Vodafone and Three want more UK government help with 5G
Two UK telcos are urging the government to do more to push 5G along, especially in the areas of manufacturing and FWA, for the good of the country of course.
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UK government ties itself in knots over social media censorship
The UK government wants to protect us from online horridness but seems confused about how best to go about it while also protecting freedom of speech.
US government decides single-vendor public cloud contracts are a bad idea
The US Department of Defense has decided to cancel its $10 billion cloud contract with Microsoft because it reckons it no longer meets its needs.
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.
British luvvies want a new smartphone tax to fund the arts
UK Parliament is apparently considering a new tax on any device that can store digital content with a view to handing the cash over to the arts sector.
UK government bets on Sonic the edge-hog
The ever-generous British taxpayer has chucked a million quid at a new initiative called Sonic Labs, which is designed to give 5G OpenRAN R&D an extra boost.
Vodafone puts its money where its mouth is with new OpenRAN lab
UK telco Vodafone has been banging on about OpenRAN for a while and is its biggest domestic cheerleader, so it’s good to see it lead from the front by investing in its development.
UK vendor diversity task force calls for more vendor diversity
A task force commissioned by the UK government to look into telecoms vendor diversity has shocked everyone by concluding we need some.
UK government nearly ready to deliver £5bn gigabit broadband funding
A year after it first pledged to plough £5 billion into gigabit-capable broadband for hard-to-reach areas, the UK government has formally kicked off the initiative, now known as Project Gigabit.
UK government forced to jump through EU hoops over notspot initiative
A year after it was announced, the Shared Rural Network programme took one step closer to actually happening with the publication of a transparency notice.
Facebook is a private company… it can do what it wants!
Anyone who questioned the desirability of the US President being banned by social media companies was told they can do what they want. Does the same principle apply to Facebook in Australia?
India chucks money at its domestic telecoms sector
The Indian government has approved a new cunning plan to boost its domestic telecoms equipment industry.
UK government determined not to let a good digital identity crisis go to waste
There is apparently a trust problem around digital identities and no wonder, with talk of vaccine passports being required for previously unrestricted activities.
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.
UK government downgrades gigabit broadband pledge, of course
The UK government unveiled its latest spending plans, which have had to be revised due to the breath-taking cost of shutting down the entire country.
Huawei insists UK telecoms taskforce is nothing personal
The UK government has created a taskforce with the stated aim of attracting new vendors to UK telecoms, which has nothing to do with Huawei, the Chinese vendor says.
Telco bosses tell UK government to ‘get on with it’ on fibre
Big names in the UK telecoms industry urged the government to push on with plans to allocate funding for rural high-speed broadband rollout, despite questionable demand.
UK government congratulates itself over gigabit broadband rollout
Half a million UK premises now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, which leaves only 27 million to go.
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