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The 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme has seen 10 regions throughout the UK receive £36m of funding as part of our wider programme to drive 5G adoption.

The Belfast 5G Innovation Region (5GIR) programme is working with businesses, academia, and the public sector to support the adoption of 5G and other advanced wireless networks across the Belfast Region. 

The goal of the project is to deliver an in-orbit laboratory, gaining knowledge on End-to-End-Connectivity and the inclusion of satellites in terrestrial mobile networks. It is expected that the result will bring valuable information for the 6G standardization.

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have brokered a new network sharing deal that will also see the former acquire spectrum from a merged Vodafone/Three, should that tie-up come to fruition.

Virgin Media O2 says it has completed the first phase of its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout, with the final ‘partial not-spot site’ installed at Glencoe Mountain Resort.

Nokia is splashing the cash in hopes of capitalising on the burgeoning US fibre market.

Amazon is talking up a new facility that will help it speed up the manufacture and ultimately launch of LEO satellites, but it has also quietly tweaked its timelines, meaning Project Kuiper will get off the ground a little later than planned.

CommScope says operators are using new software to fuel lab tests of an upgraded, enhanced form of DOCSIS 3.1 that beefs up downstream speeds. Field trials are expected to begin later this year.

A massive geomagnetic storm hit Earth on May 10-11, prompting the FCC to investigate its effects on telecom networks. Now, satellite companies, including SpaceX and Iridium, are detailing their experiences.

Dish Network's Boost Mobile unit has laid claim to becoming the first operator to commercially implement carrier aggregation (CA) on its 5G network.

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.

As expected, India's latest 5G spectrum auction has drawn to a close, raising far less than the government hoped.

• A new independent report by FarrPoint, commissioned using data from four EE mast deployments, shows 4G mobile connectivity can generate more than £6 million for a rural community.
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Much of society runs on networks. This makes it vital to ensure that networks are efficiently powered while using existing energy infrastructure.

Hello, I’m Dave Hudson and the CEO of two companies, Mpirical and PQMS, the UK training subsidiaries of Swedish company Hexatronic, delivering connectivity solutions globally. 

BT Group has implemented energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology across its EE mobile sites nationwide, following successful trials in each of the UK’s home nations.

GSMA Intelligence begins tracking NTN developments as satellite and telecom converge

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.