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• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  Sizewell C deploys VodafoneThree dedicated 5G

  UK operator inks strategic agreement as a tier one contractor for currently underway nuclear power station project deploying dedicated 5G masts and fibre installations, ensuring Wi-Fi, LAN and WAN connectivity

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  Lack of automation hinders UK fibre industry

  Study highlights how long-established manual workflows and fragmented processes are delaying time to revenue and compounding operational costs

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  LG adds extra gear to automotive content platform for Kia

  Electronics giant’s Automotive Content Platform to power in-car streaming for European models of all-electric SUV, marking an expansion of in-car experience to key region following successful deployments in Korea

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  UK mobile, broadband outpace delivery targets

  Second year of government department said to be driving the UK’s leading position in science and technology, and makes clear the success of current broadband roll-out plans

• July 14, 2025 14 Jul'25

  EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for key Euro business centres

  Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.

• July 14, 2025 14 Jul'25

  CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round

  CityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies

  Non-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity

• July 10, 2025 10 Jul'25

  Oxfordshire County Council completes GigaHubs project

  Partnership between business-dedicated network provider and local authority brings to fruition vision of a ‘smart county’ that will see gigabit-capable connectivity deployed at rural public buildings, such as schools, GP surgeries and libraries

• July 09, 2025 09 Jul'25

  Three-quarters of UK champion continued broadband infrastructure investment

  Study from trade association for organisations building and delivering UK’s internet services finds almost half of Brits would sooner give up the gym than lose web access, but also highlights a need for real partnership and bolder action to bridge ...

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nokia reduce energy demand and support AI comms

  Comms tech provider’s autonomous networks portfolio deployed to enable Asian operator to shut idle and unused radio equipment automatically during low network demand periods

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Altnet calls on UK comms regulator to prevent rural broadband stagnation

  Northern Ireland broadband supplier calls on Ofcom to cut charges applied by market leader regarding use of communications poles. Meanwhile, leading English altnet is hit by fine for its installed comms apparatus in Birmingham City area

• July 04, 2025 04 Jul'25

  Dassault Systèmes accelerates virtual twin offer with Ascon Qube acquisition

  Leading engineering technology provider acquires core technology to advance its virtual twin strategy for factories, with AI-powered, SaaS-ready tech set to enable software-defined automation at the machine level

• July 03, 2025 03 Jul'25

  VodafoneThree and Currys ink exclusive multiyear partnership

  Newly merged telco seals exclusive multiyear partnership with UK omnichannel retailer of technology products and services to become its sole mobile network operator and expand mobile broadband

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Network failures see third of UK businesses lose £4m a year

  Research finds as many as half of UK businesses have been forced to urgently re-evaluate their tech infrastructure following a wave of high-profile IT outages

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Citrix Bleed 2 under active attack, reports suggest

  Days after news emerged of a Citrix NetScaler flaw comparable in its scope and severity to 2023’s infamous Citrix Bleed, there are already clear indicators that threat actors are taking advantage of the critical vulnerability

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  AI competitiveness maxing out US bandwidth

  Research finds growing demand to bring compute and data closer to the edge for real-time performance. Hyperscalers and datacentres are securing dense metro networks to support AI inference and regional interconnects

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed

  A Citrix NetScaler flaw that was quietly patched earlier in June is gathering widespread attention after experts noted strong similarities to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability that caused chaos in late 2023

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Brightspeed, Calix conclude ‘innovative, seamless’ 50G-PON test

  US broadband and telecommunications services provider’s technology advancement centre tests passive optical fibre network capabilities that it says will support rapid, scalable growth today and for years to come

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Arelion upgrades Scandinavian network to support AI ‘superhighway’

  IP backbone and diverse connectivity services provider deploys 1.6Tbps and scalable 400G coherent pluggable optics for network between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  ITS wins dark fibre contract to boost Carmarthenshire connectivity

  Latest step in Welsh connectivity programme sees major contract to provide fibre to underpin the expanding needs of digital services in communities that rely on effective, secure and high-capacity infrastructure

• June 19, 2025 19 Jun'25

  Nokia launches autonomous network fabric

  Nokia’s platform aims to accelerate full network automation in an open, cloud-native, multi-supplier environment including telco-trained models, integrated security, and AI apps for automation workflows

• June 19, 2025 19 Jun'25

  Inca warns of ‘unjustified’ Openreach prominence in comms review

  Trade association for UK’s independent broadband providers urges regulator to ensure forthcoming legislation secures the future of infrastructure investment, fosters regulatory consistency and promotes a fair and competitive landscape

• June 19, 2025 19 Jun'25

  University of Oulu shows machine vision can replace expert presence

  Leading Finnish university and tech hub reveals advances in immersive augmented reality technologies to support remote work and operations and address unique challenges and skill shortages of northern regions

• June 18, 2025 18 Jun'25

  Enterprise LAN sector rebounding

  After period of volatility, local area network arena shows stabilisation in market dynamics as Wi-Fi standards drive significant adoption of technology from leaders such as Cisco, HPE Aruba, Ubiquiti, Huawei and Juniper Networks

• June 16, 2025 16 Jun'25

  Nokia private wireless flies at Leonardo as Elisa extends for 5G advanced

  Comms tech provider works with global aerospace and defence firm to deliver integrated mission-critical services over private wireless networks for public safety and critical infrastructure, and wins long-term extension with key telco

• June 13, 2025 13 Jun'25

  CityFibre triples business Ethernet availability

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform provider makes Ethernet services available to 180,000 more UK businesses underpinned by nationwide 10Gb XGS-PON upgrade, with investment in a dedicated business ethernet platform

