Amazon to create 1,500 UK apprenticeships in 2022
Amazon has announced it is creating 1,500 apprenticeships in the UK in 2022, adding to its current 70,000-strong workforce. In 2021, the retail giant added 25,000 people to its...
Users set to skip Wi-Fi 6E as campus switch market grows more quickly than expected
Two research publications from the Dell’Oro Group have predicted the makings of an unexpected bypass in the evolution of wireless network technology and good times rolling for campus switches,...
6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum critical to enable Australian technology innovation
The battle for access into the fertile territory of the 6GHz comms spectrum has advanced into Australia, with the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), a trade body promoting spectrum sharing,...
Openreach sees record-breaking quarter for fibre as BT reports mixed Q3
As its journey back to focusing on core networking progresses, BT has issued a nine-month trading statement showing the current strength of its Openreach broadband provision division, with its...
Contractor complaints about delayed payments continue
Contractors across the UK are continuing to be blighted by the fallout from last month’s cyber attacks on two of the umbrella sector’s biggest players, with complaints persisting about...
UAE chooses Accenture to develop national payments platform
Accenture is to head up a consortium to develop and support a national payments infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that will enable next-generation payments. Alongside suppliers G42...
French Supreme Court raises constitutional questions over EncroChat hacking secrecy
The Supreme Court in Paris has referred a secret state hacking operation which has led to the arrests of thousands of organised criminals worldwide to France’s highest constitutional authority....
IoT surges as Vodafone claims solid third quarter
Global communications provider Vodafone Group has reported a third quarter in which it saw total revenue increase year-on-year by 4.3%, with growth in both Europe and Africa, in what...
Mac malware spreading for ~14 months installs backdoor on infected systems
Mac malware known as UpdateAgent has been spreading for more than a year, and it is growing increasingly malevolent as its developers add new bells and whistles. The additions include...
Nationwide Building Society streamlines digital onboarding through API
Nationwide Building Society is using application programming interface (API) technology to automate checks on customer identities when they apply for membership and make transactions. With the use of branches...