Mobile technology

Confluent: Current 2022 - live report day #2: no going back to 'batch'

Hosted by Confluent, Current 2022 is billed as the ‘next generation of Kafka Summit’ and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is in Austin, Texas for the showdown. As an aide memoir, ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Policy action needed for EU to achieve 5G goals

Report finds that economic contribution of mobile continues to expand in Europe, but market dynamics are impeding 5G’s progress throughout the region and further regulation may be needed to hit digital goals Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Orange Belgium, KPN plot 5G course for world’s smartest waterway

Operators plan to submit grant application to European Commission for project to use 5G to ensure secure and highly reliable connectivity and accelerate further digitisation in one of Europe’s most important corridors Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Italian Supreme Court calls for prosecutors to disclose information on Sky ECC hacking operation

Italy’s Supreme Court says Italian prosecutors and police should disclose information on how they obtained intercepted messages from the Sky ECC cryptophone network Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Confluent: Current 2022 user conference - live report day #1

Hosted by Confluent, Current 2022 is billed as the ‘next generation of Kafka Summit’ and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is in Austin, Texas for the showdown. As an aide memoir, ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Mavenir to deliver cloud-based 5G solutions on Google Cloud

Telecoms software provider and cloud giant team to offer combined system with containerised and micro-serviced converged 5G packet core, IP multimedia subsystem, messaging, orchestration, AI and telco analytics, and Open RAN products Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Putting APIs to work

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at application programming interfaces (APIs) and how they can connect internal and external business processes. We examine the challenges and opportunities of using AI in healthcare. And we find out how retailers are turning to specialist apps to reduce food waste. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How to protect against SMS mobile security weakness

The simple messaging service provides two-factor authentication in banking and e-commerce, but what happens if your SIM card is stolen? Continue Reading

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• Junade Ali

City of Las Vegas bets on NTT for largest private 5G network in US

Sin City sees no gamble in placing its chips on private 5G networks in new infrastructure designed to create opportunities for businesses, government and educational institutions Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Du, Nokia, MediaTek combine three 5G TDD carriers to claim ‘highest throughput ever’

Comms tech provider and mobile chip company team with Middle East operator in first carrier aggregation of its kind, combining high-speed 5G bands to aggregate 300MHz of spectrum for throughput of up to 4.520 Gbps Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

How the pandemic accelerated tech adoption in hospitality

The pandemic led to technology adoption across several sectors, with hospitality being no exception Continue Reading

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• Glynn Davis

API series - Pantheon: Building web experiences with APIs & Jamstack

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network API series written by Josh Koenig in his role as co-founder and chief strategy officer at Pantheon. Pantheon is a WebOps platform for ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

IoT success fuelling further expansion

Survey reveals profound change around the benefits derived from internet of things over past 12 months, with senior decision-makers focused on operational efficiencies, reducing costs, and increasing revenue and profit Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Zain Kuwait taps Accedian, Cisco for ‘unparalleled’ network performance monitoring and analytics

Middle East mobile voice and data services operator deploys automated assurance network technology to boost customer experience of performance and availability Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Robo investment platform adopts open banking-based payments

Nordic consumer investment fintech simplifies customer experience through open banking software from Mastercard-owned Aiia Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Telefónica, Qualcomm collaborate to build XR, metaverse systems

Partnership designed to grow metaverse and extended reality ecosystem using Snapdragon Spaces as well as upskilling Telefónica’s internal teams and external innovation programmes in XR hardware and applications Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

ThoughtSpot dev lead: The modern developer relations stack - part #1

This couplet of joint analysis pieces is written in full by Quinton Wall in his role as head of developer relations at ThoughtSpot. As a company, ThoughtSpot likes to call itself a modern analytics ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

API series - Tigris Data: Developers love APIs & data, but do they love data APIs?

