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Hi, I’m Glenda Cook and I am a Planning Manager in the Older People Services, a part of Glasgow City Health and Social Care partnership. I have had a long career in health and social care, from managing frontline operational services to strategic planning and service development.

Following on from the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research) Industry Launch event in Bristol, UKTIN hosted a follow-up workshop at Digital Catapult in London on the 11th of July which offered a deep dive into not just JOINER but also SONIC Labs, an Open Networks Programme led by Digital Catapult in partnership with O

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The UKTIN Telecoms R&D&I Future Capability Strategic Leadership (FCSL) Forum was established to consolidate research and innovation in the telecoms industry and create a common vision for UK capabilities over the next five years and beyond.  

The AI-RAN Alliance announced it has surpassed 100 members, signaling strong global momentum behind its mission to accelerate innovation in AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence-Radio Access Networks).

• Quantum-safe networking is one of the telecom sector’s most important current developments
• Multiple network operators have now launched initial services and trials
• But which companies are regarded as the market leaders?

The development of quantum-safe networking

SK Telecom has launched an Accountability and Commitment Program following the huge data breach earlier this year.

SK Telecom says it acknowledges the findings of a joint public-private investigation and “expresses its deep regret regarding the cybersecurity incident.”

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2)'s mobile network is on course for an upgrade thanks to a bunch of frequencies it has agreed to acquire from newly-merged VodafoneThree.

In return for a £343 million outlay, VMO2 will receive 78.8 MHz of spectrum spanning multiple bands:

Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation, has announced its accreditation as the only European Open Testing and Integration Centre (OTIC) in the UK awarded by the O-RAN ALLIANCE

Hi, I’m Dan Warren, and I manage Samsung’s Communications Research team at Samsung Research UK.  The team works on standardisation and European telecoms research, reporting to Samsung Research in Korea.

Mobile phone blackspots will be eliminated on several major railway lines and train tunnels by 2028, the body which runs Britain's railway infrastructure has pledged.

INCA has reacted to Ofcom's latest proposals on regulating the UK access market, the main thrust of its response being that Openreach must be kept in check.

Ericsson has announced the launch of two high-performance antennas designed for mission-critical applications such as public safety and disaster relief.

UKTIN’s latest webinar, held on June 17th, explored the current Horizon collaborative opportunities in the UK for advanced communications.

Hello, my name is Megan Lawless, and I work for the Manchester Digital Strategy at Manchester City Council. I am also involved in the Greater Manchester 5G Smart Decarbonisation Network project. 

Vodafone has launched a new digital travel platform centred around its Travel eSIM, and has extended it to 206 destinations on 700 networks, which will be supported by GenAI customer service.

• Unprecedented £11bn investment is one of the largest privately funded infrastructure programmes in the UK, connecting all four nations and every community  
• VodafoneThree is the only mobile network operator with a fully funded, regulated and guaranteed

BT has reorganised its multinational services operation into a dedicated division within the group, fuelling further speculation about its future.

ITRI Establishes a New Office in the UK

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has recently inaugurated its new office in the UK. This establishment marks a noteworthy moment in enhancing collaboration between Taiwan and the UK in the fields of technology and innovation.

Hello, I’m Dan Kilper, an electronics and engineering professor at Trinity College Dublin. I am also the director of the CONNECT Centre, a large multi-university research centre funded by Research Ireland that studies future networks and communications. 

Nokia and Blackned signed an MoU to provide deployable mobile communication systems for military battlefield operation, designed for Germany’s defence requirements.

The UK Government has announced 50 existing mobile masts across England, Scotland and Wales have been upgraded to improve rural mobile coverage.

The masts, which were initially only used to connect EE customers and those calling 999, have now been upgraded to provide coverage from all mobile network operators. 

Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (“CKHGT”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“CK Hutchison”), are pleased to announce that the merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK successfully completed on 31 May 2025.

Netomnia leverages Adtran’s next-generation SDX 6400 Series to deliver ultra-high-speed service. 

The  project marks UK’s first commercial deployment of 50G PON over existing infrastructure.