O2 UK admitted to deliberately throttling data speeds across Europe, after customers began to use services in the bloc following the abolishment of roaming charges last month.

AT&T plans to “hit the ground running” should it receive final approval to acquire Time Warner, as the US operator quashed reports its CEO Randall Stephenson could take on a new role as part of a restructure resulting from the deal.

INTERVIEW: The Internet Society’s 2017 annual survey revealed the topmost concern for users is security, whereas previously it was access, the organisation’s president and CEO told Mobile World Live.

China Unicom said it is still negotiating with potential backers, following reports that China’s largest internet companies, including JD.com, Baidu, and Tencent, were set to make a CNY85 billion ($12.6 billion) investment in the state owned operator.

With the newly released spec, companies can build networks in which Bluetooth Low Energy nodes communicate with each other, as well as with hundreds or thousands of BLE-enabled devices and smartphones that move around a facility.