
Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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AST SpaceMobile Announces First Five Commercial Satellites Completed Final Assembly and Ready for Shipment the First Week of August
Shipment to Cape Canaveral planned for the first week of August with a 7-day launch window in September

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NTN and Direct-to-Cellular Markets to Exceed US$17 Billion by 2032, with Apple and Starlink Leading the Charge
The Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) market is entering a new mass adoption phase. During 2H 2024, the iOS release 18, and Android 15 are set to introduce satellite messaging as a core feature, enabling millions of devices worldwide to tap into satellite connectivity.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Saba Al-Rubaye
Hello, I'm Saba Al-Rubaye, a Professor of Telecommunications and Autonomous Systems at Cranfield University's School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing. I also lead research and development at the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre, focusing on advancing 6G technology, digital twin and air mobility solutions.

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PORT OF BLYTH BECOMES TECH HUB WITH PRIVATE 5G NETWORK INNOVATION LAB
A private 5G network-enabled Innovation Lab is set to transform the Port of Blyth into the UK North East’s premier technology hub, providing unprecedented access to 5G technology for industries in the North East region.

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Telefónica, Fortinet, Quantum XChange and Warpcom present innovative solution for quantum cyberattacks
Telefónica, leading telecommunications company, in collaboration with Warpcom, an iberian technology integrator, have teamed up with Fortinet and Quantum Xchange to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of an innovat

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5G Innovation Region: Glasgow’s Smart and Connected Social Places
The 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme has seen 10 regions throughout the UK receive £36m of funding as part of our wider programme to drive 5G adoption.

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Juniper helps Telxius upgrade to 400G
Telxius has teamed with Juniper Networks to upgrade its global network to 400G to boost user experiences across its 100,000+ km footprint spanning Europe and the Americas.

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O-RANOS: FRANC Case Study
The O-RANOS project aimed to solve key challenges in creating seamless OpenRAN networks that work across both private and public domains. By addressing these challenges, the project sought to open up new business opportunities for both enterprise and public sector customers and to develop innovative use cases.

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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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Gov-backed UK Infrastructure Bank provides funding to another rural FibreCo
Cornish Wildanet attracts £35m investment from UKIB, days after the bank ploughed £150m into Hyperoptic.
Southwest fibre altnet Wildanet has become the latest UK challenger to attract investment from UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB), and has secured a revolving credit facility from Santander to boot.

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Everything you need to know: UKTIN’s Semiconductor EWG Future Capability Paper
A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. Find out more here.

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Reflecting on the DSIT FRANC projects
The previous UK Government’s £250 million 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy aimed to incentivise the industry to create new products and services to unlock the full potential of Open RAN.

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Everything you need to know about Coventry’s 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.

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Keysight Joins the AI-RAN Alliance to Advance AI Innovations in Mobile Networks
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has joined the AI-RAN Alliance to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and innovations in radio access networks (RAN).

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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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Orange spurns slicing and opts for Cisco private 5G at Olympics
Using Samsung S24 smartphones as cameras, along with core and RAN gear from Cisco, Orange says it will capture footage that traditional systems would not.

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5G Innovation Region: Greater Manchester’s Smart Decarbonisation Network
The 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme has seen 10 regions throughout the UK receive £36m of funding as part of our wider programme to drive 5G adoption.

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Belfast 5G Innovation Region programme
The Belfast 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme is working with businesses, academia, and the public sector to support the adoption of 5G and other advanced wireless networks across the Belfast Region.

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SpaceX, Iridium boast of resilience during geomagnetic storm
A massive geomagnetic storm hit Earth on May 10-11, prompting the FCC to investigate its effects on telecom networks. Now, satellite companies, including SpaceX and Iridium, are detailing their experiences.

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New research shows “life-changing” impact of EE mobile connectivity on Britain’s rural communities
- A new independent report by FarrPoint, commissioned using data from four EE mast deployments, shows 4G mobile connectivity can generate more than £6 million for a rural community.
- From farming and fishi

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Ericsson unveils new solution for intelligent use of energy in network sites
Much of society runs on networks. This makes it vital to ensure that networks are efficiently powered while using existing energy infrastructure.

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BT Group rolls-out energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology to EE mobile sites nationwide
BT Group has implemented energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology across its EE mobile sites nationwide, following successful trials in each of the UK’s home nations.

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A ‘market shift’ toward NTN: GSMA Intelligence
GSMA Intelligence begins tracking NTN developments as satellite and telecom converge