• June 12, 2025 12 Jun'25

  Cisco Live 2025: The digital workplace gets closer to ‘distance zero’

  Research reveals disconnects between employer expectations and employee preferences around return-to-office policies in the new world of hybrid working, but also finds acceptance and uptake of cutting-edge collaboration tools

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  Cisco Live 2025: The network critical for the future of the AI era

  Network giant unveils simplification of network operations, delivers exponential performance with next-generation devices and fuses security into the network

• June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25

  Cisco reimagines infrastructure for the AI era

  Cisco is betting on an AI-driven, agent-based future for infrastructure management with AI Canvas and a raft of network security capabilities at its Cisco Live 2025 conference

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  CSC, Surf and Nokia achieve 1.2 Tbps data transfer in supercomputer trial

  Trial designed to help research networks prep for high-performance computing clusters and AI factories handling high-intensity workloads, confirming feasibility of multi-domain, high-capacity data transfers across multiple domains

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  ‘Severe’ network outages costing $160bn globally

  Research reveals costly impact of outages and spotlights a critical turning point in enterprise network architecture changing how IT leaders think about the network, such as what it is, what it enables and how it protects organisations

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  CityFibre doubles broadband speed with 5.5Gbps wholesale offer

  Independent UK broadband provider reveals new symmetrical wholesale product, twice as fast as its fastest currently available service, enabled by 10Gbps XGS-PON upgrade

• June 03, 2025 03 Jun'25

  Lumen lands terrestrial backhaul deal for JUNO trans-Pacific cable

  Live Pacific connection designed to give enterprises direct, low-latency pathway between US and key Asian markets will be supported by Lumen Technologies

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  Major shift predicted for IoT connection strategies

  Arrival of SGP.32 eSIM standard, as well as regulations and evolving industry dynamics, seen as transforming the market for cellular-based IoT connectivity, including emergence of orchestrator role

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  Roig Arena to open with 6GHz Wi-Fi network and advanced analytics

  State-of-the-art sports and events arena set to open in Valencia in September 2025 reveals connectivity set up to guarantee expected fan experience with high-speed connectivity plus optimised venue operations

• May 30, 2025 30 May'25

  Nokia unveils Wi-Fi 7 gateways as high-end router market sees growth

  As high-end segment of the router market is dominated by four firms and eases back into profit, leading comms tech provider introduces entry-level and mid-tier devices that can deliver speeds over three times faster than Wi-Fi 6 devices

• May 29, 2025 29 May'25

  Nokia accelerates multi-Gig PON fibre broadband services

  Line card product optimised for cost-effective mass market 25G PON, while co-existence network element enables ability to run single fibre 10G, 25G and 50G services

• May 28, 2025 28 May'25

  HPE Aruba Networking expands distributed services switch platform

  Leading network tech and services provider extends offer with distributed services switches, and expanded wired and wireless portfolio, to meet increasing AI and high-performance computing demands

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  Virgin Media O2 Business offers Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile

  UK operator’s business division looks to offer companies seamless, secure collaboration to support flexible working and gain enhanced productivity

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  BT returns to capital spending for full-fibre expansion

  UK’s leading communications group lifts investment in order to beat previous build target and connect customers faster as part of mass transformation of UK’s Digital Infrastructure

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  Agentic AI to drive heavy infrastructure demands

  As organisations begin to explore agentic AI, Dell’s Soo Mei May warns that scaling these intelligent systems will have higher compute, memory, storage and networking requirements, far exceeding those for generative AI

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Extreme Networks ups networking AI ante with Platform One

  Leading cloud networking provider announces limited availability of next-gen networking platform attributed with reducing manual tasks by up to 90%

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Qualcomm boosts UAE presence with AI, IoT, Edge development

  AI-first platform provider bolsters UAE activity in collaboration with leading operator for AI at the edge, and expands global engineering centres to Abu Dhabi to spearhead technological innovation in AI, datacentres and industrial IoT

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  5GAA claims first-ever satellite, 5G-V2X direct vehicle connectivity

  Leading car manufacturers demonstrate what is said to be a world-first for emergency messaging and hazard warnings showing the ability for vehicles to connect over non-terrestrial networks, complementing terrestrial 4G and 5G

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  ITS claims UK first for 50G-PON business trial

  What is described as ‘pioneering’ test with Lancashire-based technology group said to have shown early demand for next-generation fibre speeds through passive optical network

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  BT to bring gigabit broadband to hard-to-reach Swansea Bay areas

  UK’s leading comms provider inks £10m contract to deliver full-fibre to nearly 1,800 sites across the south coast of Wales, bridging connectivity gaps in Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Openreach connects first customers under Project Gigabit partnership

  UK’s leading broadband provider reveals initial customers in hardest-to-reach communities gaining gigabit access as part of partnership with government’s £5bn deployment scheme

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  O2 upgrades Wembley Stadium connectivity

  Upgrade around major UK sporting arena to see fans gaining access to dedicated distributed antenna system-based 5G standalone network inside the stadium, in addition to small cells and upgraded masts in surrounding area

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Nokia looks to light up in-building enterprise connectivity with Aurelis

  Fibre-based LAN solution designed to deliver simple, reliable and future-proof local area connectivity for enterprises, using up to 70% less cabling and 40% less power than copper-based technologies

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Virgin Media O2, Daisy Group merge to form B2B comms company

  Comms provider and IT services company unite to offer digital-first connectivity and managed services