South West
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O-RANOS
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OpenRAN ARTS
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BEACON-5G
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REASON
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CoMP-O-RAN
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Best of British RAN Development
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Security
The potential benefits of 5G, future wireless generations and full-fibre digital connectivity can only be realised if we have confidence in the resilience of our infrastructure
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Non-Terrestrial Networking
Non-terrestrial networking (NTN) refers to any network that involves space or airborne elements, including satellite communication networks, high-altitude platform systems (HAPS), and air-to-ground networks
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Wireless Networking Technologies
Wireless networking is experiencing a period of exciting change with the development of new generations - from 5G to 6G, WiFi 6 and 7 - offering new use cases and business cases
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Diversification
Diversification of the telecoms supply chain is ultimately about choice, a desire to broaden the choice of equipment and solution providers in the sector-driven by commercial, technical and geopolitical factors
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Core Network Technology
Core networks are critical infrastructure and new digital technologies and trends have the potential to disrupt and transform, ensuring capabilities, resilience and performance can meet emerging and future needs
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Optical Communications
Optical communication refers to the use of light to carry a communication signal to the remote end, instead of an electrical current
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disrupting industry on a broad scale and telecoms is no exception, offering the potential to cut through network complexity, address new requirements, increase performance and enable automation
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors play a critical role in telecom infrastructure, from capturing images and data to encoding, encryption, transmission, reception, decryption and presenting data to the user. As we explore new ways of working and visualising the world, semiconductors will play an increasingly important role in telecom networks, ensuring that data is sent and received efficiently and securely.
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South West
Academic excellence, a world-class 5G test network and significant investment makes the South West a telecoms powerhouse
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5G Innovation Region: England’s Connected Heartland (ECH)
The 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme has seen 10 regions throughout the UK receive a share of £36m of funding as part of our wider programme to drive 5G adoption.
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Dorset Council powers ahead with UK’s first WiFi-connected steam train
A new innovation project is steaming ahead in Dorset to test if WiFi can work on even the most rural and oldest railway networks.
Dorset Council has been awarded £163,000 government funding from DSIT (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) to bring 21st century technology to Swanage Railway.
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UKTIN In the News
Earlier this month we were delighted to welcome journalists to the Smart Internet Lab in Bristol for our media launch of UKTIN’s R&D Discovery Toolkit.
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EE activates 25 small cell sites in London
EE has launched 25 new sites on Freshwave’s mobile infrastructure in the City of London, enhancing its 4G and 5G network.
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BT & Toshiba team with Equinix for quantum-safe connectivity
- BT and Toshiba have already deployed a quantum-safe metro network in the London area
- Now they have teamed up with datacentre operator Equinix
- Its facilities in Canary Wharf, London, and Slough will be connected by data links protected using quantum key distribution
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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 about Dorset’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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How organisations are embracing optical
As a part of UKTIN’s Optical-themed month, we spoke to Francesco Poletti, an academic professor at the University of Southampton, where he co-founded a start-up called Lumenisity.