MPs to investigate superfast broadband roll-out to final 5% of UK

Select committee inquiry will assess what is needed to provide high-speed connectivity to the 1.5 million premises outside current roll-out plans

Network Services Framework goes live across public sector

Crown Commercial Service launches wide-ranging Network Services Framework RM1045 across the public sector

Government produces Digital Transformation Plan to boost UK productivity

Chancellor George Osborne's Digital Transformation Plan puts digital technologies at the heart of the UK's economic future

Government moves to cut broadband red tape

The government is considering making a temporary relaxation of broadband infrastructure planning regulations a permanent fixture

Successful IoT projects beget further innovation, says Vodafone

Vodafone’s M2M Barometer report says that, once organisations extract value from an internet of things (IoT) project, they quickly find further applications

BDUK arrives on the Outer Hebrides

Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband surfaces in Stornoway on the Isle of Harris

OTT messaging providers will struggle to make money

Juniper Research report forecasts years of declining revenues for the mobile messaging market, and says that over-the-top providers will need to diversify to survive

The internet of things could save the honeybee from extinction

Gemalto’s M2M unit is developing an ambitious project with agricultural science firm Eltopia and the University of Minnesota. The objective: to save the honeybee from extinction

Building a cloud of clouds to balance flexibility and control

CIOs need to plan for using a multitude of cloud providers and prepare for how best to manage such a situation

BT Security chief predicts big challenges ahead, despite progress

Cyber security is a big opportunity, not just a threat and by systematically applying security controls defenders are raising the bar, according to BT Security chief

How Deutsche Telekom plans to challenge AWS and Google in the cloud

German telco Deutsche Telekom wants to evolve into the public cloud and plans to beat sector giants such as Amazon and Google at their own game

Metropolitan Police picks Innopsis to lead network procurement

London’s Metropolitan Police Service signs public-sector networking association Innopsis to lead engagement on network procurement