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Wireless networking

• December 19, 2025 19 Dec'25

  Digital Twin Consortium opens doors on four new testbeds

  Testbeds accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation digital twin technologies across industries including manufacturing, medicine, aerospace and defence

• December 19, 2025 19 Dec'25

  UK mobile improves but digital divides persist

  Mobile network analyst finds UK-wide median mobile download speed rose 15% year-on-year to 63.03Mbps in 2025, while upload speeds improved from 7.80 to 8.21Mbps

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  Virgin Media O2 reveals record-breaking year of UK data use

  UK operator releases data exploring how British people lived online in 2025, finding record-levels of data consumption including a rise in both broadband usage and mobile traffic

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  Freshwave, O2 enhance mobile connectivity for Guildford

  Neutral host provider teams with leading UK comms operator and Surrey County Council to deliver 13 4G/5G outdoor small cells to country’s largest conurbation, with nine already live

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  GCC operators line up behind 10GIGA vision as 5G-Advanced moves from trials to scale

  Industry leaders say spectrum clarity, AI-native networks and ecosystem coordination will define the next phase of ultra-wideband connectivity and lay the foundations for future 6G services

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  From Kuwait to Brazil: Inside the network behind real-time robotic surgery

  Zain Omantel International and Zain Kuwait deliver ultra-low latency network enabling live telesurgery between Kuwait and Brazil, highlighting the role of advanced connectivity in digital healthcare transformation

• December 12, 2025 12 Dec'25

  Three in five businesses more confident in Wi-Fi investment

  Research finds 60% of businesses see converged Wi-Fi and 5G as key to enterprise flexibility, with 38% planning to roll out Wi-Fi 7 in 2025/2026, while 65% say 6 GHz availability is important to their Wi-Fi business

• December 11, 2025 11 Dec'25

  Harrow Council votes on Cellnex to advance borough connectivity

  North London council announces a partnership with telecoms infrastructure operator to deploy small cell technology and target connectivity blackspots around high streets and transport hubs

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  How Oracle Red Bull Racing is driving Formula 1 into the future with cloud, AI and data

  Access to the F1 team’s garage in Abu Dhabi reveals how Monte Carlo simulations, artificial intelligence and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure power split-second decisions, strategy and championship-winning performance

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  UK partnership extends fibre optic tech for more reliable radio comms

  Knowledge transfer partnership aims to make ‘radio-over-fibre’ technology available to new sectors, developing ways to amplify and extend radio signals through fibre optics for fewer delays and stronger signals

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  RailTel modernises long-distance, metro optical networks across India

  Strategic partnership allows tech provider to modernise Indian railway communications, using right-of-way assets to deliver cost efficiencies, vendor diversification and long-term investment protection

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  MWC25 Doha debut marks a new chapter for MENA mobile innovation

  GSMA’s Jawad Jalal Abbassi outlines how Qatar’s first Mobile World Congress will accelerate digital transformation, 5G adoption and AI integration across the region

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Singapore Sports Hub to get Wi-Fi 7 network

  The upgrade will provide faster, more reliable connections for visitors during concerts and sporting events, and will help manage crowds and improve services

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Nokia, Rohde & Schwarz collaborate on AI-powered 6G receiver

  As development of technology to support the next generation of mobile accelerates, global comms tech provider and test and measurement company look to deploy AI and machine learning to take mobile to next level

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  E.ON taps Nokia for comms network modernisation

  Five-year deal sees energy supplier deploy network service across optical, IP and fibre domains, laying the foundations for future advancements, including support for sustainability goals in quantum-safe networks

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Extreme lands enterprise Wi-Fi 7 wins

  AI-powered networking automation firm reveals number of significant deployments of services based on latest wireless comms standard

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Scottish university claims mobile net breakthrough for remote medicine

  Scottish university engineers use off-the-shelf hardware to build haptic controller for robot arm

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  Real-time analytics tops priorities for 82% of IoT enterprise

  Research finds IoT is evolving from simple data collection to process automation, with enterprises starting to layer additional services like AI and machine learning to process data from IoT deployment

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Regulatory pressures, development bottlenecks stall UK SDV progress

  Key findings from survey of UK automotive software developers reveal regulatory compliance and long development cycles as the biggest challenges in software development, with cyber vulnerability the biggest risk to successful SDV roll-out

