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• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  Totem begins standing for Orange network sharing strategy

  Leading comms operator switches on European TowerCo subsidiary, which will aim to derive value from passive mobile infrastructure and open up these assets to other operators

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Digital connectivity investment could unlock 500,000 jobs, £70bn of GDP growth by 2026

  First Digital Connectivity Index from recently merged fixed and mobile operator shows that UK is currently ranked eighth among developed countries for digital connectivity

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Mavenir shows path to monetise network as a service

  Network software provider looks to address use case-driven future with agile charging and monetisation platform and composable architecture designed to make the transition to future platforms easier

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Inmarsat launches IoT platform to enable flexible connectivity for businesses

  Leading satellite provider unveils platform of internet of things connectivity services, solutions and ecosystems designed to help businesses with their IoT roll-outs and to support new innovations built on the connectivity backbone of ELERA network

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  Scotland 5G Centre opens for business

  The Dumfries-based Innovation Hub has gone live, and is set to make 5G testing accessible for a wide range of firms across the region

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  5G fundamental to Europe achieving climate targets

  Europe-wide analysis from leading comms tech firm reveals next-generation network-enabled solutions could reduce EU CO2 emissions by 15% by 2030

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  Roaring iPhone drives Apple in flagging Q3 smartphone market

  Record September quarter drives double-digit growth in Apple’s fiscal year but global smartphone market loses steam in third quarter as shipments decline in wake of supply chain woes

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Nokia launches first shared 5G network in Taiwan, takes private LTE across Argentina

  Nokia lands deal building on existing relationship with Taiwanese operator to power first 5G service across the island using a multi-operator core network, while private LTE selected by Argentinian operator to connect rural regions and boost ...

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Cisco supports hybrid workforce augmented reality meeting solutions

  IT giant evolves collaboration suite to combine Webex meeting functionality with real-time, photorealistic holographic experience

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  UK Competition and Markets Authority opens investigation into Motorola’s Airwave

  Three months after considering whether to launch a probe, UK competition watchdog opens market investigation of role played by tech firm in mobile radio network used by emergency services

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Ericsson launches Time-Critical Communication to guarantee real-time 5G experiences

  Software toolbox aims to guarantee the consistent low latency and high reliability demanded by time-critical applications running on 5G networks

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  UK, India strike 5G collaborations

  UK foreign secretary’s visit to India sparks a number of collaborations in developing next-generation network projects

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  TPG Telecom takes Nokia nodes to deploy Asia-Pacific’s first live 5G femtocell

  Leading Australian operator deploys modular 4G/5G Smart Node solution from leading comms tech provider to become first network operator in the Asia-Pacific region to deploy a live 5G femtocell

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Eero reveals boom in ISP customer network business

  Amazon company reveals increased business with service provider partners following new integrations of its technology with TalkTalk, MasMovl, Mediacom, and others

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Vodafone teams with Deloitte to launch Centre for Health

  Strategic alliance aims to enable greater access to healthcare across Europe

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Cisco lands fixed, 5G wins with Telenor, Deutsche Telekom

  Networking tech giant announces deal with leading European operators with what is claimed to be state-of-the-art 5G equipment and its highest bandwidth router

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Huawei teams with UK innovators to create 5G futures

  Next-generation network facility in Cambridge claims to be breaking fresh ground across multiple industries and creating a true first-mover advantage with private 5G

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Virgin Media O2 enters into 4G, 5G trials with Samsung

  Telco embarks on technical trial with comms network technology provider as part of what it calls a milestone in its journey to provide optimised possible 5G experience for customers as well as boosting 4G network

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Batelco brings collaboration to Bahrain operations

  Aiming to deliver evolved teamwork capabilities to its customers to accelerate Bahrain’s transition to the digital workplace, digital communications solutions provider adopts new collaboration technology

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Nuuday finds new voice to deliver cognitive customer universe

  Upstart Danish telco deploys communications-as-a-service technology and virtual assistant to restructure business, gain differentiation and extend to new touchpoints in highly competitive local market

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  5G to play key role in meeting sustainability targets across industries

  Study from Mobile UK highlights crucial role that 5G and wider mobile connectivity will have in assisting national efforts to mitigate climate change

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  American Express announces global hybrid working model

  US credit card giant is latest corporate to formalise hybrid working following the success of informal policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Arm flexes IoT economics with solutions-led virtual hardware

  Project Centauri ecosystem initiative will drive the standards and frameworks needed to grow serviceable markets and scale internet-of-things software innovation and product development

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  IDEMIA to provide SIM for M1 5G standalone net in Singapore

  With 5G a game-changer for enterprises, Singapore operator aims to drive technology change and apply technology that will make a difference

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials

  Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration

  New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  TM Forum teams with Bridge Alliance to simplify adoption of edge computing

