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15 Nov 2024
MinIO ups object storage ante for AI
By Adam ArmstrongMinIO is making a case for object to be the storage protocol for AI. But one analyst said the market has yet to decide.
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15 Nov 2024
AI gateways, Kubernetes multi-tenancy loop in LLMOps
By Beth PariseauThere are many areas of IT infrastructure affected by the emergence of LLMOps; for each, there were products and projects rolled out this week at KubeCon.
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15 Nov 2024
Intel, Nvidia vie for dominance with agentic AI blueprints
By Beth PariseauRival sets of tools meant to better support AI apps on developer platforms have hit the market as an even bigger wave of change looms in agentic AI.
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15 Nov 2024
Nvidia, SoftBank claim AI, 5G telecom pilot first
By Joe O’HalloranAI processor leader joins Japanese telco on AI Aerial platform for outdoor pilot of what is said to be world’s first combined AI and 5G network
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14 Nov 2024
A fifth of new PCs shipped in Q3 were AI-optimised
By Cliff SaranPC manufacturers are working hard to showcase the benefits of premium devices that use neural processing units to deliver on-device AI acceleration
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14 Nov 2024
Nokia acquires Rapid tech assets, takes Ionian submarine cable to 800Gbps
By Joe O’HalloranAcquisition designed to strengthen network API product development expanding ecosystem to use 5G, 4G network capabilities while comms tech company claims capacity-reach record for unrepeated transmission over 330km between Italy and Greece
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14 Nov 2024
UK government accelerates 4G roll-out in rural Wales
By Joe O’HalloranBusinesses in so-called hard-to-reach parts of UK principality now said to be able to benefit from mobile network upgrades to deliver faster and more reliable internet as part of the UK government’s £5bn scheme
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14 Nov 2024
GenAI apps boost interest in differentiated 5G connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranStudy shows over a third of 5G smartphone users are interested in paying for differentiated connectivity and almost a quarter are willing to pay up to 35% more for guaranteed fast and secure connectivity for high-capacity applications
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13 Nov 2024
Scottish Fire and Rescue enhances control room tech
By Joe O’HalloranInvestment in cloud-hosted command and communications service designed to mobilise firefighters, and help improve safety and security in Scotland
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13 Nov 2024
Red Hat acquires tech to lower the cost of machine learning
By Cliff SaranThe acquisition of Neural Magic by Red Hat is being positioned as a way to democratise machine learning and reduce the need for GPUs
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13 Nov 2024
Ex-boxer fights US government over legality of Sky ECC cryptophone intercepts
Lawyers for former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic argue that US prosecutors’ reliance on messages obtained by a European police hacking operation into the SKY ECC encrypted phone network breaches the US constitution
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12 Nov 2024
VMO2 claims SRN TNS first in South Uist
By Joe O’HalloranMobile total not spot site on Scottish island sees UK operator become first in country to successfully build such a facility as part of second phase of government-funded Shared Rural Network programme
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11 Nov 2024
UK Bolt drivers win legal claim to be classed as workers
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonEmployment Tribunal ruling says Bolt must classify its drivers as workers rather than self-employed, putting drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation from the ride-hailing and delivery app
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11 Nov 2024
Dublin City Council teams with Ookla to tackle telecoms deficits
By Joe O’HalloranLocal authority for Irish capital looks to close information gap and digital divide to understand 4G, 5G network performance across different times of day, device types, and both indoor and outdoor settings
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08 Nov 2024
Automotive drives strong Q4, fiscal year for Qualcomm
By Joe O’HalloranLeading mobile platform processor manufacturer reveals robust end of year, with strong growth in segments such as handsets, PC, automotive and industrial IoT
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07 Nov 2024
5G redefines live events economics
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from leading comms tech provider reveals 5G elevates connectivity experiences at events, notably concerts, with 5G users being 20% more satisfied than 4G peers at 2024’s biggest events
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05 Nov 2024
CMA offers potential solution to Vodafone and Three’s merger issues
By Joe O’HalloranRemedies Working Paper published by UK competition watchdog into merger of leading telcos says deal may proceed if appropriate remedies are implemented
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05 Nov 2024
Motorola Solutions expands emergency comms with 3tc acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranPublic safety agencies and enterprises comms firm acquires provider of control room software solutions for police and fire and rescue services
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04 Nov 2024
Financiers isolate Middle East over sanctions-evading paytech
By Mark BallardCross-border payment system loses support of association of global central banks
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31 Oct 2024
Connectivity market places focus on value for money
By Joe O’HalloranSurvey from leading consulting firm shows signs of throttling back in terms of digital services, with three-quarters of UK consumers wanting fixed price guarantees
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31 Oct 2024
Meta no longer prolonging the life of datacentre servers
