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• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Two-fifths of UK small businesses claim productivity increases since lockdown

  As UK government mulls programme to encourage big return to the office, survey finds that commuting time has been swapped for work time as homeworkers notch up almost a month in overtime

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Nokia powers the grid in China for the world’s biggest utility company

  Nordic comms tech giant’s WaveFabric supports power grid expansion with resilient, scalable optical network

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  UK government claims major leap in rural 5G roll-out plans

  Boost for rural phone coverage in programme clearing 700MHz spectrum of radio waves for 5G, with spectrum to be auctioned off in bid to deliver nearly 20% more capacity for mobile services

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Zoom continues boom in second quarter

  Lockdown breakout video conferencing provider continues hot streak through second quarter of 2020, racking up record revenues of over half a billion dollars

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Ministers urge local councils to lead on broadband and mobile

  Digital minister Matt Warman and local government minister Simon Clarke want local councils to do their bit to help ensure better access to connectivity during the Covid-19 recovery

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Unwired Planet wins patent licensing case against Huawei

  Landmark ruling goes in favour of Unwired Planet and Conversant Wireless and may define the future of telecoms patent licensing

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  TikTok takes Trump to court

  Under-fire video app TikTok files a formal complaint in the federal courts challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to ban it in the US

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  Scottish government reveals broadband voucher scheme to make up project shortfall

  Government reveals details of funding for Scottish residents who fall outside reach of its primary broadband project

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Zoom dials into Southeast Asia with Singapore datacentre

  Zoom’s new Singapore datacentre is expected to shore up the performance of its conferencing tool and phone service in the city-state

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Department for Transport seeks industry views on autonomous vehicle technology

  The government wants industry’s views on plans to use automation technology to take control of cars travelling at speeds of up to 70mph, keeping them safely in the lane on motorways

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Cisco-led consortium eyes up rural UK 5G opportunities

  Part government-funded communications project develops first-of-its-kind deployment toolkit for next-generation networks using 5G technologies to empower rural and poorly connected communities

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Ericsson hits 100th 5G commercial agreement milestone

  Century up for Swedish communications tech firm in next-generation infrastructure wins with deal at Telekom Slovenije to supply essential RAN and Packet Core technology

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  DAG Wireless unveils 4G/5G infrastructure for in-flight connectivity

  Broadband access products provider announces new FCC and DO-160 certified in-flight broadband network designed to offer first-class wireless connectivity experiences

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  EE expands emergency services network to 500th site

  BT-owned UK operator announces milestone for emergency services network as it accelerates its strategy towards bringing 4G to more places across the country, particularly rural communities

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Poor connectivity sees home workers lose over half an hour of work a day

  Business leaders reveal pressure of new normal with research revealing four-fifths of home workers experiencing unreliable internet connection while working from home, and nearly half having slow and/or unreliable internet connection

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Isle of Wight trial shows positive effect of contact-tracing app, but data privacy body slams UK

  Rare piece of good news for long-awaited but much-criticised mobile app as technical conference highlights the positive outcomes for first large public test of coronavirus contact-tracing service

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Intel, VMware broaden 5G collaboration across radio access network

  Leading software and chip companies embark on a pre-integrated software platform for virtualised RAN designed to reduce development cycles for communications service providers

• August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20

  Nokia to set up robotics lab at Indian Institute of Science

  The Nokia Centre of Excellence for Networked Robotics will explore the use of drones, advanced communications and artificial intelligence in agriculture and industrial automation, among other applications

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Liverpool scores win with 5G health and social care project

  Quality of Mersey is not strained in mobile health communications solutions, with a further £4.3m for 5G-based health and social care innovation to provide safe, free and accessible connectivity to services including health, social care and education

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  BT launches drive to support UK SMEs

  Small Business Support Scheme will help country’s 5.8 million small businesses boost connectivity, cashflow and confidence following coronavirus pandemic

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Apple smashes sales in third quarter, outpaces rivals in growth

  iPhone SE and iPhone 11 sales contribute to record June quarter as Apple defies expectations in first true half of the year

• July 31, 2020 31 Jul'20

  BT takes Covid-19 hit but claims strong first quarter

  Comms provider warns of further impact from pandemic in future quarters as a result of insolvency, slower decision-making by larger customers and lower usage across businesses

• July 31, 2020 31 Jul'20

  UK contact-tracing app to be launched ‘shortly’ as Northern Ireland deploys service

  Launch imminent for long-awaited and controversial mobile application described as ‘cherry on the cake’ of UK’s Covid-19 test and trace strategy

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  UK households suffer as online problems disrupt work during lockdown

  Quadient urges broadband and mobile providers to focus on customer service as UK ranks connectivity as more essential than gas, banking or council services

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  EE attains leadership in UK mobile network performance in first half of 2020

  As the way in which people use networks has dramatically changed over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, 5G is changing the game in UK mobile, research has found

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Global telco 5G network infrastructure spending set to almost double in 2020

