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Telecoms networks and broadband communications

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Engineering at tipping point as manufacturing embraces Industry 5.0

  Leading connected engineering software provider unveils vision of generative AI-based design to support new age of industrial applications with sustainability and virtual processes at the core

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Plenty of room for improvement in mobile quality in Euro cities

  Analysis of mobile quality in 15 of Europe’s leading cities sees Porto and Stockholm offer highest 5G quality of experience in region, but with all cities falling short of EU Digital Decade Objectives

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Europe ‘severely’ lags other major regions in 5G standalone

  Research from network intelligence company shows interplay of earlier deployments, more diversified multi-band spectrum and greater willingness to invest in new use cases have driven 5G SA roll-outs at a faster pace in regions outside Europe

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Bridge Alliance, Telna team on eSIM strategic partnership

  Leading mobile industry alliance announces it will use managed wholesale eSIM platform’s capabilities for connectivity and revenue opportunities

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Myriota, Saudi Space Authority team for ultra-low power IoT connectivity

  Satellite internet of things connectivity company announces initiatives with Saudi space authorities including the Space and Technology Commission to bring ultra-low power IoT connectivity to the region

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  NTT, Nokia, Anritsu demo dynamic networking using IOWN APN

  Latest step in next-generation networking project aims to realise power-efficient RAN network by dynamic base station operation according to traffic fluctuations

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  BT boosts interconnectivity with Equinix, broadens Optiva partnership

  UK’s leading telco expands partnership with digital infrastructure company to help multinationals transform interconnectivity across digital value chain, and joins with enterprise network service company to implement B2B, B2B2X services

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use

  Businesses globally are spending more on emerging technologies year-on-year, but struggle to expand experimental use cases, finds EY’s sixth annual Reimagining Industry Futures study

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  Meta’s planned subsea cable will exceed circumference of Earth and support AI innovation

  Meta’s planned 50,000 km subsea cable will be the world’s longest and connect the five major continents

• February 10, 2025 10 Feb'25

  UK broadband majors, altnets accelerate gigabit in non-metro areas

  Premises in Shropshire and Devon to gain access to gigabit services as part of £5bn government scheme and planned expansion by major comms provider

• February 07, 2025 07 Feb'25

  Vietnam Air Traffic Management modernises comms for improved safety

  Southeast Asian country’s national aviation body to deploy multi-service network offering to upgrade its legacy network systems, and enhance the performance and flexibility of its air traffic network

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  StarHub upgrades fibre broadband network to deliver 10Gbps services

  First deployment of StarHub’s 10Gbps XGS-PON technology across city-state to offer enhanced services as part of Digital Connectivity Blueprint to improve citizen well-being via next-generation digital infrastructure

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  EE shines as 5G mobile availability improves for all UK operators

  Review of UK mobile industry in second half of 2024 finds that 5G availability sees continued improvement, but fastest 5G speed experience remains undecided

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  Starlink gains higher orbit in Europe

  Leading space comms provider sees constellation investments boost performance, gaining a position in delivering LEO services over wide areas of Europe, even including UK capital

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space

  CGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  DE-CIX upgrades New York’s largest internet exchange backbone

  DE-CIX upgrades one of the US’s largest internet exchange backbones as staying resilient and offering scale become priorities

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Hard-to-reach UK locations achieve broadband milestones

  Ultrafast broadband goes live on Hebridean islands, with network ready for first residents to order full-fibre, while UK altnet outlines initial progress in £5bn deployment scheme

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Verizon, AST SpaceMobile get into orbit to end mobile dead zones

  Leading US operator looks to conquer remaining mobile dead zones through space-based communications with growing satco

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Westminster to trial free single sign-on Wi-Fi across central London

  Global trade body for wireless connectivity reveals big switch-on of seamless roaming experience across the many disparate Wi-Fi networks in the UK capital

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Teraswitch upgrades global net with EXA 400GE connectivity

  Transatlantic connectivity provider upgrades enterprise network with 400GE connectivity, positioning the company for global network expansion through diverse, high-capacity connectivity across Europe and the Atlantic

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Verizon unveils enterprise network AI strategy

  Business IT and comms division of telco giant reveals strategy for deployment of artificial intelligence in enterprise use cases

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Vodafone claims video call over satellite landmark

  Leading European telco Vodafone unveils results of test using low Earth orbit satellite for WhatsApp video call to a smartphone in a location that suffers from lack of traditional mobile connectivity

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  SailGP casts off with private 5G for 2025 ​races

  Leading global sailing event taps global comms tech provider for cellular private networks to power connectivity

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  UK government mobile mast upgrade scheme marks milestone

  People living, working and visiting England, Scotland and Wales set to benefit from one of the latest of the 30 UK government-funded 4G mast upgrades across the UK to improve rural mobile

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  EE scores Wembley Stadium connectivity renewal

  UK’s leading mobile comms provider EE extends title connectivity partnership with England’s national football stadium in London, as well as with all four Home Nations Football Associations.

