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• February 21, 2024 21 Feb'24

  Vodafone starts roll-out of commercial Open RAN in Romania

  Pan-European operator builds on UK commercial deployment and trials in other European countries for open radio access networks in key territory

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Birmingham City Council needs a further £45m to fix ‘disastrous’ Oracle system

  Birmingham City Council’s ERP system is failing to deliver an accurate ledger, which means finance staff have spent months manually entering cost centre data

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  HM Treasury signs AWS hosting environment management deal with Keysource

  HM Treasury has enlisted datacentre management services provider to help operate the AWS environment used to host cross-government spending data system

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience

  Telco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’

  Uber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  LockBit locked out: Cyber community reacts

  Reaction to the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang is enthusiastic, but tempered with the knowledge that cyber criminals are often remarkably resilient

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  University of Lincoln undergoes edge datacentre modernisation project

  The University of Lincoln reveals details of the work it has done, with the help of Schneider Electric and RMD UK, to ensure the resiliency of its edge datacentre environments

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  US extradition of Julian Assange is ‘state retaliation’ for exposing war crimes, court hears

  Lawyers argue that the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated and in is breach of the UK-US extradition treaty

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  BICS, Skylo unite to deliver GEO satellite NB-IoT connectivity

  Connectivity enabler announces partnership with non-terrestrial network operator to deliver ubiquitous satellite-based narrowband internet of things connectivity for enterprises, letting IoT devices travel outside of their home country

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  LockBit gang members arrested in Poland and Ukraine

  The UK’s National Crime Agency and its global partners have shared more details on their audacious takedown of the LockBit ransomware operation, including news of two arrests

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  EE delivers mobile coverage boost in North Yorkshire

  UK mobile operator has upgraded or built more than 40 mobile masts in North Yorkshire in the past two years, improving connectivity across the county as part of a £1.3bn coverage programme

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Competition in the cloud: Microsoft's ‘unfair’ licensing tactics go under the microscope

  Microsoft’s share of the global cloud infrastructure market is growing at a time when its customer recruitment and retention techniques are coming under increased regulatory scrutiny

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Rolls-Royce looks at viability of quantum computing in nuclear safety

  The manufacturing firm is one of several participating in a Digital Catapult programme looking at industrial applications for quantum computing

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Government agrees law to protect confidential journalistic material from state hacking

  The government will update Investigatory Powers Act to require secret intelligence agencies to seek independent approval before accessing confidential journalistic material obtained by bulk hacking, but journalists remain vulnerable to other bulk ...

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Vodafone teams with vcita to boost small business digital productivity

  Telco and software management firm launch digital business management service intended for small businesses, replacing time-consuming and manual tasks with automated and digital services

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Alibaba Cloud debuts Model Studio

  Alibaba Cloud’s Model Studio provides access to its Qwen family of foundation models and other third-party models and a suite of tools to speed up training and deployment of large language models

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  UK government launches tech talent campaign

  The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is encouraging people to sign up to digital skills bootcamps as government-funded research reveals huge demand for entry-level and junior tech talent

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang

  The notorious LockBit ransomware crew has been disrupted in an international law enforcement sting led by the UK's National Crime Agency

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure

  SUISA handles billions of royalty payments, but had capacity and storage admin nightmares with its EMC hardware. It cued up Pure Storage for simple admin, space and cost savings

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Etisalat unveils multi-access edge slicing innovation

  Leading Middle East operator to be first to deploy ‘breakthrough multi-access edge slicing innovation’ to offer new premium slicing services across 4G/5G, fixed wireless access and fixed access

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Cradlepoint embedded IoT connects AI-driven sustainable intelligent waste system

  Collaboration shows how cellular-connected artificial intelligence can support environmental sustainability through secure, scalable IoT connectivity that merges cellular technology with AI for optimal waste diversion and profitability

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house

  Second controversial Post Office system was the work of developers in its own IT operation

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Virtus plots colocation campus in Buckinghamshire as demand for London datacentres soars

  Virtus is committing to bringing a new datacentre campus online by 2026, as data shows the demand for colocation capacity continues to outstrip supply

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Nexfibre makes billion-pound broadband infrastructure investment

  Next step in UK wholesale provider’s plan to deliver full-fibre gigabit network to 5 million premises by 2026 sees commitment to billion pound investment in broadband infrastructure across the course of 2024.