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network's API series written in full by Ovais Tariq in role as CEO of Tigris Data -- Tigris is an open source developer data platform for all ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Conversation between two police officers formed basis of EncroChat warrant, court hears

The National Crime Agency did not seek a written explanation of a French hacking technique before applying for a surveillance warrant to use French “intercept” in the UK, a court heard Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Copenhagen Fintech connects its members to the world

Copenhagen-based startup initiative is driving fintech developments across the Nordic region, with Mastercard its latest global partner Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

API series - Perforce: API productisation & a more consumer-oriented API mindset

This is a contributed piece written in full by Olaf van Gorp, technical sales (EMEA) and solutions consultant, Akana at Perforce Software. From this point, van Gorp writes in full as follows... ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

API series - eG Innovations: APIs as IT monitoring tools

This piece is written by Rachel Berry in her capacity as product consultant at eG Innovations, a company known for its cloud-based application performance and IT-Infrastructure monitoring ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

American Express recruiting thousands of tech professionals

Amex will add 5,000 IT professionals to its workforce in 2022 as digital products and services become the staple of the finance sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

API series - MuleSoft: Why API governance should be an innovation & transformation driver

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network's API universe series written in full by Matt McLarty in his role as global field CTO & VP, digital transformation Office (DTO), ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Mobile operators work on holographic calling pilot

Thanks to 5G, it may soon be possible add a third dimension to video calls using ‘realistic’ holograms Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Flex muscles up 5G SA private wireless, Industry 4.0 in advanced manufacturing

Leading comms tech provider teams with multinational electronics company to combine 5G SA private wireless and Industry 4.0 expertise for advanced manufacturing services in Brazil Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Uber suffers major cyber attack

Details are trickling out of an apparent ‘near total’ compromise of ride-sharing service Uber by an alleged teenage hacktivist Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Smartphone trade-in value rises as average age of devices breaks 3.5-year threshold

Analysis of mobile trade-ins reveals increasing handset longevity and rising value of used devices, with US$767m returned to US buyers in the second quarter Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

BICS partners with Thales to simplify eSIM integration for IoT

International connectivity and global IoT enabler partners with technology provider to take simplicity of consumer eSIMs to the broader internet of things while further streamlining connectivity activation for enterprises Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Deutsche Telekom deploys converged packet core to boost enterprise 5G

Leading German operator deploys cloud-native standalone core, marking key milestone in the evolution of 5G architecture with scale and flexibility required to deliver innovative 5G standalone services to enterprise customers Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Amdocs claims industry’s first 5G-native charging system

5G- and cloud-native charging product will provide ‘endless’ monetisation opportunities for advanced standalone 5G and beyond, backed by proven multicloud deployment experience, says Amdocs Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Nokia boosts business software to enhance time to value

Leading communications technology provider strengthens software portfolio to focus on security, automation and monetisation, while introducing digital ecosystem programme to accelerate innovation through collaboration with partners and customers Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Investment in UK fintech sees fall amid global turmoil

Investment in fintech drops, but because figures are distorted by last year’s records, it’s not as bad as it looks, says KPMG Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Verizon VRAN velocity gains as fibre pushed to almost half of cell sites

Communications giant takes advantage of extensive fibre broadband network to support mobile infrastructure, which is seeing significant push into virtualised radio access network technology in cell sites Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Spaceflight takes Astrocast IoT constellation to orbit

Global nanosatellite IoT network inks commercial arrangement with NewSpace India to launch four spacecraft aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mission Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Nokia, Telia Finland claim world-first commercial 5G SA FWA network with network slicing

Finnish operator and compatriot comms technology giant announce the launch of world’s first commercial 5G standalone network with network slicing for fixed wireless access services Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

API series - Salt Security: Unified monitoring of APIs for seasoned security 

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Nick Rago in his capacity as field CTO at Salt Security - a company known for its specialist skills related to API ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Apple iPhone 14: Time to put our desire for shiny new things into perspective

Can the launch of the iPhone 14 have come at a worse time? The standard of living of people is falling, inflation is rising rapidly, the pound is crashing and fuel bills are sky high and set to ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Singtel and Intel team up on 5G

Singtel and Intel have started an incubation programme to spearhead the development of enterprise 5G applications in areas including content delivery and video analytics Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Sweden is ideal breeding ground for a direct-to-consumer unicorn

Sweden’s socially driven technology prowess could soon yield an e-commerce unicorn digitising direct to customers Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