  Communications industry trade associations enter into collaboration to drive the advancement of industry standards on Open APIs for multi-access edge computing

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Dell extends Edge, reveals 5G and Open RAN services

  Technology giant continues with its advancement into the world of telecoms with offerings designed to automate the deployment and management of open, cloud-native network infrastructure to fast-track opportunities at the edge

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  DCMS appoints Plexal to drive telecoms diversity strategy

  Government chooses UK innovation company to understand and develop the role of SMEs in the telecoms market with particular reference to how to create a diverse market that supports the creation of home-grown, sovereign technology

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Internet of things to put cloud in the shade for Industry 4.0

  Research commissioned by leading satellite platform finds investment in industrial internet of things is set to overtake cloud computing

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Connectivity takes telehealth from a nice-to-have to a must-have

  Survey shows how the healthcare industry is evolving with digital experiences in the post-pandemic world, with providers needing to offer telehealth options that ensure the experience is easy, intuitive and enjoyable

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Plume raises $300m to develop communications services with AI

  Personalised comms services provider claims cash injection will enable it to continue its global expansion and cements its position as the cloud controller of the world’s largest software-defined network

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Vodafone aims for SoHo with business broadband package

  UK operator launches service designed for small office and home office businesses, providing cost-effective and reliable broadband coverage for single sites

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  UK government to provide full-fibre broadband to 1,000 schools

  New programme aims to give access to gigabit broadband speeds to UK schools while connectivity to nearly 7,000 hospitals, libraries, police stations and other public buildings will be upgraded by the end of March 2022

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Denmark takes another step towards empowering women in tech

  A programme to increase the participation of women in the thriving Danish startup ecosystem moves to the second of three planned stages

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  New use cases revealed as Orange Belgium launches 5G Lab in Antwerp

  Opening next-generation mobile laboratory facility in Antwerp, Orange Belgium invited companies to discover, test and develop new innovative use cases on standalone network technology

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  FCA warns over future hybrid working security risks

  Earlier this week, the Financial Conduct Authority issued fresh guidance to regulated organisations on keeping hybrid workers safe and secure

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  5G service revenue to reach $73bn by 2021, $600bn by 2026

  Revenue is set to increase around 5G, but Juniper Research says providers need to improve core network functions to reduce strain from increased traffic and to meet the challenges of mobile data demands

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Dubai World Trade Centre overhauls network to pioneer digital event experiences

  Dubai exhibition space completes large-scale network overhaul and makes 10x increase in network capacity to power next-gen digital applications

• October 11, 2021 11 Oct'21

  Better UK connectivity key to cutting CO2e emissions

  Research reveals that improved UK connectivity could save 27.8 mega tonnes of transport-related CO2e emissions by 2035

• October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

  Need for work equity and total meeting equality in world of hybrid work

  Research into the evolution of the workplace in the wake of Covid shows hybrid workers embracing anytime working as office culture ‘changes for ever’, but concerns over discrimination, career progression and noise weigh on employees’ minds

• October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

  Craft beer specialist Brewdog fixes serious app vulnerability

  Vulnerability in brewer’s mobile app could have resulted in serious consequences for its shareholders and customers

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Wi-Fi 6/6E deployment set to be diffuse by 2022

  Survey of service providers and technology suppliers reveals next-generation wireless communications standards will flourish over the course of the next year

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Nokia aims for edge in journey to Industry 4.0

  Comms tech provider Nokia aims to address new category of Industry 4.0 applications that require increased capabilities and performance at the network edge and tight integration with industrial systems and networking solutions

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Tech Nation adds 30 fintech scaleups to growth programme as funding continues to rise

  UK government-backed startup network adds 30 fintechs to its growth programme amid record investments in finance tech sector

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  5PRING issues call for 5G innovation in UK events sector

  West Midlands telecoms industry testbed challenges innovators to help lead the next-generation networks revolution as live events industry gets back to life

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Qualcomm and SSW get into gear to strike definitive agreement to acquire Veoneer

  Purchase of American-Swedish provider of automotive technology designed to augment comms tech giant’s ability to create an open and competitive advanced driver-assistance systems platform for the global auto industry and take ownership of RCS and ...

• October 04, 2021 04 Oct'21

  Enea claims first 4G, 5G user-based congestion management solution

  Telecoms software provider launches solution based on proprietary algorithms to take pre-emptive action to boost QoE for individual sessions before subscribers experience congestion

• October 04, 2021 04 Oct'21

  Blackpool transport meets tourism boom with digital network

  Transport services authority of Blackpool looks to benefit from digital radio system being designed and installed by TES Communication Solutions

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  Ericsson Cloud Connect simplifies connecting cellular IoT devices to AWS

  New service makes it easier for enterprises to securely connect cellular devices to public cloud internet-of-things endpoints