BT has launched a new range of fully managed security and advisory services to support Microsoft Azure Sentinel.
After doing a massive U-turn and banning Huawei’s 5G equipment for deployment on nationwide networks, with a goal of completely eradicating the telecom operator from the country by 2027, the UK government is looking for substitutes, and has reportedly contacted Japan.
The UK Government has admitted privately to Huawei that its decision to ban the company’s equipment was due to ‘geopolitical’ factors involving the US.
Vodafone UK has expanded its consumer Internet of Things (IoT) range with a tracker designed and manufactured by the company itself.
Vodafone wants the UK government to scrap the upcoming auction of 5G spectrum following the government decision to ban the use of Huawei equipment in future networks.
O2 is launching a pilot trial of a fully connected COVID-19 testing clinic-on-wheels, supported by O2’s 5G mobile network, which is designed to provide remote testing and tracking of care home residents and workers in Glasgow
EE has launched its new Digital Identity platform, which helps protect customers from becoming victims of fraud.
Samsung and iZettle are teaming up to support small businesses nationwide by streamlining payment acceptance. The two companies are joining forces to leverage their technology and explore innovative solutions for small businesses.
The UK Government has completely caved in to pressure from the US administration and backbench Tory MP's and has ordered telecoms companies to remove all Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks by 2027.
Huawei has encouraged the UK to consider its next move on 5G and says US sanctions which impact the firm’s ability to supply processors because of its telco kit won’t affect its supply chain.
Vodafone has teamed up with Skyports and Deloitte to transport medical supplies for NHS Scotland using drones.
BT and Vodafone have told UK lawmakers they would need at least five years to swap out equipment from Huawei if the government decides on strict rules that would ban the company’s products from being used in 5G mobile networks.
Samsung Pay is now available to TransferWise card members in the United Kingdom. The partnership will bring two new TransferWise cards to Samsung Pay; TransferWise debit Mastercard and the TransferWise debit Mastercard for Business.
BT’s main Glasgow office is set for a multi-million-pound refurbishment as the city was today revealed as a key location in the company’s future plans.
Vodafone has launched ‘Business Unusual’, a weekly podcast series aimed at the start-up and scale-up business community. The podcast will be presented by Strictly Come Dancing presenter and radio personality Claudia Winkleman.
The National Security Council (NSC) is to look at the conditions of Huawei being involved in the UK’s 5G rollout, a Cabinet minister has confirmed.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raised doubts over the decision to give Huawei a stake in Britain’s 5G network, telling Beijing that the Government will “think very carefully about how to proceed now”.
BT Sport will remain free for pubs and clubs until August, recognising the extremely difficult circumstances that the on-trade industry faces as they plan to reopen post lockdown.
Vodafone has launched its best-value PAYG offer of the year, giving customers five times the data usually on offer across all of its Big Value Bundles.
As the UK reaches 100 days of lockdown, BT has revealed how the nation has embraced technology to overcome the changes to daily life.
Openet has been selected by BT Group to provide real-time charging services for BT Mobile and EE Mobile. Openet has been supplying its Evolved Charging Suite to BT Mobile for a number of years.
As part of the partnership between Three UK and Chelsea FC, is the launch of the world’s first-ever AR kit launch.
O2 is teaming up with TerraCycle to roll out recycling boxes to O2 stores across the UK.
Amdocs is partnering with Three UK as the prime Systems Integrator (SI), in a multi-year managed services deal, to build an Omni Channel digital business system to grow its B2B services in the United Kingdom.
O2 has reiterated its ongoing commitment to eradicating rural coverage not-spots and rebuilding the nation after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three UK has unveiled details of its 'Connect The Game' campaign, which will kick off the brand’s partnership with Chelsea when it begins on 1st July.
Huawei’s plans for a new £1.2 billion research and development centre in Sawston have been approved by South Cambridgeshire district councillors Thursday, despite the disapproval of the US government.
EE today launched a new Smart WiFi home broadband service, designed to boost the WiFi coverage in every room of a customer’s home. The new Smart WiFi home solution includes a new Smart Router, Smart WiFi Discs and inclusive 4GEE WiFi Mini.
Staffordshire Police has become the 27th UK force to implement the NicheRMS Police Intelligence Platform, which manages the Force's operational data to support the prevention and detection of crime.
British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new US sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firm's ability to maintain critical supplies.
Vodafone UK users have been suffering another nationwide network outage today as mobile phone users across the country experienced issues making calls.
