Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired Digital Communications Systems Ltd (DCS) and Halo Communications Ltd (Halo)
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Ericsson has launched an end-to-end solution that the company say will guarantee consistent low latency and high reliability demanded by time-critical applications and services for consumers, enterprises, and public sector.
West Berkshire Council has awarded a major contract to Virgin Media Business to supply Full Fibre infrastructure to schools, doctor’s surgeries and public libraries across Berkshire by March 2022.
EE revealed today that the network has blocked more than 42million spam and scam texts. Since July 2021, EE has introduced an anti-spam filter that prevents messages reaching customers by blocking them
Virgin Media has launched its new Hub 5, powered by WiFi 6 technology, which will deliver even faster speeds to connected devices throughout the home.
Virgin Media O2 has launched its first ever joint product, Volt, bringing together broadband from Virgin Media with mobile connectivity from O2.
Verizon, Samsung and Qualcomm have  reached upload speeds of 711 Mbps in a lab trial using aggregated bands of mmWave spectrum.
Virgin Media O2 has successfully demonstrated delivering 2,200Mbps broadband speeds to homes in Edinburgh and Birmingham in real-world trials.
Nokia has expanded the Industry 4.0 digitalization enabler application ecosystem running on the newly launched Nokia MX Industrial Edge. Nokia partners will help address enterprise demands for Industry 4.0 capabilities and use cases. MX
Nokia has made a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) breakthrough which could see wireless broadband capacity increase by 5 to 10 times. Nokia engineers have used a novel approach to make 5G mmWave fixed wireless access viable.
Ericsson and AT&T today announced a five-year agreement to accelerate the expansion of AT&T 5G, in a deal that helps support deployment of AT&T’s recently acquired C-band spectrum and the launch of 5G Standalone.
Prysmian Group and Openreach have extended their partnership, with a new three-year contract. This is as Openreach follows an extended investment commitment by its parent, BT Group
Huawei and Vodafone Hungary are teaming up to build Europe’s first smart railway hub managed by a 5G private network provided by Vodafone Hungary and Huawei Hungary.
The University of Suffolk, working in close collaboration with BT, have opened a £9.6 million research and engineering facility at BT’s Adastral Park.
Apple Watch Series 7 is now available to pre-order at Vodafone UK, and customers can decide how much they want to pay upfront, and choose the length of their watch plan
UK mobile telecoms specialist Cellhire has won the Best Mobile/IoT Customer Solution award at the prestigious Comms National Awards 2021, held 7th October in Mayfair, London.
GEM-TELCO is now using Armour Mobile within the organisation to secure its internal communications and sensitive business information on projects with its executive management team and its global agents.
BlackBerry and Deloitte are teaming up to assist OEMs and those building mission-critical applications secure their software supply chains.
Virgin Media O2 has announced one of its largest ever gigabit broadband switch-ons with these hyperfast speeds now reaching a total of 12.8 million homes across the UK
Ericsson and Singtel are to accelerate 5G adoption across multiple industries and leverage industry partnerships to develop and deploy advanced 5G solutions in Singapore.
Nokia and MediaTek have achieved a world’s first by successfully aggregating 5G Standalone (5G SA) spectrum using 3 Components Carrier (3CC) aggregation
Visteon Corporation and BlackBerry are expanding their collaborative work to accelerate the deployment of digital cockpit solutions for automakers and suppliers around the world.
BT and Toshiba are to build and trial the world’s first commercially available quantum-secured metro network.
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are all suffering a major global outage, completely bombing shortly before 5pm. As they are all owned by Facebook and share the same infrastructure, this also means that apps like Facebook Messenger and Facebook Workplace are also down.
Apple has announced that Apple Watch Series 7 will be available to order beginning Friday, October 8 and available in stores starting Friday, October 15.
Ericsson and PowerLight Technologies have successfully completed a proof-of-concept demo in Seattle using optical beaming – a laser-based technology that converts electricity into high-intensity light which is then captured and transformed to electricity at the radio base station.
