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As part of UKTIN’s work to support SMEs looking to innovate within the supply chain, this document has been created to educate SMEs on mobile standards. This report will include news of major developments of the key mobile standards, plus news on patent, patent trolls and IP infringement. 

Over the course of May and June 2024, Innovate UK, in collaboration with UKRI India and the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), delivered a Global Expert Mission, bringing together key government and R&D experts from the UK and India.

Innovation is the lifeblood of any sector: it’s what keeps us moving forward.
But to deliver on the demands of citizens and industry today, and ensure a rich and robust pipeline 
of future R&D and innovation, organisations in the telecoms sector need to be able to navigate 

Join us for an online panel discussion, hosted by TelecomTV, when industry leaders will share their perspectives on the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

Sign up for FarrPoint's latest webinar on the 8th of October for an hour of expert views and debate on the role of the public sector in the data centre market. It will be a great discussion with panel representatives from DSIT, Norwegian Data Center Industry, TechUK and Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

The UKTIN Academic Future Networks Strategy Working Group (which can be referred to as the Academic Strategic Working Group[1]) is one of the UKTIN groups which is tasked with developing a long-term strategy that will ensure world-leading academic research into future networks well into 2040.

The Accelerating RAN Intelligence in 5G (ARI-5G) Consortium, led by Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and in collaboration with Accelleran, Amdocs, Attocore, British Telecom (BT) and VIAVI Solutions, has successfully deployed, evaluated, and showcased four spectrum and energy management x/rApps use cases on a standards-based RIC platform. 

Building the foundations for telecoms supply chain diversification 

The SONIC Labs Annual Report 2023/24 highlights the significant progress made since the programme’s inception in October 2020.

This report analyses the results of public research conducted by Mobile UK as part of its Live Better Connected campaign. It explores the mobile-connected habits and attitudes of the public in the UK and how being connected through mobile networks is intrinsic to the way we live, work and interact.

Join the UK SPF Cluster 1 for an exclusive event dedicated to examining the evolving landscape of indoor connectivity and its future demand. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the need for robust and reliable indoor networks is more crucial than ever before for both consumers and enterprises.

Join us at the UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2024 to learn about the expanding landscape of quantum technology commercialisation and industrial advancement in the UK.

Innovate UK in partnership with UKRI India and the 

The report aims to provide background information on standards activities in the UK and worldwide, as well as consider aspects where actions could be taken to improve the general influence of the UK and its industrial and academic sector, with particular emphasis on SMEs.

Part of the UK Telecom Innovation Network (UKTIN) programme, this report is the second in a series intended to provide a high level, non-technical deep dive into pertinent academic and industrial activities relevant to the UK telecoms ecosystem. 

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TMT World Congress returns to London in January 2025 with two days of unrivalled content, premium networking opportunities and actionable takeaways.

Flex 5G is a Project delivered under the DSIT FRANC (Future RAN: Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain) Portfolio, which allocated up to £30 million of R&D funding to projects that support the goals of the government's 5G Supply Chain

This dissemination document highlights the closure of the CoMP-O-RAN Project outlining what was achieved and why. It summarises the experiences and findings gained during the project life cycle from development and prototyping phases through to testing in real environments.

This future capabilities paper has been prepared by the Optical Communications and Photonics Expert Working Group (EWG) for the UK Telecom Innovation Network (UKTIN) as part of the Future Telecoms strategy.

The BEACON-5G team organised a workshop and end of project showcase event aimed at exhibiting some of the key technological innovations for Open RAN. BEACON-5G is among the winners of the £30 million UK government funding, allocated as part of the Future Open RAN Competition (FRANC), to support 5G diversification strategy.

Proteus is a project executed under the UK’s department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS, now DSIT) Future of RAN Competition (FRANC). In this report we provide an overview of the project’s stated objectives and of its achievements.

Back by popular demand after a successful launch in 2023, our special event that focuses on telcos and AI returns as a curtain raiser to this year's Great Telco Debate.

Dedicated to the emergence of AI and the opportunities for telcos, the Telcos & AI in-person summit covers the application of AI within network operations.

The emergence of new technologies and solutions for telecom networks and interfaces requires a fresh approach to planning, procurement and deployment. Open RAN and the disaggregation of hardware and software have already had an impact on the supplier ecosystem.

Returning for its second year, the AI-Native Telco Summit explores how automated processes and the deployment of AI-based tools are manifesting themselves in network operations as well as service delivery and management.