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EE’s free P.H.O.N.E contract to help parents and kids navigate the online space safely
P.H.O.N.E is a free customisable agreement to help parents and children set boundaries around the kids’ usage of smartphones and their behaviours.

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VMO2 launches £1 million apprenticeship talent fund
Virgin Media O2 is creating a new £1 million talent fund aimed at helping charities, local authorities, small businesses and social enterprises to train apprentices.

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VodafoneThree delivers automatic coverage improvement to millions of customers, at no extra cost, by sharing network access
Millions of Vodafone and Three customers will enjoy the best of both networks at no extra cost, as VodafoneThree ramps up the pace on its mission to build the UK’s best network.
- Millions of Vodafone and Three customers will automatically use each other’s network, getting the best available coverage, at no extra cost

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Low-earth orbit service providers flying high
- Low-earth orbit (LEO) systems are increasingly attractive to businesses (especially SMEs) and to domestic subscribers all over the world
- The value of the sector is forecast to grow by almost 25% to hit US$14.8bn by 2026
- LEO services for global IoT connectivity will also grow by

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Linux Foundation and ATIS Partner to Advance Development and Integration of Open Source, Open RAN Technologies
Organizations to align on implementation and standardization across U.S. operators.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Robert Searcy
Hi, I’m Robert Searcy, a Sales Director at Vitruvi Software. We are an international construction management platform that provides intuitive tools to manage utility projects. The company is focused on utilities, with a particular emphasis on telecommunications networks.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Jenny Lennon
Hi, I’m Jenny Lennon, a Managing Director at Hyperfast Networks, which is a part of the Fibrus Group. Over the last two decades, I’ve delivered connectivity infrastructure projects at BT and Openreach NI, working at the forefront of Northern Ireland’s digital evolution.

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Network API revenue forecast to exceed $8 billion by 2030
A forecast by Juniper Research predicts a significant increase in network API revenue from the $284 million operators are projected to generate in 2025.

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Global smartphone market dips slightly in Q2 as vendors respond to tariffs and stagnant demand
According to the latest research from Canalys (now part of Omdia), global shipments of smartphones fell marginally to 288.9 million units in Q2 2025, as modest consumer demand restricted market growth.

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World’s submarine comms cables under greater threat than ever
- Deliberate sabotage by “malign actors” is increasing under the cloak of “plausible deniability”
- The immense amounts of vital data carried by submarine cable systems cannot be replaced or even ameliorated by satellites or microwaves
- Lack of a coherent global strategy to countera

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European Public Cloud Spending Holds Strong Amid U.S. Tariffs, Driven by Finance, Healthcare, and Software and Information Services
According to the Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), public cloud services spending in Europe will total $229 billion in 2025 and will reach $452 billion by 2029, recording a five-year (2024-2029

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O2 Daisy launches, promising to “make every business better” and shake up the B2B telecoms market
O2 Daisy, the new B2B telecoms powerhouse created by the merger of Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group, has today launched with a promise to provide the technology to “make every business better.” The new company, which, from the outset, is the country’s second largest small and medium-sized business sol

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NEC, Toshiba claim quantum security ‘world first’
- Japan’s NEC and Toshiba are two of the leading lights in the quantum security sector
- They are claiming a quantum key distribution (QKD) ‘world first’
- The partners multiplexed and generated QKD signals in an all-optical network
In Japan, Toshiba, NEC and the Natio

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BT, DT seen as quantum-safe networking pioneers
- TelecomTV conducted its second quantum-safe networking market perception survey
- More than 240 individuals from the telecom sector responded
- We asked which network operators are regarded as leaders in the market, with the UK’s BT Group and Germany’s Deutsche Telekom topping the rankin

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IBM, Nokia top quantum-safe networking ranking
- TelecomTV conducted its second quantum-safe networking market perception survey
- More than 240 individuals from the telecom sector responded
- For the second time, IBM and Nokia were recognised as the leading developers of technology that will enable quantum-safe networking, but Google,

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CISPE Takes EC to Court to Annul Approval of Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMware
The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE), representing Europe’s leading sovereign cloud infrastructure providers, filed a formal appeal before the European General Court challenging the European Commission’s decision to approve Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.

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Broadband Equipment Spending to $20.1 B in 2028 on Accelerated Fiber Deployments, According to Dell’Oro Group
According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Broadband Access Equipment market is forecasted to grow at an average annual rate of 1.6% from 2024 to 2029, with total revenue peaking in 2028, driven by ongoing DOC

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$160bn in RAN Before 6G, According to Dell’Oro Group
According to a newly published forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, 5G has come a long way, but there is more work ahead.

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Cloud Providers to Drive Optical Transport Market to $19 Billion in 2029, According to Dell’Oro Group
According to a newly published forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Optical Transport market is forecast to return to growth in 2025 after declining 9 percent in 2024.

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Lynk Accelerates Long-Term Vision of Direct-to-Device Business and Announces Termination of Business Combination Agreement
Lynk Global, Inc. (“Lynk”), a leader in satellite direct-to-device telecommunications, announced the mutual termination of its previously announced Business Combination Agreement (“BCA”) with SLAM Corp. (“SLAM”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.

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Millions Get Mobile Network Boost As EE Expands 5G Standalone For The UK
- By the end of August 2025, EE’s 5G standalone network will be available to more than 34 million people, covering over half of the entire UK population.
- Customers in Aberdeen, Canterbury, Ipswich, Loughborough, Paignton, Windsor and Wrexham among millions set to benefit as EE makes more than 45 new locations live this summer.

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India’s Jio reaches 5G landmark, claims global FWA crown
- Jio Platforms is the fast-growing and profitable digital operations division of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd.

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Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices
Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI, the startup challenging Google with its AI-powered search engine, is in discussions with mobile device makers to pre-install its new Comet browser on smartphones, CEO Aravind Srinivas told Reuters.

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Survey: Altnet sector bullish on growth
Technology advances and growing demand for high-speed internet access are leading independent broadband firms to feel overwhelmingly positive about the future, according to a survey measuring confidence in the sector.