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CityFibre has put in place a debt package of £1.12 billion from seven major financial institutions including ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Bank plc, Natixis, NatWest, Santander and Société Générale. Proceeds from this infrastructure debt package will be used to fund the first part of CityFibre’s £2.5 billion investment plan, which will see it roll-out full fibre to five mi...

The AI Summit is the world’s largest AI event for business and a meeting ground for global enterprises who have already found success from practical AI usage. There were opportunities for companies of all sizes and industry professionals looking to learn about AI, how it will continue to transform productivity, and what the future of the technology holds. The two-day event w...

Sixty-six percent of organizations have plans to deploy 5G by 2020, according to a new 5G use case and adoption survey by Gartner, Inc. Organizations expect 5G networks to be mainly used for Internet of Things (IoT) communications and video, with operational efficiency being the key driver. “In terms of 5G adoption, end-user organizations have clear demands and expectations ...

2018 proved a whirlwind of a year for the public sector, with technology solutions being core to our preparation for Brexit, new GDPR legislation changing people’s perceptions of data and ambitious leadership in the form of the new, digitally savvy, Health Secretary (Matt Hancock) and new Ministry of Defence CIO (Charles Forte). That’s a great foundation for why 2019 will be...

At the end of every year, it has become tradition for IT leaders to reflect on the year past and predict what might be coming up in the year ahead. 2018 has been defined by data: by the rise in data-driven businesses, the theft of data and rise in data breaches, and the implementation of new data protection legislation like GDPR. 2018 has seen the technology industry take re...

For the fourth consecutive year, HughesNet earned top rankings in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Measuring Broadband America report. HughesNet is the flagship satellite Internet service for consumers and small businesses from Hughes Network Systems, the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services. The newest Measuring Broadband America reports e...

CenturyLink is trimming its workforce by approximately 175 jobs in locations across the 16 states that it serves, a spokesman confirmed this morning. The same spokesman said that CenturyLink decided to discontinue holiday bonuses for its employees. "As part of CenturyLink’s ongoing effort to remain cost-competitive and align resources with customer demand, we will offer volu...

The new data centre is set to house the most recent servers and technologies to guarantee Atos’ clients – who wish to locate their data and applications on French territory and in compliance with European regulations – optimal performance, storage capacity, security, scalability and cost-efficiency. This new data centre is milestone in Atos’ strategy to develop the historica...

NTT Communications Corporation, the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced this week that Clive Hamilton has been appointed as the new Managing Director of its fully owned subsidiary NTT Europe. He will start in this new role on 1st February 2019. Clive has been with NTT Europe for 13 years in various roles including VP Networ...

Microsoft dominated Spiceworks’ recent report that looked at how businesses communicate within small and large businesses. While Skype for Business still remains the undisputed leader of the pack, Microsoft Teams emerged as an interesting alternative and managed to grab a sizable share of the market. We asked Peter Tsai, senior technology analyst at Spiceworks, some question...