Samsung Galaxy users will be able to use their smartphone as a digital car key for the first time with the newly launched luxury EV, Genesis GV60. With Samsung Digital Key, powered by NFC and ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, users will be able to lock and unlock your car securely with your smartphone
Samsung are to deploy its cloud-native fully virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) solutions for the mid-band spectrum in KDDI’s 5G network. Samsung and KDDI have been collaborating on advanced research on vRAN to drive 5G innovation for KDDI’s network
BlackBerry and Ridecell are teaming up to bring a next generation fleet operations and ADAS data platform to automotive OEMs via the BlackBerry IVY intelligent vehicle data platform.Â
Samsung has successfully demonstrated improved Wi-Fi service in a fast-moving subway train using its 5G mmWave solution as a backhaul in Seoul, Korea.
Nokia is to supply broadband equipment which will bring 10Gb/s fibre to Telekom Slovenije’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, with deployment starting in 2021.
IBM has signed a strategic multi-year agreement with Telefónica to use IBM intelligent automation software and services to implement UNICA Next – Telefónica's first-ever, cloud-native, 5G core network platform.
BT and Oracle are teaming up to optimize its network resources and bring new 5G offerings to customers faster. The solution will enable BT to quickly and seamlessly test and implement 5G services—such as live streaming and zero-rated 5G content—across its EE mobile network.
Nokia has been selected by Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company, to support its accelerated 5G rollout, which will provide 5G coverage to approximately 90 percent of the population by the end of 2023
Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired 8020, in a deal that provides scale to Babble while delivering a Scottish presence for the tech business as it continues its expansion.
IBM and Airspan are to collaborate on the launch of a 5G-enabled OpenRAN testbed across the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich, Germany and IBM’s Global Industry Solution Center (GISC) in Nice, France
Vodafone UK has announced a five-year sponsorship of the Mobile Phone Museum, an online museum launching in November 2021, dedicated to showcasing a complete history of mobile phone handsets
Nokia today launched FP5, its fifth generation of high-performance IP routing silicon. As the new heart of Nokia’s IP service routing platforms, FP5 will enable service providers to address today’s unrelenting requirements to efficiently scale network capacity
BT has launched Cisco ThousandEyes managed service, a new capability to help multinational customers deliver improved experiences for users of their corporate applications and digital services.
Apple began the rollout of watchOS 8 today, bringing new cycling and wellness features, fresh watch faces, more access with Wallet, and a redesigned Home app for Apple Watch users.
Globe Telecom (Globe), a major provider of telecom services in the Philippines, has deployed Infinera’s Auto-Lambda solution, featuring autotuneable optics, to upgrade its existing 4G access and aggregation networks and in anticipation of providing future 5G services.
Nokia is working with non-profit organization, DigitalC, to deliver much needed high-speed internet connectivity to underserved homes in Cleveland, Ohio, using its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) end-to-end private wireless solution.
AT&T has entered into a three-year Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to develop 5G and edge computing maritime technologies.
BT is donating up to £7.5 million of outdoor advertising space to small businesses, as part of its roll-out of new Street Hub 2.0 units
IBM will help automate the United States' first greenfield cloud-native 5G network. DISH's new smart network will be designed to be agile, scalable and fully virtualized, benefitting enterprise customers across all industry verticals.
A recent study published in the leading medical journal Frontiers in Neurology has shown that blood pressure monitoring on Galaxy Watch could help patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) effectively manage orthostatic hypotension
China Mobile, China's largest service provider, and national cable TV operator China Broadcasting Network (CBN) will jointly build a national 5G network using CBN's 700MHz spectrum.
Apple today unveiled Apple Watch Series 7, featuring a reengineered Always-On Retina display with significantly more screen area and thinner borders, making it the largest and most advanced display ever.
Nokia is to upgrade the optical transport network for NL-ix, Europe’s largest distributed internet exchange, to provide metro access and backbone transport for all NL-ix customer traffic across Europe.
GÉANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on network and related infrastructure and services for research and education, has successfully completed a live network trial of 800G transmission on Infinera's pan-European production network
BT has achieved a new milestone in the development of quantum-secure communications by conducting the world’s first trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a method of ultra-secure communications, over hollow core fibre cable
When it comes to mobile carriers keeping promises, they are as reliable as a chocolate kettle. , Despite promising not to in 2019, Three is the latest UK carrier to announce that they will be reintroducing roaming charges for customers.
Vodafone UK has launched a new pet tracker pack to its IoT range, comprising Curve, the smart GPS tracker and a new pet tracker clip.
Armadillo Managed Services has partnered with C3M to launch its Cloud Security Assessment as a Service to the market, helping companies to gain immediate deep visibility into their cloud infrastructure and cloud security posture.
As part of a collaboration to improve network energy performance, Ericsson and Vodafone have completed the first deployment of a new energy-efficient 5G radio in London.
A collaboration between BT Sport, Dorna, Vislink, the University of Strathclyde and MotoGP has showcased the world’s first stand-alone private 5G network for sports broadcasting.
At the World 5G Convention, China Mobile, together with Huawei and over 10 other partners, set up the 5G VoNR+ (New Calling) Working Group for the 5G Deterministic Networking Alliance (5GDNA).
Verizon has launched its private edge computing solution as an on-premises option for business, tapping into Microsoft's Azure Stack Edge.
Infinera and South Reach Networks announced today that SRN’s southeast U.S. long-haul and metro networks are now live.
Asiacell Telecom, Iraq’s leading telecommunications services provider, has chosen Nokia to build its next-generation microwave network. This new microwave network will be essential to meet the capacity and provide the ultra-low latency required to delivering compelling experiences to end users.
Ericsson has expanded its portfolio of 5G radios with three new offerings geared toward urban environments.
BlackBerry and Nobo Technologies have announced that the advanced digital cockpit controller platform developed by Nobo  built on the BlackBerry QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS) and QNX Hypervisor has now entered mass production.
Vodafone has launched charities.connected, an initiative giving any charity in the UK the opportunity to apply for free connectivity to help the individuals and families it supports get online and improve its own digital capability.
Nokia has been selected by Union Wireless to swap out its existing RAN equipment with Nokia’s AirScale 4G/5G radio portfolio to modernize its network while supporting the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Act.
Australian telco Optus, MediaTek and Ericsson have completed an Australia-first demonstration with the use of new radio dual connectivity (NR-DC) technology.
Ericsson has scored an exclusive 5G Core and Radio Access Network (RAN) deal with Faroese Telecom, the Faroe Islands’ leading and incumbent communications service provider.
Vodafone and Media and Entertainment group Global, will today showcase an experiential supermarket aisle in London’s Leicester Square.
Vodafone has launched new IoT-based technology to help water companies improve monitoring and detection systems, increase efficiency, reduce wastage, and meet regulatory requirements.
Nokia , UNICEF and the Kenyan Ministries of Education and ICT, are to connect close to 90 schools to the Internet in Kenya. Both rural and disadvantaged urban settlements have benefitted from the initiative
Vocus, Australia’s leading fibre and network solutions provider, has deployed Nokia’s solution to set up the 200G optical links covering more than 4,100 km between Brisbane and Darwin.
Nokia has provided a private 4.9G/LTE wireless network to Western Power Distribution in the UK. The private LTE network will be used for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA*) testing, as well as other mission-critical systems such as voice services.
IBM and Verizon are expanding the capabilities at IBM’s Industry Solution Lab in Coppell, Texas, to include a testbed environment for developing and testing innovative 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications.Â
Samsung today unveiled their latest smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch4 Classic. They are the first smartwatches to feature the new Wear OS Powered by Samsung, built jointly with Google.
California-based financial technology solution provider Car IQ are to deliver highly-secure vehicle-based payment capabilities to unlock a connected car payments market that is projected to reach over €530 billion by 2030. Â
Car IQ, the first payment solution developed specifically for fleet vehicles, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Forté Ventures.
