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• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  Cheaper and more available smartphones set to drive 5G adoption surge

  Arrival of 5G-enabled iPhones, particularly in Europe and North America, along with momentum in China, to push worldwide 5G connections to 3.6 billion by 2025

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  UK firms find obstacles to unlocking full potential of Edge

  Survey finds almost of half of UK IT leaders in the UK are already actively using Edge technologies to deliver new outcomes and business value, but 87% of ITDMs are missing key skills to unlock the value of data

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  Nokia claims big win in small cells for Chunghwa Telecom 5G net

  Leading Taiwanese mobile operator becomes first in its country to deploy 5G non-standalone network powered by Nokia radio technology

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  BT expands digital workplace portfolio with Zoom

  New carrier agreement with conferencing provider Zoom designed to allow BT to offer a managed service with integrated networking to ensure optimal user experiences

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Nokia, Ericsson score 5G tech wins with Orange, Proximus

  Centre of politics becomes centre of 5G activity as incumbent telcos tap Nordic comms giants to build out next-generation infrastructures

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  5G technology could increase global economy by $1.5tn by 2030

  Research commissioned by Huawei suggests next-generation networks can stimulate growth and drive productivity as the global economy recovers from Covid-19

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  EE leads latest Opensignal UK mobile performance report

  UK’s largest operator tops UK mobile quality survey measuring performance across four key use cases

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Interdealer broker bets on BT for infrastructure

  Market infrastructure provider Interdealer inks deal with BT, enabling enhanced customer experience, deeper insights and new compliance tools

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  O2 takes 5G to Germany’s biggest cities

  Telefónica Germany says it is beginning a new era in mobile telephony in the country, allowing users to have ‘completely new dimensions of digitisation’ with next-generation networks

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Colt gallops to bring high-capacity bandwidth to UK’s major cities

  Provider deploys network-to-network interfaces acquired via Livequote pricing portal to support UK broadband network to satisfy the increasing demand for high-bandwidth connectivity services

• October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20

  Nokia clocks up 100 5G deals and 160 commercial 5G engagements

  Finnish comms tech giant says 5G deals and engagements validate its progress in strengthening mobile radio product portfolio as the transition to 5G continues

• September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20

  VMware wants to decouple the telco technology stack

  VMware is trying to break the stranglehold of integrated technology stacks on telcos, but network equipment suppliers are not ceding ground

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  BT: UK government’s national fibre target could be missed by eight years

  Government is in danger of not realising its full-fibre coverage broadband ambitions, says telco, which had identified seven key policy, legislative and fiscal enablers to get the plan back on track

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Government remains in orbit to develop UK sat nav

  Despite experts’ doubts, government confirms it will continue to look at a wider range of options for a sovereign satellite navigation and timing capability

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  The new normal for collaboration in the new football season

  After the Covid-19 lockdown cost the 2019/20 football season three months' absence, football is now a whole new ball game. Manchester City’s investment in network technology is one of its major signings

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  Virgin hits 2.2Gbps broadband speeds in innovation trial

  UK cable network reveals proof-of-concept trial to showcase multi-gigabit broadband speeds delivered without the need for additional infrastructure or civil engineering works

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  8x8 accelerates remote contact centre deployment for Sefton Council

  Governing body for Merseyside council increases multi-channel communication to speed up first-call resolution and create a richer citizen experience with remote workers

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Bechtel joins CityFibre gigabit broadband roll-out scheme

  Engineering, construction and project management firm supports step-change in mobilisation of build projects worth £1.5bn

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  Iliad Group makes €2.2bn Play acquisition

  In a move covering Poland, France and Italy, parent company of French operator Iliad announces public tender offer for leading Polish mobile provider

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  Ericsson acquires Cradlepoint to accelerate enterprise 5G

  Wireless edge WAN solutions supplier will complement Ericsson’s enterprise offerings in deal with an enterprise value of $1.1bn

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  UK Parliamentary committee casts doubt on value of OneWeb satellite project

  UK Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee hears experts from the world of satellite communications cast doubt on the intrinsic value of the UK government’s ambition to be a sovereign satellite communications provider

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Current IT infrastructures not prepared for incoming strain of fourth industrial revolution

  With the future of business increasingly driven by smart things, applications and digital services that use data for transformational purposes, CenturyLink is undergoing its own transformation

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  State of Delaware launches Covid-19 tracing app

  US state taps leading Irish developer of contact-tracing technology for free app using Google/Apple platform and protecting user privacy

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Openreach adds 67 locations to broadband fibre build plan

  Growth accelerates in UK full-fibre network, with 32,000 homes and businesses gaining full-fibre broadband access every week

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  UK government furthers investment in rural broadband

