Neowin News Feed for: Birmingham

Birmingham City's Oracle migration still spells an impending disaster

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:50:01 +0000

Birmingham City Council is at risk of sinking over a hundred million pounds in a failed migration from SAP to Oracle Fusion for HR and financial management systems. Read more...

Vodafone announces 5G coverage in five new UK airports

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:44:02 +0000

Vodafone UK has announced that its 5G network is now available at George Best Airport in Belfast and Newcastle International Airport, while deployment at three other airports is in progress. Read more...

Deliveroo expands partnerships in the UK on the back of strong growth

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:46:01 +0000

Deliveroo has announced that it will be doubling the number of partners in Birmingham, UK, after seeing a 300% increase in usage in the area between February 2020 and December 2021. Read more...

EE saw 5G usage soar between October and December

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:46:01 +0000

EE has released data about its customers' usage of its 5G network. Between October and December, it saw a 40% increase in traffic month-on-month. It suggests that more people are buying 5G phones. Read more...

Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:30:01 +0000

Uber has announced that it's running a promotion where people can get free rides to vaccination centres between now and February 28. Each code does have a 4,000 limit so be sure to use it quickly. Read more...

Virgin Media announces gigabit rollout to West Midlands, UK

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:20:02 +0000

Virgin Media has said that its gigabit services are rolling out to 3 million homes across the West Midlands in cities such as Birmingham and Coventry. The firm wants to reach 15 million homes by 2022. Read more...

Three will launch the UK's “fastest” 5G network in August

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:06:01 +0000

The mobile carrier, Three, has announced that its 5G network will go online in August in more than 20 towns and cities around the UK. In July, it'll unveil pricing for its 5G products. Read more...

These are the first 16 cities in the U.K. where EE will bring 5G connectivity

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:04:01 +0000

The U.K. mobile operator, EE, has announced the first areas that will get 5G next year. The firm is also going to be bringing 5G broadband via the 5G Home router to showcase 5G's competence. Read more...

UK's West Midlands becomes the first region to get 5G pilot scheme

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:59:26 +0000

The UK's West Midlands region has been selected as the first area which participate in the Government's 5G Testbed pilot scheme. The region will use the tech to develop several important sectors. Read more...

Vodafone to trial 5G this year in seven cities in the UK

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:04:01 +0000

Vodafone has announced that it plans to trial 5G at more than 40 sites in seven cities around the UK. The trial will last from October through to December, ready for a 2020 commercial launch. Read more...

EE conducts live demonstration of gigabit 4G in London

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:24:01 +0000

EE, Qualcomm, and Sony have demoed gigabit 4G in London for the first time. EE says the faster 4G iteration will come to densely populated areas in the future, including Manchester and Birmingham. Read more...