Travellers on London transport services could be able to access 4G mobile broadband whether above or below ground in just a few years, following Transport for London (TfL)’s announcement that it would build a system-wide network.

Although access to broadband has improved across the European Union, a new report commissioned by the European Commission has found that broadband firms and operators are still heavily focused on the use of old copper lines.

The Government has announced that businesses in six parts of the UK will be trailing new broadband technology that promises speeds approaching one gigabit per second as part of a £200 million pilot project.

Where once the next big tech trends were social, cloud, analytics and mobile, a report has found that artificial intelligence (AI) will become the most important development of the next decade.

More than one in three British 15-year-olds meet the criteria to be considered "extreme internet users", reportedly spending at least a quarter of their day online.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he would like to see London transformed into the "world's leading smart city" as he launched London Technology Week in the capital.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said the Capital is now open to technology investment from around the globe ahead of the London Technology Week festival, which begins on 12 June. According to Mr Khan, the festival will give the city to opportunity to showcase its ideas, and cement its position as Europe's leading technology hub.

The digital technology sector is set to become the fastest-growing industry in Greater Birmingham in the next five years, a new study has predicted. According to research by property group JLL and business consultancy Tech City UK, the tech sector will add £1.1 billion in GVA to the economy in the city's wider regions by 2022.

The average UK technology worker’s salary is £56,000, double that of the national average of £28,000, according to a new report. However, the research from Hired shows that while UK tech workers are fairly well rewarded, their wages are some way below their counterparts around the world. In fact, they are among the lowest in the world.

A lack of investment and a skills shortage is causing serious concern in the global technology industry, new research shows. A study by technology recruiter Networkers found that among both private and public sector organisations there isn’t the sufficient resource to generate growth.