• October 10, 2025 10 Oct'25

  AT&T, Ericsson launch cloud-based IoT marketplace

  Marketplace hosted on Microsoft Azure developed by leading comms provider and comms tech company designed to simplify selling, contracting, provisioning and billing for IoT services

• October 10, 2025 10 Oct'25

  WBA enhances emergency services Wi-Fi comms in challenging environments

  Report outlines framework for how Wi-Fi and wireless standard can be used to deliver reliable emergency calling and priority communications between the public, first responders, public safety organisations and emergency services

• 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 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 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 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 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 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

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption

  Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI

• August 11, 2025 11 Aug'25

  Arqit to join Vodafone network and ecosystem innovation centre

  Innovation centre for leading-edge technologies welcomes encryption software service to scale its quantum-safe technology across operator’s ecosystem

• August 01, 2025 01 Aug'25

  Sunswift gears up for wireless WAN for World Solar Challenge racing

  Comms tech provider’s 4G, 5G systems working to deliver uninterrupted connectivity for the upcoming solar car race events in Australia, combining 5G and satellite connectivity through intelligent link bonding technology

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Euro regulators approve satellite to low-power device comms standard

  IoT low-power wide area network alliance reveals regulatory decision to expand coverage into remote regions, enabling use cases such as logistics, agriculture and environmental monitoring, without requiring terrestrial infrastructure

• July 23, 2025 23 Jul'25

  Partners revealed in UK’s £3.7bn connected and automated mobility sector drive

  Successful projects announced in next-gen automotive feasibility programme designed to help firms demonstrate commerciality of services

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  ASEAN’s first driverless bus service debuts in Singapore

  The fully autonomous shuttle will operate at Resorts World Sentosa, marking a significant step in Singapore’s push to integrate autonomous vehicles into its public transport network

• 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 09, 2025 09 Jul'25

  Fleet-wide Starlink Wi-Fi takes off at Virgin Atlantic

  Elon Musk-led satellite operator engaged to provide leading UK airline with ‘the fastest, most reliable connectivity in the sky’ with ‘no-charge’ streaming quality and gate-to-gate connectivity in all cabins

• 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 13, 2025 13 Jun'25

  Ericsson, Supermicro advance enterprise connectivity for edge AI systems

  Global comms tech provider and application-optimised IT services firm collaborate to simplify and accelerate edge AI deployments by bundling 5G connectivity with pre-validated AI compute

• 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 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 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

  European Wi-Fi firms make their call for 6GHz spectrum

  Trade body for Wi-Fi community calls on European Commission to grant access to coveted wireless spectrum band to ensure digital society objectives and support Europe’s Digital Decade

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  DigiCert and Panasonic team to accelerate adoption of Matter smart home devices

  Partnership between industrial arm of technology giant and digital trust security firm aims to embed security into the DNA of metering devices during manufacturing for ‘swift’ and ‘seamless’ certification

• 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 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Wi-Fi 7 trials show ‘significant’ performance gains in enterprise environments

  Wireless technology consortium reveals industry trials of latest Wi-Fi standard in enterprise scenarios revealing increased throughput, lower latency and enhanced efficiency for high-demand applications

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Telenor IoT unveils ‘future-proof’ eSIM solution

  Internet of things division of leading Nordic telco becomes latest in glut of providers to launch solution in flourishing embedded subscriber identity module market with standardised SGP.32 product

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Kraft Group enlists NWN for New England Patriots network upgrades

  North America’s largest AI-powered technology services provider to power fan experiences across entire sports enterprise business portfolio, including Gillette Stadium, New England Patriots and New England Revolution

• April 03, 2025 03 Apr'25

  Oxa and Applied EV drive for first in industrial mobility automation

  Partnership empowers businesses to tackle industry challenges through the deployment of safe, secure and efficient autonomous fleets

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  StarHub trials first 5G cloud RAN network in Southeast Asia

  Singapore telco trials cloud-based radio access network, unlocking new enterprise services and laying the groundwork for advanced 5G and 6G capabilities

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  Nokia enhances Wi-Fi 7-enabled FWA gateway portfolio

  Nokia’s 5G fixed wireless access gateway with Wi-Fi 7 is designed to deliver 5G speeds of up to 4Gbps for faster, more reliable connectivity