Vodafone hints at full-fibre connections direct to homes and businesses
Vodafone is looking at investing in laying ultra-fast full-fibre broadband connections to homes and businesses in the UK if it can find partners to share the costs, according to its…
Edinburgh’s pureLiFi partners with global firm to target Asia market
Edinburgh-based pureLiFi, a global leader in using visible light for wireless communication, is to supply its technology to Indian firm Wipro Lighting to develop applications for the communications and lighting…
Excellence and innovation; last chance to nominate for Scottish housing awards
Scotland’s housing sector is gearing up for this year’s Excellence Awards; 17 categories celebrating the best and most innovative projects. Closing date for nominations is tomorrow (8 September, 4pm). The…
Helping to deliver the next generation of mobile
Ordnance Survey is working with partners to build a ‘digital twin’ of the real worldThe next generation 5G network will provide the extra bandwidth needed to connect thousands of sensors…
Adoption through collaboration
A must-attend event in the New Year as developing BIM in a collaborative 3D environment becomes imperative for the public sector The Review of Scottish Public Sector Procurement in Construction…
Digitisation of construction
Data and gaming science will play a pivotal role in the built environment’s futureConstruction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) postgraduate programme is to support 30 Scottish and EU students in this…
A superfast country
Programme is part of Government’s plan to make Scotland a world-class digital nation by 2020Vivienne Seeley set up VivID, a graphic design consultancy, 15 years ago working from her home…
Virgin Media’s network footprint is about to get bigger. And faster.
The cabling giant is expanding its high-speed infrastructure across Scotland as part of ‘Project Lightning’Virgin Media is the largest private network cable operator in the UK – offering broadband, TV,…
Need to know when the kids are almost home from school? There’ll be an app for that soon
First Group is trialling new software that will send bus notification alerts to parentsFrom a fairly ordinary local bus company bought out by managers when the market was deregulated in…
It could be the next generation of wireless connectivity. Why, you might even call it a ‘lightbulb moment’
Professor Harald Haas on how Li-Fi could become the carrier for all digital communicationsAlexander Graham Bell – the inventor of the telephone – believed his “greatest achievement” was not in…