Telecoms

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

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,

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).

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

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

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.

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 it

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.

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

Virgin Media is using Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology to provide mobile backhaul for some of the country’s most remote locations to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout.

Spain’s state investment firm, Sepi, has increased its stake in the Spanish telecoms group to 5%, in a move designed to counteract Saudi Arabian incumbent stc.

As a part of UKTIN’s semiconductors-themed month, we spoke to Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri, CEO of Lime Microsystems.

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Augtera Networks, the industry leader in AI/ML-powered Network Operations platforms, and Orange, today announced that Orange is adding Augtera Network AI platform to its NOC tools to leverage AI/ML in daily network operations. This will enable Orange NOC to use AI capabilities to:

The move from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) follows its initial report on AI Foundation Models (FMs) last year.

Thousands of remote homes and businesses to benefit from lightning-fast broadband as new figures show a record £714 million invested in the broadband rollout so far this year.
 

The UKTIN Expert Working Groups bring together academic and industry leaders and experts, governmental and regulatory specialists, and representative bodies to explore the opportunities, gaps and challenges in the UK telecoms ecosystem.

Hello, I’m Ronald Wilting, the CEO of Forefront RF. I have been working in the telecoms sector for 30 years, with a focus on semiconductors. Over the course of my career, I’ve worked in various roles, from technical engineers at start-ups to senior executive roles at multinational organisations.

Samsung reclaimed the global smartphone market crown from its fierce rival Apple in the first quarter of 2024, during which the total volume of device shipments increased by 7.8%, according to IDC.  

At the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

As part of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s historic state visit to the United States, on April 9, 2024, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, U.S.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday his country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2027 as part of efforts to retain a leading global position in cutting-edge semiconductor chips.

UKTIN spoke to Barry Evans, Chair of UKTIN’s NTN Expert Working Group to learn more about its Future Capability Paper, which was published today. You can find more information on the future capability paper series here.