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Telegram messenger gained 70m users during WhatsApp outage
6 October 2021, 13:11
WhatsApp (and Oculus, Facebook, Instagram) outage lasted nearly six hours on Monday.
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Alphabet's Project Taara is "like fibre, but without the cables"
17 September 2021, 12:11
The firm recently successfully trialled Taara tech to join two Congolese cities.
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Google Grace Hopper subsea cable connected to Bude, UK
16 September 2021, 12:11
The 16-fibre pair Google-funded cable now connects New York to Bude and Bilbao.
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FTTP saturation: Western Europe broadband speeds plateau
15 September 2021, 13:11
And Jersey claims the fastest mean download speeds in the world at 274Mbps.
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UK Gov back £4m trial of fibre broadband via water pipes
9 August 2021, 10:11
The same strategy proved a success in Spain and other countries.
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Windows 365 streams a full PC experience to any device
15 July 2021, 10:11
Available from 2nd August, these 'Cloud PCs' will initially be only available to businesses.
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Openreach enables 1Gbps capable FTTP in 4.5m UK homes
25 March 2021, 12:11
To reach its latest target it added 1.9 million premises during the last year.
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Virgin Media UK testing 400Gbps over a single fibre
5 March 2021, 11:11
And the ISP reports a new network traffic record of 20.77GB per user on one day in Feb.
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Nokia and Vodafone successfully trial 100Gbps fibre broadband
2 February 2021, 13:11
Breakthrough '100G PON' tech is 10x faster than today's most advanced fibre networks.
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HPE says it has developed the world's first memristor laser
18 December 2020, 13:11
Sees applications in optical communications and neuromorphc computing.
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Apple 5G modem in development confirms hardware tech SVP
14 December 2020, 10:11
Further evidence of Apple's integration push. Qualcomm shares feel a winter chill.
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UK Gov brings forward Huawei 5G network install ban
1 December 2020, 21:11
But the target for the complete eradication of Huawei's 5G kit remains the end of 2027.
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UK Gov waters down broadband plans in spending review
26 November 2020, 12:11
Gigabit broadband UK coverage target revised down to 85 per cent of homes by 2025.
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UK government describes role of the National Cyber Force (NCF)
20 November 2020, 13:11
The NCF will disrupt hostile state activities, terrorists, and criminals that threaten the UK.
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Nokia will replace Huawei kit used for BT / EE mobile networks
29 September 2020, 13:11
BT had enjoyed a strong relationship with Huawei dating back to 2005.
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BT CEO warns it could be 2033 before UK gets 'Gigabit for all'
28 September 2020, 13:31
UK PM Johnson said last year that he aimed to achieve goal this by the end of 2025.
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Report: UK government reboots independent GPS plans
21 September 2020, 13:51
And some are already pushing for the UK to rejoin the EU's Galileo system.
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UCL researchers break records with 178Tbps data transfer
24 August 2020, 13:31
Used existing fibre infrastructure but upgraded amplifiers (at 40-100km intervals).
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Updated Covid-19 contact tracing app starts trials in England
13 August 2020, 13:11
But devs think there is a "significant risk" it won't be accurate enough to be useful this year.
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Mozilla launches a $4.99 pcm VPN service
17 July 2020, 12:11
Available for Windows and Android, it uses "modern and lean," WireGuard protocol.
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UK gov finally decides on Huawei 5G equipment ban
14 July 2020, 16:51
Meanwhile Samsung has shared its vision for 6G communications.
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UK Gov looking into using other utility pipes for fibre broadband
15 June 2020, 13:11
More than a million kilometres of the UK's underground utility ducts are currently 'passive'.
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Researchers achieve 39Tbps transfers over standard fibre
25 May 2020, 11:51
Photonic microcomb technology replaces current laser arrays to enable the speed boost.
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Intel has acquired Rivet Networks
21 May 2020, 12:11
Rivet is best known for its Killer Networking prioritising solutions for gamers.
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Openreach shares Covid-19 UK network traffic report
29 April 2020, 12:11
Comparing late Feb and late April shows an average 24 per cent data demand increase.
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Qualcomm announces breakthough in IoT modems
17 April 2020, 13:31
Its NB2 IoT Chipset idles at <1uA and is expected to feature in devices with >15yr battery life.
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Ethernet Technology Consortium announces 800GbE standard
10 April 2020, 10:11
In brief, the standard re-purposes two sets of the existing 400GbE logic with a few mods.
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Cloudflare announces WARP for MacOS and Windows (betas)
3 April 2020, 15:11
And it has introduced '1.1.1.1 for Families', auto-filtering out 'bad content'.
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Killer launches refreshed E3100 2.5Gbps Ethernet controller
2 April 2020, 14:01
Arriving first on systems from Acer and MSI.
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BT quietly reveals its Gigabit broadband pricing in the UK
24 March 2020, 13:46
The firm's 'Full Fibre Broadband' packages will cost between £40 and £60pcm.
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BT confirms plans to launch Gigabit broadband across the UK
11 March 2020, 13:11
Will offer the widest Gigabit coverage in the UK; across hundreds of cities, towns, & villages.
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Intel integrates silicon photonics engine with Ethernet switch
6 March 2020, 15:21
Says it has made the first step to "making optical I/O with silicon photonics a reality".
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Vodafone and Rakuten invest in space-based mobile network
5 March 2020, 13:21
SpaceMobile will initially offer 4G connectivity via low-Earth-orbit, low-latency satellites.
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