Irish News Column

Trust in Telecoms Providers crucial amid Cybersecurity Threat

Trust in Telecoms Providers crucial amid Cybersecurity Threat

As the pace of digital transformation accelerates, businesses worldwide face an intensifying battle against cybercrime. This is especially true for telecoms companies, for whom cybersecurity has become mission-critical as they fend off increasingly sophisticated...

Let’s stick to the plan for a better connection

Let’s stick to the plan for a better connection

By David Armstrong, CEO People often ask what the difference is between 4G and 5G mobile phone coverage. One analogy is to think of it as driving on a three-lane motorway, then switching to a six-lane motorway. A lot more cars, or in this instance data, travelling at...

Tis the Most Vulnerable Time of the Year, Online

Tis the Most Vulnerable Time of the Year, Online

With the holiday season just around the corner, businesses across Northern Ireland are no doubt preparing for some well-deserved down time. However, what is commonly known as the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most vulnerable. Recent research by...

Urgency Increasing on Copper Switch Off

Urgency Increasing on Copper Switch Off

Back in September, I wrote about the impending ‘Copper Switch Off’ – that is, the plans to shut down the entire copper broadband and telephone line network across the UK in favour of fibre. It’s the biggest change in telecoms in 150 years and if you haven’t already...

Are you ready for the ‘copper switch off’?

Are you ready for the ‘copper switch off’?

You will no doubt have read some stories, or at least seen the headlines, over recent days about plans by BT to upgrade landlines across Northern Ireland to digital technology. It’s part of the telecoms giant’s Digital Voice project to replace all analogue phone lines...

Can the Internet of Things Solve the Productivity Puzzle?

Can the Internet of Things Solve the Productivity Puzzle?

As the Internet of Things (IoT) plays an increasingly prominent role in our lives and businesses, can it provide the answer to the UK’s lagging productivity? For the uninitiated, IoT may be a mystifying term. Put simply however, it can be described as physical objects...

What is Digital Transformation?

What is Digital Transformation?

Digital transformation is simply the integration of digital technology into every area of a business. This is a process that uses various digital technologies to create or modify processes, the customer experience and the culture of any business. Some people describe...