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• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Birmingham 5G tests show +450 Mbps maximum download speed

  New RootMetrics report shows that early 5G roll-out brings breakneck speeds in limited availability, with vast promise moving forward

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Eutelsat launches satellite-based IoT connectivity service

  Satellite operator aims to address connectivity challenges of industries ranging from retail, banking and security to energy, mining and agriculture

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Politics and inflexible legacy tech stymies disruptive innovation

  Startups in traditional enterprises often feel they are being held back by culture, with legacy tech and business processes hampering innovation

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  5G projected to bring $1.4tn to global economy over next decade

  Survey from Huawei and STL Partners calculates that 5G mobile technologies are set to create an extra $1.4tn in gross domestic product for worldwide economies over the next decade

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  AWS 'surprised' over losing out on $10bn US JEDI cloud deal to Microsoft

  Microsoft has emerged as the victor in the long-running battle with AWS over who would secure a decade-long cloud contract with the US Department of Defense worth $10bn

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Ofcom updates mobile airwaves plan

  UK broadcast regulator reveals plans to release airwaves to improve mobile services for customers aiming to help more areas get better comms services

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Windows 7 upgrade haunts health service tech vision

  Windows 7 issues at the NHS are making headlines, 15 months after the release of the review of how legacy IT was exploited by the WannaCry attack

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Stronger regulations needed to fix banking IT problems, say MPs

  Regulators need to use more potent tools to get banks to sort out problems with their IT systems, as customers become more reliant on digital channels

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  UK government announces new funding for robot development

  The £34m package will go towards research around autonomous technologies to improve safety and public trust

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• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  P27 pan-Nordic payments system moves a step closer

  Six regional banks sign shareholders’ agreements, agree business plan and make financial commitments to payments platform

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Unit4 CEO Mike Ettling: enterprise customers won’t pay extra for AI

  Mike Ettling, chief executive, Unit4, spoke to Computer Weekly at the Unleash HR conference in Paris about ERP trends, and how he is positioning the firm he started running this year

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  London announces £10m cash injection for full-fibre connectivity

  New fibre-optic cabling scheme will use Tube network and public buildings to create a fibre backbone across the capital

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  IT professionals question networks’ readiness to support digital strategies

  Cisco’s Global Networking Trends report shows there’s a long way to go for today’s networks to meet the demands of the emerging digital era

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  UK government proposes £1.3bn scheme to improve rural mobile coverage

  UK government sets out its plans for a £1.3bn scheme dubbed the Shared Rural Network which will aim to wipe not-spots from the map

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  Defra sustainable ICT paper highlights datacentre water crisis

  A new paper on sustainable ICT published by Defra in conjunction with the IT industry has identified the areas of e-waste that need urgent attention