Infrastructure

The quantum computing era and its upsides and downsides might still be years away, but the threat to communications network security set to be posed by cyber criminals armed with quantum computers is already being addressed by multiple telcos and vendors, with Ciena and Toshiba the latest to team up and show off their quantum-safe networking cap

Service offers customers dedicated 100G Wave routes across the continent in just five working days

Regular analysis by connectivity experts FarrPoint evaluates connectivity preparedness across the four UK nations

A group of altnets say lengthy prison sentences for deliberately causing damage to fibre networks should be wielded as a deterrent against vandalism.

EPSRC and DSIT have funded three future Telecoms Hubs and provided additional resources to bring them together in a federated structure, which will help deliver the six core areas identified in the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy.

London, UK – Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) today announced the close of its acquisition of Cellnex's private networks business unit.

Three gathered journalists to the Glasgow City Chambers on a brisk February morning to unveil the project, which was described as a trial to improve urban connectivity by deploying a series of small cells on lampposts around the city, as an alternative to new macro sites.

• The UK’s £5bn Project Gigabit initiative is gathering pace
• It is providing network capital expenditure funding for fibre rollouts to rural and hard-to-reach areas and will enable 85% national coverage with gigabit broadband by 2025
• Contracts worth some £1.1bn have been allocated so f

This conference will examine next steps for development and delivery of connected places in the UK.

As more UK local authority areas are awarded Gigabit infrastructure contracts, we pose the challenge - what's next?

The theme of this year’s annual conference is Building a Secure and Resilient World.  We are pleased to announce that it will take place at the Sir Alexander Fleming building at Imperial College, London on the 12 September 2023.  Full details of the event is in the outline programme.