NEC, Mavenir drive mMIMO through Open RAN on Orange France 5G SA

IT and comms giant teams with cloud-native telecoms software provider to drive open and advanced radio access network functionality with deployment of massive MIMO on leading telco’s experimental 5G SA network in France Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

EE upgrades 5G network across 14 new UK locations

BT-owned MNO extends mid-band next-generation network capability across 14 UK towns and cities to support the latest 5G smartphones and pay monthly mobile plans Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

API series: Google surfaces pay-as-you-go pricing for Apigee API management

Google acquired Apigee in back in 2016. Since that time, the search and cloud giant has been working on processes designed to absorb, ingest - but mostly to integrate - Apigee’s API management ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

India’s wake-up call on health data privacy

Health app developers and industry watchers in India are keeping an eye on data privacy following the reversal of the Roe vs Wade ruling in the US Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

Minor League Baseball hits in-stadium connectivity to new level

Cloud networking provider partners with Minor League Baseball to provide in-stadium tech and help its teams and players to become smarter and faster in improving their games and optimising the overall in-stadium experience Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Qualcomm adds bite to Snapdragon platform

Just days after kicking off IFA show outlining plans to embed its Wi-Fi, 5G and satellite connectivity technology to drive connected experiences in a world that Qualcomm sees as one where everything is intelligent and everyone connected, chip giant launches new version of core mobile platform Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

CircleCI rolls out joint offering for GitLab developers

Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) platform company CircleCI used the summer slowdown period to come forward with support for GitLab SaaS developers. This means that ‘joint ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

IWGB to take Deliveroo to Supreme Court over riders’ rights

The legal challenge to establish riders as workers rather than self-employed comes months after Deliveroo and GMB signed a voluntary partnership agreement, which IWGB says does not grant riders the full range of rights they are entitled to Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

BICS, Lynk forge satellite direct-to-mobile coverage agreement

Companies form agreement enabling mobile network operators to expand mobile coverage to underserved rural communities without terrestrial cell towers Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Smartphone users ready to join eSIM revolution

Survey of 2,500 consumers across the US, UK and Australia reveals strong appetite for the enhanced flexibility, convenience, speed and sustainability enabled by eSIM technology Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Telstra launches suite of enterprise 5G Standalone automated and orchestrated services

Global operator announces 5G service-based architecture combined with automation via network orchestration, allowing customers to imagine and deploy new differentiated services quickly and scale them economically Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Global 5G subscriptions growth stays strong in Q2 2022

Updated analysis reveals massive uptick in uptake of 5G in Q2 2022 analysis with 690 million global 5G subscriptions offered over 218 services, 24 of which are 5G standalone networks Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Huge leap to contactless payments in past three years

Covid-19 pushes the use of contactless payments for face-to-face transactions to 90% of total Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

New connectivity options driven by low Earth orbit satellites

Huge reductions in the cost of building and launching satellites has led to an explosion of interest in space-borne projects and services Continue Reading

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• Bill Ray

Interview: Sibstar, the fintech app for dementia sufferers

Creator of app and debit card designed to support people living with dementia tells Computer Weekly how the idea developed Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ericsson claims sustainability gains with tri-sector 5G radio

Swedish comms tech provider makes further inroads into more sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that is said to be able to do the job of nine radios Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

IFA 2022: Qualcomm announces Meta partnership as it stakes out connected future

Chip giant unveils plans to embed its connectivity technology – encompassing Wi-Fi 7, 5G and even satellite – within virtual and real-world environments to drive connected experiences Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Major shift detected in smart home technology deployment  

Research from personalised communications services provider Plume finds consumers’ appetite for internet of things and smart home technologies continues to grow Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Peeking into the metaverse: Taking a look at VR headsets and AR smart glasses

Extended – augmented and virtual – reality is capturing the imagination of media and investors alike. Use cases abound, and market opportunities proliferate as more and more companies discover applications that might help their operations or serve their customers Continue Reading

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• Martin Schwirn, Computer Weekly

Samsung to deliver private 5G network systems to South Korea’s public, private sectors

IT and comms giant lands contract to provide 5G private network solutions to five government agencies and private institutions in South Korea as part of a government initiative to advance the country’s private 5G ecosystem Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Arm sues Qualcomm over Nuvia tie-up

