Telecom news

• Transforming the market: How technology is creating opportunities for MVNOs

  19-06-2018 18:01
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Freelance Technology Journalist Kate O’Flaherty explores how technologies are creating opportunities for Mobile Virtual Network Operators. AI customer service, 5G and virtualisation are among the key technologies helping to transform the MVNO market
  Technologies such as 5G, virtualisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionising the mobile land
  
  Read more

• Senate puts stoppers on Trump’s plan to save ZTE

  19-06-2018 17:28
  The US Senate has voted 85 to 10 in favour to reinstate penalties on ZTE, despite President Trump’s attempts to ease pressure on the business and effectively save it from extinction.
  The move from Trump could be viewed as an olive branch to ease growing tensions between the US and China, some of which can be attributed back to the President itself, though this bipartisan vote effectively side-roads any recovery efforts. The Bill will have to be reconciled with another bill already passed b
  
  Read more

• Regionalised monopolies or all-out competition? That is the question

  19-06-2018 14:14
  It is always better to be a leader than a chaser, but sometimes you play the hand dealt. The UK is playing catch-up, but what is the right way forward; regionalised monopolies or bitter battle for the consumer?
  This is a question which was addressed by Minister for Digital and Creative Services Margot James at the Connected Britain event this morning, and is currently being investigated by those running the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review. The idea is to strike a balance between the two, b
  
  Read more

• Will the UK ever agree on the internet?

  19-06-2018 12:59
  This week Telecoms.com has 16 year-old Shannon O’Connor joining the team for work experience, and today’s ‘thrilling’ task is to join Jamie at the Connected Britain event in London. Here are her thoughts. 
  With the Connected Britain event bringing together executives from TalkTalk, CityFibre and Openreach, as well as government representatives, the question still remains as to whether they will be able to work collaboratively to progress?
  As the speakers continue to
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Announcing the Sytel AI Dialer

  19-06-2018 12:30
  With immediate effect, Sytel announces the availability of the Sytel AI Dialer. This product is built around a proprietary dialing engine, the Virtual Event Machine (VEM®) that has been optimized for producing best possible predictive dialing results under national compliance regimes globally.The CEO of Sytel, Michael McKinlay, said “the brute machine learning required for producing optimum predictive dialing under compliance cannot be handled in any other way except using simulation t
  
  Read more

• UK economy is solid despite infrastructure, but that needs to change – TalkTalk CEO

  19-06-2018 12:15
  Dodgy connectivity has not hindered the economy in the past, but the UK cannot rely on precedent if it is to be an economic heavyweight in the future.
  “I think it should be said, the economy has been built despite our infrastructure not because of it,” said TalkTalk CEO Tristia Harrison at the Connected Britain event in London.
  It is a statement which holds a lot of truth. As an island with a small population and limited natural resources, the UK has always punched above its weight i
  
  Read more

• InfiNet Wireless to introduce a new record-breaking spectral efficiency solution at MWC Shanghai

  19-06-2018 10:56
  Valletta, Malta. 19 June 2018 – The global leader in fixed broadband connectivity, InfiNet Wireless, is set to showcase its new SDR (Software Defined Radio) technology which optimizes spectral efficiency further than any solutions available in today's marketplace, to increase network performance several-fold at Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWCS), to be held between June 27 and 29. On display at booth N4D50, the Quanta 5 is built on the most advanced hardware platform using InfiNet&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Dutch office opening is latest step in global growth for M2M Intelligence

  19-06-2018 10:08
  IoT connectivity provider launches EU office in Rotterdam Internet of Things (IoT) managed connectivity provider M2M Intelligence has launched a new office in the Netherlands to enhance its customer service offering to European and global customers.M2M Intelligence SIMs provide resilient multi-network connectivity across almost 200 countries, helping their enterprise clients build reliable, consistent global IoT solutions. With the company growing at more than twice the rate of the overall IoT m
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• NGMN Alliance launches new projects to boost 5G success

  19-06-2018 10:00
  Updates on first 5G deployment experiences, further technology development and new business models to be shared at the NGMN Industry Conference in Vancouver, November 6-8, 2018.Frankfurt, GERMANY, June 19, 2018 – Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) has confirmed the launch of four new key projects to support the development and deployment of 5G networks.The projects – “Spectrum and deployment efficiencies”, “Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) requir
  
  Read more

• UK Minister: Rural communities must not be excluded from 5G rollout

  19-06-2018 02:00
  The UK's Minister for Digital, Margot James, has re-emphasised the importance of providing connectivity to Britain's rural communities, particularly as the country gears up to roll out 5G next year. Speaking at the Connected Britain event in London on Tuesday, the Minister said that Britain's agricultural sector could not afford to miss out on the transformative potential of 5G…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• TalkTalk CEO: Broadband access is a right, not a privilege

  19-06-2018 02:00
  Britain has taken great strides in recent years to cultivate its digital economy, which is set to play a key role in the country's success post-Brexit. However, the UK could be setting itself up for a potentially catastrophic fall, unless it dramatically improves its focus on full fibre communication networks.
  Britain's digital economy is something that we should be tremendously proud of &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Ofcom: UK has golden opportunity to provide nationwide mobile coverage

  19-06-2018 02:00
   The UK's regulatory body, Ofcom will hold an auction for mobile spectrum in the 700MHz range next year, providing a genuine opportunity to radically boost mobile coverage in the UK, according to the regulator's chief executive, Sharon White.
  Speaking at the Connected Britain event on Tuesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

• Huawei joins forces with BT for UK network slicing project

  19-06-2018 02:00
  Huawei has joined forces with BT to conduct a cutting-edge research and development programme on 5G network slicing, according to an announcement by BT.
  The announcement builds on the more extensive 5G collaboration agreement…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
  Read more

Follow @Telecom_UK_ on Twitter!