Technology

Poonam Parihar is an experienced tech industry professional and founder of bandarlog.dev, a deep-tech start-up working to transform telecoms through AI and build digital network automation solutions to help SMEs in other sectors adopt next-generation technologies more quickly.

It predicts from 2026, losses to robocalling will steadily decline, as frameworks, such as STIR/SHAKEN, and branded calling solutions begin to block fraudulent robocalls efficiently.

Aston University Engineering Academy and Sixth Form will host UKTIN to deliver a career insight talk on careers in Tech, Telecoms and Engineering on Thursday, 4th July 2024 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

BT Group has announced a revision to its timetable for moving all customers – consumers and businesses – off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and onto digital landlines.

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services expenditure grew by 21% year-on-year in Q1 2024 to reach US$79.8 billion, an increase of US$13.4 billion.

A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. 

UKTIN spoke to Tom Bennett, Chair of the UKTIN Network Management Expert Working Group to learn more about the group’s paper, which has been published today.

Telefónica Tech announces a new agreement with Microsoft to bring next-generation cybersecurity services to enterprises around the world signed at the RSA conference being held in San Francisco (California, USA).

The trial, also supported by Telsy's specific expertise, has concerned the first Internet Protocol secure (IPsec) tunnel between Italy and Germany with advanced quantum-safe protection methods

SK Telecom has deployed an AI-enabled fixed network management platform, dubbed AI Orchestrator, that will “significantly improve network operations efficiency and stability.”

The partners claim the deal paves the way for the elimination of not-spots across the US

This week, AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have signed a definitive commercial deal to work together in bringing direct-to-mobile satellite communication to AT&T customers.

The deal was first confirmed last October 

This week, Zegona’s acquisition of Vodafone Spain has received approval from Spanish regulators. 

The computer is officially the most sustainable supercomputer in the UK 

The UK’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer, known as Isambard-AI, has been switched on at the University of Bristol this week. 

By Ronny Haraldsvik, CMO / SVP Business Development & Field Systems Engineering at Cohere Technologies

What constitutes success is different for every business.

Natalia Lemarquis, CEO of Space Villages, discusses her experience on the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) support programme.

More women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are using mobile internet than ever before, 1.5 billion (66%) in total. In 2023, an additional 120 million women connected to the internet via mobile. Mobile remains the primary – and often only – way people in LMICs access the internet, accounting for 84% of broadband connections in 2023.

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has now completed its acquisition of Lit Fibre (Lit) from Newlight Partners.

Vietnam's datacentre sector is attracting a lot of interest from foreign investors with international developers and operators, such as NTT and Alibaba, starting to enter the market in a sector that, currently, offers somewhat limited capacity and availability but has the potential for rapid and extensive growth. 

All Elizabeth line stations now have 4G mobile coverage as the Mayor and TfL’s programme to improve connectivity for those travelling underground continues.

Hello, I’m Emma Philpott, a principal technical consultant at FarrPoint: I work  on various connectivity projects involving 4G, 5G, IoT, fixed wireless access and fibre networks aimed at improving digital connectivity across the UK.

SK Telecom believes it will have its first telco-specific large language model (LLM) ready for action by June, and has developed what it calls an ‘intelligence platform’ that can be used for the development of generative AI (GenAI) applications for the telecom sector. 

Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Programme has been designed to ensure the UK can benefit from a thriving and resilient telecoms sector. In a recent meeting, Poonam Parihar, founder of bandarlog.dev shared her insights into establishing a tech start-up as a non-UK-national. 

The mobile industry association has launched a new interactive index to track the rollout of 5G.

UKTIN’s Telecoms Investment Insight Report dissects the investment trends shaping the future of the telecoms industry. Supported by PitchBook, we have conducted a thorough analysis to unravel the complexities of venture capital in the telecoms market.

Building on the UK’s regional and national strengths, UKTIN’s Clusters Group exists to provide an open forum for inter-regional collaboration, sharing of best practices, insights and dissemination of learnings.