Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee is on a hiring spree
Inrupt, the disruptive internet start-up founded by Tim Berners-Lee, has announced it is expanding its operational team as it pursues the redistribution of power in the internet era. After inventing...
View ArticleEuropean Data Protection Supervisor: data sharing to combat COVID-19 is legit
After suggestions there might be some suspect data sharing going on to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the European Data Protection Supervisor has said it is within the rules. The European...
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Vodafone says upstream broadband data flows have doubled in some markets
Operator group Vodafone has shared an update on changes to activity across its European networks coz of Coronavirus. Apparently a fifth of global internet traffic goes over Vodafone’s networks, so it...
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Cost of data in China drops 93% as US still looks overly expensive
China telcos have slashed the average price of data over the last twelve months, though the US, South Korea, New Zealand and Canada are still look incredibly expensive. While there is no perfect price...
View ArticleLockdown Britain sitting on top of 165 million gigabytes of unused data
Being cooped up inside for seven weeks straight has resulted in a treasure trove of unused mobile data, valued in the region of £165 million. According to data from Uswitch.com, the average Brit is...
View ArticleChina deliberates privacy law in the midst of increased state surveillance
China’s parliament has said it will legislate on privacy protection, while the state has vastly increased surveillance since the outbreak of COVID-19. The National People’s Congress, China’s highest...
View ArticleIndian telco association pushes for ‘floor tariffs’ on data pricing
In an open letter to India’s telecoms regulator, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has pressed for quicker decision making on pricing restriction rules. The COAI is in a very...
View ArticleUS consumers don’t feel there are benefits to data-sharing economy
Only 7.6% of US consumers feel they get the benefits of user tracking behavioural data, as research demonstrates pessimism towards the digital economy. The reason companies want to track existing or...
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A look back at the biggest stories this week
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention. Here are the stories we think are worth a second look at this week: GSMA cosies up...
View ArticleLaw enforcement agencies are reportedly buying hacked data
An investigation by Vice has revealed the market in stolen data counts government agencies as customers, as they seek to bypass data privacy laws. The Vice report starts with the revelation that a...
View ArticleEurope dabbles with big data protectionism
The European Commission seems to think that if it improves data sharing within the bloc, that might give it a better shot at taking on US big tech. The EC unveiled its cunning plan for digital...
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Three UK reports 50 percent surge in mobile data usage
UK MNO Three said on Thursday that data traffic on its network has risen by 50 percent this year, with average monthly data usage per customer topping 15 GB for the first time in October. These are the...
View ArticleEU gives go-ahead to Google’s Fitbit deal, with strings attached
The European Commission has approved Google’s plan to acquire Fitbit after deeming the search giant’s commitments have satisfied competition and consumer protection requirements. In November 2019...
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Iliad Italia switches on 5G in 27 cities with €10 offer
Emulating its strategy in France, the latest entrant to Italy’s 5G market undercuts its competitors with a €9.99 per month offer. Iliad is at it again, this time in Italy. A week after the group’s...
View ArticleUncarrier T-Mobile unable to protect customer data
US operator T-Mobile has confirmed that a hacker has accessed nearly 50 million customer records. The self-styled Uncarrier revealed late on Tuesday that 7.8 million current postpaid customers are...
View ArticleVirgin Media O2 incentivises subscribers to double-down on its services
Newly combined VMO2 has unveiled its first major product refresh since the merger completed, offering twice as much data goodness if customers double-down. There’s not much point in going to all the...
View ArticleLife360 reportedly sells precise, identifiable location data
Self-styled “family safety platform”, Life360, is alleged to have sold the precise location data of its users to many data brokers, which then sell it on to all kinds of customers. Former employees of...
View ArticleRavenous VMO2 customers used 39 billion gigabytes of data in a year
One year to the day since the merger which created it, UK telco group Virgin Media O2 reveals what the 39 billion gigabytes of data its customers have gobbled up was used on. The 39 billion gigabytes...
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Twitter reportedly set to make concession to Musk
US social media giant Twitter is reportedly going to finally meet would-be acquirer Elon Musk’s demands for more data, but it might not be quite what he has in mind. We know this because the Washington...
View ArticleNew data bill ‘one of Brexit’s biggest rewards’
Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries says replacing EU GDPR data rules with reforms that would involve less ‘box ticking’ will promote economic growth in the UK, and is one of the ‘biggest rewards’ of...
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