By Cliff SaranDuring the earnings call for the company’s latest quarterly results, CFO Susan Li said Meta would be investing in GPU servers
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30 Oct 2024
SNS JU reveals raft of European 6G projects
By Joe O’HalloranEU-backed next-gen mobile technology flagship to evaluate and explore sustainable 6G technologies, methods and use cases focusing on energy smart grids, e-health, and telemedicine and agriculture
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29 Oct 2024
TP-Link UK, ASK4 unite to elevate multi-tenant building connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranManaged internet services provider announces strategic partnership with operational performance technology firm to use advanced switch technology to deliver enhanced connectivity across users in multi-tenant buildings
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29 Oct 2024
Ericsson, MásOrange team on European-first 5G SA integration
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal comms tech provider leader and leading Spanish service provider reveal ‘pioneering’ open programmable network integration project based on Open RAN-ready technology
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28 Oct 2024
Deutsche Telekom leads on Euro mobile experience
By Joe O’HalloranResearch reveals key differentiator in how operator groups compare in Europe and how they offer quality in service despite the issue of fragmentation
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28 Oct 2024
Chunghwa Telecom preps for 5G-Advanced era
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider wins deal with leading Taiwanese operator as it readies to deploy latest generation of 5G mobile technology
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28 Oct 2024
Western Digital boosts HDD capacity with 32TB shingled drives
By Yann SerraAn 11th platter gives extra capacity, while shingled (overlapped) writes – best suited to sequential recording use cases – allow for greater density and big gains in thoughput
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28 Oct 2024
Boldyn Networks unveils private 5G as a service
By Joe O’HalloranShared network infrastructure provider offers dedicated wireless net to improve safety and cyber security, and enhance operational efficiency with first deployment at port in Finland
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25 Oct 2024
Cisco looks to transform customer experiences with Webex AI Agent
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration and customer technology arm of Cisco automates contact centre inquiries with conversational intelligence to change how businesses interact with and support customers
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24 Oct 2024
Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson trial 5G mmWave in UK
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal comms tech provider, mobile processor platform firm and telco unite on 5G mmWave trials demonstrating fixed mobile access and avoiding network congestion in stadium connectivity use case
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23 Oct 2024
Clock ticking on Windows 10 support
By Simon QuickeThe channel is being urged to respond to the winding down of support from Microsoft for its ageing operating system
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23 Oct 2024
Three Business calls for more support to drive SME growth
By Simon QuickeComms specialist shares findings that indicate better infrastructure would generate billions more in economic activity
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23 Oct 2024
Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK court
By Bill GoodwinPro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware
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22 Oct 2024
Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing
By Cliff SaranTo save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England
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22 Oct 2024
Snapdragon Summit 2024: PC, mobile reach AI first inflection point
By Joe O’HalloranAnnual conference of leading mobile technology platform sees launch of processors, and mission to set the pace of innovation in PC, mobile, automotive and spatial computing
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21 Oct 2024
Morse Micro unveils Wi-Fi HaLow GitHub repositories, community forum
By Joe O’HalloranProvider of long-range, low-power connectivity services intros multiple open-source software repositories, including assets, tools and resources designed to support and empower global developer community for wireless standard
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17 Oct 2024
Private 5G network sets sail with Republic of Korea Navy
By Joe O’HalloranSamsung Electronics and KT Corporation selected to build private 5G network to power national naval security force by introducing advanced use cases for defence communications
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17 Oct 2024
Viasat, BSNL claim direct-to-device satellite first in India
By Joe O’HalloranSatellite communications firm demonstrates direct-to-device satellite connectivity in India for the first time
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17 Oct 2024
MEA 5G driving rapid digital transformation
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider’s Mobile Broadband Index for Middle East and Africa finds regional 5G adoption expected to reach one in four subscriptions by 2029, with particular strong growth of fixed wireless access
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15 Oct 2024
ST Engineering drives AI smart city transformation in Qatar
By Joe O’HalloranDigital infrastructure to connect and integrate with a range of smart city services and applications, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and responsiveness of citywide operations and management
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15 Oct 2024
KDDI advance Open RAN deployment in Japan through Samsung deal
By Joe O’HalloranCE and electronics giant deepens longstanding collaboration with leading Japanese operator to advance open radio access network, expanding deployment of virtual network services
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15 Oct 2024
Soracom brings connected car strategy into higher gear