O2 will use virtual queuing technology and new store design to safely open its shops in Scotland and Wales to customers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
O2 has joined the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) to help in the fight against Fake 5G News. CAN is a voluntary coalition of over 70 organisations set up to ensure that industry ethics catches up with the technology of modern advertising.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released an investigation report into the use of mobile phone extraction (MPE) by police forces when conducting criminal investigations in England and Wales.
Telefónica has launched the Telefónica Activation Programme, an initiative aimed at start-ups and SMEs in Germany, Spain and the UK seeking to enhance their technological solutions and accelerate their business development through IoT, Blockchain and Big Data/AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies grouped into Telefónica Tech.
Lenovo unveiled the Lenovo Yoga 5G, the world’s first 5G PC, back in January of this year. This 5G PC will be available later this year exclusively on a range of EE pay monthly price plans.
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI10 to the P20 series in the UK. EMUI 10.0 brings the latest features such as...
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI10 to the P30 Lite New Edition series in the UK. EMUI 10.0 brings the latest features such as Magazine Style UI layout, Morandi Colours, Dark Mode, Golden Icons, New Animations and Improved privacy features.
The UK government is holding a review into allowing telecoms companies to make use of the existing network of ducts, pipes and so on, as currently used by the likes of water and energy suppliers.
Premiership rugby club Wasps has installed the Vodafone Heat Detection Camera at its Broadstreet training facility as part of the club’s efforts to help safeguard players, staff and visitors, and to provide reassurance as they return to training during the coronavirus pandemic.
O2's 5G network is now live in areas of 60 towns and cities across the UK, beating its original target. The milestone comes at the same time that O2 reaches 10,000 sites for its first-to-market LTE-M (Long Term Evolution, category M1) network.
O2 has announced a number of additional websites it has zero-rated to help support victims of crime during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new OPPO X2 Pro – with a state-of-the-art ultra vision camera system (48MP, 48MP & 13MP), water and dust resistance (IP68 protection) and dual stereo Dolby Atmos speakers for immersive audio and video experiences – is now available at Vodafone UK.
O2 has selected Ericsson to deploy its 5G radio access network (RAN) even farther across the UK, upgrading the existing 2G/3G/4G sites as part of a substantial network modernization program.
Vodafone has issued a warning about the removal of Huawei equipment from mobile networks on national security grounds.
The Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G and S20 5G are now available in Cloud White exclusively on O2. The brand-new colour will also be available on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G in the coming weeks.
Huawei has published an open letter to the UK, noting that it was “as committed as ever” to working with network operators amid a fresh probe into its role in the country’s 5G networks.
Three UK will be reopening more than 250 stores across England on 15 June, introducing new social distancing and operational measures to protect staff and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UK government has joined the US Covid-19 high performance computing HPC consortium, a consortium of 40 companies and research institutes sharing supercomputing resources to tackle the Covid-19 outbre
EE and BT are planning to re-open its retail stores from the 15th June as part of a phased roll-out. After an enormous amount of hard work, a range of measures will be enforced in stores to make customers and colleagues feel safe.
Vodafone UK has today launched a broadband rescue package for the UK’s community of more than five million small businesses to help them get through the Covid-19 crisis and return to work.
O2 will use virtual queuing technology and new store design to safely open its shops to customers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Samsung today announced three premium mobile laptops to launch in the UK starting from next month; Galaxy Book Flex, Galaxy Book Ion and the new Galaxy Book S powered by Intel.
EE has marked the one year anniversary of its 5G network launch by announcing that EE 5G is now available in 80 cities and large towns across the UK – more than any other operator.
O2 has completed a project funded by Innovate UK, the UK Government-funded innovation agency, and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to support the development of cybersecurity testing capabilities.
The General Court of the European Union has annulled a European Commission ruling blocking a merger between O2 and Three on competition grounds, following an appeal from the latter.
EE today launched a new range of Smart and Essential pay monthly handset and Smart SIM plans which come with access to 5G as standard.
The brand-new OPPO Find X2 5G series is now available to pre-order from O2 online on O2’s customisable plans.
Vodafone has extended its free unlimited mobile data offer to NHS staff and care workers that are using its flexible Pay As You Go services.
Huawei and Imperial College London are to collaborate on a new technology project which will focus on research into 5G and artificial intelligence (AI).
