Business Insights
Resource | 08 Aug 2023
COP26 Report | How 5G will help lay the path to net zero
Event | 02 Aug 2023
Helping CSPs to accelerate mobile private network deployments with a powerful partners ecosystem
The evolving operations challenges enterprises face related to coverage, capacity, reliability, and control require new communications capabilities beyond traditional public networks. These challenges coupled with emerging technologies are pushing private 4G or 5G networks to the market faster.
News | 25 Jul 2023
ETSI releases first report on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces communication and channel models
News | 19 Jul 2023
UKTIN Innovation and Investment Support has been hugely insightful for Ethicronics
News | 20 May 2024
TRANSFORMING TELECOMS: Space Villages harness UKTIN support to take their space-tech solution to orbit
Natalia Lemarquis, CEO of Space Villages, discusses her experience on the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) support programme.
News | 17 May 2024
CityFibre completes its acquisition of Lit Fibre
CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has now completed its acquisition of Lit Fibre (Lit) from Newlight Partners.
News | 16 May 2024
Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Emma Philpott
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.
News | 15 May 2024
SK Telecom preps telco LLM launch in June
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.
News | 15 May 2024
How to start a business in the UK: A guide for overseas citizens
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.
News | 14 May 2024
GSMA launches its 5G Connectivity Index
The mobile industry association has launched a new interactive index to track the rollout of 5G.
News | 14 May 2024
UKTIN’s Telecoms Investment Insight Report
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.
News | 13 May 2024
Cloud services spending leaps by 21% to $76.5bn in Q1
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 year, up
News | 08 May 2024
China Mobile tops telco-to-techco ranking
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.
News | 03 May 2024
SES to acquire Intelsat in compelling transaction focused on the future
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.
News | 03 May 2024
IBM tops quantum-safe networking ranking
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
News | 01 May 2024
5G non-terrestrial network growth continues but worldwide is still in infancy, GSA data shows
50 operators in 37 countries and territories planning satellite services, with 10 operators already commercially launched
News | 01 May 2024
Japan revises NTT Law to bolster the telco’s global ambitions
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
News | 30 Apr 2024
UK altnet nexfibre passes 1 million homes with FTTP
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
News | 26 Apr 2024
Meet Cape: The US’s new “private” MVNO
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.
News | 26 Apr 2024
Digital Catapult welcomes new vendors to test Open RAN deployability in real-world outdoor setting
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 its pro
News | 25 Apr 2024
Swede Ellsberger elected new head of standards body ETSI
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.
News | 25 Apr 2024
Samsung and Qualcomm Achieve Innovative Industry-First Milestone With Advanced Modulation Technology
Companies increased downlink speeds over 20% by using the latest 1024 QAM technology
News | 24 Apr 2024
Spanish government becomes largest shareholder in Telefonica
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.