Vodafone wins contract to overhaul SP Energy Networks in Scotland

Vodafone has landed a four-year contract with the networks division of ScottishPower to modernise and future-proof the critical communications infrastructure that underpins Scotland’s electricity grid. The telecoms giant will overhaul the operational communications used to manage SP Energy Networks’ infrastructure, which includes 19,500 substations, 23,000km of overhead lines, and 41,000km of underground cables—serving two million

Householders are missing out on big bucks by discarding devices

People could be missing out on an average of £638 by failing to recycle old electronic devices, according to new research from Virgin Media O2. The findings, released ahead of Global Recycling Day on 18 March, estimage 92 million electronic devices— including smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and gaming consoles—have been thrown out wtih household waste over