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• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  MEA 5G driving rapid digital transformation

  Comms tech provider’s Mobile Broadband Index for Middle East and Africa finds regional 5G adoption expected to reach one in four subscriptions by 2029, with particular strong growth of fixed wireless access

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Global satellite IoT subscriber base gains higher orbit

  Study shows incumbent satellite operators and more than two dozen new initiatives are now betting on the internet of things connectivity market, with hybrid satellite-terrestrial connectivity opportunities becoming common

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  ST Engineering drives AI smart city transformation in Qatar

  Digital infrastructure to connect and integrate with a range of smart city services and applications, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and responsiveness of citywide operations and management

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Gitex Global: Avaya augments CX role with AI-based Virtual Operations Manager

  Virtual Operations Manager concept looks to highlight ‘art of the possible’, showing how human and AI collaboration can fundamentally alter the way customer experience is managed at the contact centre level

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  KDDI advance Open RAN deployment in Japan through Samsung deal

  CE and electronics giant deepens longstanding collaboration with leading Japanese operator to advance open radio access network, expanding deployment of virtual network services

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Soracom brings connected car strategy into higher gear

  MVNO IoT platform provider unveils global connected car strategy to address what it sees as ongoing industry connectivity and cloud management challenges

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Nokia Bell Labs, Vale dig deep for mining network service

  Mining connectivity programme looks to boost productivity and worker safety to create cognitive monitoring network service, enabling performance, reliability and safety enhancement of mining operation

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  European Commission commits €865m funding for 5G, fibre networks

  Latest part of the Connecting Europe Facility sees huge investment to bring about fast, secure digital wireless and wired connectivity across EU member states

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  WBA OpenRoaming promises new era of digital inclusion across Australia

  Wireless connectivity trade body deploys OpenRoaming services to remote and marginalised Australian communities through community Wi-Fi project encompassing healthcare, education, secure communications and economic development

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Nokia, Centranet trial brings 50G PON to rural Oklahoma tribal nation

  US electrical cooperative claims first in demonstrating a 50Gbps fibre internet connection for a tribal nation, closing digital divide for rural and Indigenous communities

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Nokia sharpens edge for industrial communications

  Global comms tech provider unveils suite of offerings based on MXIE platform designed to drive efficiency, productivity and operational technology security, and improve worker safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Private 5G takes off at Schiphol airport

  Ericsson partners with Amsterdam airport to implement a private 5G network as part of Airport 4.0 digital transformation plan supporting use cases such as IoT monitoring and real-time safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Norway’s Ice offers slice of 5G for military communications

  Commercial 5G standalone network uses Mavenir 5G core to enable secure tailored end-to-end communications and network slicing to meet specific needs of armed forces

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Vodafone, Google deepen strategic partnership with 10-year, multibillion-dollar deal

  Vodafone and Google expand strategic relationship to bring generative AI-powered devices through Google’s Gemini models to telco’s customers across Europe and Africa

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Celona, HCLTech team to deliver advanced private 5G

  Partnership claims to mark a significant milestone in the advancement of private 5G, in particular revolutionising how industries use the latest wireless connectivity to achieve Industry 4.0 goals

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Nokia, NTT Data expand global private 5G partnership

  Nokia and NTT Data expand multi-year partnership to drive private 5G adoption and innovation across key sectors like cities, ports, and airports, and claim to have transformed Southern Texas city from being the worst-connected conurbation

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  SoftBank, Ericsson enhance AI-RAN collaboration

  Collaboration aims to develop techno-economic analyses, build prototypes and run lab demos to optimise RAN and AI convergence at the edge

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  UK ranks last in major economy 5G connectivity league

  Briefing paper from a cross-party think tank offers damming indictment of the UK’s 5G industry, rating the country as bottom of 15 developing and advanced international markets on 5G availability and download speeds

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm team for next-gen industrial IoT

  Strategic collaboration will pair STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and wireless connectivity solutions to allow simple, fast, and cost-effective design of next-gen industrial and consumer IoT applications augmented by edge AI

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  Nokia lights up Beacon Wi-Fi 7 gateway

  Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh gateway designed to deliver speeds over 3x faster than previous generation of Wi-Fi supports the growing number of compatible devices and multi-gigabit services in connected home

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  Data and technology key to the future of the subsurface, report says

  The report highlights the important role of the subsurface, but lack of accessible data and the likely need for new policy and regulation on the use of new technologies are barriers to future sustainable and efficient use

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  Solihull scales up self-driving shuttle service

  West Midlands initiative continues on the road to developing connected automated mobility services, looking at the commercial viability of self-driving operations and passenger experience

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  Orange accelerates plans to transcend traditional network limits

  Technology head at Orange confirms vision of singularity for mobile generations, setting out progress to address needs of enterprises with on-demand AI-bolstered network services

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  City of London small cell mobile connectivity extended

  First-of-its-kind outdoor small cell project in financial heart of UK capital moves beyond trial phase with 25 new EE sites now live and dozens of additional sites being built to enhance mobile connectivity

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  UK government opens Digital Catapult 5G Immersive Lab

  Ribbon cut on facility in north-east of England set up to revolutionise how businesses in traditional sectors like retail, agriculture and manufacturing adopt technologies based on 5G communications

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service upgrades control room communications

