UK incumbent BT has launched a new security service to help enterprises protect their assets from cyber threats. 

Mobile operators must take “concrete measures” to enable better privacy and protect the safety of children online, Telenor has claimed. 

Vodafone Group Chief Information Security Officer Bryan Littlefair is leaving the operator and moving to insurance company Aviva.

Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Oracle executive Bhaskar Gorti as head of its IP Platforms business.

By Joachim Fleury, Head of international law firm Clifford Chance’s TMT sector group

Legal risk is a concern for any good business, particularly those in the telecoms sector. Our recent survey, published in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, found that 91% of TMT board members expect legal and regulatory risk to stay the same or increase over the next two years. This percentage is the highest we have found of any sector, including mining, healthcare, finance, retail and oil & gas. 

The Vodafone data officer at the centre of the News UK privacy breach is still with the operator, European Communications has learned.

Nokia wants operators to challenge it, as the company embarks on a two-pronged strategy to deliver growth amid a flat market over the next 12 months.

Alcatel-Lucent and defence technology firm Thales have finalised an agreement that will see the two companies working together on network security. 

Deutsche Telekom’s enterprise arm has partnered with security firm FireEye as it looks to offer its customers protection from cyber attacks.

Hewlett-Packard, a key supplier to the telecoms industry, has announced it will separate into two publicly-traded companies by the end of next year. 

Dutch operator KPN has launched a new cloud storage service for retail customers. 

Consumers value their personal information at up to €240 as they become more aware of its worth, but need more education on the type of data that is collected by companies, new research from Orange has revealed. 

Telefónica’s German subsidiary has launched a fleet management solution for enterprises as it looks to boost its M2M portfolio.

Yaap, the joint venture between CaixaBank, Banco Santander and Telefónica, has launched a mobile money app in Spain. 

Telefónica has announced it is to conduct a limited trial of AT&T’s connected home platform in Europe.

The malware infection rate on fixed residential networks hit an all-time high during the first six months of the year, according to new research.

Deutsche Telekom’s Head of Smart Home thinks the operator is “one step ahead” of Apple in the race to capture the smart home market.

EE has teamed up with mobile security firm Lookout in a bid to improve the safety of Android devices used by its retail customers.

Deutsche Telekom has launched a smart parking project in the Italian city of Pisa and a cloud-based mobile security product for enterprise customers.

Swisscom has launched a cloud storage solution for retail and enterprise customers in its latest move to challenge more established IT and digital companies.