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• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Harrison Drury elevates its employee, customer experience with Avaya OneCloud UCaaS

  Solicitor’s transition to cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform modernises communications and sets up platform to support business’s strategy of providing a hybrid workplace

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Vodafone confirms Three UK merger talks

  UK’s mid-sized operators begin negotiations on consolidation to gain the scale to accelerate roll-out of 5G in the UK, expand broadband connectivity to rural communities and small businesses, and offer stronger competition

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  BT Group sees network gains through AI Accelerator

  Telco announces new platform to orchestrate, accelerate and monitor artificial intelligence model deployments developed by its data community and to drive efficiencies

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  Three-quarters of business professionals want to embrace the metaverse

  Study from networking systems, services and software company reveals business professionals’ interest in metaverse pointing to utilising more immersive and connected digital applications in the workplace

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  City of Las Vegas bets on NTT for largest private 5G network in US

  Sin City sees no gamble in placing its chips on private 5G networks in new infrastructure designed to create opportunities for businesses, government and educational institutions

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  Hyperoptic, Community Fibre take gigabit highway to Islington

  Inner London local authority signs deal so that more than 90% of homes and businesses will be connected to gigabit by August 2025, including 50 community hubs

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  UK government rolls out Project Gigabit to rural Teesdale

  £6.6m contract granted in north-east England as part of national programme to upgrade broadband for hard-to-reach premises, with GoFibre engaged as principal contractor for build out

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Du, Nokia, MediaTek combine three 5G TDD carriers to claim ‘highest throughput ever’

  Comms tech provider and mobile chip company team with Middle East operator in first carrier aggregation of its kind, combining high-speed 5G bands to aggregate 300MHz of spectrum for throughput of up to 4.520 Gbps

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  BSH Home Appliances takes on Twilio to revamp digital customer engagement

  Customer engagement platform partners with Deloitte Consulting to support plan by home appliances firm to revamp its entire digital infrastructure within customer service organisation

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  IoT success fuelling further expansion

  Survey reveals profound change around the benefits derived from internet of things over past 12 months, with senior decision-makers focused on operational efficiencies, reducing costs, and increasing revenue and profit

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Neos Networks to connect Viking Wind Farm to SSE Renewables HQ

  Business connectivity provider constructs communications links between wind farm being built on Scottish island and headquarters on mainland more than 300 miles away with machine-to-machine network to control and monitor performance of wind turbines...

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Zain Kuwait taps Accedian, Cisco for ‘unparalleled’ network performance monitoring and analytics

  Middle East mobile voice and data services operator deploys automated assurance network technology to boost customer experience of performance and availability

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Nokia, Speedcast deploy private wireless connectivity for Origem Energia in Brazil

  Private wireless solution will deliver critical network operations to 600 gas production wells at Brazilian sustainable energy firm

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Businesses see fixed broadband charges rise as average bandwidth increases

  Latest roundup of global fixed broadband arena shows residential consumers reaping speed and cost rewards of fibre proliferation, while B2B subscribers see little improvement in bandwidth versus monthly charges

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  5G fixed wireless access services to see huge growth

  Spending on 5G fixed wireless access services is set to explode globally over the next 12 months

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  Flex muscles up 5G SA private wireless, Industry 4.0 in advanced manufacturing

  Leading comms tech provider teams with multinational electronics company to combine 5G SA private wireless and Industry 4.0 expertise for advanced manufacturing services in Brazil

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  WBA unveils ‘world-first’ combination of Wi-Fi 6E, OpenRoaming

  Trial of combined wireless technologies at Polytechnic Institute of Viseu said to showcase the future of higher education, including 8K video and interactive experiences in classrooms

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Linksys lines up deals with UK gigabit ISPs for Wi-Fi 6 mesh solutions

  Business Wi-Fi networking solutions firm partners with growing UK full-fibre gigabit broadband ISPs to offer mesh wireless network systems claimed to deliver four times faster coverage across the home

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Smartphone trade-in value rises as average age of devices breaks 3.5-year threshold

  Analysis of mobile trade-ins reveals increasing handset longevity and rising value of used devices, with US$767m returned to US buyers in the second quarter

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Full-stack observability top priority for IT teams

  Annual forecast reveals observability – the ability to see everything in the tech stack that could affect customer experience – has become a board-level imperative, but only a quarter of organisations have achieved it

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  IBM and Airtel team to bring secured edge cloud services to Indian enterprises

  Indian telco teams with IT giant with aim of using network of edge datacentres to help businesses address critical business needs with greater efficiency, making it easier for companies to process workloads where their data resides

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Airtel to deploy edge computing platform

  Bharti Airtel will deploy its multi-access edge compute platform across India to support edge computing applications in manufacturing and other industries, as India gears up for 5G

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  BICS partners with Thales to simplify eSIM integration for IoT

  International connectivity and global IoT enabler partners with technology provider to take simplicity of consumer eSIMs to the broader internet of things while further streamlining connectivity activation for enterprises

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  Deutsche Telekom deploys converged packet core to boost enterprise 5G

  Leading German operator deploys cloud-native standalone core, marking key milestone in the evolution of 5G architecture with scale and flexibility required to deliver innovative 5G standalone services to enterprise customers

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  Amdocs claims industry’s first 5G-native charging system

  5G- and cloud-native charging product will provide ‘endless’ monetisation opportunities for advanced standalone 5G and beyond, backed by proven multicloud deployment experience, says Amdocs

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  New networking era imminent as global internet bandwidth rises 28% in 2022