  Motorola cloud-based solution aims to allow fire and rescue service to respond more effectively by integrating comms into one secure platform and collaborate ‘seamlessly’ with other emergency services

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  CityFibre extends Project Gigabit, Sky Broadband eases full-fibre switching

  UK gigabit providers continue to drive gigabit, with leading independent provider adding to national £5bn broadband scheme while major provider launches dedicated 24/7 switching support service

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  Telstra goes to new heights to improve Norfolk Island connectivity

  Satellite internet service for Norfolk Island, Australia, offers huge throughput gains for internet capacity, greatly improving online learning opportunities and medical services

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  EXA Infrastructure, Macarne partner for network growth into Europe

  Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider connecting Europe and North America announces partnership with advanced infrastructure solutions and IP Transit specialist for six transatlantic routes and 155,000km

• September 30, 2024 30 Sep'24

  Vodafone, Three UK push back on UK competition watchdog’s merger concerns

  UK operators seeking merger respond to authority’s warning of potential anti-competitive behaviour, arguing that the deal is pro-competitive while also expressing confidence that outstanding issues can be resolved

• September 30, 2024 30 Sep'24

  PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe on track for 5G-based railway comms

  Polish railway operator teams with coms tech provider for trials of 5G-based railway communications system to replacing legacy system and prepare for technological migration

• September 30, 2024 30 Sep'24

  National roll-out of UK 5G standalone across road and rail could unlock £3bn for economy

  Modelling from leading UK operator suggests roll-out of nationwide 5G standalone will transform road and rail travel across the country, saving billions on fuel and boosting productivity through remote working on trains

• September 27, 2024 27 Sep'24

  Project Gigabit extends into Yorkshire

  Latest stage of UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband delivery programme sees advanced connectivity made availed to hitherto unserved rural communities in north of England

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  Vodafone Business IoT, Kigen announce full commercial availability of iSIM

  Next phase of partnership between Vodafone’s internet of things division and electronic and integrated subscriber identity module security firm Kigen sees full commercial availability of iSIM to enterprises

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  Comms giants unite to deliver more energy-efficient fibre networks

  Broadband Forum-led project including BT Group, Orange, Calix, Futurewei, Huawei and Nokia seeks to lower energy consumption when accessing the internet through more energy-efficient networks

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  Sipartech ups infrastructure resilience, quality through submarine net

  Mediterranean submarine cable by Medloop France and GeoMesh Extreme service strengthen pan-European terrestrial and undersea infrastructure for enterprises

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  Zoom enriches enterprise solutions offer

  Communications and collaboration leader Zoom unveils new suite of business offerings to boost efficiency, reliability, security and compliance for enterprise organisations

• September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24

  Vodafone, Intelsat expand satellite connectivity offer

  Vodafone and Intelsat team up to provide additional connectivity and resilience to customers in hardest-to-reach places, whether on the move or following an environmental or humanitarian disaster

• September 23, 2024 23 Sep'24

  Huawei: ‘6 As’ to pave the way for ‘all intelligence’ era

  Comms tech giant unveils blueprint for AI-driven future improving smart enterprises, including adaptive user experiences and closed-loop autonomous operations for all business flows

• September 23, 2024 23 Sep'24

  Nokia unveils private wireless sustainability calculator

  Nokia’s energy measurement tool quantifies the sustainability of private wireless networks-enabled industrial use cases, allowing businesses to identify opportunities to achieve tangible gains through digitisation

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  Instant messaging wins over in-person meetings for collaboration

  Research from Zoom reveals that leaders and employees favour collaborating via instant messaging instead of in-person meetings

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  LG, Ricoh team up to bolster hybrid working digital transformation

  LG and Ricoh to offer package of digital office solutions and services designed to boost productivity and deliver better user experiences

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  Telstra claims comms record for speed, distances over single optical channel

  Australia-based global operator teams with optical tech company and global comms provider to achieve 1.6Tbps throughput over a single optical channel covering 700km

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  Zoom and Mitel team to meet enterprise demand for AI unified comms

  Zoom collaborates with Mitel to deliver what it calls a ‘unique’ hybrid cloud solution combining Zoom Workplace and AI Companion with communications platform

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  Evergy crosses OneLayer Bridge for private LTE network

  Provider of technology for managing and securing enterprise private 5G/LTE operational technology networks selected by energy provider to support network device management and zero trust security

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  Global private 5G to grow at 65.4% CAGR to 2030

  Research anticipates that as the availability of 5G networks and devices improves, there will be a more rapid global expansion of private networks across diverse industries

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  European FTTP adoption rates and market value track upward

  Research finds continued large range in degree of fibre connectivity adoption in leading European economies but finds optimism in growing average adoption rates and fibre broadband revenue models

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  CoreWeave taps Nokia to power AI networking backbone

  AI hyperscaler to deploy IP routing and optical transport portfolios as part of backbone build-out, with immediate roll-out across its datacentres in US and Europe

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Vodafone adopts RDK as centralised home broadband software platform

  Advanced CE software standard adopted by leading comms provider to standardise home broadband device software across its European footprint

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Princess Alexandra Hospital connects with all four UK mobile operators

  As mobile becomes an essential part of healthcare infrastructure, vital in the ongoing move to digitise healthcare, Essex and Hertfordshire health authority deploys connectivity pathway based on 4G distributed antenna system