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After almost exactly two years of regulatory wrangling, Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison Group Telecom (CKHGT) Holdings have at last announced the successful merger of their respective UK mobile firms, Vodafone and Three UK. The combined business will operate under the VodafoneThree brand, and is 51% owned by Vodafone and 49% by CKHGT. Vodafone will…

5G satellite communications products and technology provider AccelerComm has announced it has closed a funding round totalling $15m and appointed David Helfgott as its CEO. Experts in specialised radio access network (RAN) applications, AccelerComm says its core mission is to transform the next generation of wireless communications with “innovative, world-leading” IP that delivers ultra-high performance…

The Mail app has long been one of Apple’s most popular and important first-party iPhone apps, but at the moment, it appears to be broken. As spotted by MacRumors on Thursday, there have been multiple reports from around the internet about iPhone owners encountering a completely blank screen when they try to open the Mail…

Satellite connectivity solutions provider Intellian Technologies and geographic and low Earth orbit (GEO, LEO) communications provider Eutelsat Group are hailing the decision by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) in South Korea to approve a cross-border supply agreement for satellite internet services and in particular granting a regulatory licence for the deployment of Eutelsat…

The nature of my job made me look at battery life and charging speeds for years, but I would have done it as a consumer anyway. I’m a longtime iPhone user, and battery life is very important to me. I suffer from the same battery anxiety as most smartphone buyers, though I’m trying to manage…

As generative AI (GenAI) tools become embedded in the fabric of enterprise operations, they bring transformative promise, but also considerable risk. For CISOs, the challenge lies in facilitating innovation while securing data, maintaining compliance across borders, and preparing for the unpredictable nature of large language models and AI agents. The stakes are high; a compromised…

Ports, factories and large-scale industrial sites have to date been the areas in which private 5G networks have been deployed to offer firms dedicated connectivity to boost operations, but now real estate looks to be getting in on the act, as exemplified by a partnership between Nokia and Andorix, designed to accelerate the adoption of…

Undersea cables now account for more than 99% of international data traffic, but a robust terrestrial network is also vital for ensuring, high-capacity data flows across continents. To ensure the success of the highest-capacity Trans-Pacific cable linking Japan and the US, Lumen Technologies will provide the terrestrial backhaul connectivity for the JUNO Trans-Pacific cable system.…

Businesses are losing out twice by having to support old IT systems that they cannot afford to turn off because they perform business-critical functions. Companies have to pay to keep computer systems running well beyond their natural life, which means they have fewer resources to invest in new technology. “They are spending money improving customer…

Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer (CTO) at Ordnance Survey (OS), has a career-long passion for turning geographical data into useful insight. At the UK’s national mapping service, he’s leading the organisation’s development of next-generation geospatial technologies. Jethwa studied engineering science at the University of Oxford, where he focused on what were then considered niche areas,…