Telecoms

Deputy PM will block controversial draft and demands it is sent back to the drawing board.

Research by Deloitte reveals 70% of UK tech, media and telecom firms see hacktivism as a threat.

A US-backed proposal which is trying to protect a free and open internet has failed to win widespread approval.

Samsung Galaxy S3 tops the chart as the UK's most popular smartphone in November according to uSwitch Tech's latest Mobile Tracker.

Google, governments and the International Telecoms Union will go head-to-head in Dubai as new rules regarding the regulation of the internet are debated.

Shares of Russia's second largest mobile carrier drops below offer price in early trade in London.

In unrivalled special coverage in Chengdu, IBTimes UK speaks with the vice president of Cisco's rival, Maipu Group.

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei says it is happy to answer any questions as links to the Chinese government and cyber espionage remain.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion saw a 17 percent jump in share price, but analysts believe BlackBerry 10 still has a lot to prove.

Ofcom is already making plans to avoid a 'capacity crunch', as mobile internet use more than double to 20 million gigabytes in 2012.

GE is notorious for having paid zero tax in US in 2010, but UK taxman hands its global tax boss award for 'helping HMRC run the UK's tax system'.

The 4G auction is not expected to raise anything near the 3G sell-off that generated about £22.5bn.

By forcing member states to open up spectrum currently being used for 3G to be used by 4G technologies, the Europe is promising fast broadband for all.

Paris-based telecoms equipment specialist Alcatel-Lucent blamed lower sales volumes but said cost-cutting programme is on track.

UK’s largest fixed telecoms company posts gloomy outlook, after recession, regulation and rain hit revenue

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger rubbishes Telegraph claim that liberal broadsheet plans to ditch newspaper format.

The US House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee claims Huawei and ZTE pose a national security threat to US and should be avoided.

Ofcom, culture secretary and all major UK networks agree timetable for rollout of 4G.

Samsung says it has fixed the smartphone hack which saw many of its devices vulnerable having all data remotely wiped by simply visiting a website.

Security researchers have discovered a single line of code embedded in websites which could wipe all data from your Samsung Galaxy S3 and other smartphones.

Talks between the UK's telecoms regulator and the country's four major mobile phone networks have entered the final week with "years of litigation" still a possibility.

The iPhone 5 will only work on EE's 4G network, meaning Vodafone and O2 users will be left without 4G until the end of 2013.

Nigeria: Terrorist group Boko Haram believed to be behind bombings of phone masts.

The technology needed to listen in on someone else's phone calls costs only a few hundred pounds and poses a major threat to corporations and individuals.

Apple seeks withdrawal of Samsung smartphones from US markets and is planning to file a sales injunction within a week.

Samsung has recorded record net profit for the second quarter, thanks in part to strong sales of the Galaxy S3 smartphone.

Stocks in UK's largest fixed-line telecoms company BT lead the losers in the FTSE100 as UK economy hurts spending and impacts on sales

The joint venture in infrastructure is expected to save £200mn for each company over a period of five years.

Despite bidding for Dutch firm KPN and Telekom Austria recently, the world's richest man reveals that he is not planning to make any other telecommunications purchases in Europe for now, according to Reuters.

Vivendi stocks lead the Cac-40, after reports say that Jean-Bernard Lévy is set to quit amid strategic differences over the future of the group, which owns Canal Plus and are makers of World of Warcraft and Diablo III