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Mobile networking

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Amazon acquires Globalstar to expand satellite comms business

  Strategic purchase to see satellites, radio frequency spectrum and operational expertise to enable existing Leo business to add direct-to-device services to future generations of its low Earth orbit satellite network

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  UK government accelerates autonomous vehicle development funding

  Projects exploring how autonomous vehicles could benefit businesses and communities across the UK receive government backing as part of £150m CAM Pathfinder programme

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  SES gains altitude for in-flight connectivity with Boeing, Japan Airlines

  Satellite operator claims milestone towards line-fit offer for multi-orbit connectivity, with streamlined factory installation on Boeing craft and deal with Japanese carrier

• April 13, 2026 13 Apr'26

  Sateliot launches €100m series C financing round

  Barcelona-based satellite operator announces investment that will see use in financing deployment of constellation and starts selection process for a lead investor in new round expected to close in summer

• April 09, 2026 09 Apr'26

  Treon lands €6.8m to accelerate industrial AI innovation

  AI-native smart industry tech firm claims funding will aid its mission as it enters a new era of AI-native industrial operations, strengthening its ability to scale industrial AI technologies globally

• April 08, 2026 08 Apr'26

  XCOM RAN intros end-to-end private 5G for physical AI

  Next-generation private 5G technology provider unveils plans to expands spectrum and partners for global reach of dedicated wireless network

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  Wilson Connectivity, Autonomous Systems team for in-building wireless service

  Joint development brings AI-ready, automated monitoring and real-time service assurance to indoor distributed antenna system and private network deployments

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  North America drives video telematics market to 22 million units by 2030

  Study from M2M/IoT market research firm finds installed base of active video telematics systems growing at a steady clip driven by North America and camera technology enhancements

• April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26

  AI-driven operating model key to cloud-native, autonomous networks

  Operator-driven guidance outlines how mobile network operators can adopt AI-based operating models to enable increasingly autonomous network operations

• April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26

  SpaceLocker launches first shared satellite mission

  French startup looks to redefine space infrastructure by turning satellites into shared platforms, and claims faster, more sustainable missions

• March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26

  Delta in-flight connectivity takes off with Amazon Leo

  Global airline looks to satellite provider to introduce connectivity on hundreds of aircraft, starting with an initial installation on 500 aircraft in 2028, working to expand its Wi‑Fi and seatback experiences

• March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26

  Virgin Media O2 accelerates UK 5G upgrade programme

  UK operator inks multi-year agreements with strategic essential equipment partners to upgrade radio access network to next-generation 5G technology, boosting capacity, coverage and reliability

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Orange steams ahead in French railway connectivity

  Analysis of data across 20 major French rail corridors reveals sharp operator disparities in throughput, latency and quality of experience

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Cambridge Mobile Telematics lands $350m strategic investment

  Major investment in automotive telematics company, accompanied by new long-term commercial agreements, seeks to expand global road safety platform and real-time AI risk models

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Mobile network operators urged to help commercialise 5G live production

  Private 5G connectivity provider gains support from broadcasters and tech giants to calls on mobile network operators to enable on-demand network quality for live 5G broadcasts

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Starlink reshapes satellite communications as industry enters terabit era

  Lower-cost capacity, rapid scaling and improved service quality are all factors resetting expectations across the satcom market, with the entire ecosystem being pushed to innovate, differentiate and rethink strategic positioning

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  Pave Space raises $40M to hasten satellite deployment

  Swiss startup building orbital transfer vehicles capable of delivering satellites to operational orbits in under 24 hours, addressing a growing bottleneck in the space economy

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  Antevia joins O-RAN Alliance to simplify enterprise 5G deployment

  Private network technology provider looks to strengthen commitment to development of open, interoperable and simplified enterprise cellular deployments and scale enterprise 5G

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Proptivity, Telehouse team for reliable indoor 4G, 5G in London workplaces

  Datacentre service provider and indoor mobile infrastructure firm look to address connectivity blind spot inside modern office buildings, enabling scalable indoor 4G, 5G across London workplaces via neutral host model

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  SES, K2 Space further meoSphere satellite network

  Next-generation medium Earth orbit multi-mission constellation targeted at meeting fast-growing commercial and defence needs with flexible scaling approach

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  Avaya finds louder voice for mission-critical comms platform

  Enterprise software provider unveils mission-critical platform to deliver secure, zero-downtime voice communications for environments including government, healthcare, financial and emergency services

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  SWISSto12 opens Switzerland’s largest GEO satellite production site

  Aerospace and satellite technology manufacturer opens domestic territory’s first domestic end-to end GEO satellite production site including 1,000m² cleanroom assembly facility

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  Trade-ins returned $6.4bn to US mobile consumers in 2025

  Quarterly study of US mobile trade-in arena finds that strong interest in new features – paired with clear, competitive promotions – drove record trade-in value in full‑year 2025 data

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  Fire and rescue services implement shared comms command centre

  Control room technology rolled out across three emergency services to make it possible to jointly manage emergency call handling, crew dispatch and incident coordination in mutual aid scenarios

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Agentic AI to make data uplink the next mobile bottleneck

  Report shows that as distributed intelligence systems scale, they will reshape mobile network traffic patterns and accelerate the need for advanced AI operations for the comms industry

