analyst recalibrates expectations for collaboration and conferencing tools, forecasting transformational upsurge in use that could change the world of work, with home broadband being a business lifeblood

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Zoom restricted or banned at multiple organisations

  Use of videoconferencing tool has been banned at Google and in parts of the German and US governments

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Cato Networks seals significant investment to take SASE forward

  More validation for secure access service edge solutions as SD-WAN provider scoops cash injection

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Vodafone taps VMware to complete European roll-out of network virtual infrastructure

  Operator taps virtual infrastructure firm to add last piece of pan-European digital infrastructure architecture and gain agility and flexibility

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Mobile operator community and academics use smartphone power to fight Covid-19

  Vodafone Foundation and scientists at Imperial College London are using a smartphone app to aid coronavirus research

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Australian open source project to expand global reach

  Data61’s open source seL4 microkernel project will be supported by a new foundation created under the auspices of the Linux Foundation

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Samsung, AWS claim world’s first mission-critical comms video call

  MCPTX solution powered by leading cloud platform said to enable first responders to accurately assess vital moments using voice, data and video calls

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Cellwize aims for 5G network efficiency high note with Chime

  Cloud-based open RAN automation platform claimed to bring required flexibility and speed to accelerate 5G networks development

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Home business opportunity knocks for consumer IoT suppliers

  Internet-of-things manufacturers see a huge new market opening up from the millions of new enterprise customers working from home

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Criminals using Zoom installer to spread cryptominer

  Videoconferencing application targeted to deliver cryptomining malware to unsuspecting victims

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Covid-19 to hamper short-term growth but mobility-as-a-service to rebound in 2021

  Despite expected restricted growth this year of platforms that integrate different transport services – including buses, taxis, rail and metro – into a single app, a dramatic return for MaaS is expected in the six years to 2027

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Soaring collaboration app uptake sees home workers clock on for longer hours

  Number of people online during working day more than doubles since end of January and growth in demand for business apps reaches record levels, fuelled by conferencing applications

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  BCS calls for IT recognition in coronavirus response

  Campaign launched by BCS aims to recognise the importance of IT staff in keeping UK workers connected during the coronavirus crisis

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Liverpool top of the league for mobile business usage in UK

  Merseyside rated as the sweetest of sweet spots for business wireless connectivity

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  UK government, mobile trade association, operators slam attacks on UK 5G masts

  Criminal damage to phone masts and abuse of telecoms engineers condemned as the product of “crackpot” online conspiracy theories

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Wireless industry hails FCC spectrum announcement as game changer for Wi-Fi 6

  Proposed opening of the 6GHz band to Wi-Fi 6 technology in US set to provide more capacity than all other current Wi-Fi bands put together

• April 05, 2020 05 Apr'20

  Google data shows high interest in security and remote working

  An analysis of the most Googled technology terms during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the scale of the cyber security challenge presented by the crisis

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Video calling, collaboration applications usage rise steeply in UK homes

  A survey from EY finds Covid-19 outbreak is already causing a shift in UK households’ digital activity, with many people trying online services for the first time, and video calling at the forefront of applications

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Vodafone confident of staying on the line

  The coronavirus outbreak has caused the UK’s pattern of working behaviours to change completely – and network operators are confident they can cope

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Transatel takes global connected vehicle platform on the road

  NTT subsidiary offers eSIM-capable, cellular technology for global IoT connectivity with Internet of Vehicles system designed to solve vehicle manufacturers’ greatest challenges

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Is Zoom safe and should security teams ban it?

  Zoom’s rapid rise to prominence has highlighted a score of security problems with the service. Should CISOs try to steer their organisations away from it, or ban it outright?

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Standardisation delays threaten long-term enterprise 5G

  Covid-19 outbreak could see delays in essential technology roll-out, leading to the 5G industry missing out on up to 10% of total revenues, says research firm

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Ofcom relaxes ISPs’ broadband obligations

  UK comms regulator loosens operating guidelines on broadband operators to prevent driving additional traffic to call centres and not punish inability to meet repair targets

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Australian broadband providers team up to meet network demand

  NBN Co and five retail service providers have formed a working group to manage congestion and take steps to address the surge in demand for broadband connectivity amid the Covid-19 outbreak

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Security, network services top enterprise challenges for deploying UCaaS, CCaaS

  Research finds ongoing challenges in deploying unified-communications-as-a-service and contact-centre-as-a-service firms also preferring bundled network solutions from a single provider

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  HPE unveils open source software to reduce 5G complexity

  Open distributed infrastructure management software launched to resolve complexity that telcos face in rolling out 5G networks across thousands of sites equipped with multiple suppliers’ IT infrastructures

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  CDN and cloud suppliers join routing security initiative

  Akamai and Amazon Web Services are among a group of cloud and content delivery network providers to participate in a global initiative to address the security threats to internet routing systems

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Nokia launches AI-based operations to help telcos enter the 5G era

  Cognitive operations designed to help comms service providers transform their network, service and business operations through extreme automation enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  How IT leaders and their teams are supporting employees through the coronavirus crisis

  We talk to four top IT chiefs across the UK to find out how their teams are supporting their organisations and staff to keep working through the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Huawei extols 2019 as ‘extraordinary’ year

  Despite political challenges across the world restricting use of its technology, Chinese comms tech giant posts strong yearly increase in sales and profit

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Too late to protect online privacy, say Brits

  Most UK consumers are concerned about data privacy, but think it’s too late to do much about it, according to a report

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Teleworking drives new application usage growth for Comcast

  Largest network operator in US issues assurance that huge shift in usage patterns and extra demands on home networks are well within infrastructure’s capability

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  O2 to launch UK’s first 5G accelerators in three West Midlands cities

  Consortium led by Telefónica UK Deloitte, Wayra and Digital Catapult to build 5G accelerators in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  SK Telecom celebrates 5G first birthday with almost half of local market

  Since launching the world’s first 5G service on 3 April 2019, the Korean operator continues to maintain its leadership in the local mobile market

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Fujitsu unveils Japan’s first commercial private 5G network

  Successful verification under provisional licence opens path to commercial launch for private 5G network for Japanese tech giant

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: internet providers enhance support for customers, end data caps

  Supporting the UK’s government efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and support home working, UK network operators agree a wide range of supportive measures

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  CityFibre completes FibreNation acquisition

  Official go-ahead for buyout which takes former altnet into mainstream status as the UK’s third largest national digital infrastructure and fibre operator

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Smartphone production to plummet 20%, over $25bn lost in roaming revenue

  Two studies reveal the huge hit on the mobile device and service industry that is likely to be caused by the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Zoom accelerates away as office workers make video calls

  The Covid-19 pandemic has required people to change their working habits, and many are routinely using conferencing tools

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Microsoft targets 5G arena with Affirmed Networks acquisition

  IT giant turns sights on telecoms opportunities, bringing expertise of virtualised, cloud-native network software provider into Azure fold