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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Dan Kilper
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.

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

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FTH’s Commitment to Global Technology Standards
In today’s hyper connected world, seamless digital experiences – from cloud based services to encrypted communications and satellite navigation – are powered by something often invisible to users: technology standards. Underpinning key aspects of telecommunications systems – interoperability, trust, and reliability.

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European smartphone market mildly declined in Q1, while Africa clocked growth
Numbers from Canalys claim that smartphone shipments into Europe (excluding Russia) declined by 2% in Q1 2025 to 32.4 million units, which the analyst says was largely caused by sluggish entry-level demand.

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50 mobile masts upgraded to boost rural UK connect
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.

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Completion of Vodafone and Three merger in the UK
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.

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Xiaomi overtakes Apple in wearables as demand ticks up
Xiaomi shipped the most wearable band devices in the first quarter of this year, overtaking Apple, as the broader market witnessed an increase in demand, new analyst data shows.

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North America Data Center Interconnect Market Up Over 40 Percent
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Optical Transport equipment market declined 1 percent year-over-year in 1Q 2025.

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Three UK doubles Glasgow city centre speeds with UK-first Open RAN rollout
Three UK has successfully completed the first stage of a landmark trial – the UK’s first deployment of Open RAN technology in a dense urban environment. The trial was designed to test the viability of deploying Open RAN in a complex city setting.

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Vodafone and MediaTek claim 5G upload milestone
Vodafone and chip firm MediaTek say they have reached a milestone by successfully testing 5G uplink speeds of up to 277 Mbps.

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Microsoft promises speedier scientific research with agentic AI
Microsoft has announced a new enterprise agentic platform called Microsoft Discovery, which purports to accelerate research times by giving scientists and engineers specialised AI agents to collaborate with.

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Juniper Networks and ServiceNow team up for automation offering
Juniper Networks and ServiceNow have integrated some tools for a joint network and service automation product which they say is the first of its kind.

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Government to set new ten-year budgets for R&D funding
New criteria to give certainty to world-class research organisations, helping to attract greater private investment and grow the UK economy.

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UKTIN’s learnings: IEEE DySPAN 2025
DySPAN 2025, the premier international conference on spectrum innovation, was held in London from May 12th to 16th at King’s College London.

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Howard Benn
Hello, I’m Professor Howard Benn, an independent consultant specialising in telecom standards. I retired last year from Samsung, where I was the Vice President of Communications Research, and I previously worked at Motorola.

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AST SpaceMobile to put another 60 satellites into orbit in 2025-26
Satellite operator AST SpaceMobile has provided a launch update as it inches towards offering consumer services.

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Ericsson and UK Connect alleviate Surrey Search and Rescue’s connectivity woes
Ericsson and UK Connect have teamed up to provide upgraded connectivity solutions to Surrey Search and Rescue, who were previously often relying on paper maps.

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O2 beefs up coverage at Wembley stadium with 5G SA
O2 has upgraded its mobile network in and around Wembley Stadium ahead of a roster of big sports and music events.
More than 2.5 million people are apparently set to flock to the stadium this summer for events including the FA Cup final, seven Oasis shows and the Dua Lipa O2 Priority gig.

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ScotRail Introduces Starlink Satellite Technology in New Trial
In a UK-first for onboard passenger Wi-Fi; ScotRail has introduced new, Starlink-enabled satellite technology across a rural route in the North of Scotland.

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Classiq Raises $110M in Largest-Ever Quantum Software Funding Round
Signals Surging Momentum in Quantum Adoption Across Industries

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ITP Approved to Deliver Telecoms Apprenticeship Training, Backed by Industry Support from Vodafone and Cornerstone
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) has officially been approved as a registered training provider for the Level 4 Cellular Network Field Engineer (CNFE) apprenticeship — a move that directly responds to the UK’s growing need for skilled telecoms engineers.

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VMO2 merges with Daisy to create £1.4 billion B2B provider
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) will combine its B2B arm with Daisy Group in a deal that might not go down too well with some of the latter's customers.
Under the agreement, Daisy will be consolidated into VMO2 Business, with each party respectively controlling 30% and 70% of the combined entity.

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New cybersecurity risk: AI agents going rogue
The cybersecurity industry is rushing to confront a new identity crisis — not for people, but for AI agents that act autonomously and now need to be managed like employees.

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SK Telecom faces 7 trillion won in potential losses amid data breach fallout: CEO
SK Telecom Co. may face losses of up to 7 trillion won (US$5 billion) over the next three years due to declining revenue and the possible waiving of early termination fees following a major data breach that has shaken consumer trust, the company's chief executive officer (CEO) said Thursday.