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  O2 brings 5G+ connectivity to communities across Scotland

  UK operator extends standalone 5G footprint across 66 large towns and cities, 175 smaller towns, and 1,120 villages in Scotland as part of its UK-wide roll-out of advanced 5G services

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Ericsson, SK Telecom ink memorandum of understanding to strengthen AI-RAN, 5G to 6G innovation

  Global comms tech provider and Korean telco hold joint R&D to advance AI-powered RAN, 5G monetisation, open and autonomous networks, zero-trust security, and 6G standardisation

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Zopa Bank continues its transformation with further growth

  UK digital challenger bank has 1.7 million customers, five years after it completed its transformation from a peer-to-peer lender

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  Shared Rural Network expansion removes Islay not-spots

  Latest development in £1.3bn mobile expansion scheme sees mobile not-spots reduced on Scottish island as 4G site goes live, providing coverage from all mobile operators for the first time

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  MTN launches click-to-deploy satellite service on AWS Marketplace

  Global network operator’s StarEdge Horizon launched on global online platform, claiming to be the first satellite connectivity service of its kind available for one-click deployment

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI

  Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Wayve gears up with end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles

  Mobile technology platform firm teams with UK self-driving company to advance production-ready end-to-end artificial intelligence for assisted and automated driving

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  O2 makes major 5G expansion, deploys small cells to boost Bath capacity

  Leading UK mobile operator makes significant expansion of 5G standalone to hundreds of towns and cities across the UK, while leading west of England visitor hub to gain more capacity through small cells

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI

  Connectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Neura Robotics accelerates next-generation physical AI

  Robotics firm inks strategic collaboration with chip giant to advance next-generation robotics and physical AI, and work jointly on reference architectures for full-stack robotics systems

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Shared Rural Network scheme hits mast upgrade milestone in Wales

  Latest expansion of government’s £1.3bn mobile coverage scheme sees significant expansion of mast construction in rural parts of Wales from all four UK operators

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  MWC 2026: Huawei - agent-oriented mobile networks to define AgentVerse

  Comms tech giant paints picture of AI-led communications infrastructure as industry transitions towards a new world of agents

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  MWC 2026: Nvidia teams with global telecom leaders for 6G development

  AI behemoth and global operators and infrastructure providers team to build next-generation mobile infrastructure to advance AI-native 6G innovation based on open and trusted software-defined wireless platforms

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  MWC 2026: Qualcomm plots out 6G, Wi-Fi 8 future with AI as the new user interface

  Leading comms tech platform provider unveils agentic radio access network management service and AI enhancements for commercial RAN platforms to accelerate value for telcos on the path to 6G

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  UK direct-to-device satellite connectivity takes off with Virgin Media O2

  Leading UK mobile operator switches on pace comms service in a move to make UK the first country in Europe to go live with direct-to-cell satellite mobile data connectivity

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  NTT Data, Ericsson team to scale private 5G, physical AI for enterprises

  Global comms tech provider forges global partnership with business and technology services firm to establish 5G as the foundational operating layer for enterprise AI, looking to scale AI-driven operations securely and consistently

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  Connectivity, AI drive fleet safety, productivity and decision-making

  Report into state of fleet technology across US reveals three key priorities for the year: increasing productivity, reducing costs and enhancing driver safety – with AI and connected technology serving as engines behind all three

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Firecell, CloudRAN.AI collaborate to cut cost and complexity of private 5G

  Hot on the heels of the Accelleran merger, purpose-built private 5G connectivity company unveils radio portfolio integration to give system integrators faster, more affordable deployment route across industrial, enterprise sites

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Nokia, AWS demo agentic AI network slicing with Du, Orange

  ‘Industry-first’ intent-based 5G-Advanced slicing with agentic AI to offer providers with premium network slicing services that respond to real-world situations and enable autonomous intelligence

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Aeris, Verizon Business aim to simplify global IoT expansion

  Wireless IoT provider announces inbound internet of things connectivity relationship with US operator to simplify how multinational enterprises deploy and manage IoT at scale

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  In-orbit test of Atlas-1 laser terminals sees 100x comms speed gains

  Industry first test of compact and energy-efficient satellite laser terminals in orbit to pave way for more secure, high-bandwidth and affordable space-to-Earth communication for small satellite operators

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  AIDA Cruises fleet sets sail with OpenRoaming for Wi-Fi connectivity

  Global wireless ecosystem consortium deploys technology for cruise ship operator with Wi-Fi for all passengers and staff, as well as 24/7 cruise operations, safety, guest services and entertainment

• February 23, 2026 23 Feb'26

  SK Telecom outlines mid- to long-term 6G network evolution

  A paper on 6G development by South Korean operator highlights direction of infrastructure in the AI era, with vision rooted in fundamental network values such as security, stability and quality

• February 23, 2026 23 Feb'26

  Improved UK mobile could add £6.6bn to economy

  Research finds improved mobile connectivity could deliver massive annual boost to UK economy by enabling tens of thousands of new businesses

• February 20, 2026 20 Feb'26

  WBA publishes initial guidance on artificial intelligence and machine learning for intelligent Wi-Fi

  Report from wireless connectivity trade body outlines frameworks and priorities needed to scale intelligent Wi-Fi through artificial intelligence and machine learning without industry fragmentation