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• March 14, 2022 14 Mar'22

  More Tableau-Salesforce integrations on the cards

  Tableau and Salesforce are looking to deliver more ‘pre-integrated’ offerings that embed analytics capabilities into the latter’s portfolio of software-as-a-service applications

• March 11, 2022 11 Mar'22

  600 public buildings in Wales get full-fibre broadband

  Completion of the largest public sector broadband project in Wales, funded by the UK government, sees gigabit connectivity delivered to buildings including hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes, libraries and youth centres

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Telefónica Vivo launches 5G-ready IP transport network across Brazil

  Brazilian operator teams with Cisco and NEC to deploy a flexible and scalable 5G-ready IP transport network for its converged mobile and fixed networks as it prepares to launch a next-generation communications network infrastructure

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Open banking’s next big thing could replace direct debits

  Variable recurring payments could fuel the next stage of open banking take-up in the UK

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  CityFibre deploys 100th fibre exchange to power full-fibre roll-out

  Century up for fibre exchange (FEX) deployments for UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform, enabling the delivery of live gigabit broadband services to the first 4.8 million premises of its eight million roll-out

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Government to force tech firms to stop fraudsters using their platforms for scams

  Changes to legislation will make social media and search engine firms responsible for preventing fraudsters using their platforms to commit crimes

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Amazon resists independent audit of warehouse working conditions

  Two shareholder proposals pushing for an independent audit of working conditions at Amazon are being challenged by the ecommerce giant, which claims it is a matter for management rather than shareholders

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Limelight gains large CDN scale with Edgecast acquisition

  Leading CDN provider gains extra scale with strategic purchase, claiming to have created global leader in edge-enabled software services with diversified revenue across products, clients, geographies and channels

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Accelerating full-fibre gigabit growth sees UK altnet association start 2022 on strong note

  Independent Networks Cooperative Association enjoys continued membership boom as altnets maintain momentum in UK after several years of record investment

• March 07, 2022 07 Mar'22

  Ukrainian engineers fight to keep internet online

  IT professionals in Ukraine are working tirelessly and at great risk to keep the country connected to the internet during the Russian invasion

• March 07, 2022 07 Mar'22

  India’s Mahindra Group makes cloud move

  The Indian conglomerate will migrate SAP S/4 Hana and its data warehouse to Google Cloud and build up its DevOps capabilities

• March 03, 2022 03 Mar'22

  Use of encrypted Telegram platform soars in Ukraine, Russia

  Encrypted messaging service Telegram is proving a valuable asset to both sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine

• March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22

  Nationwide suffers payday payments outage

  Nationwide customers were left unable to pay bills on payday as the building society suffered a software outage

• March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22

  Cloud suppliers eye APAC space industry

  Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are working with local governments and supplying cloud technologies to support the region’s growing space industry

• February 27, 2022 27 Feb'22

  MWC 2022: Huawei hones hybrid offer with fibre to the room

  Aiming to address the new world of work, tech giant Huawei has launched a fibre-to-the-room gigabit all-optical room offering

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  Irish data watchdog calls for ‘objective metrics’ for big tech regulation

  Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, says EU regulators must agree on metrics to measure the effectiveness of data protection regulation

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  H&M scheme looks to tackle issues affecting D&I in STEM

  Retailer H&M launches its first ever STEM programme in the UK in a move to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation – and to tap into future tech talent

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Workers demand universal high-performance broadband to succeed with hybrid work

  Cisco Broadband Index finds just more than two-fifths of UK workers now rely on their home internet to work from home or run their own business, but almost three-quarters think broadband services need to dramatically improve to enable them to work ...

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Paid-for advertising still not covered in Online Safety Bill

  Consumer group Which? calls again for government to include measures against scam paid-for advertising in the Online Safety Bill

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Hammerspace offers follow-the-sun access to on-prem and cloud storage

  Startup aims to succeed where others have failed and present file, block and object storage data from any and multiple locations as if it were local to the user

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Sweden completes phase two of e-krona pilot

  Sweden’s central bank is well into its second year of testing a new digital currency, but so far, no firm decision has been made by the government to adopt it

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Zoom gains NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus and NHS security badges

  Video platform Zoom has added a number of UK-specific cyber certifications to help it demonstrate its platform is safeguarded against common threats

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Backup heads to cloud as ransomware hits 76% and RTOs/RPOs fail

  Veeam survey finds most can’t recover the data they want or do it in time, ransomware is now a ‘disaster’, use of the cloud is increasing, but the datacentre is still very important

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Amazon and Visa resolve UK credit card ban threat

  Companies reach ‘broad, global agreement that includes the acceptance of Visa at all Amazon stores and sites’

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  January 2022 saw low growth in online sales

  Slow start to the year with minimal growth for online sales as pandemic drop-off has more people heading back to the highstreet

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Virgin Media O2 seeks joint venture for UK full-fibre extension

  Just weeks after claiming to have taken a huge competitive step in the UK broadband market by hitting its target of gigabit capability to all its customers, operator looks for financing to fuel further growth

