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• Financing includes £500m in new equity secured from existing shareholders
• Committed debt facilities expanded by £960m, alongside a new £800m accordion facility to catalyse CityFibre’s growth through M&A
• Successful financing accelerates CityFibre’s next phase of growth and boosts

A new economic study published today by BT Group reveals that delivering a highly resilient, nationwide high-capacity mobile network could unlock up to £230bn in economic benefits by 2035, as well as a broad range of social and environmental benefits for the UK.  

Following on from the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research) Industry Launch event in Bristol, UKTIN hosted a follow-up workshop at Digital Catapult in London on the 11th of July which offered a deep dive into not just JOINER but also SONIC Labs, an Open Networks Programme led by Digital Catapult in partnership with O

London Stock Exchange: announces that The United Kingdom[1] is to partici

D-RAN, Single-Purpose, and 5G to Shape AI RAN Market

Ericsson has secured the highest ranking in the recently published Omdia Market Landscape RAN Vendors report for 2025. This recognition highlights Ericsson's leadership in both business performance and portfolio, underscoring its commitment to innovation and excellence in the industry.

• The European Commission is proposing to relax the regulation on incumbent national fixed network operators
• Deregulation of wholesale fixed access services would be a ‘backwards step’, state competitive operators 
• Vodafone, Iliad, Colt, Bouygues Telecom and 1&1 are among thos

The AI-RAN Alliance announced it has surpassed 100 members, signaling strong global momentum behind its mission to accelerate innovation in AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence-Radio Access Networks).

Commission reviews progress on bringing benefits of broadband to all

​​​​​The UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development met today in Geneva, Switzerland, to commemorate 15 years of advancing universal broadband access and digital inclusion.

• Japan’s SoftBank Corp has been planning its 6G strategy for years already
• The use of high-frequency spectrum is set to play a key role in next-generation cellular service delivery
• SoftBank has teamed up with Nokia to trial services in the 7GHz band in Tokyo

With

• Quantum-safe networking is one of the telecom sector’s most important current developments
• Multiple network operators have now launched initial services and trials
• But which companies are regarded as the market leaders?

The development of quantum-safe networking

Indonesian operator Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has deployed Nokia Energy Efficiency to reduce energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions across its RAN network via AI.

HPE has settled its antitrust case with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), paving the way for its acquisition of rival kit maker Juniper Networks.

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2)'s mobile network is on course for an upgrade thanks to a bunch of frequencies it has agreed to acquire from newly-merged VodafoneThree.

In return for a £343 million outlay, VMO2 will receive 78.8 MHz of spectrum spanning multiple bands:

• Telcos and Wi-Fi providers are lobbying European regulators over the upper 6 GHz band
• The EU’s Radio Spectrum Policy Group is consulting on the matter
• A draft opinion has been published, but a final opinion may still be months away

The discussion about whether to

5G global connections near one-third of world population with North America excelling in data consumption

Key Highlights:

GPU based server continues dominating the market and fueling a growth path

Mobile phone blackspots will be eliminated on several major railway lines and train tunnels by 2028, the body which runs Britain's railway infrastructure has pledged.

The CHERI Alliance, a global coalition dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity through groundbreaking hardware memory safety technology, is proud to announce that BT Group has joined its ranks.

• French satellite operator Eutelsat counts the OneWeb low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation as part of its portfolio
• As sovereign considerations gain greater weight, Europe is looking to ensure it has a major satellite broadband player
• Eutelsat is raising €1.35bn to help fund OneWeb’s e

Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, unveiled a new standard defining what makes a telco AI agent an advanced, verticalized enterprise offering.

Deloitte's new agentic AI solution helps empower telcos to scale end-to-end AI solutions across their operations and customer experience, which can help accelerate automation and transform performance.

Key takeaways

• Increased access to proven operations support system(OSS) capabilities with a cloud and AI-native platform
• 360-degree visibility and control over increasingly adaptive and virtualized networks and IT environments
• Accelerated telecom digital transformations and enhanced customer exper

Eutelsat and France’s armed forces ministry have made a framework agreement for LEO satellite services in the pursuit of reinforcing French military space comms.