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub

  Telco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud

• February 18, 2024 18 Feb'24

  Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years

  The funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Dell, Nokia team to advance network cloud transformation, private 5G

  Comms tech provider adopts technology and services as its preferred infrastructure and preferred private wireless partner for enterprise edge use cases

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Vonage unveils network API availability

  Comms platform provider announces network API availability, and claims first-to-market developer registration service to simplify network API access and adoption

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Poor data and IT hamper cross-government working, PAC report finds

  Report cites inadequate data, poor IT systems and departmental silos as major barriers to cross-government working, and calls on government to do better

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Government awards £10m to medtech developers

  The government has awarded £10m to eight technology companies to create innovative medical devices and bring them to market

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Green IT: How Google’s cloud and AI tools are supporting a methane-tracking satellite project

  Cloud and AI will help to analyse data from MethaneSAT, due to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in March 2024

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Samsung accelerates Open RAN development

  Electronics giant beefs up fund to advance Open RAN interoperability, performance and security and teams, with telco and testing firm to advance commercial conformance and interoperability testing

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Google claims AI advances with Gemini LLM

  Code analysis, understanding large volumes of text and translating a language by learning from one read of a book are among the breakthroughs of Gemini 1.5

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Misunderstanding and underrepresentation blocking tech diversity

  Research from the Institute of Coding has found UK adults don’t think tech represents the wider UK population, and are uncertain about the level of education needed for a tech job

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Record high returned to US smartphone consumers through trade-in

  Report reveals record $4.3bn returned to US consumers through mobile device trade-in programmes in 2023, with $1.6bn in the last quarter alone

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal

  As the Post Office replaces its controversial Horizon software, a former Post Office IT executive describes disastrous mistakes of the past

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces last appeal against ‘political’ extradition

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seeking leave to appeal against extradition to the US in a case that could have chilling implications for journalists reporting on national security

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  UK altnets announce fibre broadband infrastructure share scheme

  Association of UK’s independent broadband network provider sets up working group designed to ensure that full-fibre roll-out across all of the country is not held back by inconsistencies in the availability of physical infrastructure

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Nokia intros first OT-compliant GenAI service for connected workers

  Comms tech provider says it has become the first company to adapt GenAI large language model technology for operational environments

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Security-by-design push prompts new ISC2 accreditations

  Security-by-design has become a hot-button regulatory issue. ISC2 has decided now is the time to upskill cyber pros around these vital software and hardware development principles

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Alan Turing Institute hits ‘key milestone’ in AI strategy

  The Alan Turing Institute reaffirms its commitment to addressing “grand challenges” in health, environment and security with the appointment of four new directors

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Samsung, AMD and Vodafone claim Open RAN data call first

  Leading processor and electronics company team with telco to reinforce open radio access network expansion, using technical expertise from existing large-scale commercial network deployments

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Openreach unveils ‘turbo-charged’ full-fibre gigabit broadband offer

  Nation’s leading broadband provider reacts with new speed tiers to ‘massive network traffic surge’ due to demand for high-definition streaming, online gaming, video conferencing  and other bandwidth-intensive applications

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Microsoft: Nation-state hackers are exploiting ChatGPT

  Threat actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have all been probing use cases for generative AI service ChatGPT, but have yet to use such tools in a full-blown cyber attack

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Dutch Supreme Court approves use of EncroChat evidence

  Defence lawyers plan appeal to European Court of Human Rights after Supreme Court upholds a conviction based on intercepted messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Nokia, A1, Microsoft claim first for enterprise 5G edge cloud network slicing

  Telco teams with IT giant and comms tech provider to offer network slicing solution designed to deliver secure virtual private network services to enterprise customers integrated with edge-based enterprise cloud applications over 4G and 5G networks

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  UK government adds to autonomous vehicle funding

  Members of the fifth connected vehicle technology development cohort given potential to receive funding from UK government to aid creation of services that could power self-driving vehicles

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Virgin Media O2 Shared Rural Network roll-out reaches new heights

  Operator claims major milestone in commitment to £1bn UK rural communications programme after it rolled out reliable 4G coverage across 100 sites on Scotland’s second-largest island

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Southern Water customer data was taken in ransomware attack

  Southern Water has started to contact customers whose data was stolen in a January 2024 ransomware attack on its systems

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Met Police to scrap and replace ‘racist’ Gangs Violence Matrix

  A database used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and track people linked with gang violence is being decommissioned and replaced. The decision follows a long-running controversy over its discriminatory impacts on young black people, but ...