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The UKTIN Strategic Groups bring together academic and industry leaders and experts, governmental and regulatory specialists, and representative bodies to cohesively communicate the needs of the broader ecosystem and propose a shared public and private sector strategic vision for UK telecoms. 

• Ofcom plans to maintain pro-competition regulation to bring faster, more reliable connections to businesses and communities across the UK to boost economic growth
• Full-fibre broadband projected to reach almost all homes and businesses by 2027 with right support

Full-fibre broadband is on

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

A group of UK telcos led by Vodafone has launched a new bit of kit to keep the modem lights on during a power cut.

UK communications regulator Ofcom is ramping up its execution of new powers granted by the contentious Online Safety Act and will punish online platforms that censor insufficiently.

Following on from the Secretary of State for DSIT’s speech at the Tech UK Conference which announced additional funding for 5GIR programme, DSIT has

Following the landmark global SEP judgment in Lenovo’s favor by the UK Court of Appeal on 28 February 2025, Ericsson has refused to accept the interim licence terms.

It’s the era of box office events driving huge online traffic, and in the case of Taylor Swift, literally the ‘Eras’. During her tour she smashed records for the most mobile data used during a standalone concert at Wembley Stadium.

We are delighted to announce that UKTIN is set to continue from April 2025 with a set of activities which address priorities that have been refreshed in consultation with the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) Future Networks Programme. 

Vodafone UK and Ericsson have successfully reduced daily power consumption of 5G Radio Units by up to 33% in trial sites across London.

UK operator group Virgin Media O2 says it will spend £700 million on upgrading and extending its mobile network this year alone.

VMO2 explained it will spend the cash on new masts, small cells and 4G and 5G upgrades, as well as rolling out new spectrum and increasing automation in its networks.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

Hello – I’m Simon Saunders, an independent telecoms advisor. I am an honorary professor at the University of Bristol, a visiting professor at King's College London and Chair of the UKTIN Wireless Networking Technologies Expert Working Group.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

• Debut of Global Fabric Internet, the first connectivity service delivered via BT’s new, transformational network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform, Global Fabric.
• A growing pipeline of customers, services and features are being added over the coming weeks and months.

BT today announced that c

UK firm AccelerComm has launched a new 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) physical layer solution for LEO satellites, which promises to deliver up to 6Gbps and support128 beams and 4,096 users per chipset.

Ofcom has published proposals for upper 6 GHz spectrum to be made available and shared between mobile and Wi-Fi services.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave has put out a report claiming better indoor mobile connectivity could equate to £70 billion per year across the UK economy.

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, provides a financial and operational update for the year ended 31 December 2024

Record revenues and first year of profitability:

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives.

ETSI has announced the establishment of a new Industry Specification Group (ISG) focused on Multiple Access Techniques (MAT) for 6G mobile systems. The group aims to build industry consensus on innovative multiple access techniques, based on 3GPP specifications.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

After a difficult few quarters, Nokia returned to sales growth in Q4 after its fixed-line and data centre networking divisions put in particularly solid performances.