Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Another in a series of events organised by WASET.org

UKTIN is excited to announce that recruitment has opened today for the Chair positions for our eight Special Interest Groups.

Wireless Communications for Social Innovation

Hello, I’m Brad McGuire and I am the Director of Programme Innovation at AWTG, an end-to-end engineering services and technology solutions provider for companies in telecommunications. I only joined around six months ago but already feel like a part of the team.

Designed to be an informal conversation that will provide a glimpse behind the scenes, UKTIN speaks to the consortium about the first quarter of UKTIN, with a focus on the recent stakeholder engagement event.

Written by Oscar Hornstein for UKTech.news

The UK represented only 0.3% of global patents in the semiconductor industry last year, despite a surge in new technologies in the sector, new research has found.

A major new research facility that will help the UK be a world leader in 6G technology is set to be established at the University of Sheffield.

Collaboration will support open source alignment, technical exchanges, and joint activities to maximize RAN efficiency.

Hi, I’m Simon Rowell — after three years in the public sector, I’m now leading government affairs for a UK AI hyperscaler called Nscale. Previously, I worked as an adviser for Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and for DSIT for two years.

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

• 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.

• F5’s 2025 State of AI Application Strategy Report reveals 25% of apps on average use AI, yet only 2% of enterprises qualify as being highly AI-ready.
• 77% of companies are moderately ready for AI but still face significant security and governance hurdles.
• 71% of organizations use AI t

Lancaster University spinout company Quinas Technology has won a 2025 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Global Award.

Hi, I’m Glenda Cook and I am a Planning Manager in the Older People Services, a part of Glasgow City Health and Social Care partnership. I have had a long career in health and social care, from managing frontline operational services to strategic planning and service development.

Following on from the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research) Industry Launch event in Bristol, UKTIN hosted a follow-up workshop at Digital Catapult in London on the 11th of July which offered a deep dive into not just JOINER but also SONIC Labs, an Open Networks Programme led by Digital Catapult in partnership with O

The UKTIN Telecoms R&D&I Future Capability Strategic Leadership (FCSL) Forum was established to consolidate research and innovation in the telecoms industry and create a common vision for UK capabilities over the next five years and beyond.  

UK tech innovation will once again be showcased on the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Pavilion at MWC 2026, 3-6 March in Barcelona.

Innovative and imaginative tech startups and scaleups will showcase solutions at the cutting edge of telecoms and mobile, building a new era of connectivity.

Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation, has announced its accreditation as the only European Open Testing and Integration Centre (OTIC) in the UK awarded by the O-RAN ALLIANCE