UK MPs ask Elon Musk to explain himself over Twitter
A cross party committee has has taken to Twitter to openly invite Elon Musk to appear before it and discuss the future of Twitter as he sees it.
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UK government ponders tougher rules for dodgy apps
The UK DCMS is waving a potential new ‘code of practice’ in front of tech firms to get their opinions on whether they should be held accountable to it.
UK government asks telecoms firms to ‘raise awareness’ of cheaper tariffs
UK Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has written to BT, Virgin Media O2, KCom and others to ask them to ‘outline plans for promoting low-cost social tariffs’ for people on benefits.
Government launches £10 million bid to make UK ‘a world leader in telecoms R&D’
The Department for Culture Media and Sport will hand out up to £10 million to whoever it picks to run a new R&D type unit called UKTIN, in order to promote innovation in UK telecoms.
Dorset is loving its 5G
5G RuralDorset – a programme led by Dorset Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport – has put out a video explaining some 5G use cases, and it doesn’t do a bad job of selling it.
English mobile masts are putting on weight
Mobile operators in England will soon be able to increase the height and girth of many of their mobile masts without having to apply for planning permission.
UK and Japan promise more telecoms collaboration
The UK and Japan have announced their intention to work together more closely on solving telecoms supply chain issues and developing new technologies such as 6G and OpenRAN.
UK government surprises with sensible approach to anonymous trolls
The DCMS wants to add two more things to its odious Online Safety Bill but, for once, these seem sensible and proportionate.
UK government moves to improve telco access to street furniture
Things like streetlights are handy places to put mobile base stations but they can often be hard to access. The UK government is trying to change that.
UK government seeks to significantly expand digital thoughtcrime laws
The UK Online Safety bill is seeking to criminalise a whole new raft of online activity and force platforms to censor more.
FRANC-ly my dear, the UK government does give an OpenRAN
The UK government has launched an initiative designed to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN as part of its quest to erase Huawei from the country’s mobile networks.
UK tries to breathe fresh life into its shared rural network
The UK government issued a press release detailing how great everything will be when the shared rural network is finished.
UK requires device makers to provide better security info
Proposed new UK legislation will require device makers to provide vital security information to consumers at the point of sale to help protect against cyber-attack.
UK government chucks some money at a few 5G bright ideas
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has managed to scrape together £28 million to contribute to some test projects focusing on consumer applications of 5G.
UK goes big on OpenRAN as it tightens Huawei sanctions further
In keeping with the current political climes, the UK government has decided to unilaterally impose further constraints on what mobile operators can do with their own networks.
Ex BT CEO to chair UK government’s anti-Huawei taskforce
Lord Livingston will serve as chairman of a new taskforce designed to broaden the UK telecoms industry’s supply chain, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman revealed on Wednesday.
UK Parliament wants more state censorship and it wants it now
Apparently people sometimes say things online that UK politicians don’t like, so they want to be able to punish social media companies that allow it.
UK to follow Europe’s lead on small cell planning permission exemption
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed it plans to follow European Commission rules to make small cells exempt from planning permission.
YouTube to limit exposure of 5G conspiracy theories but won’t remove content
YouTube has confirmed it will reduce the exposure videos which promote 5G as some sort of cause or accelerator of the coronavirus, though its actions are somewhat limited.
UK ISPs show a bit of blitz spirit
All the UK consumer ISPs have been asked by the government to agree to some measures to help vulnerable customers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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