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EXCL: Home Office and Motorola terminate £400m ESN contract as search for replacement supplier begins
Tech firm will continue to support Airwave system but its deal to develop the replacement has been mutually ended two years early
Government may need ‘levers to balance supply and demand’ as reliance on wireless connectivity grows
Prime ministerial advisory body maps out scenarios to enable policymakers to ‘stress-test’ ideas...
NHS health-inequalities body flags up potential of apps and digital services
Technology could help address ethnic inequality – but better collection of data is needed,...
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Government study finds big rise in proportion of people who feel unsafe online
The first half of 2022 saw a significant spike in the number of people that feel exposed to cyberthreats
Seven million people signed up for NHS app last year
Number of prescriptions ordered via app doubles as new features are rolled out
Cost-of-living crisis: Warning issued over ‘data poverty’
Labour MP warns over risk of ‘new and deep inequalities’ created by varying access to mobile internet
Scottish officials granted right to switch off outside working hours
New policy stipulates Scottish Government workers should not be asked to answer calls and emails beyond contracted hours
Government puts £30m into 6G development
Money committed to support next-generation network – although vast majority of country still has limited or no 5G coverage
HMRC estimates 100,000 missed calls during web and helpline outages
Department issued communications advising traders not to travel to ports while services were impacted
‘Not in our DNA’ – DVLA chief reveals agency’s struggles to enable remote access during pandemic
Julie Lennard tells MPs ‘everything has been designed’ to operate onsite
Regulators crack down on social media influencers
New rules require online celebrities to be more transparent about paid-for posts – or face tough action
National Situation Centre taps mobile network data for ‘insights on behaviours of millions of people’
Cabinet Office-based facility signs £800k deal with mobile network operator
Police given new guidelines on gathering evidence from rape victims’ phones
Minister claims that new Code of practice outlines that investigations must ‘focus on the suspect, not the victim’
Royal Navy looks to algorithms and analytics to detect anomalies in helicopters
Ministry signs contract with specialist firm to provide an application for engineers to probe data
UK 5G networks: Ministers ‘taking time to consider all representations – including from Huawei’
Minister claims government has already had ‘a number of follow-up conversations’ with vendors and is mulling final decision
Ofcom to probe dominance of big three public-cloud players
Communications regulator will examine whether the current market conditions stymie innovation and opportunities for smaller players
NHS unveils £30m framework for repairs and refurbished devices
Five suppliers appointed to potential four-year arrangement
Met Police seeks specialist partner to help extract evidence from devices
London force floats contract for support with digital forensics
NHS Scotland gets £10m backing for use of drones
Consortium including Glasgow Airport owner hopes that use of autonomous technologies could help cancer patients in rural communities
Keeping tabs on work-issued mobile activity with Antenna
How can public sector organisations keep track of calls, texts and instant messages in the world of ultra-flexi, hybrid working? Stuart Williams, CTO at FourNet, and Andrew Bale, EVP at Tango Networks, explain
IBM picked as core partner for NHS App in £50m deal
Four-year contract with tech vendor came into effect this summer
Home Office looks to test services with those lacking digital confidence
Department seeks support finding research participants from potentially excluded groups
Scotland gets multimillion-pound broadband boost
Scottish and UK governments both kick in funding to support programme
Citizens to receive government text alerts for weather emergencies
New system will enable authorities to warn citizens if their life or property is in imminent danger