By Joe O’HalloranMVNO IoT platform provider unveils global connected car strategy to address what it sees as ongoing industry connectivity and cloud management challenges
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15 Oct 2024
Nokia Bell Labs, Vale dig deep for mining network service
By Joe O’HalloranMining connectivity programme looks to boost productivity and worker safety to create cognitive monitoring network service, enabling performance, reliability and safety enhancement of mining operation
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11 Oct 2024
WBA OpenRoaming promises new era of digital inclusion across Australia
By Joe O’HalloranWireless connectivity trade body deploys OpenRoaming services to remote and marginalised Australian communities through community Wi-Fi project encompassing healthcare, education, secure communications and economic development
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11 Oct 2024
Utelogy expands hybrid workforce tech integration with Logitech
By Joe O’HalloranConnected workspaces platform provider expands partnership with leading workplace productivity equipment manufacturer to offer ‘refined’ management of conference room devices
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10 Oct 2024
Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands
By Kim LoohuisDutch labour unions want a shorter working week and software company Afas is leading the way, introducing a four-day work week from 1 January 2025
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10 Oct 2024
Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds
By Caroline DonnellyThe US Department of Justice has incurred the wrath of Google for suggesting a series of remedies, after the US court ruled back in August that Google had an illegal monopoly over internet search market
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09 Oct 2024
Lenovo and Microsoft strike upbeat tone over PC prospects
By Simon QuickeThere are clear factors driving demand for the latest hardware, with 2025 set to be a year of growth
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09 Oct 2024
Canalys: The glory days of hardware are over
By Simon QuickeChannel warned that the industry is changing and the domination once enjoyed by the hardware world is coming to an end
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09 Oct 2024
Private 5G takes off at Schiphol airport
By Joe O’HalloranEricsson partners with Amsterdam airport to implement a private 5G network as part of Airport 4.0 digital transformation plan supporting use cases such as IoT monitoring and real-time safety
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09 Oct 2024
Norway’s Ice offers slice of 5G for military communications
By Joe O’HalloranCommercial 5G standalone network uses Mavenir 5G core to enable secure tailored end-to-end communications and network slicing to meet specific needs of armed forces
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09 Oct 2024
Celona, HCLTech team to deliver advanced private 5G
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership claims to mark a significant milestone in the advancement of private 5G, in particular revolutionising how industries use the latest wireless connectivity to achieve Industry 4.0 goals
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08 Oct 2024
Google to appeal Play Store ruling
By Cliff SaranGoogle’s ongoing fight with Epic Games is game-over, after a judge ruled in favour of the developer to open up access to Android apps
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08 Oct 2024
Nokia, NTT Data expand global private 5G partnership
By Joe O’HalloranNokia and NTT Data expand multi-year partnership to drive private 5G adoption and innovation across key sectors like cities, ports, and airports, and claim to have transformed Southern Texas city from being the worst-connected conurbation
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08 Oct 2024
SoftBank, Ericsson enhance AI-RAN collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration aims to develop techno-economic analyses, build prototypes and run lab demos to optimise RAN and AI convergence at the edge
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04 Oct 2024
Cups Linux printing bugs open door to DDoS attacks, says Akamai
By Alex ScroxtonThe Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai
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04 Oct 2024
Brother extends remanufacturing to inkjet cartridges
By Simon QuickeThe vendor’s channel will have the option to help customers recycle toner cartridges and a wider range of consumables
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04 Oct 2024
Detective wrongly claimed journalist’s solicitor attempted to buy gun, surveillance tribunal hears
By Bill Goodwin and Cormac KehoeDarren Ellis, who led a surveillance operation against journalists who exposed police failures, wrongly accused a solicitor of attempting to buy arms
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03 Oct 2024
Ex-PSNI officer seeking legal advice over comments made at Investigatory Powers Tribunal
By Bill GoodwinEx PSNI officer ‘deeply angered’ by comments made by a former detective at a tribunal investigating allegations of unlawful surveillance against journalists
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03 Oct 2024
Solihull scales up self-driving shuttle service
By Joe O’HalloranWest Midlands initiative continues on the road to developing connected automated mobility services, looking at the commercial viability of self-driving operations and passenger experience
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03 Oct 2024
Orange accelerates plans to transcend traditional network limits
By Joe O’HalloranTechnology head at Orange confirms vision of singularity for mobile generations, setting out progress to address needs of enterprises with on-demand AI-bolstered network services
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03 Oct 2024
City of London small cell mobile connectivity extended
By Joe O’HalloranFirst-of-its-kind outdoor small cell project in financial heart of UK capital moves beyond trial phase with 25 new EE sites now live and dozens of additional sites being built to enhance mobile connectivity
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02 Oct 2024
Detective behind ‘unlawful’ surveillance blamed Catholics for ‘perverse’ court decisions
