UKTIN is looking forward to attending next week’s MWC, you can find us in the UK Innovation Pavilion in Hall 7, stand 7B31.

As well as the chance to meet with our Supplier Specialist Guidance Service team and representatives from UKTIN Talent and Clusters, we’ll be demonstrating our R&D Discovery Toolkit, which allows anyone to discover UK telecom research and development effortlessly through an AI-driven search tool, featuring dynamic visualisation and a chat assistant for deep insights and tailored queries.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

The EU is reportedly cutting back tech regulation in an attempt to boost investments in AI, while the UK’s AI Safety Institute has tellingly changed its name to the UK AI Security Institute.

Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave has put out a report claiming better indoor mobile connectivity could equate to £70 billion per year across the UK economy.

The firm surveyed 900 C-suite executives and IT decision-makers, and warned that “UK economic growth is at risk due to current indoor connectivity limitations.”

Aduna, a venture between Ericsson and global telecom leaders, will be entering a partnership with Sinch to further bolster the network API ecosystem

Aduna, a landmark venture between some of the world's leading telecom operators and Ericsson, is announcing that it will be entering into a strategic partnership with Sinch, a leading cloud communications provider. This latest collaboration marks an important step to expand the global implementation and access of network APIs to spur innovation in digital services.  

Hello, I’m Eugina Jordan, former CMO of Telecom Infra Project (TIP). Based in South Carolina, I have worked in the telecoms sector for 25 years. I am a marketer and technologist, with 12 patents in telecom Open RAN, AI and 5G.

TIP is a global community of companies and organisations driving infrastructure solutions to advance global connectivity. The goal is to deploy solutions, enabling innovation. The process is simple: operator members bring their requirements, vendor members create a joint roadmap and the solutions are tested and validated. 

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, provides a financial and operational update for the year ended 31 December 2024

Record revenues and first year of profitability:

• Delivered record 34% increase in revenue to £134m
• Consumer revenues increased by 73%
• Adjusted EBITDA of £5m, in first full year of profitability since starting our scale rollout

Customer take-up continues to grow:

The 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme has seen 10 regions throughout the UK receive a share of £36m of funding as part of our wider programme to drive 5G adoption. Focusing on key sectors with local capability and opportunities, the projects aim to enable the UK to take full advantage of the transformative effect that advanced wireless connectivity and digital technologies can provide. 

• T‑Mobile Starlink is solving wireless’ biggest pain point — mobile dead zones
• T‑Mobile Starlink is the first and only space‑based mobile network in the U.S.

US AI giant OpenAI and Japanese tech group SoftBank will jointly develop and market an ‘advanced enterprise AI’ called Cristal intelligence and launch a new JV in Japan.