Qualcomm hopes to integrate Nuvia’s technology into its system-on-a-chip products based on Arm cores – but Arm says this infringes its IP Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Singapore to expand 5G coverage to seaport

The maritime hub will be testing the use of 5G in a range of maritime operations, including remote pilotage of vessels and drone delivery of components to ships Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

NTT, VMware team to develop fully managed Edge+Private 5G offering as a service

Edge-as-a-service offer designed to enable Industry 4.0 to gain instant access to data where it is generated or collected and harness it to drive positive, powerful business outcomes Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Orange and Equinix bring cloud agility to telco infrastructure

Digital infrastructure company makes advances in development of software-defined networking to speed global telco’s cloud model through what they claim is ‘groundbreaking as-a-service capability’ Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

CircleCI CTO: Don’t get blinded by the 'shiny shiny' (like low & no-code tools)

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by CircleCI CTO Rob Zuber - the company is a developer-centric automation software company known for its specialist skills in ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Virgin Media O2, NEC, Rakuten Symphony drive multi-supplier Open RAN in UK

Open radio access technology project aiming to maximise future synergies in global telco supply chain, headed by global telecoms network IT provider and leading UK mobile operator, enters field phase Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Apple to make iPhone 14 in India

Tech giant Apple is ramping up iPhone production in India through contract manufacturer Foxconn in a move that will benefit local consumers and the country’s burgeoning manufacturing industry Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

Nokia, Google trial slicing service for 5G networks

Service from comms tech provider and IT giant connects smartphones to multiple network slices simultaneously Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

API series - Intro: scope, span & synopsis

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are everywhere. This being true, the Computer Weekly Developer Network now embarks upon a story series designed to examine the mechanics of the API ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Circular IT series - Teemill: Collaborative Saas platforms are transforming the concept of 'waste'

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly circular economy series attributed to Sofia Voudouroglou of Teemill, an open access enterprise software platform that allows businesses to access ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Circular IT series - CHG-Meridian: Managing unstoppable (but sustainable) IT consumption

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular tech economy’ series written by Simon Young in his capacity as director and VP of sales for UK & Ireland at technology services company ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

The low-code lowdown: Appian developer advocate April Schuppel

The Computer Weekly Developer Network sat down (physically In Real Life, virtually and perhaps also metaphysically) to discuss the state of low-code nation with April Schuppel in her role as senior ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Cradlepoint unveils networking architecture addressing 5G, SD-WAN, zero-trust intersection

Cloud-delivered LTE and 5G wireless network services provider launches software-based offering to manage remote connections and provide flow-level visibility Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Top mobile apps for SMBs

While there are many options for mobile applications that can help enterprise organizations accomplish business goals, some options are better suited for SMBs. Continue Reading

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• Gary Olsen

Apple patches two zero-days in macOs, iOS

Mac users should urgently apply new patches addressing vulnerabilities in its desktop and mobile operating systems Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

5G set to generate $7tn worth of economic value in 2030

Study from mobile and video technology developer finds adoption of 5G is outpacing all previous generations of cellular technology in terms of subscription rate, leading to vast value by 2030 Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Intellian inks satellite communications partnership agreement with Speedcast

Satellite connectivity industry gains even higher orbit as provider of satellite communications technology systems announces collaboration with one of the world’s largest satellite communications service providers Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Amazon Ring vulnerability could have been used to spy on users

A now-patched vulnerability in the Amazon Ring mobile app could have been exploited to expose users’ video recordings, but was complex to exploit, according to the researchers who stumbled upon it Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

GPS tagging of migrants breaches UK data protection law, says Privacy International complaint

Privacy group files complaints with Information Commissioner’s Office and Forensic Science Regulator over Home Office’s GPS monitoring of migrants Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Circular IT series - Logitech eco-lead: Designing for sustainability, carbon-neutrality & usability

Logitech is known for its peripherals and software. The Swiss-American company makes some of (what would widely be agreed to be) the higher-end and perhaps more durable lines of equipment on the ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Viavi announces 6G academic and industry research programme

Network test, monitoring and assurance systems provider announces support for 6G academic and industry research, aiming to provide expertise, technology and funding to promising avenues of research, which may lead to breakthroughs for wireless technology Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