By Bill GoodwinA former detective claimed Irish judges were ‘sectarians in robes’ after a court found police had unlawfully arrested journalists who produced a film exposing collusion with paramilitary murderers
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02 Oct 2024
UK government opens Digital Catapult 5G Immersive Lab
By Joe O’HalloranRibbon cut on facility in north-east of England set up to revolutionise how businesses in traditional sectors like retail, agriculture and manufacturing adopt technologies based on 5G communications
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02 Oct 2024
Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash
By Karl FlindersRevelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches
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02 Oct 2024
‘Shocked’ MoneyGram hits back at Post Office
By Karl FlindersMoney transfer fintech wrote to subpostmasters expressing its disappointment with the Post Office over end of contract
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01 Oct 2024
Detective reported journalist’s lawyers to regulator in ‘unlawful’ PSNI surveillance case
By Bill Goodwin & Cormac KehoeFormer Durham detective Darren Ellis told the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that he had concerns about lawyers acting for journalists placed under surveillance by Northern Irish police
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01 Oct 2024
Telstra goes to new heights to improve Norfolk Island connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranSatellite internet service for Norfolk Island, Australia, offers huge throughput gains for internet capacity, greatly improving online learning opportunities and medical services
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30 Sep 2024
Vodafone, Three UK push back on UK competition watchdog’s merger concerns
By Joe O’HalloranUK operators seeking merger respond to authority’s warning of potential anti-competitive behaviour, arguing that the deal is pro-competitive while also expressing confidence that outstanding issues can be resolved
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30 Sep 2024
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe on track for 5G-based railway comms
By Joe O’HalloranPolish railway operator teams with coms tech provider for trials of 5G-based railway communications system to replacing legacy system and prepare for technological migration
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30 Sep 2024
National roll-out of UK 5G standalone across road and rail could unlock £3bn for economy
By Joe O’HalloranModelling from leading UK operator suggests roll-out of nationwide 5G standalone will transform road and rail travel across the country, saving billions on fuel and boosting productivity through remote working on trains
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30 Sep 2024
Nokia Bell Labs and e& forge AI use case R&D collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranRenowned comms research facility teams with leading MENA telecoms operator to innovate for strategic industrial sectors, developing artificial intelligence-based use cases for strategic industrial sectors
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27 Sep 2024
Printing vulnerability affecting Linux distros raises alarm
By Alex ScroxtonSecurity pros need to get in front of a series of vulnerabilities affecting the Cups Linux printing service after an apparently botched disclosure process saw technical details published in advance of a patch
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26 Sep 2024
Semiconductor market scaleups to benefit from multimillion-pound investment from Innovate UK
By Caroline DonnellyNational innovation agency Innovate UK is offering 16 semiconductor scaleups access to millions of pounds of funding to support their continued growth
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25 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike apologises to US government for global mega-outage
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdStrike executive Adam Meyers appears before a US government committee to explain the series of errors that led directly to one of the biggest IT outages in history
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24 Sep 2024
Vodafone, Intelsat expand satellite connectivity offer
By Joe O’HalloranVodafone and Intelsat team up to provide additional connectivity and resilience to customers in hardest-to-reach places, whether on the move or following an environmental or humanitarian disaster
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24 Sep 2024
Printer refresh sparked by move to AI PCs
By Simon QuickeQuocirca’s annual investigation into the managed print landscape is a call to action for the channel
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23 Sep 2024
Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters
By Karl FlindersA quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works
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20 Sep 2024
Juniper Networks enhances AI-native networking platform for Wi-Fi 7
By Joe O’HalloranAI-native networking company enhances core platform to support end users to unlock the full potential of Wi-Fi 7, offering higher throughput, lower latency, extended range and greater reliability
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20 Sep 2024
LG, Ricoh team up to bolster hybrid working digital transformation
By Joe O’HalloranLG and Ricoh to offer package of digital office solutions and services designed to boost productivity and deliver better user experiences
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19 Sep 2024
Global private 5G to grow at 65.4% CAGR to 2030
By Joe O’HalloranResearch anticipates that as the availability of 5G networks and devices improves, there will be a more rapid global expansion of private networks across diverse industries
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19 Sep 2024
Oxa, StreetDrone unite to bolster industrial logistics
By Joe O’HalloranSelf-driving vehicle software provider makes strategic acquisition to strengthen position in industrial logistics, offering movement and management of goods on private land, including ports, logistics hubs, retail fulfilment centres and airports
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18 Sep 2024
