Tag: 5G
Vodafone announces 5G in 12 more UK towns and cities
Vodafone has announced 12 more cities will benefit from faster mobile data speeds and an ultra-responsive network when 5G goes live later this year. These additional locations join the seven cities that are already live or switching on soon under its UK-wide trial, which started last year. Vodafone will now launch 5G in 19 towns…
Huawei opens Brussels security lab in bid to reassure EU
Huawei has opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels as the Chinese tech company tries to win over EU leaders amid US allegations that its equipment poses a national security risk. Company executives inaugurated the Huawei European Cybersecurity Centre, which will allow the wireless companies that are its customers to review the source code running its…
MWC 2019: McAfee warns internet users still not protecting themselves from cybercrime
Cybersecurity experts have encouraged people to do more to protect themselves from online crime, warning the rollout of 5G will only increase the potential devices that could be hacked. Raj Samani and Gary Davis, both industry experts at cybersecurity firm McAfee, said the average internet user was still making basic security errors such as using…
How tech industry reacted to Huawei’s foldable phone
Industry experts believe Huawei has landed the first blow in the battle of the foldable phones following the announcement of its Mate X. Mobiles expert at uSwitch.com Ru Bhikha said that although the higher price of Huawei’s device may deter some, the greater array of technology in its phone gave it an advantage over Samsung’s…
O2 confirms 2019 5G rollout plans for UK’s big cities
Telecoms giant O2 has confirmed it will start rolling out its 5G network this year, beginning in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. Other areas of the UK will begin to receive coverage in 2020 to coincide with the wider availability of 5G phones, O2 said. The technology is regarded as the “next generation” of mobile…
Huawei concerns not about China, says UK’s NCSC chief
The head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said the current issues the organisation has with Huawei are about ensuring security standards and not the firm’s links to China. Ciaran Martin said the NCSC had a “wealth of understanding” of the Chinese tech giant and would not compromise on security improvements it…
Vodafone begins 5G trial at Manchester Airport
Vodafone has started a trial of 5G mobile technology at Manchester Airport in the latest test of the next-generation communications network. The telecoms giant is using a specially designed “blast pod”, in which travellers at the airport’s Terminal One can sit and try out the network. A public rollout of 5G is expected to begin…
Huawei 5G risk can be managed, National Cyber Security Centre says
Any potential risk posed by Chinese technology giant Huawei to UK telecoms infrastructure can be mitigated, government cybersecurity bosses have determined. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has concluded that it can mitigate any risks posed by using the Chinese firm’s equipment in communications systems such as the upcoming rollout of new 5G networks, according…
Lennon Gallagher models futuristic 5G fashion sponsored by Three
Image: Press Association Liam Gallagher’s son Lennon looked the spitting image of his famous father as he prepared to take part in a futuristic 5G fashion show (on Friday 15th February). Lennon, the former Oasis rocker’s eldest son, is modelling items by upcoming designer Gerrit Jacob for the first ever…
Huawei hits back at US over boycott suggestions
One of Huawei’s most senior executives has accused the United States of a “geopolitical campaign” against the company in an attempt to gain leverage in trade negotiations with China. Eric Xu, one of the Chinese technology giant’s three rotating chairmen, said the US labelling of Huawei as a cyber threat was an attempt by the…
