Technology

Careful, responsible, and efficient management of resources has become increasingly important, not just to the agriculture industry, but to the planet.

The first report on the State of the Digital Decade provides a comprehensive look at progress towards achieving the digital transformation to empower a more digitally sovereign, resilient, and competitive EU.

CELTIC is pleased to announce that for the CELTIC-NEXT Autumn Call 2023, a Call Proposers’ Brokerage Day will take place online on Thursday 5th of October 2023 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CET.

Horizon Europe is the current EU €95 billion research and innovation Framework Programme for 2021 to 2027.

Agri-Tech Week 2023 provides opportunities to meet potential collaborators, customers and partners within the agri-tech ecosystem and includes the REAP conference.

Featuring a mix of in person and virtual events that are designed to showcase exciting developments in agri-tech, the week is coordinated by Agri-TechE working closely with pa

UKTIN is announcing a new series of Investor Breakfasts with the aim of showcasing exceptional UK telecoms talent from across the sector and highlighting the benefits of investing in the UK’s telecoms infrastructure and the broad range of companies and technologies operating within it. 

This is a special digital event focusing on the role of telecoms in combatting climate change.

techUK is working with NHS England to set up a virtual roundtable, taking place on the 16th of August, for suppliers to provide feedback to help policymakers understand how the Digital Health Technologies policy framework is impacting industry.

Standard smartphones to receive signal from space 

Photo Credit: Nathan Pitt - University of Cambridge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Fastnet, a new transatlantic subsea fibre-optic cable system linking Maryland, USA, and County Cork, Ireland.

Fastnet, which is expected to be operational in 2028, has been designed to improve network resilience by adding a new, independent data route across the Atlantic.

Cisco becomes the first partner to offer a NVIDIA Cloud Partner compliant reference architecture with new data center switching solutions. Together, Cisco and NVIDIA provide customers ultimate flexibility as they build critical AI infrastructure. 

News Summary:

NVIDIA  announced America’s first AI-native wireless stack for 6G, including new applications to advance next-generation wireless technology, in collaboration with industry-leading partners Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC and T-Mobile.

Mobile network analytics firm Opensignal says network sharing between the newly merged operators has unlocked significant coverage improvements.

Global spending on telco network cloud infrastructure and software is projected to grow from $17.4 billion in 2025 to $24.8 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, according to Omdia’s new Telco Network Cloud Market Tracker – 2025 Annual Forecast Report.

Kit vendors Ericsson and Nokia have teamed up with Berlin’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) to work on video coding standardization in preparation for 6G.

UK Telco Virgin Media O2 has put out a reminder that it is ramping up its 3G switch-off programme in Scotland from 5 November.

A report from Juniper Research claims that revenue from travel embedded SIM (eSIM) packages will grow by 85% in 2025.

• Samsung will play a key role for Vodafone’s Open RAN deployments in multiple European markets, something the operator had previously confirmed
• The vendor says it will supply a range of RAN and network management software solutions and Open RAN-compliant radios
• But there’s still no se

• Vodafone and Nokia slash delays on live home broadband fibre connection by 94%.
• World’s first live network test of L4S technology from Nokia Bell Labs using Vodafone Türkiye’s Fibre to the Home network, including in-home Wi-Fi, will lead to improved Internet access across Europe.

Vodafone and Nokia have successfully tria

Building Digital UK will be integrated into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on 1 November 2025.

Virgin Media O2 has switched on a “first-of-its-kind” Giga Site in Paddington, London, utilising the newly acquired spectrum from Vodafone.

T-Mobile US has added a data offering to its satellite-based direct-to-cell service that allows customers to use slimmed-down versions of some key apps, including WhatsApp and X.