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• November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

  Qualcomm collaborates with NEC to develop open and virtualised 5G

  Mobile chip giant partners with IT and network technologies provider to fast-track commercialisation and accelerate adoption of 5G open and virtualised infrastructure at scale

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  5G set for 2.6 billion subs by 2026

  Increasing use of mobile networks to access video content, digital payments, online retail and video conferencing all contribute to 5G traffic growth, with ongoing roll-outs driving the adoption of higher data packages

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  Fibre lights up BT half-yearly results

  BT has revealed a tough first six months of the financial year, but also claimed Fibre First build programme roll-out continues to accelerate, reaching record levels in second quarter

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  NASCAR revs up with Wi-Fi 6 to accelerate fan experience

  NASCAR is to use cloud-driven Wi-Fi 6 net to offer high-efficiency, high-capacity networking to power experiences such as mobile ticketing, mobile concessions and mobile sports betting

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  Windstream Enterprise and BlueJeans up the ante in collaboration

  Managed communications service provider makes additions to unified comms offerings to enable effective and scalable collaboration while Verizon-owned company announces support for Microsoft Direct Guest Join

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  CityFibre breaks million milestone in full-fibre roll-out

  Pace of transformation of third-largest fibre network provider shown as former altnet racks up milestone figure for homes ready to tap into gigabit-capable infrastructure

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  Totem begins standing for Orange network sharing strategy

  Leading comms operator switches on European TowerCo subsidiary, which will aim to derive value from passive mobile infrastructure and open up these assets to other operators

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Digital connectivity investment could unlock 500,000 jobs, £70bn of GDP growth by 2026

  First Digital Connectivity Index from recently merged fixed and mobile operator shows that UK is currently ranked eighth among developed countries for digital connectivity

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  BT secures industry-first global partnership with OneWeb

  Just weeks after increased investment from French operator Eutelsat, growing satellite firm inks distribution partner agreement with UK telco for low Earth orbit communications services

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Mavenir shows path to monetise network as a service

  Network software provider looks to address use case-driven future with agile charging and monetisation platform and composable architecture designed to make the transition to future platforms easier

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Inmarsat launches IoT platform to enable flexible connectivity for businesses

  Leading satellite provider unveils platform of internet of things connectivity services, solutions and ecosystems designed to help businesses with their IoT roll-outs and to support new innovations built on the connectivity backbone of ELERA network

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  Scotland 5G Centre opens for business

  The Dumfries-based Innovation Hub has gone live, and is set to make 5G testing accessible for a wide range of firms across the region

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  5G fundamental to Europe achieving climate targets

  Europe-wide analysis from leading comms tech firm reveals next-generation network-enabled solutions could reduce EU CO2 emissions by 15% by 2030

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  India’s tech workforce braces for hybrid work

  A Nasscom study reveals that India’s tech workers and their employers are planning to return to offices thrice a week, paving the way for hybrid work

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  Roaring iPhone drives Apple in flagging Q3 smartphone market

  Record September quarter drives double-digit growth in Apple’s fiscal year but global smartphone market loses steam in third quarter as shipments decline in wake of supply chain woes

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  UK government to drive gigabit broadband to half a million more rural UK homes

  Project Gigabit quarterly update Autumn 2021 reveals the estimated sequencing, scope and dates for the English Phase 3 rural projects which will see 570,000 more rural premises in line for full-fibre broadband.

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  Fibre to the fore for fixed broadband in Q2

  Though varied across different markets, overall quarterly global fixed broadband growth returns to normal at the end of the second quarter of 2021

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  CIA sought revenge against Julian Assange over hacking tool leaks, court hears

  The CIA discussed kidnapping Julian Assange after WikiLeaks published thousands of documents revealing its arsenal of hacking tools, defence lawyers tell a London court

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Nokia launches first shared 5G network in Taiwan, takes private LTE across Argentina

  Nokia lands deal building on existing relationship with Taiwanese operator to power first 5G service across the island using a multi-operator core network, while private LTE selected by Argentinian operator to connect rural regions and boost ...

