EE and Ontix have installed 80 small cells across the City of Westminster, which support both 4G and 5G traffic for EE customers in central London.
The project is supposed to give a shot in the arm to EE connectivity in Westminster, which is apparently home to more than 50,000 businesses and has over 25 million visiting tourists each year.
Hello, I’m Dan Kilper, an electronics and engineering professor at Trinity College Dublin. I am also the director of the CONNECT Centre, a large multi-university research centre funded by Research Ireland that studies future networks and communications.
Connectivity is the key fabric connecting our society. Telecoms connects people, businesses, and governments, which makes it fundamental. We use networks for things we never imagined, including our local traffic systems and health infrastructure.
Nokia and Blackned signed an MoU to provide deployable mobile communication systems for military battlefield operation, designed for Germany’s defence requirements.
In today’s hyper connected world, seamless digital experiences – from cloud based services to encrypted communications and satellite navigation – are powered by something often invisible to users: technology standards. Underpinning key aspects of telecommunications systems – interoperability, trust, and reliability.
At the heart of these global networks is a dynamic ecosystem where research meets real world application. And at FTH, we’re proud to play a leading role in that process.
Numbers from Canalys claim that smartphone shipments into Europe (excluding Russia) declined by 2% in Q1 2025 to 32.4 million units, which the analyst says was largely caused by sluggish entry-level demand.
Samsung was in the lead as its shipments grew marginally to 12.2 million units for the quarter. A lot of the heavy lifting was done by the Galaxy S-series, which also contributed to the firm reaching its highest-ever quarterly average sales price (ASP) in Europe.
The UK Government has announced 50 existing mobile masts across England, Scotland and Wales have been upgraded to improve rural mobile coverage.
The masts, which were initially only used to connect EE customers and those calling 999, have now been upgraded to provide coverage from all mobile network operators.
Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (“CKHGT”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“CK Hutchison”), are pleased to announce that the merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK successfully completed on 31 May 2025.
Xiaomi shipped the most wearable band devices in the first quarter of this year, overtaking Apple, as the broader market witnessed an increase in demand, new analyst data shows.
The number of bands, ranging from basic bands to smartwatches, shipped globally during the three months to the end of March came in at 46.6 million, an increase of 13% on the same period last year, according to research from Canalys.
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Optical Transport equipment market declined 1 percent year-over-year in 1Q 2025. However, due to the strong demand for data center interconnect (DCI), particularly among large internet content providers, the optical equipment market in the North American region experienced a 24 percent year-over-year growth.
Netomnia leverages Adtran’s next-generation SDX 6400 Series to deliver ultra-high-speed service.
The project marks UK’s first commercial deployment of 50G PON over existing infrastructure.
Seamless integration with existing PON networks enables cost-effective scaling with no service disruption.