50 operators in 37 countries and territories planning satellite services, with 10 operators already commercially launched

The total capacity on offer from the world’s hyperscale datacentres has doubled over the past four years and is set to do so again over the next four years, primarily to support growing demand related to generative AI (GenAI) workloads, according to Synergy Research Group.

Nokia and A1 Austria have successfully delivered an 800Gbps service using a single wavelength, covering a distance of 1276km in a live network from Frankfurt to Budapest. The field trial was completed using Nokia’s FP5 network processor silicon and its sixth-generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engine optics (PSE-6s). This achievement marks A1’s first demonstration of an 800Gbps per wavelength over its long-haul network and will help the company meet the increasing demand of its customers.

The fibre network operator says it “is on track to become the second-largest competitive network in just its second year of operation”

Just 14 months since launching commercial services, full fibre wholesaler nexfibre has announced that its fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network is now available at over 1 million premises across the UK.

The £30 Billion UK telecoms sector is grounded in a proud history of innovation. Looking ahead innovation and adoption has never been more important to the sector and the UK economy given strategic challenges and opportunities including net zero, cyber security, AI, digital inclusion, market maturity and others.

The Council, aimed at reinforcing the UK’s supply of key imports, includes 23 representatives from business, academia, and government

The UK government has announced the first meeting of the newly formed Critical Imports Council, a group formed to ‘help safeguard flows of vital goods such as medicines and smartphone chips’.

New Washington D.C.-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Cape has raised $61 million in three financing rounds.

Cape operates as an full MVNO on the UScellular network.  Unlike other MVNOs, however, Cape’s unique selling point is not its pricing structure or attractive bundled services, but privacy and security. 

Cape says it will not store customers’ personal information, such as name, numbers, and location date, thereby ensuring that those details remain beyond the reach of hackers. 

Digital Catapult has announced that SONIC (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) Labs, an initiative aiming to advance Open RAN technology, will welcome a new group of international companies to its programme. These companies will have the opportunity to use SONIC Labs' outdoor testing site in West London to explore the potential value of Open RAN in a real-world environment.

Former Ericsson, Huawei manager takes up his role this summer.

Jan Ellsberg, a former Vice-President of Ericsson, has been elected the new director general of standardisation body ETSI, following a vote at the General Assembly today (16 April), an ETSI spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.

Ellsberger, a Swedish national, is also a former vice president of industry development at Chinese tech company Huawei in Germany, and now works as an advisor to a consultancy firm. He will take up the job in the summer of this year.

Companies increased downlink speeds over 20% by using the latest 1024 QAM technology

Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced that the companies successfully completed 1024 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) tests for both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum bands, marking an industry-first for FDD. This innovative milestone and collaboration demonstrate the companies’ dedication to supporting operators increase 5G throughput and boost spectral efficiency of their networks.