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Neos Networks leads £1.2m UK Midlands broadband project

  Leading UK business-dedicated network appointed by council to lead D2N2 Gigahubs initiative aimed at bringing gigabit broadband to rural communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Starlink delivers connectivity to Oracle Enterprise Communications

  Cloud and database service provider teams with leading satellite constellation to enable high-speed connectivity to address challenge of providing reliable and high-speed enterprise connectivity in areas historically lacking infrastructure

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Global fixed broadband subscriptions pass 1.5 billion

  Research firm points to milestone in wired connectivity arena, with over five hundred million fixed line subscriptions added over the past six years

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  ZIRA enhances comms business process platform

  Evolution of AI-powered analytics platform deployed to transform BSS data into predictive insights configured to support changing business needs

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  FullFibre, Zzoomm merge to gain scale in UK altnet broadband

  UK independent broadband providers merge to form one of the UK’s largest altnets, with 600,000 properties ready for service

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Freshwave deploys all-operator 4G in-building connectivity to City of London

  Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider fits out in-building mobile connectivity from all the UK mobile operators to 8 Bishopsgate location, with sixteen occupiers already signing up to the service

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Boldyn Networks boosts private 5G with Smart Mobile Labs acquisition

  UK shared network infrastructure provider furthers business expansion with strategic purchase of German private 5G network and turnkey applications company

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  SITA takes off with Cathay Pacific to expand global network connectivity

  Air transport IT provider to enhance airline’s operations with high-speed connectivity across 51 airports worldwide, optimising access to cloud technology

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  StarHub, Nokia partner on network APIs to drive 5G, 4G application development

  Telco and comms tech provider target new applications for enterprises in use cases such as banking, finance, ports and online streaming through Network as Code platform developer portal

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Fibre broadband network reaches half of Scotland 

  UK’s leading broadband provider says research shows gigabit digital upgrade could generate £4bn for Scottish economy and help to reverse depopulation

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  IOWN sets focus on go-to-market, proof of concept optical in 2025

  Next-gen networking project reveals focus for 2025, including early adoption use cases, go-to-market activities and wider industry collaboration

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  E&, DE-CIX create Middle East SmartHub internet exchange

  Middle East telco partners with internet exchange operator to boost regional datacentre connectivity, with Fujairah hosting largest submarine cable landing station and new locations for Dubai

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Telxius enhances global Ethernet service with next-gen optics

  Global connectivity provider deploys advanced optical pluggables to power the Carrier Ethernet service upgrade, allowing businesses to scale bandwidth between 50Mbps and 100Gbps-plus

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  DriveNets, Fujitsu, UfiSpace join forces to support optical net development

  Consortium of optical technology providers come together to accelerate open network roll-outs and support NTT-driven next-generation optical network infrastructure programme, testing and certification of multiple products

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  Telstra International unveils network of the future vision

  Progress revealed in creating next-gen infrastructure including simplification of architecture, cloudifying infrastructure layer, implementing autonomous operation and removal of legacy platforms

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  Openreach nears million mark in copper stop sell scheme

  UK’s largest telco reveals extent of progress in network transformation programme to make full-fibre network available to more than 14 million homes and businesses by the end of 2027

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  UK’s altnets further fibre roll-out

  UK’s leading and second-leading alternative broadband providers report strong end of year for fibre network deployment

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  Freshwave seeds 5G agritech innovation at National Robotarium

  Centre for robotics, AI and automated technologies teams with connectivity firm to investigate and test robotics on private 5G networks for tomorrow’s agriculture industry

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  Three UK sets out to build largest mobile packet core in Europe

  Soon-to-merge operator announces major technology roll-out across Europe with next-generation cloud-native core network – claimed to be largest in Europe – more than tripling its core capacity to 9Tbps

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  EXA enters into agreement to acquire Aqua Comms

  Dedicated digital infrastructure provider acquires subsea service provider Aqua Comms

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  Singtel’s 5G network slicing to boost Singapore’s defence and security

  Singapore’s defence and security technology agencies will leverage Singtel’s 5G network slicing technology nationwide to combat evolving security threats and enhance national security

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  LightSpeed, Neos expand connectivity across Midlands, East of England

  Critical network infrastructure firm teams with high-speed broadband provider to bolster FTTH and wholesale services

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  TenneT deploys optical network offshore in North Sea to boost output

  Leading European offshore transmission systems operator deploys critical optical networking technology for eight new 2-gigawatt platforms in the Dutch North Sea to deliver green energy to land

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  Comms, tech providers drive cross-border 5G highway in France, Germany

  5G Autobahn to Autoroute project to connect the cities of Metz in France to Saarbrücken in Germany with advanced mobility

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  BT unveils 5G Standalone network slicing deployment first in Belfast

  UK’s leading telco BT announced the first real-world deployment of 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities in a slicing trial that brought payments to Belfast Christmas Market in December 2024