Almost 50 per cent of UK suffers from super slow broadband
Consumer price comparison website uSwitch has unveiled new research that highlights that 49 per cent of UK postcodes receive broadband speeds of less than 6.742 Mbp/s.
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Scottish government inks comms deal
The Scottish government has signed a communications deal with Orange that it hopes will save it £1.6m over the next four years.
ICO wades in on Google and Microsoft privacy row
The Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries with Google over its actions around Internet Explorer (IE) privacy policies.
Electronic infrastructure at risk from EMP threat - report
The government needs to create a better plan for reacting to the threat of a major electro-magnetic pulse event, which could knock out much of the country's critical electronic infrastructure, according to a report.
Mobile operators see price of 4G spectrum cut by £180m
Mobile phone operators in the UK are set to save £180 million on the price of 800Mhz 4G spectrum in the upcoming auction, set to be held in the fourth quarter of this year, but only as compensation for other costs.
HMRC IT system 'not sufficient' to analyse Border Agency pilot data
An investigation into border security checks in the UK has found that a pilot last year, which allowed easing of security checks on certain groups or individuals, was not properly analysed due to failings in a HMRC IT system.
EU launches consultation into e-interoperability
The European Commission (EC) has launched a one month public consultation into the problem of incompatible vocabularies used by developers of public administration IT systems.