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Telecoms networks and broadband communications

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Orange Spain, Masmóvil confirm merger plans

  Spanish telcos sign binding agreement to combine their businesses in a move they say will drive competition, digitisation and innovation in the market

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  OneWeb merger plans with Eutelsat confirmed

  French satellite operator reveals talks with UK government and Bharti Global-owned company that they say would be the first multi-orbit satellite operator offering integrated GEO and LEO solutions

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  5G connections in APAC to surpass 400 million by 2025

  The number of 5G connections in Asia-Pacific will grow to more than 400 million by 2025, but a usage gap due to the lack of digital skills and affordability will still exist

• July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

  Cloud comms provider 8x8 claims visual, ‘effortless’ customer experience through CPaaS

  Integrated cloud communications platform provider announces availability of communications management service in bid to allow array of user roles in organisations

• July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

  Hyperoptic hails new-build fibre broadband milestone

  Altnet connects more than six-digit amount of new-build homes to its full-fibre network in UK and announces agreements to connect a similar number of new-build properties over the next 12 months

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Cost-of-living crisis drives UK consumers to rethink connectivity needs

  EY survey reveals that despite general demands for hybrid and remote working, UK households are concerned by rising home technology costs amid the cost-of-living crisis

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  NTT reveals management plans for JUNO Trans-Pacific submarine cable system

  In response to the growth of the global digital economy, Japanese technology companies collaborate to build and operate what they claim will be the largest submarine internet cable system between Japan and the US

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Freight forwarding and logistics firm gains extra mileage through CallSwitch UCaaS

  International logistics firm achieves improved business efficiency by replacing legacy VoIP system with hosted telephony solution supporting unified collaboration and communications platform

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Scotland 5G Centre turns to Vodafone for 5G networks to support economic growth

  Leading UK operator designs and deploys two new 5G mobile private network deployments in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock to support the digitisation and diversification of local economies

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  ST Engineering, MEASAT expand partnership for enterprise satellite connectivity

  Malaysian satellite operator expands network to deliver what it says will be a ‘plethora’ of services to enterprises and communities in rural and ultra-rural areas across the country

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  UK homeworking more than doubles since 2019

  Office for National Statistics roundup of the latest data and analysis on the UK economy, business and jobs finds the number of people working from home in the UK increased by 108.8% between October to December 2019 and January to March 2022

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  CityFibre reveals full-fibre economic boost to Swindon, pilots virtualised network service delivery

  Full-fibre platform provider trials Edgility Suite for rapid, cost-effective delivery of value-added services for business ISPs

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Ericsson, Qualcomm, Thales team to validate space-based 5G

  Comms technology providers enter into partnership with aerospace firm to provide global 5G coverage including areas currently not served by terrestrial networks

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Connexin extends gigabit proposition with Wisper Broadband acquisition

  As it continues to grow its fibre offering in the region, Hull-based IoT and digital infrastructure specialist undertakes buyout of local internet service provider

• July 11, 2022 11 Jul'22

  Nokia deploys passive optical LAN at Orange France, delivers 5G for AT&T Mexico

  Leading comms tech provider strikes partnership with French operator to deploy a passive optical LAN service at more than 20 sites across the country

• July 11, 2022 11 Jul'22

  Southern Cross announces world’s longest single-span submarine 400GbE net

  Supplier of international capacity to carriers and ISPs in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region launches Southern Cross NEXT cable, aiming to pave the way for of 400GbE services across a 15,840km network

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  Effect Photonics, Rural Dorset roll out fixed wireless 5G access to rural UK

  Fixed wireless access gains boost across hard-to-reach areas in rural Wales and Dorset, making 5G services available to homes in island of Anglesey

• July 07, 2022 07 Jul'22

  5G-Advanced to hit stride from 2025

  Next gen of current next-gen mobile targeted to flourish from 2025-2030, helping 5G commercialisation, long-term development of AI, machine learning and network energy savings for a fully automated network

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Extreme E, Vodafone Business deploy LPWAN to help tackle wildfires in Sardinia

  Cloud-based IoT technology can operate in remote environments where the impacts of climate change have become the hardest to monitor

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Weston-super-Mare projected to enjoy £144m economic boost from full-fibre roll-out

  CityFibre releases research showing positive economic impacts of gigabit broadband roll-out to famous seaside resort

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business switches on 5G-connected hospital

  Business division of UK cable provider announces switch-on of what it calls UK’s first 5G-connected hospital

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Cato Networks opens Copenhagen point of presence

  Cato opens PoP in Danish capital to bolster resiliency and extend converged security and networking capabilities across Nordic region

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Juniper Networks looks to drive sustainable business with Cloud Metro

  AI-driven networks provider claims industry first, with automation-driven metro networking service to deliver highest independently rated power efficiency, TCO reduction and industry-leading performance

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  UK altnets accelerate as fibre forges path to be fixed broadband standard

  Research shows how direct fibre connections are lighting up the world of broadband, rapidly deposing copper-based legacy DSL networks

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Telstra taps Ericsson, Ciena to quadruple optical network service capacity

