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.

• Nokia and Deutsche Telekom deepen collaboration to accelerate AI‑native and Open RAN innovation
• Expanded program strengthens joint work on Cloud RAN, open interfaces and multivendor network flexibility
• Partnership to drive next‑generation autonomous RAN capabilities through real‑world AI validation and co‑creation

• Companies aim to help the industry move from 6G research to commercial reality
• AI-native network innovation collaboration to span compute, connectivity, cloud and standards leadership across the core network, RAN and Edge
• The effort is designed to help make the path to 6G more open, efficient and cost-effective for operators

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £76 million investment to launch four new national compute resources (NCRs).

This major funding boost will provide the powerful ‘digital engines’ needed to solve some of society’s biggest challenges, from healthcare to climate change.

Just as bats rely on echolocation to hone in on moths, Vodafone wants to apply the same principle to mobile networks.

Virgin Media O2 has launched O2 Satellite, extending mobile coverage for customers willing to pay £3 per month for the privilege.

Working with Starlink, the operator becomes the first in Europe to offer a satellite-based direct-to-device service that also includes some data.

• Japanese operator KDDI wants to protect its datacentre traffic against quantum-savvy hackers
• It has turned to Nokia for the optical and security management systems that can help

Telcos around the world are becoming more vocal about their