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Risk of UK digital broadband divide growing

  Report from communications regulator warns that amid rising cost of services, millions of low-income families in the UK are missing out on a £144 annual broadband saving

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  DDoS attacks hit Ukrainian defence ministry and banks

  A further wave of cyber attacks has taken place against targets in Ukraine amid heightened tension in the region

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  UK finance regulator effects changes to ‘buy now, pay later’ contract terms

  BNPL finance providers have agreed to make their contracts with consumers fairer, amid concerns

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  NatWest group shutters 32 more branches as digital shift continues

  Banking group announces more branch closures as part of its digital transformation, but promises that no customers will be left behind

• February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22

  Jio and SES forge joint venture for satellite-based broadband services across India

  Joint venture between satellite operator SES and Indian mobile network operator Jio aims to extend network reach and resiliency by using satellites in geostationary and medium Earth orbits, including O3b mPOWER

• February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22

  UK superfast, ultrafast broadband deployments track upwards rapidly in Q4 2021

  Majors and altnets hit the accelerator in gigabit connectivity roll-out in the UK, but survey reveals big discrepancy between the country’s best and worst fibre-enabled locations

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  TalkTalk: Switch to full fibre benefits climate

  Study from leading UK operator pinpoints green gains from switching to full fibre over copper networks, including increased efficiency, reduction in degradation and exchanges, and fewer engineer journeys

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  CMA secures final Privacy Sandbox guarantees from Google

  The CMA has secured a final set of Privacy Sandbox commitments from Google relating to the proposed removal of third-party cookies from its Chrome browser

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  Operator 5G engagements increase by more than 50% in 2021

  Research from mobile test and assurance services provider shows that standalone core, network cloudification and operational agility drive accelerating 5G roll-outs, with service assurance rapidly gathering pace

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  ISPA, Good Things Foundation team to address UK digital divide

  Digital exclusion remains a huge issue in the UK and to address the problem, leading digital inclusion charity has entered into a partnership with the Internet Services Providers’ Association

• February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22

  Samsung, Amdocs collaborate for private 5G at Howard University

  Comms tech and software providers partner to deploy Citizens Broadband Radio Service private 5G network across Howard University’s campus in Washington DC

• February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22

  Qualcomm expands investment in XR and the metaverse

  Mobile chip giant opens new labs in Europe to build on existing commitment to make extended reality accessible to the masses, with focus activities on XR R&D, engineering and key technology development

• February 09, 2022 09 Feb'22

  Minister defends digital economy legislation before Lords

  A digital minister has said that the UK’s forthcoming digital markets legislation is ‘superior’ to similar efforts in the EU, but could not commit to a specific time frame for when it will be introduced to Parliament

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  Ferrari accelerates digital transformation with Qualcomm strategic technology collaboration

  Leading mobile processor firm inks deal to be systems solutions provider for legendary motor marque in strategic technology collaboration aimed at helping to boost the manufacturer’s digital transformation

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  Tiger offers lightweight file access for hybrid cloud

  Roar data, anyone? Tiger offers local access to cloud data, with only parts of the file being worked on downloaded and file locking in cloud buckets to ensure integrity

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  BT announces managing director of Incubation for Digital unit

  Innovation leader announced for digital unit as it aims to build a customer-centric digital organisation to bring products and services to customers and create new opportunities

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  Porn sites will be legally required to verify users’ ages

  Porn sites could be legally obliged to verify that their users are 18 or over under proposed online safety rules, in UK government’s second attempt to prevent children from accessing pornography online

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  NO-UK submarine cable system claims record line rate

  Submarine cable system between Norway and the UK claims milestone that will facilitate a new era of connectivity between the countries

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  UK fintech investment sees sevenfold increase in a year

  UK fintech investment rose from $5.2bn in 2020 to $37.3bn in 2021, with 603 private equity, venture capital and merger and acquisition deals

• February 07, 2022 07 Feb'22

  LATAM Airlines taps Intelsat to support in-flight connectivity on new Airbus fleet

  Aircraft’s satellite-based communications claimed to offer the best connectivity experience across Latin America

• February 04, 2022 04 Feb'22

  Amazon to create 1,500 UK apprenticeships in 2022

  Retail giant Amazon will be on the lookout for more than 1,000 UK apprentices this year, adding to the thousands of new hires it made in 2021

• February 04, 2022 04 Feb'22

  Users set to skip Wi-Fi 6E as campus switch market grows more quickly than expected

  Potential tough times ahead for Wi-Fi 6E, but digital transformation initiatives have been accelerated by the pandemic, spurring new network requirements and putting pressure on IT managers to upgrade their networks

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum critical to enable Australian technology innovation

  Global spectrum organisation calls on Australia to set aside the full 1200MHz of available 6GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi applications under the country’s communications and media authority licensing framework

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  Openreach sees record-breaking quarter for fibre as BT reports mixed Q3

  BT’s trading update for the nine months to 31 December 2021 shows overall decline in revenues in global and enterprise, supply chain issues and rising costs, but Openreach full-fibre roll-out rockets