OpenAI and NVIDIA to leverage new AI growth zone in North East England
An AI Growth Zone in the North East is set to unlock more than 5,000 new jobs and bring in £30 billion in investment as the region becomes a hub for AI development.
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Tag: Connected North
Connected North: Thoughts from the show floor
Connected North 2025 was an enormous success, bringing together key stakeholders from accross the North of the UK to discuss the digital economy and emerging technologies.
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A Northern Ren-AI-ssance
As the UK’s most geographically diverse digital infrastructure provider, Pulsant champions regional thinking. Every day, there’s a push for technological innovation to go beyond the M25 and drive the brightest businesses nationwide.
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Vodafone using mobile network for weather ‘nowcasts’
Vodafone is running a new trial across the River Severn catchment area aimed at using its mobile network to predict short-term rainfall.
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Vodafone–Three reportedly targeting Pay-TV offering
Newspaper reports suggest that the newly merged telco giant is preparing to bundle Pay-TV services with fixed broadband, phone, and mobile plans
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Mobile operators quibble with Ofcom over spectrum fees
This week, Ofcom has published statements from the UK’s four national mobile network operators, all of whom are unhappy with proposed spectrum pricing remedies.
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Connected North launches Data Centre Summit to drive UK’s digital future
Press Release Manchester, UK – Connected North, the North’s leading digital economy event,...
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Segro and Pure DC form £1bn data centre JV
This week, real estate investment firm Segro has announced a new joint venture with Pure Data Centres to build a £1 billion data centre facility in Park Royal in west London.
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CityFibre begins M&A drive with acquisition of Connexin’s fibre network
The deal will see over 185,000 premises added to CityFibre’s full fibre network
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5GIR celebrates 5G successes in the North East
The North East’s pioneering role in advanced wireless innovation took centre stage at the 5G Innovation Regions (5GIR) Showcase.
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Share and share alike: Ofcom consults on the future of 6GHz
Today, Ofcom has launched a consultation on the future of the upper 6GHz spectrum band, potentially allowing both mobile and Wi-Fi networks to share the valuable airwaves.
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EE renews partnership with Home Nations Football Associations and Wembley Stadium
EE will continue to invest in all levels of football across all four Home Nations, with specific focus on growing the women’s game as well as support for England’s para and eLions teams
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FullFibre and Zzoomm merge in latest altnet consolidation move
Today, UK fibre altnets FullFibre and Zzoomm have announced they will merge their operations.
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VMO2 deploys more small cells in Birmingham with Ontix
Birmingham is set to get a 4G boost this week, with Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) announcing their latest 4G small cell deployments in the city in partnership with Ontix.
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Openreach passes half of Scottish properties with full fibre
Half of Scottish homes and businesses can now get connected to ultrafast, reliable broadband –thanks to Openreach investment in the nation’s new digital network.
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Nexfibre’s network passes 2m premises
Today, fibre network wholesaler nexfibre has announced it has passed 2 million premises with its fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network.
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EE airdrops mobile tower into Isle of Skye
This week, EE has announced the deployment of a new mobile tower in the remote Scottish Isle of Skye, having flown it in via helicopter.
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AllPoints Fibre calls for crackdown on ‘misleading’ broadband advertising
The alternative fibre network operator is calling on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to update its guidance on the use of the term ‘fibre’
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Cellnex backs new Digital Champion volunteer training programme in Greater Manchester
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
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VMO2 offloads another 8% stake in Cornerstone
Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it will sell an 8.33% stake in mobile towers company Cornerstone to infrastructure investor Equitix.
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