Digital Connectivity Readiness Index sees infrastructure improvements across UK, but adoption progress stalls
Regular analysis by connectivity experts FarrPoint evaluates connectivity preparedness across the four UK nations
How can we support women in the telecoms sector?
Actions for industry, academia and policy makers
Earlier this year 40 women from across industry, policy makers and academia met to discuss how to support UK women in the telecoms sector. The event, organised by DSIT, Ofcom, UKTIN and techUK aimed to foster collaboration between existing gender diversity initiatives and discuss what more could be usefully done.
UK joins EU’s €11 billion chips scheme
Written by Nick Wood
The UK's semiconductor research efforts will receive a boost after the government joined the EU's Chips Joint Undertaking (JU).
The Chips JU has a total budget of around €11 billion, with €4.175 billion contributed from various EU pots and the rest forked over by participating states and the private sector. It has five operational objectives, covering the design and production of new chips; quantum chip development; training; and facilitating access to debt and equity financing.
How organisations are embracing optical
As a part of UKTIN’s Optical-themed month, we spoke to Francesco Poletti, an academic professor at the University of Southampton, where he co-founded a start-up called Lumenisity.
Everything you need to know about the Security Expert Working Group Future Capability Paper
UKTIN spoke to Dave Happy and Dr. Greig Paul, Chair and Vice Chair of UKTIN’s Security Expert Working Group to learn more about its Future Capability Paper, which was published today. You can find more information on the future capability paper series here.
Cheers and jeers as US grapples with spectrum logjam
Various efforts in the US from both sides of the political aisle to free up more mobile spectrum have gone down well in some quarters, but not so well in others.
Shortly after the ink dried on various statements decrying the first anniversary of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)'s inability to auction spectrum, a group of Republican senators led by Ted Cruz introduced a bill to restore it.
Global telecoms kit market slides as carriers stop spending
And the picture remains gloomy into 2024.
New figures from Dell'Oro show a 5% year-on-year slide in the around US$100 billion market, a worse performance than it had expected, driven amongst other things by a slowdown in 5G and home broadband investments, as well as macroeconomic trends and the remains of a post-Covid hangover.
The news comes as something of a surprise, the analyst firm having reported 2% market growth in the first half of the year, albeit with Q2 coming in flat. Further, the slide follows five consecutive years of growth, the analyst firm said.
AST SpaceMobile updates licensing administration of its satellite constellation
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, today announced that it has updated its constellation filing with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and
OTT Business Messaging Traffic to Reach 175 Billion Globally by 2025, as Regulation Reduces Market Siloes
A study by Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications, has found that the total number of OTT (Over the Top) messages will increase from 120 billion in 2023 to over 175 billion in 2025; a substantial growth of over 70% in two years.
Brazil plans regulatory sandbox for direct-to-device satellites
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has announced a regulatory sandbox designed to support trials for direct to device satellite connectivity.
Anatel’s board of directors have implemented the sandbox in light of Brazilian mobile providers Claro and TIM’s plans to conduct trials with AST Space Mobile.
Brazil’s challenging geography means millions of people are left without cell coverage from terrestrial networks.