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• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  UK data watchdog accused of dragging feet on eVisa investigation

  Despite longstanding data protection issues with the Home Office’s electronic visa system being flagged five months ago, the UK’s data regulator is yet to take any action

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile

  TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Eseye boosts global IoT resilience with SGP.32 eSIM orchestration

  Internet of things connectivity provider combines SGP.32 remote provisioning with multi-IMSI, intelligent fallback and managed eSIM orchestration to ensure resilient global IoT connectivity

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  5G market enters selective and strategic phase of development

  Research finds 5G market no longer defined simply by how many 5G networks exist, but by what those networks are becoming, shaped by ability of operators to translate technical capability into commercial value

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Freshwave claims next evolution of 5G indoor mobile

  In a claimed UK market first, a service powered by Ericsson’s Radio Dot System will offer all-operator 4G/5G signal indoors, with central London location already live

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  SITA launches campus network to keep airport operations connected

  Air transport industry technology provider taps networking giant to keep transport hubs connected and running smoothly, without the cost and effort of managing networks in-house

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Scottish Labour’s 2026 manifesto vows to upskill and invest in tech

  Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election, Labour promises digital and tech NHS funding worth £680m, ‘digital playgrounds’ and to create a digital skills passport

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Danske Bank upgrade error exposed 20,000 customer addresses

  Danish bank revealed details of a customer data leak last year which affected thousands of customers

• 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 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Turkey launches nationwide 5G services with ambitious domestic production targets

  Country’s three mobile operators go live across all 81 provinces following $2.95bn spectrum auction, with government mandating 60% local content requirements

• 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

  Google targets 2029 for post-quantum cyber readiness

  Google sets out a timeline for its migration to post-quantum cryptography, saying it will complete its migration before the end of the 2020s

• 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

  Starlink launches services in UAE and Kuwait, expanding Middle East satellite internet

  Starlink now provides satellite-based internet in the UAE and Kuwait, joining Oman, Qatar, Israel and Yemen in the Middle East

• 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

  Interview: Jem Walters, CTO, Vanquis

  Having come into the company through the acquisition of his money-saving app, the IT chief is bringing an agile and startup culture to the 146-year-old financial services firm

• 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 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Telenor IoT expands global connectivity with launch of global APN

  Internet of things division of leading Nordic telco aims to simplify global IoT deployments by enabling companies to use a single access point name across all regions

• 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 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Apple issues first Background patch for WebKit browser flaw

  Apple’s first ever Background Security Update fixes a WebKit browser engine bug that could enable threat actors to see and steal important data from their victims

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers

  Cellebrite demonstrates how AI tools are able to analyse the contents of mobile phones and computers during crime investigations

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  MPs ask Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach

  Treasury Committee chair requests more information about the IT problem experienced by Lloyds Bank

• 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 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Lloyds banking app ‘glitch’ shows transactions of strangers

  Customers of Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank experienced a glitch this morning, where details of other customers’ transactions were displayed in their online banking apps

• 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