Oracle and Telefónica Tech have announced an agreement to jointly offer cloud platform-as-a-service and applications to enterprises and public sector organizations across Telefónica Tech’s customer base. The services will be delivered through a global partnership which will enable Telefónica Tech to offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services as part of its portfolio as well as support clients through professional and managed services.
To support the increasing demand for cloud services in Spain, Telefónica will also become the host partner for the Oracle Cloud Madrid Region…
Smart homes, smart cities, and… smart facemasks?
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, facemasks have become a major, though not uncontroversial, aspect of daily life.
Now, a study published in the scientific journal Nature by researchers from the University of Grenada has explored the creation of a smart facemask to help monitor the wearer’s inhalation of CO2.
When wearing a mask, not all the CO2 that we exhale can perfuse through the material before we inhale again, thus increasing the amount of CO2 being rebreathed.
But just how much more CO2 than normal are we breathing in when wearing a mask and what are its effects?
According to the study&rsquo…
Wildanet Appoint New Leaders for Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout
Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year started the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has appointed Helen Wylde to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Virgin Media’s former COO, Paul Buttery, to join as Chair of the Board. The operator has […]
Vodafone shrugs off Iliad’s bid for Italian unit
Earlier this week, it was reported that French telco Iliad, owned by billionaire Xavier Niel, had submitted a takeover bid for Vodafone Italy.
The move would constitute a major shakeup for the Italian telecoms landscape, reducing the number of mobile players in Italy from four to three and creating a new entity of scale enough to challenge the dominance of market leader TIM…
MP Casts Doubt on UK Broadband Benefits of HS2 Rail Project
The MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, has challenged the UK Government to make progress on commitments made to local authorities along the Phase One rail route for High Speed 2 (HS2), which among other things included the promise to construct a new “broadband superhighway” to help expand faster internet access. The HS2 project […]
New ISP Association Commitments to Help Fix UK Digital Divide
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which is a trade body for broadband providers, has today partnered up with the Good Things Foundation, a digital inclusion charity, as part of a fresh attempt at helping to fix the digital divide so that more people are willing and able to get online. According to the […]
Quickline Build 900Mb Broadband to Lissington in Lincolnshire UK
East Yorkshire-based UK ISP Quickline has just connected homes and businesses in the Lincolnshire village of Lissington to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of their £6.1m state aid supported Building Digital UK (BDUK) contract with the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC). Originally, the provider’s primary focus was on deploying superfast Fixed […]
Growing pains – T-Mobile Netherlands focuses on customer satisfaction
Netcracker Technology announced today that T-Mobile Netherlands, the largest mobile operator in the Netherlands, will upgrade to Netcracker Cloud BSS to accelerate time to market, lower total cost of ownership and provide a differentiated customer experience.
Netcracker&rsquo…
DSA to advance affordable connectivity in underserved countries
A partnership between the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme (DAP) and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is contributing towards digital inclusion in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. By encouraging ‘a new spectrum mindset’ the DSA and DAP aim to catalyse affordable internet connectivity in underserved regions to support the inclusive growth of the digital ecosystem.
“We are delighted to partner with the UK Digital Access Programme to help accelerate digital inclusivity in five countries worldwide&rdquo…
First Ever Independent 4G Coverage Map of Newcastle and North Tyneside
Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has just created something rather special – the “first ever” independent 4G mobile (broadband) coverage map of Newcastle and South Tyneside. The study was designed to “comprehensively” map out the region’s mobile phone “not spots” in order to help the local authority to improve connectivity. If there’s one thing that […]