Vodafone UK has boosted the capacity of its internal network at the temporary NHSScotland Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC), which opened in April to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
Openreach has selected ADTRAN’s SDX Series of OLTs and Mosaic Cloud Platform to help it achieve its ambition of making gigabit and multi-gigabit services available to 20 million homes by the mid-to-late 2020s with its Full Fibre network.
Ofcom’s Home Broadband Performance Report has revealed how broadband speeds changed before and after the COVID-19 lockdown measures came in – when there was a surge in broadband use.
Opensignal’s latest analysis showcases that 5G offers faster average download speeds than Wifi in seven out of eight leading 5G countries.
Earlier last week it was reported that Billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media and a 10% stake in ITV, was in talks with Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica to combine their UK assets in a joint venture.
Vodafone UK is giving six months of free unlimited data to NHS workers, care workers and vulnerable customers.
IMImobile’s cloud contact centre software is enabling public sector and healthcare organisations shift online in reaction to COVID-19.
Three UK has launched zero-rating on NHS video consultations provided by Attend Anywhere, so that customers can attend virtual outpatient appointments without eating into their data allowance.
Schools struggling with staff working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic, while their IT systems remain on site, are being offered a free lifeline from a UK IT company.
The UK Government has announced the infrastructure for a contract tracing app has been put in place, and has been undergoing testing with a view to rolling it out on a large scale "within weeks".
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, has today launched a ‘Cyber Aware’ campaign promoting behaviours to mitigate threats and created a scam reporting service for people to flag suspicious emails for the NCSC to assess and take down malicious content.
Healthcare IT security company Imprivita, is providing free-of-charge licences to the UK NHS and other healthcare organisations in Europe and around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Healthcare Communications, the healthcare division of IMImobile, has launched its eClinic software to NHS trusts for free for a year.
O2 has become a partner of The Big Night In Appeal, a joint initiative and event which will see the BBC’s biggest charitable partners, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief, come together for the first time.
Samsung’s online store in the UK has introduced pay monthly contracts to customers, allowing prospective buyers to choose from a variety of payment plans and acquire new devices through a wider range of payment platforms.
Samsung has officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, a more affordable sibling of the Galaxy Tab S6,
Soprano Design has launched an updated version of its omni-channel rich messaging platform, Soprano Connect, into the European and UK markets.
BT have signed a deal to deploy Ericsson's dual-mode 5G Core (Evolved Packet Core and 5G Core), a fully container-based, cloud native Mobile Packet Core for 4G, 5G Non-standalone and 5G Standalone services as a single fully integrated core.
Vodafone UK are continuing to enhance their security offerings. Only last month, the company launched CyberSecurity Services for Business, and today they have followed this up with the launch of Lookout Mobile Security, a new threat detection service for mobile devices.
Huawei has appointed Sir Michael Rake to their UK board as a non-executive director. Sir Michael Rake is well known for serving as the chairman of BT for over a decade, as well as heading the Confederation of British Industry.
Zencargo and DHL have announced a collaboration with doctor-founded crowdfunding campaign Masks For NHS Heroes, creating a brand new supply chain for procuring life-saving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff.
Huawei has defended its role in the development of 5G in the UK. In an open letter Huawei's Vice President Victor Zhang stated the company is "focused on keeping Britain connected"
EE has enhanced it's support for NHS staff during the COVID-19 epidemic and the company is now offering unlimited mobile data for NHS staff until 9th October 2020.
AEG has made London’s O2 Arena available to the NHS for the training of additional staff required at the new Nightingale hospital in the Excel centre.
Crackpot conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic are being blamed for a spate of attacks on UK cellphone towers.
Vodafone today announced that it is the only technology communications company to be awarded a place on the newly established Scottish National Framework for mobile voice and data services.
Dixons CarPhone is to part ways with O2 after unsuccessful attempts to renegotiate the terms of its arrangement, after 20 years in business together.
MELROSE Labs, a newly launched cloud communications provider, has launched their voice conferencing service, Conference, a service that is a key enabler of remote working and collaboration.
Mobile networks continue to provide important connectivity in uncertain times, and a quick call to check in can make all the difference.
All major network providers in the UK have agreed to implement a set of common measures designed to support and protect customers' access to the internet for the duration of the COViD-19 pandemic.
Over the next three months Vodafone will be applying Wi-Fi Calling to the remaining customers yet to receive the service.
