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Energy-efficient Cloudlets for ORAN (ECORAN)
The project aimed to transform the C-PON architecture from TRL3 to TRL6, focusing on energy-efficient processing cells, intelligent processing steering, and the development of LLMs models.

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CWIC 2025: Call for speakers
The call for speakers has now opened! Don’t miss your opportunity to speak to 500+ major industry players, from technologists and entrepreneurs to academics and investors. We want to hear your stories of resilience, innovation and challenge, welcoming applications from organisations of any size or age.

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Trade associations look to integrate terrestrial and satellite networks
The GSMA is teaming up with the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) to work on connecting terrestrial and space-based networks, which they say will create ‘a new era of ubiquitous global connectivity.’

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Ericsson publish industry’s first dedicated rApp directory
- The rApp Directory shows all rApps developed and available for the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform, connecting Communication Service Providers with rApp owners and developers
- The rApp Directory is the latest element to be introduced by Ericsson to support the rApp ecosystem of independent software developers and CSPs evolvi

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T-Mobile US, Nvidia take the AI-RAN initiative
- T-Mobile US, Nvidia, Ericsson and Nokia are jointly investing in an AI-RAN Innovation Centre
- The facility will be based at T-Mobile US’s headquarters campus in Bellevue, Washington
- The partners will develop mobile network systems based on AI functionality, “revolutio

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Dell Technologies Propels Telecommunications into the AI Era
- Dell AI for Telecom program simplifies and accelerates AI deployments for communications service providers
- Dell extends collaboration with NVIDIA to transform telecom network operations with AI solutions, built on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA
Dell collaborates with Lintasarta and SK Telecom to spee

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Nvidia ramps up its AI-RAN play
- Nvidia is on a mission to underpin major digital infrastructures and development processes with its processors and software
- It’s already at the centre of the AI datacentre universe
- Now it has launched AI Aerial, its hardware/software combo solution for AI-enabled radio access network

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PXC to Partner with Netomnia and Brsk
PXC to partner with fastest-growing alternative network in bid to become the UK’s go-to alt net aggregator.

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Everything you need to know about the UKTIN Academic Future Networks Strategic Group’s Paper
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.

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SoftBank, Intelsat hatch ‘ubiquitous’ 5G plan
- The two companies announce a bold plan to build “seamless 5G connections” between mobile and satellite networks to provide connectivity worldwide
- Development of new 3GPP 5G standards for non-terrestrial networks lays the foundation for the “ubiquitous network”
- SoftBank and Intelsat a

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Telesat Completes $2.54 Billion Funding Agreements for Telesat Lightspeed Satellite Constellation with Strong Government Backing
Telesat Lightspeed program will create and sustain thousands of high-quality Canadian jobs and deliver billions of dollars of investment in the Canadian economy

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UK tops the New International Digital Connectivity Readiness Index
FarrPoint, a leading connectivity consultancy, unveiled its new report on digital connectivity readiness across the G7.

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Qualcomm and Sequans Reach Agreement on Sale of 4G IoT Technology
- Strengthens Qualcomm’s Industrial IoT portfolio, offering low-power solutions for reliable, optimized cellular connectivity for IoT applications
- Expands and accelerates Qualcomm’s leadership position in digital transformation at the edge

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TRAI weighs up India’s Terahertz prospects
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been looking at the potential use of Terahertz (THz) spectrum bands
- It is recommending that such spectrum should be made available now for ‘experimentation’
- The technology needed for THz transmission might be ready for the 6G

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SK Telecom’s AI chip start-up seals merger deal
Two of the country’s developers of AI processors, one backed by SK Telecom and the other by KT, are merging to form a company valued at almost $750m

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Eutelsat Group enters into exclusive negotiations for the carve-out and partial sale of its passive ground segment infrastructure assets
Paris, 9 August 2024 - Eutelsat Group has entered into exclusivity and signed a put option agreement with the EQT Infrastructure VI fund (“EQT”) with respect to its passive ground infrastructure assets.

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Samsung bolsters its on-device AI smarts with Oxford Semantic acquisition
With AI-enhanced devices increasingly finding their way into consumers' pockets, Samsung is keen to gain an edge over its rivals.
To that end, the Korean electronics giant has just shelled out an undisclosed sum for Oxford Semantic Technologies, a UK-based startup that specialises in knowledge graph technology.

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GSMA report highlights AI potential in certain sectors in Africa
Among the Africa AI use case applications identified, the vast majority are related to agriculture, climate action and energy, according to the GSMA
New artificial intelligence (AI) applications could boost Africa’s economic growth by $2.9 trillion by 2030, according to a new GSMA report.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of George Gibson
Hello, I am George Gibson, a co-founder at Streetwave. Our two-year-old start-up is a product of the Welsh Government’s charity incubator, The Alacrity Foundation. The organisation researches the biggest challenges facing UK society, and mobile connectivity has been identified as a fundamental part of that.

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Everything you need to know about West Midlands' Telecoms Landscape
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.