Artificial Intelligence

• Nokia Autonomous Network Fabric brings together all the capabilities required to accelerate the journey to full network automation in an open, cloud-native, multi-vendor environment. 
• Key features include a library of cross-domain correlated data products, telco-trained models (LLM/LAM/ML), integrated s

UKTIN’s latest webinar, held on June 17th, explored the current Horizon collaborative opportunities in the UK for advanced communications.

• GenAI-generated rApp deployed in AT&T test environment
• Built via Aira’s Naavik AppGen platform and Ericsson’s Intelligent Automation Platform to showcase open collaboration & AI-native innovation

Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom will team up to build what they term as the world's first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers on German soil.

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, global Network Security revenue reached $6.2 B in 1Q 2025, expanding 12 percent year-over-year (Y/Y).

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, enterprise class Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue increased by 11 percent on year-over-year basis.

Vodafone has launched a new digital travel platform centred around its Travel eSIM, and has extended it to 206 destinations on 700 networks, which will be supported by GenAI customer service.

The future of telecoms doesn’t just depend on cutting-edge technology – it depends on people.  As the UK pushes forward with next generation connectivity, from AI powered networks to 6G infrastructure, one challenge looms large: a growing skills gap.

Microsoft has announced a new enterprise agentic platform called Microsoft Discovery, which purports to accelerate research times by giving scientists and engineers specialised AI agents to collaborate with.

Juniper Networks and ServiceNow have integrated some tools for a joint network and service automation product which they say is the first of its kind.

New criteria to give certainty to world-class research organisations, helping to attract greater private investment and grow the UK economy.

The cybersecurity industry is rushing to confront a new identity crisis — not for people, but for AI agents that act autonomously and now need to be managed like employees.

• The major hyperscalers have reported their first-quarter 2025 financials
• Synergy Research Group has collected all the data
• AI workloads have fuelled a 23% year-on-year increase in the value of the global cloud infrastructure services sector to almost $94bn

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44% of UK respondents said they used AI in a professional setting, compared to the global average of 67%, according to a report by EY.

According to a new report from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the total number of active LEO (including VLEO) satellites in operational orbit will increase from 7,473 in 2023 to approximately 42,600 by 2032.

To become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is the objective of the AI Continent Action Plan launched today.

Today we announce our collaboration with Dexory to provide a warehouse inventory management service. This solution integrates our IoT technology with Dexory's autonomous robots, equipped with AI.

As connectivity becomes crucial for business, industry, and society, the UK's Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) seeks innovative solutions through its Open Network Programmes.

Commercial space infrastructure firm Axiom Space will launch its first two Orbital Data Centre (ODC) nodes to low-Earth orbit (LEO) by the end of this year.

A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications, has found operators will increase their annual investment in AI to $22 billion by 2029; rising from $13 billion this year.

Qualcomm announced the acquisition of MovianAI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Application and Research JSC (MovianAI), the former generative AI division of VinAI Application and Research JSC (VinAI) and a part of the Vingroup ecosystem.

Ericsson and SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership towards 2030.

• Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group already owns a majority stake in UK chip designer Arm 
• Now it is adding US chip developer Ampere Computing to its portfolio
• The catalyst, as in many cases these days, is AI and its infrastructure demands
• It would also g

The UKTIN Strategic Groups bring together academic and industry leaders and experts, governmental and regulatory specialists, and representative bodies to cohesively communicate the needs of the broader ecosystem and propose a shared public and private sector strategic vision for UK telecoms.