While all mobile operators in the UK have been forced to close their stores due to the current lockdown here in the UK, Three UK has went one step further and announced they have also closed their call centres.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a "misleading" advertisement campaign from Three UK. The ad campaign ‘if it’s not Three, it’s not real 5G’, has been banned following complaints from BT and Vodafone, five members of the public and an independent telecoms consultant.
The UK Government has teamed up with WhatsApp to provide a 'coronavirus chatbot' to offer official guidance to the British public for free.
Samsung's lightweight ARM-based laptop, Galaxy Book S, is now available in the UK. With Galaxy Book S, Samsung brings a device that harnesses the mobility and connectivity of a smartphone and the powerful productivity of a PC.
From April 1st, users in the UK will be able to use their smartphones, smartwatches and contactless bank cards at any contactless terminal to make payments of up to £45. This is an increase of £15 from the current £30 limit.
EE today launched a new range of updated and simplified pay as you go packs, offering EE customers more data and minutes than ever before.
Earlier today, Netflix announced it was reducing video quality on its services in Europe for the next 30 days in an attempt to alleviate the strain on internet service providers. Amazon and YouTube have both now confirmed that they will join Netflix by reducing the quality of their streams.
Netflix is to reduce the video quality on its services in Europe for the next 30 days in an attempt to alleviate the strain on internet service providers.
Disney+ will be available on Samsung Smart TVs from March 24th. Disney+ wil be offered on Samsung TVs released from 2016 onwards, either available for download from the app store or directly preinstalled on select models.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned "misleading" advertisements from BT and O2, following complaints from rival companies and members of the public.
EE pay monthly customers are now able to make and receive calls through their Amazon Echo and compatible Alexa-enabled devices. All you need is the Alexa app on your smartphone and you can answer calls hands-free by simply saying “Alexa answer”.
Customers of all four major UK mobile networks, O2, EE, Vodafone and 3, are having issues today making calls, and comes as millions of workers across the country are staying home to work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
O2 is giving its Pay monthly and Pay as you go mobile customers free access to NHS UK online, including the web sites of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, so that they can get the latest health information at no additional cost.
EE is switching on 4G on the London Underground for the first time as part of TfL’s 4G pilot on the Jubilee Line. The Transport for London (TfL) pilot will bring 4G connectivity to millions of customers on the eastern half of the Jubilee Line.
Vodafone is giving its mobile customers, including VOXI and TalkMobile customers, free access to NHS UK online, including the web sites of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Ofcom today confirmed how they will release important airwaves to help improve mobile broadband and support the rollout of 5G. Ofcom manages the UK’s airwaves – or spectrum – a finite resource that is essential for wireless services including mobile phones.
A council employee has been fined £400 for an offence under the Freedom of Information (FOI) regulations, marking the first ever successful conviction under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Nicola Young, town clerk of Whitchurch Town Council, was convicted under Section 77 of the FOIA of deliberately obstructing records with the intent to prevent disclosure.
Vodafone UK has launched managed cyber security services for UK businesses. Vodaphone Cyber Enhanced combines cyber security and defence-grade technology to protect the resources and digital estates of critical national infrastructure providers.
EE has switched on 5G in twenty one new UK locations, taking the number of towns and cities with access to the operator’s 5G network to 71.
Ofcom has fined BT £245,000 after an investigation found that the company overcharged EE’s mobile customers for making calls to 118 directory enquiries services.
The UK government has defeated an amendment proposed by a group of rebel Conservative MPs trying to stop UK telecommunications operators from using "high risk vendors" in the near future.
Virgin Media has revealed that a Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months.
Three UK today announced that Dave Dyson has informed the company of his intention to step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for personal reasons. Dave will be succeeded by Robert Finnegan, who is currently CEO of Three Ireland.
O2 plans to reduce carbon emissions across its business by 2025, giving UK consumers and businesses a mobile network where calls, texts and data are powered by cleaner, greener energy.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined CRDNN Limited with the maximum £500,000 fine for making more than 193 million automated nuisance calls.
O2 mobile users are once again unable to make or receive calls today with the service currently offline. The problems have been confirmed by O2 with the company saying it is monitoring the situation.
From early March more than a million homes in the West Midlands will gain access to Virgin Media's Gig1 Fibre broadband packages, adding 50 per cent to the reach of the service (currently 2m users) in one go.
Digital identity company for healthcare, Imprivita, has today announced the extension to its Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions with Imprivata Identity Governance, is now available in the UK.
Vodafone UK has launched 5G and unlimited data to all Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers.
