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Actifai: The built-for-broadband AI you might have missed at Connected Britain 2025

by Harry Baldock | Jan 21, 2026

Contributed Article Used by over 30 North American ISPs, Actifai is bringing its proven,...

A case study: LilaConnect’s migration to gaiia in 16 weeks

by Harry Baldock | Jan 19, 2026

Case Studies Growing UK fiber internet provider LilaConnect migrated to gaiia in 16 weeks. Here’s...

CypressTel talks SD-WAN, SASE, and being the gateway to China

by Harry Baldock | Jan 12, 2026

We caught up with CypressTel’s CEO Connee Zhang, Director of Global Business Eva Yu, and Associate Director of Partnership & Business Development Sam Ho to discuss the shifting global telecoms market and the rise of AI

Siemens and NVIDIA pledge to build ‘fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites’

by Harry Baldock | Jan 8, 2026

Siemens and NVIDIA are broadening their strategic alliance to develop an ‘Industrial AI operating system’, which they aim to make the heart of AI-powered manufacturing

World Communication Award Winners 2025

by Harry Baldock | Dec 10, 2025

World Communication Awards Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025...

No name, no address: New US mobile player Phreeli is looking for anonymous customers

by Harry Baldock | Dec 8, 2025

This month saw the commercial launch of Phreeli, a company its founders describe as the world’s first privacy-by-design mobile carrier.

BT unveils new ‘sovereign platform’ for enterprise customers

by Total Telecom Staff | Dec 4, 2025

BT has unveiled a new “sovereign platform” designed to give UK businesses and public bodies greater control over their networks, data and emerging services such as cloud-hosted applications and AI.

Kyivstar, Google to build sovereign Ukrainian LLM

by Harry Baldock | Dec 1, 2025

Kyivstar and Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation have chosen Google’s Gemma model and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI to form the technical backbone of a national large language model (LLM) intended to capture the breadth of Ukrainian dialects, terminology, and history.

Openreach closes first exchange in PSTN switchoff milestone

by Total Telecom Staff | Nov 26, 2025

Press Release Openreach plans to shut down 80% of its UK exchanges, saying it will only need 1,000...

VMO2 upgrades motorway 5G across the UK

by Total Telecom Staff | Nov 24, 2025

The mobile operator says the upgrades will help facilitate the rollout of electric vehicles across the country

Apple preparing iPhone features for the satellite revolution

by Harry Baldock | Nov 11, 2025

News According to reports, the American tech giant is working on five new satellite features for...

UK telecom industry unites to combat scam calls with new fraud charter

by Total Telecom Staff | Nov 5, 2025

UK telcos have taken a significant step towards tackling the persistent issue of scam calls by committing to a new Telecommunications Fraud Charter.

ACOME talks tackling ambitious carbon goals and the conundrum of cost

by Harry Baldock | Oct 30, 2025

Interviews At Connected Britain, we spoke with Aurelien Bergonzo, Director of Telecom Datacom, and...

Ofcom temporarily grants Starlink more spectrum in the UK

by Harry Baldock | Oct 28, 2025

News The decision will give Starlink’s satellites a much-needed boost in backhaul capacity This...

Amigo mesh network project aims to keep political protesters connected

by Harry Baldock | Oct 22, 2025

Researchers are aiming to optimise the networking technology for large crowds and to avoid state surveillance

Hype cycles and reality checks: EY’s Rob Atkinson dissects AI and data centres at Connected Britain

by Harry Baldock | Oct 22, 2025

At Connected Britain 2025 we sat down with Rob Atkinson from EY to explore the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the telecoms sector

Are you lagging on the PSTN switch-off?

by Harry Baldock | Oct 20, 2025

The Public Switched Telephone Network will be switched off on 31st January 2027 in favour of internet-based (All-IP) networks. Even though this deadline is fast approaching, many businesses are still resistant to the move.

GSMA digs deeper into mobile industry cohesion with new Entitlements Service

by Harry Baldock | Oct 16, 2025

The GSMA has unveiled a new cloud-based platform, the Entitlements Service, designed to fundamentally streamline the relationship between mobile network operators and device manufacturers.

Network visibility and differentiation at the ‘altnet inflection point’

by Harry Baldock | Oct 13, 2025

At Connected Britain 2025, we caught up with Aprecomm’s Daniel Fearon to discuss the economic crunch facing the UK’s fibre altnet market and what they can do to differentiate themselves from the competition

Newcastle teams up with Purple to expand free Wi-Fi access

by Harry Baldock | Sep 9, 2025

This week, Newcastle City Council has announced a new partership with global digital connectivity firm Purple to launch a unified city-wide Wi-Fi network.