Core Networking Technologies

Hello – I’m Sideqe Askre, an Engineering Technician at the University of Sheffield’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I am responsible for seven communication labs, equipment maintenance, training and inductions, health and safety paperwork and internal and external customers. 

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.

Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent 3GPP SA meeting in Madrid.

UK mobile operator Three has selected Ericsson to build it a new cloud-native core network – replacing Nokia who has been doing the job since 2019.

• Ericsson, in collaboration with IBM, is set to deliver a new network to transform frontline emergency services in Great Britain
• The project will utilize products and solutions from Ericsson’s Core Network, and Business and Operations Support Systems portfolios, alongside its mission-critical expertise and other professional services

Where technology, policy and commerce converge

Nokia acquires Rapid technology and R&D unit to strengthen development of network API solutions and ecosystem

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. 

5G MCN Growth Rate Stalled Out for the First Time, Declining 8 Percent in 2Q 2024

A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. Find out more here.

Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Group exists to provide an open forum for inter-regional collaboration, sharing of best practices, insights and dissemination of learnings.

As you may have already seen, ITN Business are in the process of producing a digital news-style programme, Digital Britain: Connecting the Nation, in partnership with the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN), Tech UK, and Mobile UK.

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:

As more UK local authority areas are awarded Gigabit infrastructure contracts, we pose the challenge - what's next?