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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.

The switch-off will happen over the next ten years and support the roll-out of 4G and 5G networks, which offer faster and more reliable services for customers.

Ofcom has made the Regulations to exempt mobile handsets and other SIM-enabled devices from the requirement to be licensed under section 8(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 when such devices are established, installed or used for Direct to Device (“D2D”) satellite services that meet the criteria set out in the Regulations.

Hello, I’m Ola Wassvik, a Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder at Lightbringer in Malmö. I’m probably best described as a ‘serial deep-tech founder’. 

The UK government wants full standalone 5G coverage by 2030 and opened a call for input on what it can do to help bring that about.

Virgin Media O2 is working with Zinkworks to deploy AI-driven automation designed to minimise downtime across its mobile network.

BT has completed the sale of its Radianz business to Transaction Network Services (TNS).

Hello, I’m Lauren Hawker Zafer, the Chief Operating Officer at Squirro, an enterprise generative AI-solutions provider. I am also the host of the multi-award-winning Redefining AI podcast, which explores the application of AI from a sociological, physiological, and psychological perspective. 

There were 1.56 billion fixed broadband subscriptions in the world as of the end of the third quarter of last year, with growth driven by increased fibre uptake, particularly in some key markets.

Some of the UK's smaller fibre altnets might be feeling the pinch at the moment, but CityFibre isn't one of them.

The wholesaler has published a set of full-year numbers that are no doubt the envy of many of its more financially-strained rivals.

On 15th January, Digital Catapult and University of Bristol brought together over 140 people from across the telecoms and AI sectors to share the latest insights, challenges, research and innovation being undertaken in this exciting space.

Hello, I’m Jay Gupta, the Global Head of Industry Solutions for the TMT sector at Quantexa, a British software company; we are one of the few ‘unicorns’ in the UK software space. 

Here at UKTIN we are entering our final quarter of operations, and you may notice that some of our services are starting to be closed down. However, we’ll continue to offer latest news and a wealth of resources and papers available through our website.

G.Network has reportedly been sold to a distressed debt specialist, having failed in a years-long effort to secure an industry buyer.

The move comes amidst much discussion of the state of play for UK fibre builders, many of whom are struggling due to rising build costs and interest rates, while simultaneously competing for customers.

People in the UK largely failed on resolutions to use their phones less in 2025, according to new data from Virgin Media O2, which shows that, amongst other things, AI usage is on the up.

Artificial intelligence is "becoming increasingly normalised," VMO2 declared as it published its Year in Review on Wednesday.

The UK's National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) is on the lookout for some very clever people to put Google's Willow quantum processor through its paces.

The UK regulator Ofcom has launched two probes investigating mobile operators EE (BT) and Three over their summer network outages.