(c)iStock.com/_ultraforma_ The UK telecoms landscape is undergoing one of its most significant transformations in years. In the recent Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a major boost to digital connectivity with a £1 billion package. Of that sum, £400 million will be allocated to expanding superfast fibre broadband through a Digital Investment Fund, while £740 million … Read more

If you’ve ever stayed at a hotel, you know how outdated communications can be in many properties: old corded desk phones in the room and an Ethernet jack gathering dust. For travelers who rely on modern conveniences, not every hotel keeps pace. Many properties still lack ways for guests to receive messages comfortably from the … Read more

We expect strong performance from NETGEAR, especially from a premium router priced around £399 ($400) like the Nighthawk X8. Over several days of testing in a typical urban building, we evaluated its design, features, and real-world performance, leaving most settings on automatic to see how well the router manages interference from nearby signals. Industrial Design … Read more

BT broadband customers in parts of the UK experienced a loss of internet access yesterday after a power failure at a major exchange in Birmingham disrupted service for more than two hours. The outage was first reported at around 13:00 BST, and by about 15:00 many residential customers had regained connectivity. BT has said roughly … Read more

You may have read recent news about a UK small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) customer who received an astonishing bill of more than £163,000. Although the network operator ultimately agreed to waive the charge, payment requests continued to be issued for more than seven months afterward. The root cause was a faulty device that, over … Read more

China Telecom and Bridge Alliance have signed an agreement to provide machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services, aiming to harness the growing momentum of IoT adoption across the Asia-Pacific region. Under the partnership, China Telecom will extend its IoT/M2M offerings to multinational enterprise customers across Bridge Alliance’s footprint in 34 markets. This collaboration … Read more

Mobile network operator T‑Mobile has announced an event in New York City on July 10 titled “Our boldest moves yet.” The invitation offers little detail beyond the tagline and an image labeled “moonshot,” leaving much to speculation about what the carrier plans to reveal. The word “moonshot” suggests an ambitious initiative or a major strategic … Read more

London-based global industry group 5G Future Forum (5GFF) is inviting new members to accelerate the adoption of 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Established in January 2020 by América Móvil, KT Corp, Rogers, Telstra, Verizon, and Vodafone, 5GFF aims to foster collaboration among operators and ecosystem partners to deliver interoperable edge solutions and drive market … Read more

A Russian drone shot down over Ukraine appears to have contained hardware from Elon Musk’s satellite broadband service, Starlink. Ukrainian outlet Defence Express published the claims along with photographs showing wreckage marked with a Starlink logo. According to the report, the debris came from a drone downed during an incident in which Ukrainian forces intercepted … Read more

The mobile payments market continues to attract attention, with many predicting a major expansion. While numerous providers will persist in the near term, the long-term outlook points toward gradual consolidation and greater convergence. These perspectives emerged during an expert panel at Apps World Europe, which focused on payment platforms, billing and monetisation strategies. Dennis Jones, … Read more