Razer, a company that styles itself as by gamers, for gamers,has today unveiled its latest product, a modular NUC dubbed the Tomahawk. Available as both a barebones package and a high-tier gaming solution, the Razer Tomahawk looks to offer a cutting edge mixture of functionality, performance, and graphics card compatibility, all within a NUC inspired chassis. Some of the key specifications include

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be fully shut out of UK networks. The UK’s decision to formally exclude Huawei came amid diplomatic pressure from its intelligence allies and strict new US restrictions against the company, which GCHQ reported would compromise the

New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says The UK government will spend 250 million over next few years to diversify its 5G equipment supply chain and to help carriers remove Huawei 5G equipment from their mobile networks. Around 50 million of the sum will be made available next year to help

Victoria Woollaston 3 hours 1 min ago If you’re on the lookout for a great SIM-only plan, this Black Friday deal from EE is a great place to start. It’s so good, EE is even calling it a Black Friday Mega Deal. For just £20 a month, you’ll get a 5G SIM Plan with unlimited minutes and texts and 160GB of data. That’s 60GB on top of the regular 100GB offer that usually

Jade Vincent 6 hours 3 min ago Black Friday 2020 has arrived which means the UK’s best mobile networks have released an avalanche of the finest SIM-only deals. This year, Vodafone, EE and Three have not disappointed with a line-up of SIM-only bargains boasting supercharged 5G, unlimited data and super low lifetime costs. See related Best laptop for

Victoria Woollaston 8 hours 54 min ago If you’re on the lookout for a great SIM-only plan, this Black Friday deal from EE is a great place to start. See related Best laptop for students UK 2020: The ideal laptops for school, college and university - plus Black Friday bargains Best laptop UK 2020: Save £200 with Black Friday deals on the Samsun

A group of major telecommunications companies Vodafone, BT, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom recently announced something a bit unexpected. In the Open BNG Operator Position Paper, they call for a fundamental, industry-wide change to the way broadband networks are built. Specifically, they advocate for collaboration throughout the telco world, with a convergence around open broadband network gate

Pete Clark 1 day 8 hours ago Searching for a great Fitbit deal this Black Friday? Well, search no further. As Fitbit deals go, this £30 saving on the Fitbit Inspire fitness tracker over at BT is one of the best savings you’ll find on health tech this Black Friday season. See related Best 5G phone: The finest 5G smartphones from Samsung, OnePlus, Mo

As I type, the government is shooing us all back to our kitchen tables and spare bedrooms, as the great “return to the office” is reversed by a second spike in COVID-19 infections. Homeworking is back and will be for many months – if not permanently, once cash-strapped companies decide they can do without those expensive open-plan disease-spreaders. One of the minor miracles of the first lockdown

The UK’s 5G rollout is currently rated ‘average’ among European countries, with the country lagging behind frontrunners such as Switzerland and Finland, according to a new report from Ericsson and Qualcomm. The Cost-benefit Analysis of 5G by Market Segment report found that, despite the UK being an early leader in 5G rollouts, its 5G coverage in the country is currently at only around 30%. This pl

How DWP managed a surge in demand for Universal Credit during COVID-19 Derek du Preez Fri, 11/13/2020 - 01:08 Summary: The reformed working-age benefits system, Universal Credit, has been being rolled out for a number of years - but faced an unprecedented test when COVID-19 hit.

Taking the office out of office politics is empowering frontline workers Phil Wainewright Fri, 11/13/2020 - 13:00 Summary: Shutting knowledge workers out of offices has only emphasized the shift in power to the frontline staff who deliver the customer experience

Prior to COVID-19 outbreak the tech sector was seeing unprecedented levels of consolidation and it appeared to be a seller’s market. Eight months on, CRN investigates how M&A activity has been impacted by the pandemic and whether it is a buyer or seller’s market now. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes, and, it would ap

BT installs UK’s first dedicated public 5G network for University of Warwick, bringing new opportunities for University led research, and further enhancing students’ learning experience through its EE mobile network New Innovation Alliance sees 5G co-development in Connected Vehicles, Telemedicine and Gaming industries, to inspire and educate local businesses on 5G innovation and opportunities fo

BT has switched on the UK’s first dedicated public 5G network for a connected campus at the University of Warwick. The network is part of a collaboration between the telco, the University of Warwick and Warwickshire County Council, and will bring 5G mobile coverage to University students, staff and visitors across the 720-acre site, and to people in surrounding areas through BT’s EE mobile network

BT will use Ericsson’s 5G equipment to upgrade EE mobile networks BT has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to provide 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) connectivity in several major UK cities, including London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast. In a statement on its website, Ericsson said that it would be a ‘key BT partner for 5G deployment’ in Britain. The company is set to manage about 50 per cen

Nordic vendor will help manage 50 per cent of 5G traffic going through BT and its EE provider Ericsson has won a huge contract to provide technology for BT's 5G networks in major cities across the UK. The Swedish firm said it would eventually manage 50 per cent of traffic across BT’s network, as well as across its EE brand. 🇬🇧 @Ericsson has been selected as BT’s #5G partner for Lond

US delegates have dubbed it “madness” to use Huawei for 5G networks in Britain, but they need to offer an alternative, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared. American delegates are in the UK to discourage the government from using Huawei technology in 5G networks. The US said using Chinese products would be detrimental to security as it would leave networks at risk of espionage, though it als