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• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  AI and autonomous vehicles drive UAE’s first commercial electric truck fleet

  Evocargo and RAK Ceramics deploy AI-powered autonomous vehicles, marking a new era for logistics and sustainable mobility

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Meta to boost APAC connectivity with subsea cable

  The 8,000km Candle subsea cable is expected to bolster internet capacity for more than a billion people as tech giants continue to invest in digital infrastructure across the region

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications

  Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Airbus climbs in industrial digitisation with private 5G deployment

  Global aircraft manufacturer advances factory digitisation with private 5G connectivity at production sites supporting critical initiatives such as 3D simulation, augmented reality, improved traceability and predictive maintenance

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Nokia launches FTTH digital twin, AI tools to boost network reliability

  Nokia launches digital twin of the fibre-to-the-home infrastructure, creating a single unified view of active and passive components using data analytics and AI models to detect, predict and resolve networks issues

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  OPCSA terminal gains sharper edge with private 5G connectivity

  Neutral host provider to design, deploy and operate a private 5G network at the Canary Islands’ largest container terminal, reducing costs associated with inefficiencies in the maintenance and monitoring of refrigerated containers

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  Cisco unveils agentic capabilities for next-generation collaboration

  IT and networking giant claims ‘major’ steps forward in collaboration and customer experience, both powered by AI, and designed to help enterprises work and serve smarter

• October 03, 2025 03 Oct'25

  VMO2 looks to boost UK mobile connectivity with Giga Site

  UK comms provider switches on first Giga Site in London, and claims to be marking a major step forward in delivering faster and more reliable mobile connectivity across the UK

• October 03, 2025 03 Oct'25

  BT reveals plan for 99% 5G standalone coverage by 2030

  UK’s leading comms provider rebrands 5G standalone into 5G+ while revealing ambition to deliver almost universal population coverage over mobile standard by 2030, taking huge leap compared with rival UK MNOs

• October 02, 2025 02 Oct'25

  CityFibre doubles customer connection rate in Q3

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform reveals unprecedented growth in third quarter, almost double that recorded over the previous three-month period

• October 02, 2025 02 Oct'25

  UK Space Agency goes global with 23 projects

  Projects designed to strengthen international space partnerships, develop national capabilities and boost economic growth include joint effort to support the development of high-performance non-terrestrial networks

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  EU Chat Control plans pose ‘existential catastrophic risk’ to encryption, says Signal

  As EU member states prepare to vote on plans to mandate tech companies to introduce technology to scan messages before they are encrypted, Signal warns that Chat Control will create new security risks

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Cato extends zero trust access to SASE platform

  Capability launched for secure access service edge platform extends zero trust network access to unmanaged devices including personal, contractor and BYOD endpoints

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Zen Internet launches Meraki to deliver SD-WAN portfolio

  Zen Internet introduces software-defined wide-area network offer to address needs of businesses as IT budgets come under increasing under pressure while cyber threats rise

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Zayo, Equinix develop AI network framework

  Tailored connectivity solutions and managed services provider teams with datacentre firm to develop a common model for the underlying infrastructure required to scale for the next phase of AI

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  UK gigabit broadband coverage hits 89% of population

  Research finds UK has hit a major broadband milestone, marking a significant step towards nationwide coverage and reflecting rapid roll-out by market leaders and a growing number of alternative networks

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cisco unveils software to accelerate quantum networks

  IT and networking giant claims first of its kind network-aware distributed quantum compiler capable of running quantum algorithms across multiple processors while handling error correction across a network

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  UK and US urge Cisco users to ditch end-of-life security appliances

  An ongoing campaign of cyber attacks is targeting users of end-of-life Cisco security appliance kit

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  £3bn opportunity in digital network upgrade of UK critical infrastructure 

  Study from BT highlights multibillion-pound net benefit that could be unlocked by upgrading critical services to digital

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  5G-enabled FWA CPE shipments form majority in 4 out of 7 global regions

  Annual fixed wireless access CPE market survey reveals that as 5G-based FWA is increasingly the norm, suppliers expect shipments to accelerate, with over 50% of sales in key regions being 5G-enabled

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Celanese looks to private 5G to transform manufacturing at the edge

  Fully managed private 5G network designed to deliver what is claimed to be resilient connectivity to accelerate Industry 4.0 innovation

• September 28, 2025 28 Sep'25

  Boldyn Networks enhances 5G fan experience at AO Arena

  Leading UK neutral host network provider engaged to deliver advanced 5G connectivity at sports arena in Manchester, one of the UK’s busiest entertainment venues and one of the largest indoor sporting homes in Europe

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Nokia and Boldyn Networks deploy private 5G to power mining

  Global comms tech firm teams with wireless neutral network provider for mining technology deployment to enable safer, smarter and more sustainable operations, where most workforces can operate from above ground

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Brightsolid expands national network with diverse 100Gbps optical connectivity

  Strategic partnership issues assurance to deliver what it claims will be ‘ultra-fast’ resilient connectivity from Scotland to London, supporting UK digital infrastructure growth

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Openreach UK broadband upgrade reaches 20 million homes

