Leading comms tech provider Nokia has won a number of endorsements for its range of optical networking products and announced a deal with Icelandic comms provider Mila in a network upgrade that the company says represents the first comprehensive multi-passive optical network (PON) solution in Iceland. It has also published research from analyst Omdia showing … Leer más
As part of its ultimate aim of making the UAE’s leading city the world’s leading commercial centre, investment hub and tourism destination, Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has partnered with customer experience solutions provider Avaya to build out an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that will streamline the creation of business licenses in the … Leer más
Copeland Borough Council, which has in recent months been reorganised into Cumberland Council, was hit by a wave of WannaCry ransomware attacks in May 2017 that caused havoc at a number of UK public service providers over a bank holiday weekend. The following year, Copeland bosses told the BBC that no sensitive data had been … Leer más
Post Office branch auditors investigating financial discrepancies routinely presumed subpostmasters were either unable to do their accounts or were stealing money, and failed to consider the computer system could be the problem. The latest hearing in the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal also heard that subpostmasters in small branches were persecuted due … Leer más
Ensuring smooth running is literally the business of oil and lubricants company Motul, and it is now applying this principle across its communications estate, looking to deliver “effortless” experiences for its customers and employees through a range of touchpoints after adopting a suite of cloud-based communications solutions. Founded in 1853, Motul is a French company … Leer más
Almost a year after setting up the first-ever intercontinental 5G standalone (SA) roaming connection between two live networks in Europe and the Middle East, international connectivity and 5G enabler BICS has now enabled the first-ever 5G SA roaming connection between Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc) and Thailand’s biggest mobile operator, AIS. Stc is endeavouring to provide … Leer más
Noting that it recognised how important the right connectivity services are to fostering environments where UK businesses can thrive, and as it approaches 100 on-net datacentres in the country, network connectivity provider Neos Networks has added two new key datacentres to its UK-wide fibre network in London and Manchester. The proactive investment in the expansion … Leer más
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provided some further details on the initial scope of its anti-trust investigation into the UK cloud services market, in the wake of Ofcom’s concerns about the stronghold Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have on the sector. The CMA has confirmed that its investigation will initially focus on … Leer más
Open warfare returned to the Middle East in the early hours of Saturday 7 October, when Hamas operatives stormed the border between Israel and the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. In common with other modern kinetic conflicts, the developing conflict between Hamas and Israel has brought with it a corresponding and escalating online cyber war, raising … Leer más
As business network demands intensify and become more crucial to the smooth running of businesses, BT has introduced Global Fabric, a worldwide network platform that the UK’s leading comms provider said will represent a generational shift in technology, based on a network-as-a-service (NaaS) technical and commercial model, enabling business customers to innovate at pace. Global … Leer más