  Leading Australian operator forges partnership with leading comms tech providers to make enhancements to next-generation optical network to increase the service capacity of optical network to 400 Gbps Ethernet

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  UK rural primary schools to receive huge broadband upgrade

  Government announces up to 3,000 primary schools across rural England will get gigabit broadband as part of £82m investment designed to encourage roll-out of better broadband

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Enterprise Wi-Fi 6E access points to more than treble by 2024

  Wi-Fi 6E market set to flourish in next two years thanks to innovation and prospect of greatly improved throughput and latency rates

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  WBA sets out how Wi-Fi 6/6E enables Industry 4.0

  Report highlights next-gen wireless use cases, including detailed autonomous mobile robots, automatic guided vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, and posts IIoT deployment guidelines

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  5G investment could deliver £7bn a year to UK economy

  Benefits of next-gen networks are clear, but research warns that more needs to be done to ensure the UK doesn’t miss out on the full economic benefits of 5G technology

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  BT unveils connectivity solution to accelerate digital transformation

  Connected Cloud Edge combines telco’s networking and cyber security expertise with infrastructure from Equinix to accelerate customers’ digital transformation

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Nokia and Proximus demo 5G network slicing innovation to support demanding network conditions

  Leading comms tech provider enters into partnership with incumbent Belgian operator to deliver dedicated next-generation spectrum to support demanding conditions such as congested networks in use cases including Industry 4.0, fixed wireless access ...

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  India gears up for 5G but challenges remain

  The country’s upcoming spectrum auction marks the start of larger scale deployments of 5G in the subcontinent, but telcos will need to find a way to address high infrastructure costs and monetise their investments

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Colt Technology Services gets SASE with enhanced enterprise network

  Customers of enterprise network provider now have access to an integrated service that brings together the software-defined wide area network

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Brits battered by broadband outages in past year cost UK economy £1.3bn

  Almost 11 million UK consumers experienced broadband outages of three or more hours over the past 12 months, representing almost two days offline

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Liverpool 5G Create adds use cases

  Liverpool school’s 5G-enabled anti-anxiety game and care home’s 5G-supported fall prevention technology demonstrate benefits of affordable next-generation technology

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Hardware and commercial flexibility issues slow down IoT adoption

  Eseye survey finds more than eight out of 10 internet of things professionals view hardware design as top challenge for initial IoT deployments while more than 97% have found their IoT projects less than 50% successful

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  UK telecoms industry agrees to cost-of-living plan

  UK wireless operators make commitment to do more to help customers cope with global price rises and stay connected

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Organisations struggling to support remote and hybrid employees

  Digital workplace productivity report reveals limited workplace technology availability sees average worker operating at 60% capacity

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Hyperoptic aims to address cost of living crisis with Fair Fibre Framework

  UK broadband provider announces affordability scheme that it says is part of a duty of care to protect and support customers and aid those struggling with increased financial pressures

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  A1 Telekom Austria offers VMware SD-WAN

  Covering Seven Sites in the CEE Area, leading telco teams with IT services provider to offer a new range managed software-defined wide area network services

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  CityFibre, Toob push the envelope further in UK gigabit broadband

  Fibre-to-the premises provider launches full-fibre broadband for small to medium businesses in south of England, while independent full-fibre platform racks up 360km of infrastructure beneath the streets of Inverness 

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  Ukraine cyber agency enlists Radware to protect government networks

  Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection is using Radware cloud DDoS protection and web application firewall services to protect the government from persistent Russian attacks

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  5G-Carmen autonomous driving project gets into gear with Italy, Austria and Germany

  European Commission-funded autonomous and assisted vehicles project unveils test of innovative automotive functions and services on motorway across three Alpine countries

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  5G set for rapid growth phase as world nears 750 million connections

  Study shows global 5G rise of 17% from the end of 2021, accelerated by North American migration to 5G from LTE

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  BT doubles down on AIOps with Dynatrace for network service gains

  Digital innovation division of incumbent telco and monitoring software provider go live on partnership to simplify, add intelligence to and automate service operations using AIOps

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Nokia, Elisa, Qualcomm claim record 5G uplink speeds over mmWave spectrum

  Chip giant, comms tech provider and Finnish operator reveal 5G trial hitting record-breaking uplink speeds of 2.1Gbps over 2Gbps on mmWave spectrum to enable ultra-high-performing, low-latency services

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Seven in 10 UK businesses already using, planning to deploy 5G for competitive advantage

  Research from national innovation network for next-generation mobile connectivity reveals a significant number of UK businesses are already embracing the benefits of 5G

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Altnets advance fibre broadband in East England

  Colchester and Norwich get the opportunity to obtain full-fibre gigabit broadband as leading ISP and cable provider promises ability to work from home and connect online better than ever before

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Leading Belgian telcos land key 5G spectrum

  Once seen as behind the curve in next-gen infrastructures, Belgium now comes out strongly for 5G, with telcos Orange and Telenet snaffling up additional spectrum capability to offer advanced mobile services

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  North America drives soaring global 5G market

  The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that 5G coverage in the UK is still at only around 40%, but growth in fixed wireless access could play a crucial role in ‘levelling up’