All posts by: Matthew Wilson

Three local authorities in the UK have authorised the use of Geospatial (GIS) technology for future planning endeavours. Nottingham’s GIS service manager, Mick Dunn, said: “GIS will bring other capabilities too, from in-depth flooding analysis to view analysis, which we would like to be able to share easily with interested parties.” Esri’s head of sector […]

A new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-premises broadband network has been announced by MS3, a Hull based ISP that is looking to expand further in the north of England. It has also been announced that Nokia has been chosen to supply the technology needed to power this fibre network. MS3 aims to supply 500,000 homes across Hull and […]

According to a recent report by Ofcom it has been announced that over 8 million homes in the UK now have access to full fibre broadband, increasing hopes that the UK government will meet their deadline of providing every home with full fibre by the year 2025. This figure is 3 million higher than last […]

As we progress further into the 21st century, climate change becomes an ever greater issue. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries’, technology has been implemented to try and prevent further damage such as the use of clean energy.  However, one way which is less often discussed is that of GIS technology. GIS ‘was developed in […]

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced a partnership with ‘Seabed 2030’ in which they will provide bathymetric gridded map products. This comes after the technical cooperation agreement agreed in 2021. The aim of Seabed 2030 is to have a decisive map of the entire ocean floor, with only 20% of the current ocean floor […]

A conference with representatives from the U.S, UK, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Singapore, Greece and Saudi Arabia will convene in Nanjing, China to discuss the future of 6G technology. It will focus on issues such as ‘6G application scenario and requirement, 6G network architecture and 6G wireless transmission technology.’ 6G is expected to be the next great leap in technology, with more […]

The UK government has confirmed that they will be introducing new legislation to bring forward ‘digital identities’ to be used as valid identification alongside physical documents. It has also been announced that a new ‘Office for Digital Identities and Attributes’ will be created within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.  This new Digital ID […]

Telecoms company Connexin have recently launched a trial package for it’s customers with speeds of up to 2Gbps as a prelude to their £80 million project to deliver Fibre-To-The-Premises to Hull. The residents of Hull have for the most part only had one provider through the local company KCOM, however Connexin aims to topple this […]