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IT leaders spotlight sustainability in latest SOTI report

Businesses need to be more sustainable with their electronic devices, according to the report

BT names AWS as preferred cloud provider to drive its digital transformation

The partnership will help drive BT’s digital transformation

Community Fibre reaches milestone of half a million London homes

This milestone is a step towards the company’s goals in offering full fibre broadband to 2.2 million homes and businesses by the end of 2024

Sky records strong performance in Ofcom’s latest complaints report

However Virgin Media and Shell Energy among the most-complained about providers

Exertis expands Barco partnership to focus on one-click collaboration

Exertis will focus heavily on delivering Barco’s collaboration tool ClickShare to its customers

Eseye announces two new Board of Directors

Other recent Eseye appointment include Brian Casto as Senior VP of global professional services, Michael Cihra as senior VP, alliances and partners, and Larry Socher as VP of strategy and solutions

Canalys: Revenue for PC shipments up 15pc during Q1

Demand for more expensive PCs helped the overall revenue to grow

BT launches new free tools as thousands of businesses have no cyber protection

Research from BT found 55 per cent of SMEs which lack cyber protection believe their business isn’t big enough to be a target

Ofcom appoints former Vodafone veteran to manage UK’s airwaves

Ex-Vodafone chief strategy officer Lloyd has specialist experience across the wireless and technology sectors spanning 20-years

Wireless Logic launches Conexa IoT platform

The new cellular network reduces complexity and helps to address the evolving needs of the IoT

Zen to offer Full Fibre broadband services by extending partnership with CityFibre

The initial collaboration between the companies was announced in 2020 with Zen committing to launching services across four locations, which has since expanded to 31

Government names Lord Michael Grade as preferred candidate to chair Ofcom

Lord Grade is a Conservative peer and ex-chairman of the BBC and ITV

Vodafone’s FTTP broadband now available for ‘SoHo’ sector

Rollout of Vodafone’s FTTP service will hit 35 locations across the UK in coming weeks

Uswitch: UK households are sitting on 22 million unused broadband routers

Uswitch.com is calling on broadband providers to make it easier for customers to recycle unused routers, and to offer a service for customers to return old routers

Aspire Technology Solutions secures £85 million growth investment from LDC

Aspire is a fast growing IT managed service and cyber security provider based in North East England, with offices in Gateshead, London and Stockton-on-Tees

BT Group selects Google Cloud as strategic partner to deliver ‘digital transformation’

BT will use Google Cloud’s suite of services, including AI and data analytics

Nokia and Kyndryl announce global network and edge computing collaboration

The partnership is built on the foundation of a successful private wireless connectivity project that combines Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) technology with Kyndryl’s consult, design implementation and managed services

February 17, 2022

EE records strong performance in latest Ofcom complaints tables

However TalkTalk ranked the worst for broadband and landline complaints

February 8, 2022

Abzorb signs up Qubiti in MVNO partnership

The proposition provides the channel with flexibility says Riddell

February 1, 2022

Sky Connect launches full-fibre plans

Three FTTP packages have been launched, with a range of features included

January 20, 2022

BT appoints Overton as MD of newly created ‘Division X’ unit

Overton begins his role on February 14 and joins from Sierra Wireless

January 14, 2022

Canalys: PC shipments up 15pc during 2021

Lenovo led the way overall with 82.1 million units shipped during 2021

January 12, 2022

TalkTalk Group appoints former iD Mobile-man Dunlop

Dunlop will lead TalkTalk’s full fibre rollout

January 12, 2022

Three UK unveils lowest ever broadband deals

Customers can make big savings on 4G and 5G broadband plans up until February 10

January 10, 2022

Vodafone open to taking on third fibre partner

The operator is pushing to boost its fibre coverage in London and rural areas

December 21, 2021

Exertis completes Almo Corporation deal to seal DCC’s biggest ever acquisition

The deal will enable Exertis to continue its push in North American market

December 16, 2021

BT opens new London HQ in Aldgate

The new office represents the telco’s vision to transform its workplace

November 26, 2021

More than half of UK small businesses open to switching broadband provider

During the pandemic, over three-quarters of small businesses have been hampered by slow broadband at some point

November 25, 2021

Vodafone announces self-powered mobile masts

Trial deployment of Eco-Towers will start later this year.

November 25, 2021

Voneus appoints former Virgin Media director as CFO

Dannan has also previously worked for T-Mobile and EE

November 24, 2021

Virgin Mobile tops Ofcom’s mobile complaints table

Tesco Mobile remains in top spot, this time alongside BT Mobile, Sky Mobile and EE

November 16, 2021

Ofcom fines Guaranteed Telecom and Met Technologies £35,000 for ‘slamming’ customers

At least 110 customers were ‘slammed’ by the two firms according to Ofcom investigation

November 12, 2021

Vodafone strengthens CityFibre partnership to become UK’s largest full fibre broadband provider

Vodafone is aiming to connect eight million homes with full fibre broadband by spring 2022

November 11, 2021

Freshwave appoints former EE-man as new chief technology officer

Bennett joins from EE, where he spent 10 years

November 8, 2021

BT to push £2bn cost saving plans a year ahead of schedule

BT revenue was down three per cent for the first half

November 4, 2021

CityFibre passes one million premises with full fibre offering

The company is targeting eight million by 2025

November 4, 2021

Over half a million rural homes to receive Gigabit boost

The investment aims to level up Britain’s hardest-to-reach areas

October 29, 2021

Virgin Media O2 tempts dual customers with double helpings

Analysts tip Volt to spearhead the telco’s convergence plans

October 18, 2021

Abzorb appoints service delivery manager

Holmes has been with Abzorb since 2011

October 18, 2021

BT launches range of full fibre plans for small UK businesses

Plans are available for 150Mbps, 300Mbps, 500Mbps and 900Mbps

October 13, 2021

Virgin Media O2 gigabit rollout reaches close to 13m homes

The latest areas to receive the gigabit boost include Brighton, Derby and Sheffield

October 8, 2021

TalkTalk partners up with DWP to provide jobseekers with free broadband

The scheme offers jobseekers free uncapped broadband for six months

October 6, 2021

Gamma tempts UC resellers back to mobile with new Tariff Optimiser

Gamma introduces new flexible Bolt-On for customers

September 28, 2021

Layer Systems appoints chief commercial officer

Whyman joins the Telecoms and IT software company from Mainline

September 27, 2021

Virgin Media teams up with Plume to offer all UK households HomePass service

The service is available from an annual cost of £99

September 20, 2021

CityFibre secures £1.125bn to fuel its UK full-fibre rollout

The latest raise includes investment from Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala and Interogo Holding

September 16, 2021

Ofcom: Pandemic accelerated UK full-fibre broadband roll out

While 5G mobile usage expands to regions beyond the capital according to latest Ofcom report

September 9, 2021

Glide Group appoints new chief financial officer

Bates has over 35-years experience working in finance roles

September 1, 2021