Telecoms
News | 15 May 2024
How to start a business in the UK: A guide for overseas citizens
Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Programme has been designed to ensure the UK can benefit from a thriving and resilient telecoms sector. In a recent meeting, Poonam Parihar, founder of bandarlog.dev shared her insights into establishing a tech start-up as a non-UK-national.
News | 14 May 2024
GSMA launches its 5G Connectivity Index
The mobile industry association has launched a new interactive index to track the rollout of 5G.
News | 14 May 2024
UKTIN’s Telecoms Investment Insight Report
UKTIN’s Telecoms Investment Insight Report dissects the investment trends shaping the future of the telecoms industry. Supported by PitchBook, we have conducted a thorough analysis to unravel the complexities of venture capital in the telecoms market.
News | 13 May 2024
Everything you need to know about Worcestershire’s telecoms landscape
Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Group exists to provide an open forum for inter-regional collaboration, sharing of best practices, insights and dissemination of learnings.
News | 13 May 2024
Cloud services spending leaps by 21% to $76.5bn in Q1
The appetite for cloud infrastructure services remains unsated, it seems, with Synergy Research Group reporting that the global sector was worth a staggering $76.5bn during the first quarter of this year, up
News | 10 May 2024
Gigabit infrastructure act: Council gives final green light to faster deployment of high-speed networks in the EU
To ensure faster deployment of digital network infrastructure across Europe, today the Council adopted the gigabit infrastructure act, which will replace the 2014 broadband cost reduction directive (BCRD).
News | 09 May 2024
Rakuten Mobile Commences Radio Frequency Testing for 700 MHz "Platinum Band"
Targeting early launch of commercial service with superior network quality
News | 08 May 2024
China Mobile tops telco-to-techco ranking
China Mobile is currently the most advanced operator in terms of shifting from telco to techco, according to a new report from research house Omdia.
News | 08 May 2024
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) today announces the launch of the groundbreaking Telecoms ICT Career Framework, in partnership with DSIT, Ofcom and UKTIN.
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP), the leading professional body in the telecommunications industry, is proud to announce the launch of the Telecoms ICT Career Framework, a pioneering initiative led in partnership with DSIT, Ofcom and UKTIN to revolutionise the career pathways within the sector.
News | 07 May 2024
Secure5G Case Study
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.
News | 07 May 2024
Introducing UKTIN’s Standards Champion
Standards are essential to the telecoms sector but SMEs can find the different bodies and processes difficult to navigate. As UKTIN’s Standards Champion, Andy Reid, a Sector Specialist at the University of Bristol collaborates with the UKTIN Standards Working Group to provide invaluable support and guidance.
News | 03 May 2024
SES to acquire Intelsat in compelling transaction focused on the future
Luxembourg and McLean, VA -- SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights.
News | 03 May 2024
IBM tops quantum-safe networking ranking
IBM is the leading developer of technology that will enable quantum-safe networking, according to the results of a recent TelecomTV market perception survey that have just been published in our latest DSP Leaders publication, the Qua
News | 02 May 2024
A Day in the Life of Peter Kent
Hello, I’m Peter Kent and I am an Innovation Consultant at Jisc, a not-for-profit organisation: we are a UK digital, data and technology agency focused on higher education, further education, research and innovation.
News | 02 May 2024
Interview with Rachel Hugonin: Market Research Analysis Annual Report
The UK’s telecoms market is thriving but understanding how the ecosystem is innovating can be difficult, especially considering the rapid advancements in academia and industry.
News | 01 May 2024
Japan revises NTT Law to bolster the telco’s global ambitions
Japan’s parliament has revised the law governing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the country’s largest telco, in what is being pitched as a bid to enhance its global competitiveness but which is regarded by critics as a threat to domestic teleco
News | 01 May 2024
5G non-terrestrial network growth continues but worldwide is still in infancy, GSA data shows
50 operators in 37 countries and territories planning satellite services, with 10 operators already commercially launched
News | 01 May 2024
Hyperscale datacentre capacity doubling every four years – report
News | 01 May 2024
A1 and Nokia deliver 800Gbps service transmission over 1276km across Europe on a single wavelength
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).
News | 30 Apr 2024
UK altnet nexfibre passes 1 million homes with FTTP
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, fu
News | 29 Apr 2024
Join the inaugural UK Telecoms Innovation Ecosystem Conference
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.
News | 26 Apr 2024
Meet Cape: The US’s new “private” MVNO
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.
News | 26 Apr 2024
Digital Catapult welcomes new vendors to test Open RAN deployability in real-world outdoor setting
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 pro