
Telecoms

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Global telecoms kit market slides as carriers stop spending
And the picture remains gloomy into 2024.
New figures from Dell'Oro show a 5% year-on-year slide in the around US$100 billion market, a worse performance than it had expected, driven amongst other things by a slowdown in 5G and home broadband investments, as well as macroeconomic trends and the remains of a post-Covid hangover.

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AST SpaceMobile updates licensing administration of its satellite constellation
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ:

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OTT Business Messaging Traffic to Reach 175 Billion Globally by 2025, as Regulation Reduces Market Siloes
A study by Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications, has found that the total number of OTT (Over the Top) messages will increase from 120 billion in 2023 to over 175 billion in 2025; a substantial growth of over 70% in two y

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Brazil plans regulatory sandbox for direct-to-device satellites
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has announced a regulatory sandbox designed to support trials for direct to device satellite connectivity.
Anatel’s board of directors have implemented the sandbox in light of Brazilian mobile providers Claro and TIM’s plans to conduct trials with AST Space Mobile.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Richard Auld
Hello, I’m Richard Auld and I am a Director at SICOM, a network consultancy business that specialises in optical fibre solutions and infrastructure. Using “dark fibre”—a fibre that has not been lit and is private to the customer—we connect buildings.

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New Chip Opens Door to AI Computing at Light Speed
Penn Engineers have developed a new chip that uses light waves, rather than electricity, to perform the complex math essential to training AI. The chip has the potential to radically accelerate the processing speed of computers while also reducing their energy consumption.

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US Republicans introduce spectrum pipeline bill that favors high-power, licensed use
New bill requires at least 1,250 megahertz of spectrum between 1.3-13.2 GHz be auctioned for full-power, licensed commercial use

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KAIST researchers claim world’s first neuromorphic LLM chip
A research team at KAIST has developed the world’s first AI semiconductor capable of processing a large language model (LLM) with ultra-low power consumption using neuromorphic computing technology.

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Ericsson and Nokia plan foray into chip development
Ericsson and Nokia are reportedly expanding their in-house chip design capabilities to better compete in the 5G era.

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Vodafone youth brand VOXI becomes the first UK telco to launch a large language model generative AI chatbot to enhance customer experience
The LLM generative AI chatbot can engage in human-like interactions with customers and handle more sophisticated customer requests.

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Altnets want tougher punishments for attacks on physical infrastructure
A group of altnets say lengthy prison sentences for deliberately causing damage to fibre networks should be wielded as a deterrent against vandalism.

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ORCA Computing and BT Group Showcase Technologies to enable Quantum Data Centres of the Future
ORCA Computing, in collaboration with BT Group, hosted a demonstration day at BT Group’s R&D centre – Adastral Park in Ipswich for businesses, universities, data centre providers and users.

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Toyota Material Handling puts entire US factory on Ericsson private 5G network
Toyota Material Handling, the US-based forklift truck manufacturer, is running its business critical operations at its 200,000 square-foot (19,000 square-metre) factory in Columbus, Indiana, “exclusively” over an Ericsson-made private 5G network in CBRS spectrum, it has said.

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Coming soon: Telecoms Investment Insights Report
Are you eager to gain insights into the complexity of telecoms and connectivity investments in the UK? Here's your chance to stay ahead of the curve.
UKTIN is due to unveil a report that dissects the investment trends shaping the future of the telecoms industry.

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Nokia and Siemens Mobility to deliver mission-critical comms for driverless Western Sydney Metro
- Nokia collaborates with Siemens Mobility to provide state-of-the-art IP/MPLS backbone communications network and Nokia NetGuard Cybersecurity solution for the new Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport line.
- Will support highly secure mission-critical applications and passenger services across the

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Vodafone extends collaboration with Intel on Open RAN
Companies increase the scope of the established collaboration with University of Málaga
Vodafone today announced an extension of its work with Intel on optimising advanced algorithms for use in Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) platforms.

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Further agreement with telecoms firms to protect vulnerable customers
Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has secured a further agreement with telecoms companies to protect vulnerable customers as landlines are upgraded.

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Meet the Expert Working Group Chair: Optical and Photonics
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.

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Rakuten Symphony unveils revolutionary network monitoring solution powered by eBPF Technology
BARCELONA – In a ground-breaking development, Rakuten Symphony is proud to announce the successful implementation and testing of its innovative eBPF technology within the fully virtualized radio access network of Rakuten Mobile.

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

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Federated Telecoms Hub Launches 6G Research Partnership Funds
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.

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Telecom is going quantum dotty
- Quantum dots tuned to C-Band telecoms frequencies will be compatible with existing fibre-optic telecoms networks
- This offers enormous potential for global quantum telecoms networks and the quantum internet of the future
- Tiny semiconductor particles can, according to their size,

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The US explores satellites that can create propellant out of thin air
Written by Katyanna Quach
Very low Earth orbit birds could sip the outer atmosphere on their way up.
Electric propulsion systems that generate power from the scant air in the outer edges of the atmosphere could drive satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), without the need for conventional propellants – at least in theory.