European telecoms standards body ETSI has set up the Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies (TC QT) with the goal of consolidating current standards and addressing future market needs.
ETSI says the move is a milestone in its commitment to advancing the framework of standards for quantum technologies across various domains.
Hello, I’m Samuel Edeagu, a lecturer in communications and networks at the University of Suffolk. Previously, I worked for the UK civil service and for several global telecom companies.
Nokia has been testing Ultra Ethernet Transport (UET) traffic across its data centre platforms, and says “AI is changing the game when it comes to expected performance.”
Nokia, alongside Keysight Technologies, completed some end-to-end testing of UET traffic across its high-performance data centre switching platforms. The test ran on kit such as the Nokia 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) and 7250 IXR, and Nokia says it demonstrates compatibility with integrating Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) Specification 1.0 capabilities into its HPC/AI-ready networking portfolio.
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces the new Dell PowerEdge XR8720t designed to transform edge and telecom infrastructure by delivering unprecedented performance and connectivity, especially for Open RAN and Cloud RAN deployments.
Why it matters:
IBM is unveiling IBM Network Intelligence, a network-native AI solution that addresses the escalating complexity of modern telecommunications and enterprise networks. Developed in collaboration with IBM Research, the solution is essential for organizations that want to transform every phase of network operations and build trustworthy AI.
Connected Britain is the UK’s leading event for next-generation broadband and connectivity. On September 24th and 25th, the conference brought together over 8,000 leaders from across telecoms, government, enterprise, and technology to provide a unique platform for shaping the future of the UK’s digital infrastructure.
The number of 5G connections worldwide is growing at a rate of knots and as such is projected to hit 9 billion by 2030.
That's a substantial uplift on the 2.6 billion-plus connections recorded at the end of June this year, according to the latest data published by 5G Americas and provided by Omdia. And that figure itself represents significant growth of 37% year-on-year.
Nonetheless, the 2030 figure will still only represent 60% of all wireless connections in the world, so there will still be growth to capture in the next decade. And traffic is only going one way too.
The UK government is handing out another few million pounds in hopes of striking semiconductor gold.
According to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK's chip sector is set to grow by 75% between now and 2030.
To help it along, it has – via Innovate UK – made available £10 million worth of funding to boost the development of advanced chips that could one day find their way into smartphones, wearables, cars, aircraft, and defence systems.
As many as 40 businesses stand to benefit.
Nokia and Nscale announced today a partnership to accelerate the build-out of AI infrastructure.
UK comms regulator Ofcom has fined Ericsson owned Vonage £700,000 for failing to ensure some business customers could make calls to emergency services in 2023.
Ofcom’s announcement says that Vonage notified Ofcom of an issue affecting its business customers’ ability to make emergency service calls between 23 October 2023 and 3 November 2023. During this period, Vonage’s UK VoIP business customers were unable to connect to the emergency services when using desk phones, we’re told.