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Helios Towers partners with UNICEF to support children across Africa

by Harry Baldock | Sep 29, 2026

Helios Towers and UNICEF have announced a multi-year partnership to expand internet connectivity and digital learning access for children and young people across Africa

Vodafone and Ericsson trial AI-powered real-time translation and noise-free calls

by Harry Baldock | Sep 22, 2026

Vodafone and Ericsson have successfully demonstrated two AI-powered voice services, real-time noise cancellation and language translation, running directly within the mobile network.

BT backing startups in Scottish Highlands and Islands

by Harry Baldock | Aug 20, 2026

Press Release Around 100 entrepreneurs and organisations across the Highlands and Islands are...

Minister joins industry to champion the people behind the world’s critical subsea cables

by Harry Baldock | Jul 2, 2026

Government, industry and education unite to inspire the next generation of professionals who will build, maintain and protect critical digital & energy infrastructure

VMO2’s outlines new ‘Responsible Business Plan’

by Harry Baldock | May 12, 2026

This week, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has revealed its ‘Responsible Business Plan’, its ESG blueprint for the next half of the decade.

Give to Gain: Why Empowering Women Strengthens the Future of Telecom

by Rosie Foster | Mar 9, 2026

Viewpoint Give to Gain: Why Empowering Women Strengthens the Future of Telecom By: Selma Avdagic...

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.

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.

Taliban shuts down internet in Afghanistan to ‘prevent immorality’

by Harry Baldock | Sep 30, 2025

This week, the Taliba have imposed a nationwide internet blackout in Afghanistan, largely cutting off the country’s 42.65 million people from the outside world.

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.

Investing in the North: How Virgin Media O2 is powering a more connected, inclusive future

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 22, 2025

News As the telecoms industry descends on Manchester for this year’s Connected North conference, I...

Millions of Brits have no home internet access, Ofcom warns

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 4, 2025

News An Ofcom report has revealed that around 4.5 million UK adults still do not access the...

Discussing the fate of the BEAD Program with Dr. Nathan Smith

by Georgia Sweeting | Mar 6, 2025

Podcasts Dr. Nathan Smith, the Director of Economics and Policy for Connected Nation, joins Beyond...

Reflections on the World Communication Awards

by Harry Baldock | Dec 16, 2024

On Tuesday evening, all the shortlisted nominees as well as the Judges enjoyed the 26th anniversary of the World Communication Awards (WCA). This year, the Oscar grade gala event took place in The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London.

World Communication Award winners 2024

by Harry Baldock | Dec 11, 2024

Held last night at The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, in London, the 26th World Communication Awards were a huge success! On behalf of the judges, we would like to congratulate all of the incredible winners.

Cellnex backs new Digital Champion volunteer training programme in Greater Manchester

by Harry Baldock | Nov 19, 2024

Nearly 93,000 adults over the age of 75 in Greater Manchester are considered digitally excluded – a third of these have never used the internet

Australian regulator takes Optus to court over sales misconduct

by Harry Baldock | Oct 31, 2024

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the operator’s sales staff had acted “unconscionably” towards hundreds of vulnerable customers