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CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has now completed its acquisition of Lit Fibre (Lit) from Newlight Partners.

Hello, I’m Emma Philpott, a principal technical consultant at FarrPoint: I work  on various connectivity projects involving 4G, 5G, IoT, fixed wireless access and fibre networks aimed at improving digital connectivity across the UK.

SK Telecom believes it will have its first telco-specific large language model (LLM) ready for action by June, and has developed what it calls an ‘intelligence platform’ that can be used for the development of generative AI (GenAI) applications for the telecom sector. 

Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Programme has been designed to ensure the UK can benefit from a thriving and resilient telecoms sector. In a recent meeting, Poonam Parihar, founder of bandarlog.dev shared her insights into establishing a tech start-up as a non-UK-national. 

The mobile industry association has launched a new interactive index to track the rollout of 5G.

UKTIN’s Telecoms Investment Insight Report dissects the investment trends shaping the future of the telecoms industry. Supported by PitchBook, we have conducted a thorough analysis to unravel the complexities of venture capital in the telecoms market.

The appetite for cloud infrastructure services remains unsated, it seems, with Synergy Research Group reporting that the global sector was worth a staggering $76.5bn during the first quarter of this yea

China Mobile is currently the most advanced operator in terms of shifting from telco to techco, according to a new report from research house Omdia. 

Luxembourg and McLean, VA -- SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights.

IBM is the leading developer of technology that will enable quantum-safe networking, according to the results of a recent TelecomTV market perception survey that have just been published in our latest DSP Leaders publication, the Qua

Japan’s parliament has revised the law governing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the country’s largest telco, in what is being pitched as a bid to enhance its global competitiveness but which is regarded by critics as a threat to domestic teleco

50 operators in 37 countries and territories planning satellite services, with 10 operators already commercially launched

The fibre network operator says it “is on track to become the second-largest competitive network in just its second year of operation”

Just 14 months since launching commercial services, fu

The Council, aimed at reinforcing the UK’s supply of key imports, includes 23 representatives from business, academia, and government

The UK government has

New Washington D.C.-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Cape has raised $61 million in three financing rounds.

Cape operates as an full MVNO on the UScellular network.

Digital Catapult has announced that SONIC (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) Labs, an initiative aiming to advance Open RAN technology, will welcome a new group of international companies to it

Former Ericsson, Huawei manager takes up his role this summer.

Jan Ellsberg, a former Vice-President of Ericsson, has been elected the new director general of standardisation body ETSI, following a vote at the General Assembly today (16 April), an ETSI spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.

Companies increased downlink speeds over 20% by using the latest 1024 QAM technology

Spain’s state investment firm, Sepi, has increased its stake in the Spanish telecoms group to 5%, in a move designed to counteract Saudi Arabian incumbent stc.

As a part of UKTIN’s semiconductors-themed month, we spoke to Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri, CEO of Lime Microsystems.

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Augtera Networks, the industry leader in AI/ML-powered Network Operations platforms, and Orange, today announced that Orange is adding Augtera Network AI platform to its NOC tools to leverage AI/ML in daily network operations. This will enable Orange NOC to use AI capabilities to:

The move from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) follows its initial report on AI Foundation Models (FMs) last year.

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.

Hello, I’m Ronald Wilting, the CEO of Forefront RF. I have been working in the telecoms sector for 30 years, with a focus on semiconductors. Over the course of my career, I’ve worked in various roles, from technical engineers at start-ups to senior executive roles at multinational organisations.