Atos has been appointed by the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Agency Cloud Marketplace to provide cloud offerings across two areas
From August 11 2021, Vodafone UK will start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs, even after they could do so under the U.K.-EU trade agreement signed in December 2020.
Vodafone has launched Vodafone Pro Broadband with a new Alexa-integrated WiFi booster, giving households the ability to listen to music, check the news, set reminders, activate internet downtime and more.
BT’s Enterprise unit has launched its new Managed Security Service, to help UK businesses and the public sector better protect themselves from the escalating number and sophistication of cyber threats.
Atos has been appointed to the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Agency Hardware Marketplace to support government agencies in tackling enterprise digital challenges and to enable them to take full advantage of Artificial Intelligence.
OpSec Security has launched OpSec Network Intelligence, a patent-pending advanced analytics tool that automatically identifies and reveals large and complex systems of highly sophisticated bad actor networks across multiple online channels.
EE has launched the UK’s first hybrid, 5G powered club night, EE x Beatport Presents Parallel, coming to Liverpool on August 12th and Manchester on August 19th. engl
Nokia and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) have achieved the world’s first New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) by combining spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) bands.
Samsung has launched its new Smart Start proposition that provides new customers with over £200 worth of exclusive offers to try out a variety of premium apps and entertainment when purchasing a Samsung Smart TV from its 2020/2021 TV range and activated during the promotion period.
Casa Systems has signed an exclusive agreement with Bell Canada to provide new 5G Sub-6 High-Gain Outdoor consumer premise equipment (CPE) for Bell’s Wireless Home Internet service.
Cellhire is providing 12,000 mobile data connections to global media organisations, athletes and attendees at the COVID-19-delayed2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo and other venues in‎ Japan.
Huawei has unveiled the Children's Watch 4 Pro smartwatch, featuring a 5MP front camera on a 1.41-inch AMOLED touch screen, and a comfortable wristband design.
Verizon and Samsung have completed an end-to-end fully virtualized 5G data session over C-band spectrum in a live network environment. The new milestone was reached in preparation for its upcoming 5G Ultra Wideband expansion using its newly acquired C Band spectrum.
BlackBerry has launched BlackBerry Jarvis 2.0, the latest edition of the company's flagship software composition analysis tool.
Nokia and Export Development Canada (EDC) have expanded their global partnership aimed at investments in 5G and the next generation network infrastructure for global deployment.
Vodafone are to supply UK Power Networks, the country’s largest electricity network operator, with 5G connectivity in a world-first trial.
Vodafone UK has doubled the number of sites in its Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet the increasing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) services.
Nokia has expanded its relationship with Xantaro encompassing next generation fibre access to connect more than two million UK homes with broadband speeds up to 10 Gibabit per second.
Samsung has launched the 2021 model of its modular display The Wall (Model Name: IWA) globally, bringing new AI processing technology, upgraded 120Hz frame rates, and versatile installation options.
Following a review of bids in the CP for 700MHz radio round of China’s 5G network development, Ericsson has been awarded 2% market share.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes, delivering SAN capabilities in the cloud for the first time.
Ericsson and Verizon have announced a landmark $8.3 billion, multi-year agreement, where Ericsson will deliver 5G solutions, including Massive MIMO, Ericsson Cloud RAN and software to strengthen and expand Verizon 5G network in the US.
Celcom and HUAWEI have launched the world’s first large-scale commercial FDD Smart 8T8R network to meet rising data traffic and network congestion in major cities.
Vodafone and media and entertainment group Global are collaborating on a six-month campaign to raise awareness of digital exclusion and inspire the nation to get involved to help...
Vodafone and Mavenir are working on a small cell solution, based on OpenRAN technology, to provide indoor 4G connectivity for business customers. Designed for business customers who occupy medium to large office spaces, the plug-and-play small cell equipment can ensure comprehensive mobile coverage......
