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European Conference on Optical Communication 2024, Frankfurt - UKTIN Highlights
To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.
Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent ECOC event in Frankfurt.

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UScellular to sell off spectrum assets to Verizon for $1 billion
USCellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for a cool $1 billion.

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Eutelsat hurls another 20 satellites into orbit
Eutelsat Group has announced the launch and deployment of 20 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), bolstering the OneWeb constellation.
The satellites, which were built by Airbus US Space & Defense, hitched a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 which lifted off last week from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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India’s top telcos apply satellite, AI policy pressure at IMC24
- India Mobile Congress 2024 (IMC24) has opened its doors in New Delhi
- Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal joins rivals Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to press the government for an auction of satellite broadband spectrum
- They want a level playing field between satellite providers

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Nokia, Windstream Wholesale and Colt Technology Services join forces to complete world’s first ultra-fast 800GbE optical and IP service trial connecting London and Chicago
- Transatlantic partnership extends potential for capacity, speed and latency while reducing power usage on popular Europe/US route.
- Service trial spanned 8500km subsea and terrestrial route over live production network.
- 800GbE can support advanced network applications like AI data center networking, content delive

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Muhammad Ali Imran
Hello, I’m Professor Muhammad Ali Imran and I lead the Communication, Sensing and Imaging (CSI) Hub at the University of Glasgow’s Department of Engineering. I’m particularly interested in energy-efficient cellular systems and frugal networking solutions.

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EU ploughs €865 million into 5G and fibre
The European Commission will contribute €865 million to the development of fibre and 5G networks, among other things, over the next three years and is ready to call for proposals to spend its cash.

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3GPP SA1 Meeting, Maastricht
To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.
Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent 3GPP SA1 meeting in Maastricht.

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UKTIN In the News
Earlier this month we were delighted to welcome journalists to the Smart Internet Lab in Bristol for our media launch of UKTIN’s R&D Discovery Toolkit.

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T‑Mobile announces ‘5G On Demand’: A portable 5G private network solution
- Deployable in under 48 hours, new T-Mobile 5G Advanced Network Solution delivers low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity for data-intensive applications from virtually anywhere
Bellevue, Washington – introduced 5G On Demand; a complete, portable 5G private network and servic

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Ericsson Private 5G pilot takes off at Schiphol
Schiphol has activated Ericsson Private 5G to explore new applications of 5G

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Trade associations look to integrate terrestrial and satellite networks
The GSMA is teaming up with the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) to work on connecting terrestrial and space-based networks, which they say will create ‘a new era of ubiquitous global connectivity.’

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Nokia launches salvo of industrial edge apps
Nokia has deployed 6 new apps to its Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) platform, designed to do things like improve worker safety, site security, operational efficiency and secure OT environments.

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Broadcom Announces Industry’s First Merchant Silicon 50G PON Solution with AI/ML Capabilities
Advanced multi-speed OLT-ONU platform enables operators to run mission-critical AI applications at the edge while providing the most cost-effective and power-efficient upgrade path for current GPON and 10G PON networks

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Airtel and Nokia collaborate to drive sustainability initiatives for mobile networks
- Launch 'Green 5G' initiative to improve the energy efficiency of its 4G and 5G networks and significantly reduce carbon emissions
- Solution projected to reduce carbon footprint by an estimated 143,413 metric tons of CO2 annually
Bharti Airtel and Nokia, announced a groundbreaking collaboration on “Green

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Strengthening India-UK Collaboration in Future Telecoms
Today, we announce an important milestone in the continuing development of UK-India Collaborations in Telecoms Research & Innovation by the signing of an important MoU between Bharat 6G Alliance and the UK-India Future Networks Initiative (UKI-FNI), supported by UK Telecoms Innovation Net

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Quickline partners with Tech She Can to help fix the gender gap in technology
Rural broadband specialist Quickline Communications has teamed up with Tech She Can, a leading tech education and careers charity, to tackle the issue of gender disparity in technology roles across the UK.

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Find your next consortium partners at UKTIN’s International Engagement Conference
UKTIN’s upcoming conference on 4th December is an opportunity to hear from senior government officials on the strategic importance of international innovation programmes such as Horizon, from industry and association bodies on the opportunities, plans and next steps to engaging, and from academic leaders on what the UK has to offer.

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SoftBank and Ericsson double down on AI-RAN
- Ericsson is one of the founding members of the AI-RAN Alliance
- The Swedish telco is already part of an AI-RAN R&D initiative at T-Mobile US, one of the alliance’s other founders
- Now Ericsson has struck a collaborative agreement with the alliance’s other founding telco member, Jap

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UKTIN Success stories
THE BEST THING ABOUT UKTIN’S SUCCESS STORIES?
EVERYBODY BENEFITS
Ian Smith, Head of UKTIN
UKTIN is in the business of networks in more ways than one. We’re tasked with connecting a

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Samsung Celebrates 10 Years of SDC and Spotlights AI-Based Innovation at SDC24
Conference emphasizes how more personalized, secure customer experiences are enabled by wide-ranging innovations in AI technology
Users can do more with their devices; developers can build and create for the future

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Gary Littledyke
Hello, my name is Gary Littledyke and I am the Senior Technical Officer for Telecoms at Dorset Council. I have forty years of experience in the telco industry; I joined the army as an apprentice at age 16 and spent eight years working as a British Army Royal Signals Communications Specialist.

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Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials
A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security, multiple sources briefed on the matter told CNN.

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Ericsson publish industry’s first dedicated rApp directory
- The rApp Directory shows all rApps developed and available for the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform, connecting Communication Service Providers with rApp owners and developers
- The rApp Directory is the latest element to be introduced by Ericsson to support the rApp ecosystem of independent software developers and CSPs evolvi