  Quarter of a million rural homes and businesses across England have been given access to more financial help to get super-fast and above broadband speeds up to gigabit

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app to launch in England and Wales on 24 September

  After a catalogue of delays, missteps and a complete technological volte-face, UK government finally pencils in the date its contact-tracing app will become available nationally

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024

  Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  5G roll-out delay could see £18.2bn hit to UK economy

  Huawei publishes research showing the huge potential financial cost of removing its 5G products and services from the UK’s next generation

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Zoom continues boom in second quarter

  Lockdown breakout video conferencing provider continues hot streak through second quarter of 2020, racking up record revenues of over half a billion dollars

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  StarHub starts 5G commercial trial for consumers and businesses

  StarHub customers will be among the first in Singapore to access 5G services which are being delivered through a non-standalone network

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  UK government redesigns contact-tracing app and begins new trial phase

  No official launch, but app is upgraded to offer alerts based on postcode, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker and test booking in conjunction with the official Test and Trace programme

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  PCCW Global furthers global IoT reach with Nayar Systems

  Industrial internet of things firm collaborates with global comms services provider to reduce the time and cost of deploying the services most required by high-tech elevator systems

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Ericsson hits 100th 5G commercial agreement milestone

  Century up for Swedish communications tech firm in next-generation infrastructure wins with deal at Telekom Slovenije to supply essential RAN and Packet Core technology

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Broadband upstream usage, speeds spike higher in Q2 2020

  As the need for remote working, learning, information and entertainment makes broadband access more important than ever, a consumption report finds mass usage of applications such as Zoom driving uptake of higher-speed packages

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  SD-WAN revealed as key enabler for ‘new normal’ remote workforces

  Research from software-defined network and cloud platform provider shows the increased importance of software-defined infrastructure to the new work environment

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  UK government gigabit broadband scheme nears half a million new premises benchmark

  UK government celebrates reaching gigabit broadband services deployment milestone as part of its ambitious target over the lifetime of parliament

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  SD-WAN gains momentum with enterprises in Australia

  As Australian businesses accelerate migration to the cloud, the underlying network will play an increasingly important role and nearly 60% of enterprises in the country have already implemented SD-WAN

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Poor connectivity sees home workers lose over half an hour of work a day

  Business leaders reveal pressure of new normal with research revealing four-fifths of home workers experiencing unreliable internet connection while working from home, and nearly half having slow and/or unreliable internet connection

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  ‘Inadequate’ broadband impacts bottom line for London’s SMEs

  Research reveals as many as 85% of small businesses in UK capital do not know how fast their broadband speed needs to be for their business to thrive, and only two-fifths were able to transition to a fully online business model after Covid-19 hit

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Tata Communications unveils new secure digital experience

  Global digital ecosystem enabler Tata aims to allow businesses to adapt to the realities of enterprise transformation, workforce mobility and consumer experience in the new digital-first environment

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Edge server shipments set to double by 2024

  As business gets close to the edge, analyst predicts a ‘supercharged’ edge server market over the next five years driven by an associated boom in cloud services

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  BT launches drive to support UK SMEs

  Small Business Support Scheme will help country’s 5.8 million small businesses boost connectivity, cashflow and confidence following coronavirus pandemic

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Apple smashes sales in third quarter, outpaces rivals in growth

  iPhone SE and iPhone 11 sales contribute to record June quarter as Apple defies expectations in first true half of the year

• July 31, 2020 31 Jul'20

  BT takes Covid-19 hit but claims strong first quarter

  Comms provider warns of further impact from pandemic in future quarters as a result of insolvency, slower decision-making by larger customers and lower usage across businesses

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  £400m full-fibre broadband expansion as Warburg Pincus, DTCP take control of Community Fibre

  Expansion of full-fibre network across London will deliver up to 10Gbps of broadband to a million households and businesses

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Firms face remote working challenges as IT teams express concern about infrastructure

  Post-lockdown survey finds UK-based IT leaders lack confidence in their organisation’s plan to withstand an unanticipated crisis as Covid-19 dramatically accelerates cloud adoption

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  US Cellular taps Nokia, Ericsson to build out 5G infrastructure

  Scandinavian comms tech suppliers on board to support US’s fourth largest telco’s journey to next-generation services

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Ofcom to free up additional spectrum for wireless services

  Regulator takes steps to boost home network users who are now in their home offices and will be there for a considerable period of time

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  Amdocs boosts 5G portfolio with Openet acquisition

  Deal will bring Openet’s open and network-centric technologies to Amdocs’ portfolio of more than 350 service provider customers worldwide

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  Telekom Slovenije introduces 5G

  Slovenia’s leading telco unveils the first in a number of phases in its evolution towards next-gen communications