EE is zero-rating data across its mobile network this Sunday so football fans don’t miss a moment of the Euro 2020 football final. When it counts, EE and BT Mobile customers, including EE SME customers, will enjoy free data from 6pm-midnight on Sunday 11th July to stay connected, whether that’s to stream the game, message their friends or whatever they choose.
EE is launching three services to keep its mobile customers online, including when their monthly data allowances run out. The network will offer a free Stay Connected service as of 7July 2020, which will allow its pay-monthly customers to keep using the internet for free when they’ve used up their data allowances.
NVIDIA has officially launched Cambridge-1, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, which will enable scientists and healthcare experts to use the powerful combination of AI and simulation to accelerate the digital biology revolution and bolster the country’s world-leading life sciences industry.
Taking advantage of the growing interest in eSIM and iSIM technology, Nokia has launched its new iSIM Secure Connect platform, which has been designed to help CSPs and enterprises to deliver new 5G mobile and IoT services, and securely manage machine-to-machine (M2M) and consumer device subscriptions.
The U.S. Defense Department has cancelled a 10-year, $10 billion cloud-computing contract it awarded to Microsoft. The Defense Department announced the cancellation of the long-awaited procurement on Tuesday.
Nokia and TPG Telecom have switched on a live 5G standalone (SA) network in Australia on the 700MHz spectrum band – the first time this has happened in the world.
The UK government has launched a new £30m competition to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN, as part of its 5G Diversification Strategy. The competition will tackle the world’s over-reliance on a small number of telecoms vendors by developing new, innovative solutions in the UK.
BT and Associated British Ports (ABP) are trialling the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technology to speed up the movement and processing of cargo goods and digitise the Port of Ipswich’s logistics and operations processes.
Autonomous vehicle specialist, Aurrigo, is one of the first UK companies to benefit from a partnership between Vodafone and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Vodafone has teamed up with Cisco to launch ‘Complete Connectivity’, a new broadband and WiFi solution powered by Cisco Meraki. Designed for small and medium businesses (10 – 250 employees), it offers reliable and secure broadband connectivity across sites, with advanced security features to ensure SMEs have everything required to stay connected, secure and in complete control.
BT’s social tariff, Home Essentials is now available for customers to buy online. Announced back in April, BT Home Essentials is exclusive to those on Universal Credit and a range of other means-tested benefits, the package offers fibre broadband and calls for £15 a month, saving customers £240 a year compared to an equivalent package.
Apple is launching the International Collection bands for Apple Watch, featuring 22 limited-edition Sport Loop bands with colourful designs that represent those nations across the globe.
China Mobile has brought Huawei's 5G distributed Massive MIMO solution to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to build the first Gigabit 5G airport in China. The field tests showed that the user-perceived rate across the check-in areas exceeded 1 Gbps, with the single-user rate increasing by 26% on average over common 5G networks up to a peak of 1.25 Gbps.
Back in May of this year, the UK Government announced plans to launch a UK Emergency Alerts warning service. Ahead of introduction a series of public trials were to take place. Following a successful test in East Suffolk on the 25th May 2021, the second test will take place in Reading on the 29th June 2021, 1-2pm.
NVIDIA's NVIDIA HGX high performance computing platform will power Tursa, the new DiRAC supercomputer to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
Vodafone has launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone service in London, Manchester and Cardiff, which will allow partners to test devices on the new infrastructure. 5G Standalone will act as a catalyst for the creation of a new wave of mobile applications not possible with existing networks.
From January 2022, EE will start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs, even after they could do so under the U.K.-EU trade agreement signed in December 2020.
Frost & Sullivan has named BlackBerry IVY an industry leading edge-to-cloud software platform for automakers and smart cities. In the published report, Frost & Sullivan conclude that BlackBerry is revolutionizing the connected-autonomous ecosystem with BlackBerry IVY.
Nokia will provide Norway’s national research and education network, Uninett, with high capacity optical network solutions for expansion of the fibre infrastructure in northern Norway. The need for this expansion is mainly driven by Eiscat Scientific Association’s extreme capacity needs (8 Tbit/s) for ionosphere and upper atmosphere 3D research in the Northern region.
