Technology

The GSMA is teaming up with the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) to work on connecting terrestrial and space-based networks, which they say will create ‘a new era of ubiquitous global connectivity.’

Nokia has deployed 6 new apps to its Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) platform, designed to do things like improve worker safety, site security, operational efficiency and secure OT environments.

Advanced multi-speed OLT-ONU platform enables operators to run mission-critical AI applications at the edge while providing the most cost-effective and power-efficient upgrade path for current GPON and 10G PON networks

• Launch 'Green 5G' initiative to improve the energy efficiency of its 4G and 5G networks and significantly reduce carbon emissions
• Solution projected to reduce carbon footprint by an estimated 143,413 metric tons of CO2 annually

Bharti Airtel and Nokia, announced a groundbreaking collaboration on “Green

Today,  we announce an important milestone in the continuing development of UK-India Collaborations in Telecoms Research & Innovation by the signing of an important MoU between Bharat  6G Alliance and the UK-India Future Networks Initiative (UKI-FNI), supported by UK Telecoms Innovation Net

Rural broadband specialist Quickline Communications has teamed up with Tech She Can, a leading tech education and careers charity, to tackle the issue of gender disparity in technology roles across the UK. 

UKTIN’s upcoming conference on 4th December is an opportunity to hear from senior government officials on the strategic importance of international innovation programmes such as Horizon, from industry and association bodies on the opportunities, plans and next steps to engaging, and from academic leaders on what the UK has to offer.

• Ericsson is one of the founding members of the AI-RAN Alliance
• The Swedish telco is already part of an AI-RAN R&D initiative at T-Mobile US, one of the alliance’s other founders
• Now Ericsson has struck a collaborative agreement with the alliance’s other founding telco member, Jap

THE BEST THING ABOUT UKTIN’S SUCCESS STORIES? 
EVERYBODY BENEFITS
Ian Smith, Head of UKTIN

UKTIN is in the business of networks in more ways than one. We’re tasked with connecting a 

Conference emphasizes how more personalized, secure customer experiences are enabled by wide-ranging innovations in AI technology

Users can do more with their devices; developers can build and create for the future

Hello, my name is Gary Littledyke and I am the Senior Technical Officer for Telecoms at Dorset Council. I have forty years of experience in the telco industry; I joined the army as an apprentice at age 16 and spent eight years working as a British Army Royal Signals Communications Specialist. 

A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security, multiple sources briefed on the matter told CNN.

• The rApp Directory shows all rApps developed and available for the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform, connecting Communication Service Providers with rApp owners and developers
• The rApp Directory is the latest element to be introduced by Ericsson to support the rApp ecosystem of independent software developers and CSPs evolvi

Generative AI and automation have caused more cyberattacks on mobile operators' infrastructures, research by Nokia revealed.

EE has launched 25 new sites on Freshwave’s mobile infrastructure in the City of London, enhancing its 4G and 5G network.

Samsung Electronics teamed up with NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s largest mobile carrier, in August to jointly research the application of AI in next-generation mobile communications technology.

A further 4,500 homes and businesses across rural West Yorkshire and the York area can now access the fastest, most reliable broadband on the market, thanks to broadband provider Quickline Communications.

• Research firm IDC predicts that datacentre electricity consumption worldwide will more than double between 2023 and 2028, reaching 857 terawatt hours.
• Increasingly power-hungry AI workloads are a major factor
• Rising electricity prices and growing carbon emissions add an urgency for d

As the vision for 6G begins to make its way from R&D to standardization, what are the trends and goals, both technological and societal, that will and should influence it?

The Broadband Forum is working on an initiative aimed at delivering "significant power savings" for fibre service providers when customers access the internet.

• Synergy Research Group has been tracking the cloud/datacentre sector for years
• It has just released its first-half (H1) 2024 overview for the market, which grew by 23% to hit $427bn
• The research firm highlights an AI-fuelled surge in datacentre investments, which grew by 30%

Currently, there are 329 commercial 5G networks worldwide, according to 5G Americas

• T-Mobile US, Nvidia, Ericsson and Nokia are jointly investing in an AI-RAN Innovation Centre
• The facility will be based at T-Mobile US’s headquarters campus in Bellevue, Washington
• The partners will develop mobile network systems based on AI functionality, “revolutio

• Dell AI for Telecom program simplifies and accelerates AI deployments for communications service providers
• Dell extends collaboration with NVIDIA to transform telecom network operations with AI solutions, built on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA 

• Dell collaborates with Lintasarta and SK Telecom to spee