Ex-PSNI officer seeking legal advice over comments made at Investigatory Powers Tribunal

A former senior officer at the Police Service of Northern Ireland is seeking legal advice following comments attributed to her during a hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Barbara Gray, former assistant chief constable at the PSNI, said she was “deeply angered and offended” by comments attributed to her by a former detective who headed … Read more

Solihull scales up self-driving shuttle service

Visitors to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in the West Midlands will soon be able to get around by hopping onboard a new self-driving shuttle service as part of the Solihull & Coventry Automated Links Evolution (Scale) project. Scale comprises a collaborative initiative aimed at better understanding the role self-driving vehicles might play in the … Read more

Orange accelerates plans to transcend traditional network limits

Orange Group is gaining pace in its strategic move to act more like a tech company than telco, evolving to offer more capabilities through platforms and application programming interfaces (APIs), and moving away from the traditional linear progression of the mobile generational model. However, according to Bruno Zerbib, the company’s executive vice-president and chief technology … Read more

City of London small cell mobile connectivity extended

As it seeks to add mobile capacity in high-demand areas, UK mobile operator EE has moved its outdoor small cell project in the City of London beyond the trial phase with 25 new sites now live, bolstering capacity and enhancing the 4G and 5G network experience. EE announced in March 2022 that it had deployed … Read more

Detective behind ‘unlawful’ surveillance blamed Catholics for ‘perverse’ court decisions

A senior police officer at the Police Service of Northern Ireland claimed that the provinces’ judicial system made “perverse” judicial decisions because of the disproportionate number of Catholics in the court system. Former detective, Darren Ellis, told his employer, Durham Constabulary that a senior PSNI officer had urged him to “exercise caution” when dealing with … Read more