North West

Synchronisation Distribution in 5G Transport Networks

Looking at the best practices when deploying millimetre Wave Networks

The following information is the High Level Summary Report (October 2022) on the outcomes and findings from the West Mercia Rural 5G Project.

Is Open RAN secure? That depends on who you ask.

Executive summary

Is Open RAN secure? That depends on who you ask. Based on Rakuten Symphony’s experience securing the world’s largest fully virtualized Open RAN mobile network with Rakuten Mobile in Japan, our answer is unequivocally yes.

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.

The latest in the Telecom Trailblazers series.

A summary of key insights coming out of a recent UK5G Barrier Busting Round table

5G leaders from across manufacturing, transport & logistics, health & social care, and creative industries, came together in August 2022, to discuss the future of 5G in the UK.

Presentation shown as part of the final project event

The 5G SubConnect project ran from 1st November 2021 until 31st March 2022, investigating the potential for 5G connectivity to add value to maintenance activities in the tunnels of the Glasgow Subway and underground railway systems in general.

Mobile UK has published a report entitled Connected Care: How mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult social care. This report highlights the enormous potential that connectivity can offer to the challenges that councils face in delivering adult social care.

A guide exploring 5G's security credentials, its ability to support zero trust models and the interplay between security and safety.

Security and privacy is vital when dealing with peoples' personal.  This guide explores how 5G networks can deliver secure connectivity, providing assurance to the sector and patients.

Explaining uplink and downlink - what they are and why they are important to the creative industries

Presentation for CW, Small Cell Group: Open RAN Event 12 October 2021

What is TIP?

Founded in 2016, TIP is a community of diverse participants that includes hundreds of companies - from service providers and technology partners, to systems integrators and other connectivity stakeholders.

Currently traditional RAN vendors are delivering to operators a ready for deployment RAN solution, which is already fully tested and pre-integrated in their own facilities. Each vendor manages its own lab and testing resources, so that the associated overhead in integration complexity is transparent

Written by Ray Le Maistre for TelecomTV.com

Mavenir has developed a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) platform from Open RAN deployments

UK5G Vertical Insights Report

The aim of this report is to consolidate and present the findings from the industry and supply-side consultations we have hosted across UK5G’s four target verticals: creative industries, manufacturing, transport & logistics, and health & social care.

Amid rising expectations and ever- shrinking budgets, creative businesses are eager to explore new, innovative methods of creating and delivering content and experiences. This vital UK industry needs more immersive, personalised and accessible content: 5G can help to deliver.

View slideware from the briefing event for the UK / Republic of Korea Open RAN R&D Collaboration

3D-printed radio antennas that could help bring stronger mobile phone signals and faster internet connections to people living in remote communities have been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.