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Information and Communications

Connecting tomorrow, digitally.

Access the latest developments in information and communications engineering technology by tapping into IET products and services, events and communities globally.

News and Highlights

On Monday the Science Museum unveiled the name for its new gallery on the making of modern communications. Information Age will open in September 2014 and will be the world’s foremost celebration of information and communication technologies. The IET is pleased to be acknowledged as a supporter of the project and looks forward to seeing the gallery develop.

IBC is a world class technology show for the broadcast industry and the IET is pleased to maintain its engagement and is supporting the brand new IBC Technology Booster event which will hit London on June 25th and help bridge the technology gap for those who cannot attend Amsterdam in September.

E&T magazine news

Vodafone UK chief executive Guy Laurence has announced the mobile phone giant plans to hire 400 graduates over the next five years

Vodafone hailed for pledge to recruit 400 graduates

The Business Secretary has hailed Vodafone’s plans to hire 400 graduates over five years as a blueprint for British businesses.

RBS mobile app fails after IT glitch

RBS was today hit by another embarrassing IT failure that left users of its mobile app unable to access their accounts online.

Events

29 May

1st IET Colloquium on Antennas, Wireless and Electromagnetics

Loughborough, United Kingdom

04 Jun

Safety Critical Software

Bath, United Kingdom

13 Jun

Development of Safety Critical Software

Coventry, United Kingdom

Virtual library

Virtual library

IET members can access for free electronic books and journals from: EBSCO, Engineering and IT Reference Library, Faulkner reports, Knovel, Wiley, and Key Note.

Factfiles

Cloud computing:the security challenge (part 3)

An introduction to the security challenges for cloud computing.

Cloud computing: commercial opportunities (part 2)

An introduction to the commercial opportunities and business cases for cloud computing.

Cloud computing: introducing cloud computing (part 1)

An introduction to cloud computing – a factfile from the IET.

Communities in this sector

Antennas and Propagation Network new window

Electromagnetics Network new window

Multimedia Communications Network new window

RF and Microwave Technology Network new window

Vision and Imaging Network new window

Sector Publications

Sector Publications

View a selection of different publications that are relevant to the sector.

Publications

Electronic Letters

The latest research in electrical and electronic engineering.

IET Journals

The journals contain both original and review papers relating to electrical, electronics, computing and communications technologies.

IET Books

Professional and academic book programme across 21 specialist disciplines in key areas of engineering and technology.

Policy

Government policy

The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues.

Proposal to remove the programme of study for ICT from the National Curriculum
Submitted on 11 April 2012 to Department for Education

e-Crime
Submitted on 10 July 2012 to House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee

Information and communications articles

Weightless: standard for M2M communications is stepping up

21 May 2013

The 'Weightless' proposal could enable ICT systems to better manage the huge shoals of data that will stream through the airwaves once the Internet of Things scales up.

ICT innovation: the history of the hybrid

20 May 2013

Many of the ICT technologies that are now taken for granted came about through lucky accidents or unintended consequences as the equipment vendors attempted to 'cross fertilise' different disparate types of product line – a tradition that continues to this day.

Star Trek: real-world holodeck technology today

03 May 2013

With a new Star Trek film due out this Summer, get ready for the regular slew of tenuous associations, philosophical and technological. Given that, let’s say upfront that the likely arrival of this concept, as just floated by chipmaker AMD, is years away.