  TeleGeography’s Global Internet Geography research service shows continuing return to ‘normal’ following the pandemic-generated bump of 2020, as demand looks to quickly transcend terabyte measure

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Nokia boosts business software to enhance time to value

  Leading communications technology provider strengthens software portfolio to focus on security, automation and monetisation, while introducing digital ecosystem programme to accelerate innovation through collaboration with partners and customers

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Verizon VRAN velocity gains as fibre pushed to almost half of cell sites

  Communications giant takes advantage of extensive fibre broadband network to support mobile infrastructure, which is seeing significant push into virtualised radio access network technology in cell sites

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Gigaclear selects EXFO fibre monitoring to assist rapid network expansion

  Developer of test, monitoring and analytics services engaged by UK ISP for remote fibre testing and monitoring offering to improve efficiency of deployment and fault identification

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Spaceflight takes Astrocast IoT constellation to orbit

  Global nanosatellite IoT network inks commercial arrangement with NewSpace India to launch four spacecraft aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mission

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Nokia, Telia Finland claim world-first commercial 5G SA FWA network with network slicing

  Finnish operator and compatriot comms technology giant announce the launch of world’s first commercial 5G standalone network with network slicing for fixed wireless access services

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Full-fibre gathers pace as Lightning strikes across South East while CityFibre looks north

  East Sussex-based altnet spreads its wings across coastal regions of southern England with fibre offer into two neighbouring counties, as leading independent provider lands in Hartlepool

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Third of IT decision-makers rely on gut feel when choosing network operator

  Study from customer experience technology provider shows lack of transparency is cited as the most consistent quality failure of network providers

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Singtel and Intel team up on 5G

  Singtel and Intel have started an incubation programme to spearhead the development of enterprise 5G applications in areas including content delivery and video analytics

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  CGI gets ESA order to develop predictive routing tool for satellite constellations

  Tool will support increased need to equip satellite networks with software-defined networking to deliver simplified management, better end-to-end network automation support and streamlined delivery of network services

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  NEC, Mavenir drive mMIMO through Open RAN on Orange France 5G SA

  IT and comms giant teams with cloud-native telecoms software provider to drive open and advanced radio access network functionality with deployment of massive MIMO on leading telco’s experimental 5G SA network in France

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  EE upgrades 5G network across 14 new UK locations

  BT-owned MNO extends mid-band next-generation network capability across 14 UK towns and cities to support the latest 5G smartphones and pay monthly mobile plans

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  Minor League Baseball hits in-stadium connectivity to new level

  Cloud networking provider partners with Minor League Baseball to provide in-stadium tech and help its teams and players to become smarter and faster in improving their games and optimising the overall in-stadium experience

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  Qualcomm adds bite to Snapdragon platform

  Just days after kicking off IFA show outlining plans to embed its Wi-Fi, 5G and satellite connectivity technology to drive connected experiences in a world that Qualcomm sees as one where everything is intelligent and everyone connected, chip giant ...

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  BICS, Lynk forge satellite direct-to-mobile coverage agreement

  Companies form agreement enabling mobile network operators to expand mobile coverage to underserved rural communities without terrestrial cell towers

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  ScottishPower charges up connectivity with BT

  Leading UK telecoms provider enters into strategic partnership with Glasgow-based integrated energy company in to help connect renewable growth and provide integrated and bespoke telecommunications services to approximately 100 locations across the ...

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Smartphone users ready to join eSIM revolution

  Survey of 2,500 consumers across the US, UK and Australia reveals strong appetite for the enhanced flexibility, convenience, speed and sustainability enabled by eSIM technology

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Rugby try for full-fibre connectivity as CityFibre reveals value of Wolverhampton gigabit

  Warwickshire town named as the next location in line for a multimillion-pound digital full-fibre investment, while data is released showing potential benefits of such infrastructures in Black Country urban environment

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Telstra launches suite of enterprise 5G Standalone automated and orchestrated services

  Global operator announces 5G service-based architecture combined with automation via network orchestration, allowing customers to imagine and deploy new differentiated services quickly and scale them economically

• September 05, 2022 05 Sep'22

  Global 5G subscriptions growth stays strong in Q2 2022

  Updated analysis reveals massive uptick in uptake of 5G in Q2 2022 analysis with 690 million global 5G subscriptions offered over 218 services, 24 of which are 5G standalone networks

• September 05, 2022 05 Sep'22

  Giganet takes Cuckoo under wing to further full-fibre ambitions

  Acquisition of full-fibre ISP described as marking a meeting of minds at a time when gigabit broadband consumers deserve more from the internet, while the UK’s largest independent broadband provider claims landmark in fibre delivery in Derby

• September 02, 2022 02 Sep'22

  Ericsson claims sustainability gains with tri-sector 5G radio

  Swedish comms tech provider makes further inroads into more sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that is said to be able to do the job of nine radios

• September 02, 2022 02 Sep'22

  IFA 2022: Qualcomm announces Meta partnership as it stakes out connected future

  Chip giant unveils plans to embed its connectivity technology – encompassing Wi-Fi 7, 5G and even satellite – within virtual and real-world environments to drive connected experiences

• September 02, 2022 02 Sep'22

  Energie AG, Austria lights up optical transport network

  Austrian energy supply and infrastructure company invests in optical transport network spanning 7,000km to improve customers’ experience and gain opportunity to grow by scaling as it broadens customer base

• September 01, 2022 01 Sep'22

  Oracle Red Bull Racing gets into gear with Zoom to power team unified communications

  Collaboration technology provider’s Chat, Events and Meetings products taken up by championship-leading Formula 1 team to enhance key communications and hybrid experiences on and off the track