Telecom news

• UK government thinks AI sector isn’t diverse enough

  10-06-2019 18:20
  A few million quid is being thrown at artificial intelligence and data science conversion degrees, with people from underrepresented groups eligible for scholarships.
  The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport had a rummage around the back of the sofa and came up with £13.5 million that is wants to spend on encouraging people to take ‘conversion degrees’ specialising in AI and data science. This seems to mean you already need a degree to qualify, but have decided the
  
  Read more

• Google points to security risk of Huawei ban, but what about commercial threat?

  10-06-2019 17:49
  Google might have national security concerns about prohibiting Huawei from using the Android operating system, but it should also be worried about a potential threat to its market dominance.
  If you are looking for a market with almost zero movement in terms of competitive threat, the OS segment is a prime example. With Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, there is pretty much no-one else in the market worth considering. KaiOS has a fraction of the market, thanks to a focus on feature ph
  
  Read more

• City of London to pedestrianise part of Finsbury Circus

  10-06-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s only a short bit of road, but potentially quite significant as the City of London is planning to pedestrianise part of Finsbury Circus.
  The area has been occupied by Crossrail for the past few years as one of its shafts was dug in the middle of the gardens, but with those works slowly coming to an end, they have to restore the land to its original use.
  The western spur linking Moorgate to the park has been blocked off by the building works, and should theoretically be restored to a ro
  
  Read more

• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Global 5G, tech regulation and telecoms jobs

  10-06-2019 14:46
  Now with added video!
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• US officials ask for delay to Huawei ban on competition grounds – report

  10-06-2019 14:11
  Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought has requested the ban on Huawei technologies be delayed by two years, sounding very similar to Huawei’s own argument.
  In a letter to the White House, Vought is arguing the ban should be delayed in certain areas to ensure national security considerations and objectives can be suitably met in the new procurement landscape. Vought is currently on the clock, as rules signed into law last year are to be officially introduced
  
  Read more

• Microsoft wastes no time in countering Google’s cloud gaming ambitions

  10-06-2019 13:01
  Cloud gaming is emerging as a major new front in the competitive war between tech giants, who are using the E3 gaming trade show to flex their muscles.
  A few days ago Google added some substance to its cloud gaming ambitions by announcing more details, including a list of games and pricing, of its Stadia platform. Shortly after Microsoft had its big E3 reveal, which of course focused on plans for its Xbox gaming console. These included the ability to stream games from a console to a mobile devic
  
  Read more

• Tickets Alert: Emerge – a night time arts thingamajig

  10-06-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Over two nights in September, the newly created Emerge Festival will see a “creative kaleidoscope” of events take over 11 London Boroughs.
  Taking over some 50 venues across London, they’re setting up arty things in each, based around nine themes. The events will take place over the evenings of Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September 2019.
  As they put it: “Think sonic kaleidoscopes at the Natural History Museum’s Hintze Hall and you’re starting to get the idea.&rdq
  
  Read more

• G20 gets tough on tech tax as trade war gets agenda nod

  10-06-2019 12:56
  20 bean-counters walk into a bar and ask for a tonic water. The barman asks who picking up the bill, and all fingers are pointed towards Silicon Valley.
  In southern Japan, finance ministers and representatives of the central banking organizations have gathered to discuss the world of international and domestic finance. Of course, G20 is about much more than spreadsheets and calculators, but this weekend saw the accountants gather, while in the next room, ministers for trade and the digital econo
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• INCA awards first Gold Standard Quality Mark for wireless services to Secure Web Services

  10-06-2019 10:03
  Accreditation follows demonstration of exceptional standards in wireless services, raising the total number of accredited companies to four London, UK, June 10 2019 – The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) today announced that Secure Web Services Ltd (SWS) has become the first wireless services provider to achieve its Gold Standard Quality Mark which recognises network excellence. Created to highlight the best practices in performance, design and operations across full fib
  
  Read more

• London’s Alleys: Dyer’s Buildings, EC1

  10-06-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This slightly posh looking alley off Holborn is a recent redevelopment of a series of much older buildings, and the alley itself is ancient.Little is known about early Holborn area in the Roman times, as it was outside the City, but the road was first mentioned as Holeburne Streete in 1249. At that time it was a major highway to the City.
  There is however evidence that there was extensive Roman gravel quarrying in the area of Dyers’ Buildings in the 1st and 2nd centuries. There was also a
  
  Read more

• Three enters the 5G fracas with FWA offering

  10-06-2019 06:00
  Three is promising to launch a 5G home broadband service in London in August, before rolling out the connectivity euphoria for both mobile and broadband in 25 cities by the end of 2019.
  With EE and Vodafone already moving through the gears in the 5G race, it was never going to be long before Three made its debut. Initial plans had seen Three as a little big sluggish in the home-straight, though it appears the business is ramping up pretty quickly.
  “It’s clear that consumers and busin
  
  Read more

• VXFiber: The UK must boost FTTH funding if it is serious about becoming a full fibre player

  10-06-2019 02:00
  The UK has moved from FTTP penetration levels of 1% to 7% over the last six months – is fibre deployment happening quickly enough or do we need to pick up the pace?Any progress in the expansion of full fibre networks across the UK should be applauded.  However, the market is currently 93% slow copper putting the UK in 27th place out of 54 countries worldwide, and second from bottom in Europe. In today’s increasingly digital world, when businesses, the public and the govern
  
  Read more

• Vodafone hints at 3G network switch-off in the UK by 2022

  10-06-2019 02:00
  Vodafone has become the first mobile network operator in the UK to confirm that it will be switching off its existing 3G network, saying that spectrum could be more efficiently used if it was to be refarmed to offer 5G services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Three to launch 5G network services in 25 UK cities by the end of the year

  10-06-2019 02:00
  Three UK is set to launch its 5G network in the UK in August 2019, with the network covering 25 towns and cities across the country by the end of the year.The August launch will offer a plug and play, fixed wireless access 5G home broadband service for customers in London, with mobile network services being rolled out across the country shortly after…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Nokia launches 5G security lab in the US

  10-06-2019 02:00
  Nokia has launched a new 5G security testing and verification lab, near the Nokia Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey.The centre will underpin Nokia's commitment to the research and development that will secure its next generation networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Google: Huawei ban compromises US national security and hits our bottom line

  10-06-2019 02:00
  Senior executives from Google have claimed that President Trump’s proposed ban on Huawei could compromise US national security, whilst simultaneously hitting the pockets of American businesses, according to a report in the Financial Times…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Ericsson: Network densification is the crucial next step in the UK's 5G journey

  10-06-2019 02:00
  With a flurry of 5G launch announcements from at least three of the UK's big four mobile network operators, the UK is establishing itself as a leader in European 5G rollout.
  EE has already launched its fledgling 5G offering and similar launches from Vodafone and Three are imminent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

Follow @Telecom_UK_ on Twitter!