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  City of Edinburgh Council signs up CGI to implement smart city plans

  Five-year contract to support Scottish capital’s transformation into a smart city includes data insights, processes and tools to achieve transformational change and deliver high-quality services to citizens

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Cisco supports hybrid workforce augmented reality meeting solutions

  IT giant evolves collaboration suite to combine Webex meeting functionality with real-time, photorealistic holographic experience

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  UK Competition and Markets Authority opens investigation into Motorola’s Airwave

  Three months after considering whether to launch a probe, UK competition watchdog opens market investigation of role played by tech firm in mobile radio network used by emergency services

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Ericsson launches Time-Critical Communication to guarantee real-time 5G experiences

  Software toolbox aims to guarantee the consistent low latency and high reliability demanded by time-critical applications running on 5G networks

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Microsoft’s latest results focus on combating inflation

  With prices set to rise, CEO Satya Nadella used the Q1 2022 earnings call to discuss the deflationary effect of digitisation

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  UK, India strike 5G collaborations

  UK foreign secretary’s visit to India sparks a number of collaborations in developing next-generation network projects

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  TPG Telecom takes Nokia nodes to deploy Asia-Pacific’s first live 5G femtocell

  Leading Australian operator deploys modular 4G/5G Smart Node solution from leading comms tech provider to become first network operator in the Asia-Pacific region to deploy a live 5G femtocell

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Eero reveals boom in ISP customer network business

  Amazon company reveals increased business with service provider partners following new integrations of its technology with TalkTalk, MasMovl, Mediacom, and others

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Vodafone teams with Deloitte to launch Centre for Health

  Strategic alliance aims to enable greater access to healthcare across Europe

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Cisco lands fixed, 5G wins with Telenor, Deutsche Telekom

  Networking tech giant announces deal with leading European operators with what is claimed to be state-of-the-art 5G equipment and its highest bandwidth router

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  London calling for infrastructure as business nets expand four times faster than pre-pandemic

  As the new way of working in the post-pandemic arena evolves, research finds digitally mature businesses are hitting the accelerator on digital infrastructure

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Chancellor sets aside £2.1bn to fund NHS IT modernisation

  Improving efficiency, reducing waiting times and expanding tests and scans are among the key targets for £5.9bn of extra NHS funding

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Huawei teams with UK innovators to create 5G futures

  Next-generation network facility in Cambridge claims to be breaking fresh ground across multiple industries and creating a true first-mover advantage with private 5G

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Multi-government operation targets REvil ransomware group

  REvil has been forced offline by a multi-government hacking operation, marking the second time in 2021 that the group has gone dark

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Flexible a fixture as technology critical to hybrid working future

  Survey shows knowledge workers in leading economies believe that having an office space will be considered an employee benefit, rather than a mandatory way of working

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Openreach announces end of copper networks in 79 more UK locations

  Further acceleration in BT-owned UK broadband provision firm’s plan to stop selling copper-based broadband and traditional voice services across the UK by 2025

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Virgin Media O2 enters into 4G, 5G trials with Samsung

  Telco embarks on technical trial with comms network technology provider as part of what it calls a milestone in its journey to provide optimised possible 5G experience for customers as well as boosting 4G network

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Virgin Media takes full-fibre to west Berkshire, launches Wi-Fi 6 hubs

  Full-fibre contract between network provider and local authority aims to connect west Berkshire schools and public buildings to next-generation digital infrastructure

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Batelco brings collaboration to Bahrain operations

  Aiming to deliver evolved teamwork capabilities to its customers to accelerate Bahrain’s transition to the digital workplace, digital communications solutions provider adopts new collaboration technology

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Nuuday finds new voice to deliver cognitive customer universe

  Upstart Danish telco deploys communications-as-a-service technology and virtual assistant to restructure business, gain differentiation and extend to new touchpoints in highly competitive local market

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  5G to play key role in meeting sustainability targets across industries

  Study from Mobile UK highlights crucial role that 5G and wider mobile connectivity will have in assisting national efforts to mitigate climate change

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  LightBasin hackers breach 13 telcos in two years

  Hackers have obtained an undisclosed volume of subscriber information and call metadata in a sustained campaign against telecommunications firms

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  American Express announces global hybrid working model

  US credit card giant is latest corporate to formalise hybrid working following the success of informal policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Arm flexes IoT economics with solutions-led virtual hardware

  Project Centauri ecosystem initiative will drive the standards and frameworks needed to grow serviceable markets and scale internet-of-things software innovation and product development

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Verizon opens shop for private mobile edge compute with AWS Outposts

  Cloud and communications giants make generally available private mobile edge compute offering to enterprise customers, bringing compute and storage services to the edge of the network on the customer premises

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Arc spans network ecosystem in Oman

  Integrated networking services provider invests in Nokia technology to offer added connectivity options for enterprise customers in key Middle East location

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  VMware refines cross-cloud strategy

  VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  IDEMIA to provide SIM for M1 5G standalone net in Singapore

  With 5G a game-changer for enterprises, Singapore operator aims to drive technology change and apply technology that will make a difference

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials

  Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration

  New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  TM Forum teams with Bridge Alliance to simplify adoption of edge computing

  Communications industry trade associations enter into collaboration to drive the advancement of industry standards on Open APIs for multi-access edge computing