
Fibre

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Cambridge Tech Week 2025
Cambridge Tech Week 2025 is set to return from 15 – 19 September, with a focus on global collaboration and a bold ambition: to showcase Cambridge as the deep tech capital of Europe and a driving force behind some of the world’s most transformative technologies.

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UK Tech Showcase @ London Tech Week 2025
Apply now to join our UK Tech Showcase @ London Tech Week 2025!
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is looking for the UK’s best and brightest tech companies to be a part of our UK Technology Showcase at London Tech Week 2025 (9th-13th June).

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Connected Places Summit 2025
At Connected Places Catapult we connect people, places and businesses for a future of sustainable growth and prosperity.

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5G Ecosystem: ONE Western O-RAN Deployment
ONE Western O-RAN Deployment (WORD) Overview
Peter Gradwell, Telet Research; Rafal Sanecki, IS-Wireless

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Barnet Council Connected Places Programme
Witek Wojas Connected Places
UKTIN Connected Places update

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Unleashing the UK: a telecoms powerhouse
Read the latest UKTIN news, Industry news, Success stories and Governement updates in this winter edition.

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THE FUTURE OF UK CONNECTIVITY
Connected Britain is the UK’s leading event for next-generation broadband and connectivity. Bringing together over 8,000 leaders from across telecoms, government, enterprise, and tech, the conference provides a unique platform for shaping the future of the UK’s digital infrastructure.

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Unleashing the UK: a telecoms powerhouse
UK INNOVATION IS AT AN EXCITING JUNCTURE
Ian Smith, Head of UKTIN
Connectivity has, and always will, underpin societal and economic growth. Fortunately, the UK telecoms sector is
rife with innovation and potential.

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Setting the UK up for success
Innovation is the lifeblood of any sector: it’s what keeps us moving forward.
But to deliver on the demands of citizens and industry today, and ensure a rich and robust pipeline
of future R&D and innovation, organisations in the telecoms sector need to be able to navigate

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Birmingham Tech Week 2024
Birmingham Tech Week is the UK’s largest regional tech festival and conference with over 7,500 people attending. Events will be taking place across the entire West Midlands covering a variety of important and innovative topics.

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The Great Telco Debate 2024: Let’s get ready to rumble!
The telecom industry’s end-of-year wrap-up returns to London on Thursday 5 December, for a day of boisterous discussion and debate on the big issues and topics that are shaping the future of telecoms.
Debates proposed so far include:

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Glasgow City Region: Smart & Connected Social Places Presentation
Presentation outlining Glasgow City Region strategic context and properties

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UKTIN Clusters Coventry City Council Digital Innovation Presentation
Presentation outlining digital innovation undertaken by Coventry City Council

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NEOS Networks | Our UK-wide network
Our 34,000km private telecoms network spans the UK providing a range of high capacity connectivity and collaboration solutions.
National network maps

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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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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.

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EXA Infrastructure deploys new high-capacity fibre route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels
EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform throughout Europe, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, today announced the deployment of a new fibre route connecting London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.

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CityFibre agrees £2.3bn in new financing round
- Financing includes £500m in new equity secured from existing shareholders
- Committed debt facilities expanded by £960m, alongside a new £800m accordion facility to catalyse CityFibre’s growth through M&A
- Successful financing accelerates CityFibre’s next phase of growth and boosts

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Euro telcos slam EC’s planned ‘backwards step’
- The European Commission is proposing to relax the regulation on incumbent national fixed network operators
- Deregulation of wholesale fixed access services would be a ‘backwards step’, state competitive operators
- Vodafone, Iliad, Colt, Bouygues Telecom and 1&1 are among thos

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INCA warns of threat to competition unless Ofcom reins in Openreach
INCA has reacted to Ofcom's latest proposals on regulating the UK access market, the main thrust of its response being that Openreach must be kept in check.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Megan Lawless
Hello, my name is Megan Lawless, and I work for the Manchester Digital Strategy at Manchester City Council. I am also involved in the Greater Manchester 5G Smart Decarbonisation Network project.