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Telecoms networks and broadband communications

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  CityFibre and toob accelerate gigabit broadband across south of England

  Surrey and Berkshire commuter towns gain high-speed broadband bonus with ISP and network provider laying tracks down for gigabit future

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  BT, Ericsson claim 5G first with wideband FDD trial

  UK’s top telco and leading global comms tech provider reveal results of trial demonstrated the benefits of configuring spectrum to pave way to standalone mobile networks supporting advanced applications

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  USDM Life Sciences grants Cloud Assurance Certification to PTC AR design kit

  As it ramps up its foray into immersive technologies, engineering tech company sees AR development kit gain certification from compliance firm, allowing users to generate audit-ready documents to serve as regulatory evidence

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  ShapesXR draws $8.6m in bid to become XR prototyping industry standard

  Key investment round secured for virtual reality design and collaboration platform favoured by Meta founder

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  Three UK expands business offering with device management proposition

  Cloud-based offering to enable UK operator to offer businesses ability to manage over-the-air configuration of devices, simplifying complex IT admin while securely increasing employee productivity

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  DISH Network pivots to 5G as it recombines with EchoStar

  Almost 15 years since they split, US communications and media companies enter definitive agreement to recombine to create global connectivity company and cash in on US 5G sector

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  Increased security, resilience key drivers for 5G private mobile networks adoption

  Study from global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks Spirent highlights critical importance of service-level management to enable enterprise business outcome

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  brsk banks on Neos Network to gain seven-figure broadband reach

  As it looks to accelerate network roll-out across some of the UK’s most underserved regions, altnet calls on fibre connectivity firm to provide diverse national backhaul services

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  Sourcewell awards Avaya unified communications and contact centre contract

  Leading purchasing consortium selects customer experience technology provider for unified communications and contact centre contract covering government, education and non-profit organisations

• August 07, 2023 07 Aug'23

  Dutch authorities vouch for security of ZTE optical networking products

  Leading Chinese technology provider reveals it has successfully passed one of the most authoritative security certifications in the world for its optical transport network products

• August 07, 2023 07 Aug'23

  Eutelsat and Thaicom team for software-defined satellite across Asia

  Leading satellite operator expands in-orbit assets to address surging demand for connectivity in Asian region, closing collaborative partnership model to deliver ubiquitous telecommunication services

• August 07, 2023 07 Aug'23

  Solid Q2 results as Three builds 100th Shared Rural Network site

  In midst of dealing with strategic merger with erstwhile rival, telco announces construction completion of 100 sites as part of network build-out designed to provide 4G connectivity to 37,000+ rural premises across the UK

• August 07, 2023 07 Aug'23

  Soracom expands partners for iSIM Commercial IoT growth

  Advanced internet of things connectivity provider collaborates with Israeli semiconductor division of CE giant, Kigen, Murat and Quectel to accelerate iSIM deployments

• August 03, 2023 03 Aug'23

  Vodafone teams with DCC to upgrade Britain’s smart meter system

  UK operator provides 4G and IoT expertise to help company responsible for overseeing and managing the UK’s smart meter infrastructure deliver on strategy to develop, manage and optimise energy assets

• August 03, 2023 03 Aug'23

  UK government explores plan to open £160m satellite broadband fund

  Second UK government connectivity funding announcement in two days sees plan to expand space-based broadband and 5G coverage for remote areas

• August 03, 2023 03 Aug'23

  UK altnets make further advances in gigabit

  CityFibre passes 1,000km reach in growing south coast of England region, while independent mobile phone retailer to offer Welsh provider Ogi’s ultrafast full-fibre broadband and voice packages in its high street stores

• August 02, 2023 02 Aug'23

  Virgin Media O2 claims UK 5G SA private network first

  Low-cost plug-and-play private network launched to unlock connectivity for industries whenever and wherever they need it

• August 02, 2023 02 Aug'23

  Scotland’s most remote emergency services connected by 4G coverage

  Operator reveals role in partnership to deliver hitherto unavailable 4G coverage across the Highlands and Islands to help close signal blackspots and connect emergency services across the most remote areas of Scotland

• August 02, 2023 02 Aug'23

  Improved rural connectivity could add £65bn to UK economy

  Study from leading operator and economic consultancy points to potential massive economic boost to UK rural communities through increased digital connectivity and if long-standing obstacles are removed

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Vodafone, Nokia team to introduce business-focused converged charging

  Cloud-based system designed to support operator’s business arm’s move towards digital services

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Two million more Australian households ready to upgrade to nbn 

  Australia’s national broadband network on track to enable up to 10 million premises, or up to 90% of homes and businesses, to access wholesale download speeds of 500Mbps to near 1Gbps by the end of 2025

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  UK government announces 5G Innovation Regions fund

  Applications now open for £40m financing designed to unlock 5G benefits across the UK with aim of sparking local ‘digital revolutions’ and pioneer digital connectivity for residents and businesses

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Investment flows towards Nile to redefine enterprise networks

  Latest funding round designed to allow next-generation enterprise network provider to accelerate market expansion amid growing global customer demand

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Mobile satellite connectivity soars for Eutelsat across fiscal year

  Financial year sees leading satellite operator bring into service three new craft, and also sees it justify business pivot to supporting fast-growing space connectivity sector

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Telia president and CEO Allison Kirkby to take over as BT chief executive

  CEO of leading Baltics and Nordics telco to take the reins at BT Group in early 2024, offering support for current business strategy and next phase of development

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Sateliot, Telefónica claim 5G first for roaming connection from space

  Low-earth orbit 5G IoT satellite constellation provider teams with Spain-based global telco to extend cellular network roaming to space in test supervised by European Space Agency

