Telecoms

Bharti Global will become BT’s biggest shareholder after buying a 25% stake, worth US$4 billion from Altice.

The Indian tech and telecoms giant said it would buy 9.99% immediately, with the remainder subject to regulatory approval.

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.

FRANC was the first intervention DSIT announced from the Open Networks Programme in 2021. A total of 14 projects were funded to support the goals of the Government’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy by helping to incentivise the industry to create new products and services to unlock the full potential of Open RAN. 

The current hypergrowth in GPUs and other accelerator chips for AI in the cloud and the data center will eventually slow down but not until it has transformed the industry, finds the latest edition of Omdia’s

The European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world's first extensive and far-reaching legislation on AI, has come into force.

(London, UK, 6th August, 2024): Digital Catapult has launched its first SONIC Labs Technology Access Programme, collaborating with leading organisations to address energy efficiency challenges in Open RAN operations.

A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. Find out more here.

Intel is to cut 15,000 jobs, about 15% of its total workforce, as part of a plan to reduce its operating and capital costs by $10bn in 2025, with most of the redundancies set to take place before the end of this year.

Hello, I’m Tom Boyle, the Head of Telecoms at Sheffield Teaching Hospital: the combined acute and community NHS foundation trust covers most of the city’s adult community services, including two major hospitals and three specialised ones.

Standards meetings, with all their technical debate and social idiosyncrasies, can be daunting environments at the best of times. For small businesses and start-ups, butting up against much bigger players, they can be even more intimidating. 

The new way of connecting smart sensors fills out Vodafone's Internet of Things portfolio, ensuring there's a connection method to suit every need.

• Vodafone enables Long Term Evolution for Machines, an alternative Internet of Things service for customers to bring low-data use cases to life in an affordable way. 
• New offering

Amazon.com sued Nokia in Delaware federal court on Tuesday, accusing the Finnish telecom company of infringing a dozen Amazon patents related to cloud-computing technology.

Adtran, in partnership with Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), today announced the European and Asia-Pacific launch of its synchronization solutions featuring Iridium® Satellite Time and Location (STL) technology, a significant step in countering growing threats to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).

Quickline, a rural fibre and wireless broadband altnet, has bagged £250m in fresh funding from the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) and NatWest to support its network rollout in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

The debt package comprises a £125m term loan and £100m debt guarantee from UKIB along with a £25m term loan from NatWest.

Following a short investigation, the European Commission (EC) has “approved unconditionally” the planned $14bn acquisition of Juniper Networks by

5G-connected technologies in public buildings could help councils slash their energy bills, saving taxpayer cash and reducing their carbon emissions.

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A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. Find out more here.

Shipment to Cape Canaveral planned for the first week of August with a 7-day launch window in September

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The Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) market is entering a new mass adoption phase. During 2H 2024, the iOS release 18, and Android 15 are set to introduce satellite messaging as a core feature, enabling millions of devices worldwide to tap into satellite connectivity.

A new study by Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications markets, has found that annual operator investment into O-RAN (Open Radio Access Networks) will reach $11 billion in 2029; rising from $2 billion in 2024.

Hello, I'm Saba Al-Rubaye, a Professor of Telecommunications and Autonomous Systems at Cranfield University's School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing. I also lead research and development at the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre, focusing on advancing 6G technology, digital twin and air mobility solutions.

The UK has taken third place in new global rankings of broadband reliability by Opensignal, the independent and reliable analytics company specialising in “quantifying the mobile-network experience”.