Most information and comms businesses plan to use homeworking permanently
Despite growing pressure from the UK government and leading media outlets for a mass return to the office as Covid recedes, most UK workers who took up homeworking because...
Zoom boom continues as it delivers billion-dollar first quarter
As firms throttle back on mandatory home working, many analysts have pondered whether breakout pandemic conferring leader Zoom Communications will begin a downward trajectory, but its first-quarter 2022 results...
PAC report blames HMRC for ‘widespread non-compliance’ in public sector
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) “rushed implementation” of the public sector IR35 tax avoidance reforms in 2017 led to “widespread non-compliance” within central government departments, which have ended up...
MEC to gain sharper edge over next five years
As businesses undergo rapid digitisation and explore and develop tailored 5G solutions for deployment in their industries, demand for multi-access edge computing (MEC) applications and services is rocketing. Such...
The rise of the always-on mobile user and implications for customer service and retention
From Zoom meetings to high-definition (HD) video streaming and everything in between, consumers today depend on their mobile phones more than ever before. To understand how mobile usage has...
Nokia and T-Mobile team to build private 5G networks
Recognising the increasing number of enterprise and government customers turning to private/hybrid networks for superfast speeds, lower latency and control over their connectivity, US operator T-Mobile has forged a...
Google Cloud expands European presence with opening of Madrid region
Google Cloud is continuing to build out its datacentre footprint across Europe, with the opening of its latest cloud region in Madrid, Spain. The public cloud giant said the...
ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents
The UK’s data protection watchdog has ordered controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI to delete all data it holds on UK residents after the company was found to have...
Durham University upgrades cosmology supercomputer to switchless architecture with Rockport Networks
Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) is upgrading to a switchless network architecture for its COSMA7 supercomputer to reduce the risk of network congestion slowing down the pace...
Steady growth for fibre networks across Europe over next five years
A report from the FTTH Council Europe has confirmed the continuous progress of fibre-optic network roll-out across the region, with full-fibre connectivity being a clear priority for EU authorities,...