News tagged: government

23 July, 2018

UK government unveils overdue plan to bring fibre to every home and raise broadband speeds

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a new long-term strategy for UK telecommunications. As Jeremy Cowan writes, at last it includes mandatory full fibre broadband for all new-build homes. (more…)

03 November, 2017

Rising 4G and smartphone adoption help grow Latin America’s mobile economy to 5% of GDP, new GSMA study finds

Latin America’s mobile ecosystem generated 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) last year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 Latin America and Caribbean edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy series, published at the GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Latin America event in Bogotá, (more…)

08 August, 2017

Senate’s IoT Cybersecurity Act requires US government to invest only in ‘secure’ solutions

As we reported on August 2 (US senators planning bill to ‘secure’ the Internet of Things but users are a weak link, say experts), US senators are demanding tougher security for the Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)

19 May, 2016

Back to front – why it’s the back-end that matters in business

What do Uber, Google and Spotify have in common?

If your answer is, “They are three of the best-known and fastest innovators on the planet,” you’d be absolutely right, of course. (more…)