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Gartner changes tune on embedded 3G
News The analyst group says enterprise use of laptops with embedded 3G connectivity will be economically viable from the end of this year [02 Jun 2008]
Survival training with the UN's ICT specialists 
Photos The United Nations' IT staff are often the first group into a war-zone or natural disaster area, so knowing how to survive in hostile environments is vital [30 May 2008]
Cable & Wireless may buy Thus
News The telecoms company has expressed an interest in buying its smaller rival, but both firms have stressed that no offer has yet been made [29 May 2008]
Google demos Android software
Photos At the Google I/O conference, Steve Horowitz, Android's engineering director, showed off the company's mobile-phone software [29 May 2008]
Cisco revamps enterprise mobility architecture
News The 3300 Mobility Services Engine lies at the heart of the newly rebranded Cisco Motion strategy, and comes with open APIs for a wide developer ecosystem [28 May 2008]
Truphone enables internet calls over GSM
News The mobile-VoIP company now offers international internet telephony routed through a local number, and says it will soon unveil a client for the iPhone [28 May 2008]
Sarin to step down from Vodafone helm
News After five years of leading Vodafone, Arun Sarin is to hand over the reins to his current deputy, Vittorio Colao, at the end of July [27 May 2008]
Ofcom's rural broadband claim disputed
News The claim that rural broadband penetration is now greater than that in urban areas 'beggars belief', says a rural economy organisation [27 May 2008]
Nine-year Iridium bankruptcy saga over for Motorola
News A judge has ruled Motorola does not have to pay damages of $4bn over the failure of its Iridium satellite venture [23 May 2008]
Ofcom deregulates two-thirds of UK broadband
News Citing sufficient competition, the regulator lifts price restrictions on most of the country's wholesale broadband market [23 May 2008]
Mobile industry issues handset-security guidelines
News Two documents from the Open Mobile Terminal Platform set out its recommendations for tightening mobile security over the coming years [23 May 2008]
UK rural broadband penetration overtakes urban
News Ofcom statistics reveal there is now a greater proportion of households with broadband access in the countryside than in built-up areas [23 May 2008]
O2 launches smartphone-management service
News The company's service covers initial configuration of mobile data devices, day-to-day account administration and technical support [22 May 2008]
Femtocells gather steam after interoperability pact
News Members of industry association the Femto Forum have agreed a single common approach for integrating femtocells into mobile networks via broadband [22 May 2008]
Council flats get broadband via power line
News A council-funded scheme in Solihull will see broadband connectivity supplied to qualifying tenants through their electricity sockets [21 May 2008]
BT business customers to become Wi-Fi hotspots
News Users of BT's business hubs will, within the next few months, be offered the chance to become part of the company's Openzone Wi-Fi network [21 May 2008]
Orange cuts price of voice and data roaming
News The company has launched offers aimed at delivering savings of up to 60 percent on voice roaming and 90 percent on data roaming [21 May 2008]
UK WiMax company buys Wi-Fi roaming firm
News Freedom4 has picked up Bozii, giving customers of the company formerly known as Pipex Wireless around 40,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to roam [20 May 2008]
Gov't planning centralised communications database
News Privacy and security experts attack a scheme under consideration by the Home Office that would see a centralised database of all UK internet and telephony usage established [20 May 2008]
Motorola CTO and strategy chief leaves
News Rich Nottenburg, who was with Motorola for years as strategy chief and, more recently, chief technology officer, has left to 'be with his family' [19 May 2008]
Google Android developers push location-based apps
News Location-based apps featured prominently during the first round of judging for Google's Android Developer Challenge [19 May 2008]
Qualcomm buys UK mobile-TV spectrum
News Seventeen lots of spectrum in the mobile TV-friendly L-band have been won in an Ofcom auction by Qualcomm, at a cost of £8.3m [16 May 2008]
RIM tight-lipped on touchscreen BlackBerry rumours
News Although refusing to comment on a touchscreen BlackBerry, co-CEO Jim Balsillie has insisted RIM is 'not religious on form factor' [15 May 2008]
Mobile Linux group plans enterprise push
News Announcing new members, including Mozilla and Verizon, the LiMo Foundation claims to be in talks with two major enterprise Linux- distribution companies [14 May 2008]
Vodafone extends its high-speed mobile broadband
News A further three million people will be able to access the operator's high-speed mobile broadband coverage as part of a multimillion-pound extension starting this summer [13 May 2008]