  UK’s largest comms provider celebrates full-fibre access milestone but points to lag in active network switchovers

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Zoom includes AI at no extra cost to crack enterprise adoption puzzle

  Zoom bets on free AI to drive enterprise adoption, despite evidence the highest return on investment comes from back-office automation

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  UK Connect gains further support for Fusion construction connectivity

  UK wireless communication services provider announces wider availability of connectivity offering that automatically selects the optimal network for a client’s site

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Klaasmeyer Construction taps Render Networks for quicker buildout

  Digitising network provider engaged by network construction management company to build scalable model for predictable broadband deployment and customer adoption

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  Morse Micro secures $59m funding to lead the next era of IoT

  Fresh capital to accelerate Morse Micro’s expansion into international markets, scale production of its Wi-Fi HaLow chips and support the ecosystem shift toward IoT 2.0, characterised by high-throughput, long-range, scalable connectivity

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  Verizon launches 6G innovation forum

  Leading US communications company brings together comms technology producers to take early step in shaping the next generation of AI-enabled mobile

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  PSNI chief sorry over failure to delete data unlawfully seized from journalists

  Police Service of Northern Ireland apologises for failing to destroy data that was unlawfully seized from journalists, despite a court agreement, and to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal for failing to disclose key information to the court

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  ‘Soaring’ AI demand accelerates Lumen’s multibillion-dollar network expansion

  Progress report from metro and long-haul data connectivity firm shows pace quickens on network expansion to meet massively increasing workloads including new fibre miles, significant added network capacity and coast-to-coast US build

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  Ericsson, Nokia join VodafoneThree £11bn network build out

  VodafoneThree announces signing of partnerships with global comms tech providers to supply technology across 17,000+ sites in one of Europe’s largest privately funded infrastructure projects

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  Tech consortium unveils private 5G, AI-powered edge innovation hub

  ‘Pioneering’ hub for startups and nonprofits to test advanced private 5G and AI-powered edge use cases without the usual cost or deployment challenges

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  UK needs better defences to protect undersea internet cables from Russian sabotage

  A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called for the UK to step up defences to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage risks

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks

  IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  AI investments threatened by ‘fundamentally unreliable’ IoT connectivity

  Study shows a third of businesses warn that poor internet of things connectivity is a barrier to AI adoption, with just 2% of deployments reliable enough for success

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Fortnite patch spurs record broadband traffic spike for Openreach

  Leading UK broadband firm sees historic warnings coming to pass regarding need to alleviate issues facing network users, with consumption of media-rich content such as video and of popular games continuing to grow

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack

  A decision by the French supreme court may pave the way for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of France’s hacking of the EncroChat and Sky ECC cryptophone networks used by organised crime groups

• September 18, 2025 18 Sep'25

  Oxa gains more mileage from Nvidia for autonomous vehicles

  UK-based autonomous vehicle systems provider looks to speed up its commercial roll-out in the $2tn industrial mobility automation market with use of advanced AI technology, including Cosmos World Foundation Models

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Virgin Media O2 creates single team to challenge fixed wholesale market

  Leading UK operator places wholesale teams covering consumer and business segments into single structure

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Federated Wireless, Cisco validate commercial standard power for Wi-Fi 6E, 7

  Networking and IT giant throws weight behind creating path to emerging wireless standard

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  GSA: NTN operator–satellite partnerships now in 80 territories

  Study shows Starlink leading the satellite landscape with 44 partnerships, followed by AST SpaceMobile and Lynk, while in spectrum Ka-band remains most widely used frequency range, supporting both feeder and service links

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Turkish state tightens grip on comms

  Turkish subscriptions to fixed broadband were the lowest in Europe in 2024 and half as common as those in more developed countries

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  VMO2 5G standalone network reaches 500 UK locations

  Leading UK operator expands next-generation mobile network reaching more than 70% of the UK’s population, claiming to have the largest 5G standalone network in the UK

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  SG.GS expands connectivity presence in North America

  Global wholesale carrier expands customisable, scalable and low-latency network services to Toronto, Ashburn and Seattle, alongside upgrading existing markets in New York, Chicago, Miami, San Jose and Los Angeles

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Nokia deploys world’s first 1900 MHz 5G radio network for Deutsche Bahn

  Germany’s national railway company expands relationship with comms tech provider to deploy ‘world’s first’ commercial 1900 MHz 5G radio network solution with a 5G Standalone core, running on live outdoor test tracks  

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Telcos urged to ‘delayer’ for survival and growth

  Faced with commoditised services and low returns, telcos must radically restructure into separate infrastructure, network and service units to unlock value and innovate, says Kearney

• September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

  Space42, Viasat form joint venture to launch D2D 5G mobile satellite services

  UAE-based AI-powered space tech company forms partnership with global communications provider to enable global delivery of D2D services facilitating evolution to a 5G network environment

• September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

  Swissto12, Astrum Mobile hit satellite preliminary design milestone

  Preliminary design review revealed for Astrum Mobile’s Neastar-1, said to be the first geostationary satellite-to-device mission in the region designed to change how mobile networks reach people across Asia Pacific