Telecoms

A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications markets, found that the global number of travel eSIM users will grow from 40 million in 2024 to over 215 million by 2028.

Eutelsat Group announces it has launched low Earth orbit services in Antarctica for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a world-leading centre for polar science and polar operations.

Microsoft AI, the newly launched Microsoft organisation that is tasked with helping the company advance its consumer AI products has announced it is opening an AI hub in London.

Virgin Media O2 Business has been selected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as a strategic partner to provide mobility data.  The anonymised data will be used to support UK Government work at national and local levels, providing insights that reveal population dynamics, travel patterns, and other movement trends.

The UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together to test advanced AI.

The agreement, which was signed on Monday, will see both countries work together to develop “robust” methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and its systems.

Singtel will partner with Cisco, Fortinet and Nokia to provide quantum security solutions to enterprises through its Quantum Safe Network (QSN).

The start of 2024 brought with it a slew of new subsea cable launches, and the end of 2023 closed in a similar fashion.

UKTIN spoke to Dr Andy G Sellars, Co-Chair of the Semiconductors Expert Working Group and Strategic Development Director at Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult to learn more.

1. For those who are new to semiconductors, please explain the basics. 

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

 Omdia’s latest Competitive Landscape Tool report reveals a downturn in the semiconductor industry, with revenue down 9% from $5

Ofcom has today kicked off its review of the regulations that will apply to the UK wholesale telecoms markets from April 2026

New research from Omdia has revealed that the global semiconductor supply chain is forecasted to reach approximately $600 billion by 2024, having navigated through strategic inventory adjustments in recent quarters.

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

Hello, I’m Dafne Cerdán and I am the Head of Marketing and Social Media at Weaver Labs, a Telecoms-software company building a blockchain-based network management tool to open up access to connectivity. I have experience working with a range of brands, including both start-ups and established companies.

By Ray Le Maistre

UKTIN member company, Finchetto, has been awarded £1m to develop the world’s first fully optical switch for telecoms networks.

A new digital infrastructure framework that fosters investment, innovation, and a harmonized digital market must be a priority in the next EU mandate

DSIT are pleased to announce the three winners of the Spectrum Sandbox competition. Each Sandbox project will test sharing of spectrum in Ofcom licensed Sandbox environments to indicate how regulation could be improved to maximise the use of this scarce resource and the benefits to the economy.

• Strategic multi-year partnership valued at up to $500 million over duration, deepening long-standing cooperation between the two companies.
• Enabling Intelsat to expand integration of LEO into its GEO assets to deliver unparalleled customer solutions.
• Leveraging

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

Actions for industry, academia and policy makers

As a part of UKTIN’s Optical-themed month, we spoke to Francesco Poletti, an academic professor at the University of Southampton, where he co-founded a start-up called Lumenisity. 
 

UKTIN spoke to Dave Happy and Dr. Greig Paul, Chair and Vice Chair of UKTIN’s Security Expert Working Group to learn more about its Future Capability Paper, which was published today.

Various efforts in the US from both sides of the political aisle to free up more mobile spectrum have gone down well in some quarters, but not so well in others.