The Turing Trust receives first batch of donated Govia Thameslink computers

Train operator plans to donate 600 computers to the charity, which will refurbish them and send them to schools in Malawi Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Older customers prefer phone calls to chatbots

Businesses are increasingly adopting customer-facing digital technologies, but the older generation are not so keen to embrace tech Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

5G data traffic explosion to drive 5G small cell deployments to 13 million by 2027

Research projects 5G small cell deployments will accelerate by around 2025, when 5G capacity demands offered by Massive MIMO becomes insufficient Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Lawyers and journalists sue CIA and Mike Pompeo over Assange surveillance claims

CIA and its former director sued over allegations that they authorised unlawful spying on US citizens when they visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London Continue Reading

OneWeb takes off with Intelsat to bring multi-orbit connectivity to airlines worldwide

Agreement aims to expand the availability of low earth orbit connectivity for aviation and transform the experiences of passengers and flight crews Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Future 5G and Wi-Fi opportunities to be driven by private networks

By 2028, private 5G network sales and associated services such as installation could generate as much as $23.8bn in revenues, with surge in sales beginning in China two years earlier, research finds Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

5G time-critical services set to boost productivity and efficiency of industrial operations

Whitepaper from industry trade organisation for leading telecommunications service providers and manufacturers highlights key planning and implementation issues that will ensure success of time-critical services for 5G networks Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

UK cost-of-living crisis creates surge in mobile provider switching

Current inclement economic times in the UK blow headwinds into mobile comms sector, shaking customer loyalty with operators as over two-fifths of contract customers think they are overpaying for their current tariff Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Circular IT series - DevicePilot CEO Pilgrim Beart on greener smarter technology

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular technology economy’ series written by Pilgrim Beart. Now the founder of DevicePilot, a software platform for monitoring, managing and automating ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

FCC rejects Starlink, LTD Broadband bids for satellite connectivity subsidies

US regulator deals blow for bid by consortium headed by Elon Musk-led satellite company to gain financial stimulus under Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Private 5G in a box simplifies deployment, mobility

Vendors are offering private 5G in a box -- a condensed and streamlined form of standalone 5G -- to simplify the complexity of typical private 5G deployments. Continue Reading

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• Dan Jones

Online retail sales see year-on-year drop of 2.3% in July 2022

Despite another year-on-year drop in online retail sales in July, the fall is smaller than those seen in previous months of 2022 as online sales decline slows Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Nokia on track to modernise Western Australia rail communications

Leading comms tech provider to upgrade Public Transport Authority of Western Australia’s railway communications system with private wireless and mission-critical IP/MPLS covering 250km of railway track and tunnels in project including designing, building and maintenance Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Positioning rapidly finds its place in 5G ecosystem

Research find that while 5G positioning is developing quickly and could be featured in billions of consumer and enterprise devices by 2030, the journey to commercial success is not without hurdles Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Cellular low-power WAN connectivity to grow over twofold in next five years

Even though the lack of widespread roaming agreements thus far has hampered the growth of the mobile standard outside of China, and roaming and monetisation continue as core service provider challenges, the LPWAN landscape is changing, with an increasing number of agreements having been concluded to facilitate regional roaming and boost income generation Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Circular IT series - Vertiv: A datacentre report card, C+ 'could do better'

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular IT economy’ series written by Simon Brady in his capacity as services channel business development manager for EMEA at Vertiv - a company known ... Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Nokia on track with NCRTC voice/data offering and Orange Egypt network modernisation

Nokia tests mission-critical voice and data on 4.9G/LTE private wireless network for India’s regional rapid transit system, while being selected by leading Egyptian telco to upgrade network for increased reliability, security and operational efficiencies Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

BT claims breakthrough for enterprise mobile with 5G standalone

Leading UK telco reveals carrier aggregation technology trials with Nokia mark first time four carrier components on a 5G standalone network have been used achieved outside of a lab in Europe Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

IoT hits top gear with Extreme E in battling climate change

All-electric car racing series teams with Vodafone Business to combat growing threat from global warning, through long-life IoT solar-powered sensors connected to a mesh network to warn of environment dangers Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly