Facebook announced its participation in several industry-wide initiatives to advance the mobile web, Brett Taylor, the company’s CEO, said during a live keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this morning. “Despite the incredible amount of work we have to do to make the mobile web great, I am extremely optimistic. In all of my … Read more

Ahead of this year’s snap general election, the House of Lords has withdrawn its proposed requirement that broadband connections meet a minimum speed of 30 Mbps from the government’s Digital Economy Bill. The change comes as the Conservative government accelerates legislation through Parliament during the customary “wash-up” period before an election. Because unfinished bills cannot … Read more

The UK government has launched the Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF), a targeted initiative designed to strengthen the nation’s space sector by investing in research and development facilities. This new fund is the UK’s first dedicated programme focused specifically on space infrastructure, with the aim of accelerating the development of the capabilities needed to … Read more

TV apps still have significant development ahead before they become a major channel for advertisers or a primary habit for consumers, according to an expert panel at Apps World. The panel, which included representatives from Samsung, Mindshare and the CTVMA, emphasized that connected TV applications remain in their infancy. Jodie McAfee, general manager of Samsung’s … Read more

The founder of one of the world’s largest file-sharing websites, Megaupload, has been arrested in connection with operating a service that violated U.S. online piracy laws. Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz) and three associates now face extradition hearings and potential prison sentences after the U.S. Department of Justice directed New Zealand authorities to … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/iStockFinland) Earlier this month, a sister publication reported that security often takes a back seat in the rush to connect devices to the internet. That story referred to another incident in which a connected Corvette was compromised, following a widely publicized Jeep hack in July. These events underscore an uncomfortable truth: as more … Read more

Ericsson has secured the primary radio access network contract with Virgin Media O2 to deploy an advanced 5G Standalone architecture across the UK. The telecom industry is shifting from simply providing connectivity toward building intelligent, software-defined platforms. Operators, wholesale carriers, and enterprise IT teams face pressure to monetise infrastructure while handling rapidly growing data demand. … Read more

Recent winner of ITExpo’s “Most Innovative Product” award, ThingWorx is a forward-looking platform driving progress in the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. To discuss the future of this rapidly evolving field, we spoke with Ken Forster, Head of EMEA at ThingWorx. Like LTE in wireless networks, IoT and M2M are experiencing a … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/UmbertoPantalone) China’s largest telecommunications operator, China Mobile, has announced plans to prioritize 4G services for connected vehicles as the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) market grows. Ren Dakai, Chief Director of Traffic Products at China Mobile, said the company aims to serve 500,000 IoV users this year and will introduce 4G IoV terminals in … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/mbbirdy) Sky has been exploring ways to offer quad-play packages for some time. In the UK the company partnered with O2 to include mobile services in its bundles beginning in 2015 — a partnership that has gained extra significance after Hutchison submitted a bid to merge Three and O2. Now Sky is expanding … Read more