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLaw enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre
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18 Sep 2024
Local councils could benefit from the channel’s help
By Simon QuickeOVHcloud shares insights it discovered by asking councils about their current challenges
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18 Sep 2024
Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app
By Bill GoodwinAn international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy
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17 Sep 2024
Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs
By Yann SerraSeveral months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals
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17 Sep 2024
Vodafone adopts RDK as centralised home broadband software platform
By Joe O’HalloranAdvanced CE software standard adopted by leading comms provider to standardise home broadband device software across its European footprint
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16 Sep 2024
Princess Alexandra Hospital connects with all four UK mobile operators
By Joe O’HalloranAs mobile becomes an essential part of healthcare infrastructure, vital in the ongoing move to digitise healthcare, Essex and Hertfordshire health authority deploys connectivity pathway based on 4G distributed antenna system
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16 Sep 2024
Ericsson aims to boost enterprise 5G
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal comms tech provider reveals plans to enhance enterprise 5G portfolio, incorporating private 5G connectivity and neutral host solutions, looking to drive flexibility and simplicity across lifecycle of deployment
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11 Sep 2024
Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system
By Karl FlindersPressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal
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06 Sep 2024
NFL teams throw to Extreme Networks to enhance fan experiences
By Joe O’HalloranA number of NFL Clubs, including the Chargers, Packers, Texans and Vikings, deploy comms solutions to enhance fan experiences, improve operational efficiency, and ensure reliable, high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity
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05 Sep 2024
On-train internet connectivity pivotal for rail industry growth
By Joe O’HalloranSurvey of rail industry professionals highlights the fundamental role of onboard internet connectivity in the evolution of the rail industry by the people who will be responsible for overseeing it
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05 Sep 2024
Canadian arrested by France after cooperating with US on Sky ECC cryptophone investigation
By Bill Goodwin & Morgan AyreThomas Herdman, who faces charges in France over his involvement in distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones, was arrested by French police despite agreeing to cooperate with US law enforcement
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04 Sep 2024
IFA 2024: Latest Snapdragon X Series to ‘redefine’ enterprise computing
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal mobile processor and platform provider takes wraps off next generation of flagship product’s X Series portfolio with the addition of platform claimed to bring ‘incredible’ battery life, superior performance and CoPilot+ PC capability
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04 Sep 2024
Fraud and scam complaints hit highest ever level in UK
By Alex ScroxtonThe Financial Ombudsman Service says it recorded almost 9,000 complaints about fraud and scams from April to June, the most ever recorded
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04 Sep 2024
How digital models help Anglian Water manage leaks
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Anglian Water about how it uses digital technologies to improve operations and provide on-site engineers with the data they need
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03 Sep 2024
Brownsville, Texas makes quality of life leap with smart city private 5G
By Joe O’HalloranTech provider deploys smart city tech to aid Texan city as it looks to ‘reinvent’ human-to-digital interactions to deliver improved citizen services and enhanced quality of life
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03 Sep 2024
Fixed and mobile comms in New Zealand show diverse growth trends
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds Kiwi connectivity continues robust upward track for mobile services while fixed sector set for modest growth driven by fibre broadband expansion
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03 Sep 2024
Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags
By Antony AdsheadFlash prices were high in the early part of this year as a result of manufacturer production squeezes but have since dropped because demand has been slack, with flash now costing just under 10 cents per gigabyte
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02 Sep 2024
Verizon and Skylo team for satellite-based IoT and messaging
By Joe O’HalloranUS telco forges partnership with satellite service provider to launch commercial satellite-based direct-to-device messaging service for consumers and drive technology innovation through first-of-its-kind internet of things satellite trial
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29 Aug 2024
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov under formal investigation, released on bail
By Bill GoodwinEuropean Commission confirms it has powers to place Telegram under ‘direct supervision’ if it meets the threshold for regulation under the Digital Services Act
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29 Aug 2024
5G-enabled FWA devices go mainstream in US
By Joe O’HalloranAnnual fixed wireless access CPE market survey finds shipments of FWA CPE expected to grow 23% to reach 37.5 million units in 2024, with India and North America driving business
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28 Aug 2024
UK Coastguard deploys full-fibre network to enhance operations
By Joe O’HalloranComms network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational to ensure effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters