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CityFibre Reaches 40 Cities After £5m Redcentric Fibre Network Purchase

CityFibre acquires 137km of new fibre from Redcentric as its quest to be a BT Openreach rival continues

8 years ago

New Tests Will Ensure Wi-Fi And 4G LTE-U Can ‘Share’ Unlicensed Spectrum

Mobile operators want unlicensed spectrum to boost 4G, but Wi-Fi relies on these airwaves. Wi-Fi Alliance hopes tests will allow…

8 years ago

Northampton Gets CityFibre 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network

CityFibre makes Northampton its latest gigabit city, delivering 1Gbps fibre broadband to businesses in the area

8 years ago

European Commission Kills Free Mobile Roaming Limits

The Commission will apply a criteria for free mobile roaming use to prevent its abuse

8 years ago

Government-Backed LPWAN IoT Network Goes Live In London

Digital Catapult and academic institutions claim LPWAN network will remove the barriers for IoT development in London

8 years ago

Network Rail ‘Shelves Plans’ To Sell Fibre Network

Network Rail suspends plans to sell fibre network, form a joint venture, or share capacity despite significant interest to boost…

8 years ago

Motorola Solutions CTO: Public Safety Will Be Transformed By Data-Driven Communications

INTERVIEW: Motorola Solutions CTO Paul Steinberg explains how data and enhanced communications can make cities safer - even if they're…

8 years ago

O2 CEO: Planning Reform Is Needed If UK To Be A 5G Leader

Ronan Dunne will leave O2 after 15 years but says out of the box thinking and better regulation will ensure…

8 years ago

Reading Receives 30km Of CityFibre’s High-Speed Network

Reading becomes the UK's latest Gigabit City with access to ultrafast broadband

8 years ago

Liverpool Is The UK’s Leading City For Mobile Performance

RootMetrics ranks the home of The Beatles as the best city for overall mobile network performance

8 years ago

O2 CTO Talks Network Upgrades As Life Goes On After Failed Three Merger

O2 CTO Brendan O'Reilly says network will only get better under Telefonica despite failed Three merger but wants spectrum and…

8 years ago

Green Bay Packers: How Tech Keeps The NFL’s Smallest Team Competitive

IN DEPTH: The Green Bay Packers are in a city of 100,000 and are community owned. They are unique in…

8 years ago

Three Returns To Underdog Role With Calls For Mobile Spectrum Limit

ANALYSIS: Now the proposed merger with O2 has been blocked, Three has no choice but to make noise and disrupt.…

8 years ago

EE Starts Rollout of LTE-A Powered 360Mbps 4G+

EE looks to press home technical advantage with 360Mbps Cat9 LTE-A rollout, starting with Wembley Stadium

8 years ago

Virgin Media Helps IMO Launch Two Affordable Android Smartphones

The London-based company will use Virgin Media as the network partner to launch its cheap smartphones

8 years ago

Virgin Media Joins Forces With Redrow To Bring Ultrafast Broadband To 13,000 Homes

The partnership will help the spread of ultrafast broadband to new areas in the UK

8 years ago

O2 Last Again In RootMetrics Mobile Operator Rankings

EE maintains its best operator title in all categories as O2 slips down the rankings, Rootmetrics finds

8 years ago

MIT Reseachers Propose Faster Wi-Fi With MegaMIMO

Bandwidth breakthrough? Boffins in the US reckon new tech can increase wireless data-transfer speed by 330 percent

8 years ago

Cisco Confirms Major Jobs Cull, Despite Profit Growth

Bad news for tech workers as networking giant confirms restructuring reports, despite £8.1 billion profit

8 years ago

US To Cede Control Of DNS With ICANN Independence

Independence day for the Internet will be on 1 October, as the United States surrenders control of Icann

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Should You Ban Olympic Live Streaming On Your Network?

Brits are expected to watch up an average of 6 hours on corporate networks during Rio 2016. Should IT departments…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Connects 85,000 Premises, Adds 42,000 Broadband Customers

Virgin Media says new builds are helping it attract more customers as £3bn Project Lightning network expansion continues

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Three ‘Takes Legal Action’ Against EU Over Failed £10.25bn O2 Merger

CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, confirms it has appealed the EC ruling amid reports it has taken legal action…

8 years ago

Ofcom Proposals To Ease Broadband, Pay TV Switching Concerns

New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board

BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation…

8 years ago

Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband

Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs

8 years ago