EE has now deployed over 1,000 small cells across the UK, marking 400 new deployments over the last 12 months including its first 5G sites, recently installed in Croydon, London.
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Investment company Waterland Private Equity has acquired Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MNVO) Lebara for an undisclosed sum. Sale discussions have been ongoing since January.
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The UK government announced up to £800 million of funding to Openreach, to bring gigabit-capable broadband to 312,000 premises across the UK via Building Digital UK (BDUK). The initiative is part of ongoing efforts to improve digital infrastructure in rural areas.
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Connected Britain, the UK’s biggest digital economy event, is returning to London as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has teamed up with Google Cloud to bring advanced cloud services to Indonesia, addressing the country’s strict data residency, security, and privacy requirements.
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This week, Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network operators (MNOs), has launched its Better Connected Rural Campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of connectivity to rural communities.
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TalkTalk has staved off defaulting on its debt by securing a refinancing package exceeding £400 million, led by its founder, Sir Charles Dunstone.
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This week, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given HPE’s proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks for $14 billion the go ahead. The news follows from the European Union’s similar decision earlier this month.
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The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.
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Verizon has rolled out a new program aimed at protecting its fibre infrastructure from accidental damage during construction and excavation projects, ahead of the nationwide “Call Before You Dig” day on August 11.
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News The pledge comes just days after scrapping the Conservative party’s £1.3 billion AI...
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Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast are partnering to deploy a nationwide Drones-as-a-Service (DaaS) network in Switzerland. The project will involve 300 of Nokia’s Drone-in-a-Box units, which are designed to improve public safety and industrial operations across the country.
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Japanese telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) has announced its intention to launch a new AI company, named NTT AI-CIX, that the company says will focus on the promotion of “chained AI”, rather than “individual AI”.
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Some builders of full fibre networks who have received government funding to create broadband connectivity in rural and hard to reach areas could be failing to make their cables easily available to other operators, despite open networking being a condition of receiving taxpayers’ money.
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The facility is a collaboration between IOH and Huawei, and will act as the centre of the telco’s network operations, providing real-time insights and proactive service management, to ensure the reliability and optimal performance of the network
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No one needs to be reminded of the dominance of AI and its impact on every aspect of our lives. For telecoms, AI is also fueling another, distinct revolution that is fundamentally changing how networks operate.
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Vodafone has announced that its share buyback programme has begun. Run by Goldman Sachs, the programme will continue until 29 November. The scheme was authorised at the company AGM last week.
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US federal judge Amit P. Mehta has ruled that Google, owned by Alphabet, has maintained an illegal monopoly over online searches and search-related advertising.
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Deutsche Telekom, Volkswagen Group Logistics, the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics (BIBA), and software expert Unikie have collaborated on a project to increase efficiency at Volkswagen’s automotive terminal in Emden.
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The newly formed Labour government has scrapped the £1.3 billion AI investment pledged by the Conservatives, despite newly appointed Science Secretary Peter Kyle promising to put “AI at the heart of the government’s agenda to boost growth and improve our public services” just last week.
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