  Research firm finds investments in next-generation networks will reach just over one-fifth of total wireless infrastructure spend

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Ofcom to free up additional spectrum for wireless services

  Regulator takes steps to boost home network users who are now in their home offices and will be there for a considerable period of time

• July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20

  Verizon completes long-haul 800Gbps single-wavelength fibre data session

  US comms giant sends 800Gbps across long-distance fibre in preparation for significant increase in amount of data from enterprise and consumer 5G applications

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  UK government moves forward on Shared Rural Network scheme

  UK government issues written statement supporting the deployment of 5G and extending 4G mobile coverage to hitherto badly served rural area

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  New opportunities for Nordic startups post-Covid-19 as virtual offices become the norm

  As companies adjust to digital office life in the pandemic era, a host of Nordic startups are already helping them convert these short-term fixes into long-term strategy

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Nokia launches first commercial enterprise 5G standalone private wireless networking

  New technology aims to provide ‘direct to 5G’ entry point for high-spec industrial use case validation and ecosystem development

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company

  Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions

• July 20, 2020 20 Jul'20

  Ericsson calls for Europe to ramp up 5G as it wins SoftBank cloud dual-mode core contract

  Cloud-native, dual-mode 5G core will provide container-based microservice architecture to help Japanese operator develop new business models

• July 20, 2020 20 Jul'20

  Global business leaders comfortable if not fully prepared for large-scale shift to remote work

  Riverbed survey shows new technology investments are expected to enhance corporate performance and wellness as employees increasingly work from anywhere and employers adopt hybrid working models

• July 20, 2020 20 Jul'20

  India’s Jio Platforms eyes global 5G opportunity

  Indian mobile network operator Jio Platforms has built a 5G solution that will meet domestic and global demand for 5G services

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  UK’s first 5G accelerator gains speed

  UK 5G testbed springs into life with 12 hours of content in a virtual event lasting over two days, offering business-orientated training programme to show the benefits the technology can bring to enterprises

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  Verizon tailors BlueJeans conferencing functionality, inks IBM 5G IoT deal

  Newly acquired video-conferencing suite gets feature enhancements as Verizon inks IBM partnership to focus on enabling industrial productivity in 5G-enabled IoT technologies

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Over four-fifths of companies will allow employees to work remotely after lockdown

  Study finds dynamics of the new work situation means organisations need to manage a more complex, hybrid workforce

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  UK comms industry counts the cost of Huawei tech ban

  After UK government takes decision to remove so-called high-risk tech supplier’s 5G products from national communications infrastructure, operators add up the cost to mobile networks

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Huawei technology banned from UK national comms infrastructure

  After NCSC advice, and accepting billions in cost and a significant delay to 5G roll-out, UK government takes decision to remove so-called high-risk tech supplier’s 5G products from mobile network, and begins assessment of risk to fixed fibre nets

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Nokia claims readiness to enable 5G transition ‘seamlessly’

  Software upgrade claimed to offer ‘seamless’ transition for installed 4G/LTE technology to 5G infrastructure, avoiding the need for tower climbs enabling immediate enablement of next-generation networks

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  HSBC customers targeted in new smishing scam

  SMS phishing scam is targeting HSBC customers in the UK to trick them into handing over their bank account details

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  More Joker malware apps chucked off Google Play Store

  Infamous Joker billing fraud malware continues to sneak past Google’s security controls

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Huawei warns ban would cause ‘huge damage’ to UK digital economy

  On the eve of what are predicted to be swingeing limitations – if not an outright ban – on its products from UK, the Chinese communications technology supplier highlights how far its technology is embedded in national infrastructure

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  World’s first 5G eSIM service goes live

  Virtual SIM card plan claims to offer pathway to connect users instantly to the world’s fastest mobile network in select countries worldwide

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Nokia accelerates Open RAN availability with performance, security enhancements

  Leading communications technology supplier announces update in open radio access network solutions to support more rapid development of open innovation ecosystem and telecom supply chain

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  UK contact-tracing app development leaders fail to reveal launch date

  Described as not being a silver bullet on its own, the UK’s contact-tracing app is also a silver bullet that won’t be fired any time soon, as leaders of development project struggle to convince Lords committee of progress to date

• July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20

  Vodafone claims UK standalone 5G first

  UK operator says standalone wireless technology will support capabilities such as network slicing, bringing efficiency benefits in mission-critical services

• July 03, 2020 03 Jul'20

  Virgin Media, Cisco unveil first-ever commercial deployment of OpenRoaming at Canary Wharf

  Wireless communications based on new connectivity aims to ‘dramatically’ improve efficiencies for more than 20,000 businesses, entrepreneurs, independent retailers, bars, cafes and workspaces in London’s Docklands

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Cops take out encrypted comms to disrupt organised crime

  The UK’s National Crime Agency, alongside other law enforcement agencies in France and the Netherlands, have busted illicit arms and drugs rings after disabling an encrypted comms platform