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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

• 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

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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. 
 

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.

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.

 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ:

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

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. 

The LLM generative AI chatbot can engage in human-like interactions with customers and handle more sophisticated customer requests.

Netomnia, one of the fastest growing altnets in the UK, along with ISP sister company YouFibre, has raised a further £147.5 million, increasing its committed debt financing to £377.5 million.

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UKTIN is due to unveil a report that dissects the investment trends shaping the future of the telecoms industry.

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.

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

According to Canalys research, the global smartphone market experienced an 8% year-on-year growth in Q4 2023, reaching 319.2 million units, further indicating signs of stabilisation and recovery. 

• Securing a $124M Investment Amidst Startup Winter, Rebellions Achieves more than $200M in Total Funding, the Largest Among Semiconductor Startups in South Korea
• Accelerating Global Expansion with Strategic Investor KT and Various Investors from Singapore, France and Japan
• Focused on Expanding ATOM’s Domestic and Internationa

Eutelsat Group (EUTLF.PK), a French satellite operator, said on Monday that it has revised down its full-year revenue outlook, citing the delay in the ground network, especially in mobility and in certain geographies where market access is still outstanding.

The UK’s telecoms market is thriving but understanding how the ecosystem is innovating can be difficult, especially considering the rapid advancements in academia.