New research shows “life-changing” impact of EE mobile connectivity on Britain’s rural communities

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  • A new independent report by FarrPoint, commissioned using data from four EE mast deployments, shows 4G mobile connectivity can generate more than £6 million for a rural community.
  • From farming and fishing to tourism and TV production, report analyses rural locations which have received new or enhanced 4G coverage to assess the economic and social impact.
  • EE has built more than 300 new rural mobile sites and upgraded over 1,500 more across t

Ericsson unveils new solution for intelligent use of energy in network sites

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Much of society runs on networks. This makes it vital to ensure that networks are efficiently powered while using existing energy infrastructure. The new Site Energy Orchestration solution from Ericsson acts as an intelligent bridge between the radio access network (RAN) and power grids, optimizing operations to boost energy cost savings, reduce carbon footprint and open new revenue streams. 

Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Dave Hudson

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Hello, I’m Dave Hudson and the CEO of two companies, Mpirical and PQMS, the UK training subsidiaries of Swedish company Hexatronic, delivering connectivity solutions globally. 

Mpirical focuses on mobile and wireless technology skills training and resources and has worked in more than 180 countries over the last 22 years. PQMS, on the other hand, specialises more on practical training for fixed fibre telecoms, working across four dedicated centres UK-wide.

BT Group rolls-out energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology to EE mobile sites nationwide

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BT Group has implemented energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology across its EE mobile sites nationwide, following successful trials in each of the UK’s home nations.

‘Cell sleep’ software works by putting certain 4G LTE capacity carriers to sleep when the capacity is not needed, based on predicted periods of low traffic which have been established for each site through machine learning.

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