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Baicells, Alef, Sky Packets team to take LTE networks across unserved communities

  Community connectivity programme takes advantage of funding options and Private CBRS networks to deliver affordable broadband and digital equity for the unconnected

• July 28, 2023 28 Jul'23

  Fibre growth drives revenue uptick but BT sees broadband losses in first quarter

  BT posts first-quarter 2024 results vindicating strategy of focus on core networks and benefit of inflation-linked price rises, but broadband division sees overall fall in customers

• July 28, 2023 28 Jul'23

  Church of England gives blessing to Vodafone Open RAN to boost rural mobile

  Leading UK operator joins hands with church to improve 4G mobile coverage in rural UK locations

• July 27, 2023 27 Jul'23

  Smallsat market defies challenges to fly higher

  Research finds that despite supply challenges and market leader moving to larger form factors, small-form satellite market keeps growing in all metrics due to increasing government investments and new commercial entrants

• July 27, 2023 27 Jul'23

  Xcel Energy deploys Nokia private LTE for US grid modernisation

  Comms tech provider’s private LTE network technologies to see use in supporting new levels of automation

• July 26, 2023 26 Jul'23

  Community Fibre gigabit broadband network passes a million London homes

  UK capital’s largest 100% full-fibre broadband provider passes seven figures in its bid to offer over two million residential properties the ability to access its gigabit services

• July 26, 2023 26 Jul'23

  ETSI launches OpenSlice group to deliver mobile network slicing as a service

  Association for ICT development, ratification and testing of standards introduces software development group for dedicated portions of mobile networks

• July 26, 2023 26 Jul'23

  EE and Three make strides, but no clear leader in UK 5G stakes

  Latest figures from mobile network testing experts find UK consumers are the clear winners to emerge from continued 5G competition, though two players stand out in terms of download speeds

• July 25, 2023 25 Jul'23

  Digital transformation to drive tenfold rise in 5G mobile connections in Asia-Pacific

  Survey finds APAC’s uptake of 5G will continue gathering pace until the end of the decade, but barriers in certain countries mean the region still has one of the largest usage gaps in the world

• July 25, 2023 25 Jul'23

  Subscriptions dip, jobs to be cut, but Virgin Media O2 sees positives in Q2

  Second-quarter 2023 results see UK operator increase revenue generation and expand network with particular emphasis on full-fibre, but 2,000 employees set to be axed by the end of the year

• July 25, 2023 25 Jul'23

  Tetra radio users’ comms may have been exposed for years

  A number of flaws in the encryption algorithms used in the secure Tetra radio communications standard have potentially left users exposed to snooping

• July 25, 2023 25 Jul'23

  Soracom teams with Skylo to deliver cloud-native IoT non-terrestrial network connectivity

  Advanced IoT connectivity company inks deal with non-terrestrial network service provider to deliver cloud-native, space-based connectivity solutions

• July 24, 2023 24 Jul'23

  Airbus extends Astrocast partnership to enhance satellite IoT technology 

  Satellite internet of things tech provider extends business relationship with Defence and Space division of global aerospace leader

• July 24, 2023 24 Jul'23

  Business segment boon for Vodafone in first quarter

  As it works out how to merge business with erstwhile rival, UK operator posts first-quarter results showing green shoots of recovery, after fiscal 2023 leading to turnaround strategy based on customers, simplicity and growth

• July 24, 2023 24 Jul'23

  BT, OneWeb demonstrate high-speed satellite connectivity delivery to island community

  UK’s leading telco and satellite communications provider join UK government to deliver high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity to island in country traditionally under served by high-speed broadband

• July 21, 2023 21 Jul'23

  Commsignia wheels out vehicle-to-everything for bicycles

  Vehicle-to-everything technology provider turns attention from four wheels to two, looking to apply technology expertise to solve traffic information issues from cycling and micro-mobility sectors

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Broadband Forum, Fiber Broadband Association team to drive broadband service delivery

  Agreement between trade bodies in fibre and broadband industries to combine advocacy, industry research, workforce development and educational experience with technical standards and interoperability expertise

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  BT Group taps Juniper to enable services at increased scale and quality

  AI-driven networks provider selected by UK’s largest telecommunications group for technology to meet experience and sustainability requirements of network applications across broadband, mobile and fixed networks

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Attention-seeking KillNet hacktivists becoming more dangerous

  The KillNet DDoS gang seems to be becoming more dangerous, but its primary goal remains to create a lot of noise and draw media attention, according to latest analysis

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Project Gigabit ‘failing to deliver’

  Research finds half of UK homes with unusable broadband have yet to receive funding from flagship government scheme to develop gigabit connectivity across UK, especially hard-to-reach areas

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Vodafone deploys Ericsson single antenna technology to accelerate 5G roll-out

  UK operator makes ‘game-changer’ in deployment of tech to increase 5G capacity without growing visual antenna footprint and do more with less, especially with regard to power consumption

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Utilities bank on satellite IoT to secure future of national power grids

  Global research reveals three-quarters of electrical utilities leaders believe satellite connectivity and technology partnerships will help mitigate emerging industry threats over next five years

• July 19, 2023 19 Jul'23

  Cloud service providers, OEMs, chip firms form Ultra Ethernet Consortium

  Consortium formed to deliver on Ethernet-based open, interoperable, high-performance, full-communications stack architecture to meet the growing network demands of AI and high-performance computing at scale

• July 19, 2023 19 Jul'23

  Openreach claims ‘game-changer’ for wholesale optical Ethernet

  BT broadband provision division ups the ante in enterprise broadband with optical networking product designed to address demand for 100G point-to-point managed services in the access network