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Telco infrastructure giant Cellnex has opened its wallet once again in order to expand its UK presence. The Spanish company on Monday agreed to acquire distributed antenna system (DAS) provider Herbert In-Building (HiBW), which up until now has been a division of retail technology group Herbert. Under the deal, Cellnex will fold HiBW into its

Samsung’s chip contract manufacturing business said on Tuesday it plans to more than triple its advanced chips production capacity by 2027 to meet strong demand despite current global economic headwinds. The world’s second-largest foundry after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is targeting mass production of advanced 2-nanometre technology chips by 2025 and 1.4-nanometre chips by

According to data from Ookla, altnets are providing the top fixed broadband speeds in London, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester, as well as a number of counties. A new report by the network intelligence provider, which takes a general look at the state of the broadband market in the UK, says that fixed broadband internet reached

For some reason the UK wasn’t previously one of the 48 countries on the governing council of the UN’s telecommunications agency. As you can see from the screenshot of the ITU’s Wikipedia page that had yet to be updated at the time we took it. Despite being an ITU member over 150 years, the UK

Reliance Jio will launch a budget laptop priced at $184 (Nearly Rs. 15,000) with an embedded 4G sim card, aiming to replicate the success of its low-cost JioPhone in India’s highly price-sensitive market, two sources told Reuters. The Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate has partnered with global giants Qualcomm and Microsoft for the JioBook, with the former

Japanese tech giant NEC has continued its Open RAN crusade with the introduction of its open virtualized RAN software suite to the international market. Along with compatriot Rakuten, NEC is one of the companies being most proactive in offering Open RAN products, tools and platforms to the broader market. Its overall offering is called NEC

Amazon –  who at this point has its fingers in so many different pies its hard to know what to call it other than ‘tech giant’ – has unveiled a raft of new smart devices as it continues its drive for smart home supremacy. Echo Auto, Echo Studio, Echo Dot, and Echo Dot with Clock

Individuals and companies that suffer harm from drones, robots, and other products or services equipped with artificial intelligence software will find it easier to sue for compensation under EU draft rules seen by Reuters. The AI Liability Directive, which the European Commission will announce on Wednesday, aims to address the increasing proliferation of AI-enabled products

German telco group Deutsche Telekom is making the most of Ethereum’s newly-acquired eco-credentials. Earlier this month, the world’s second-most-valuable cryptocurrency switched the method it uses for validating transactions on its blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. What does this mean? Well, it’s hard to explain in brief, but if a blockchain is to fulfil its role

The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) member states have elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin (pictured) as its new Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will replace China’s Houlin Zhao as leader of the United Nations telecoms and ICT agency on 1 January, becoming its first female Secretary-General as well as the second American to hold the post since its inception in 1865.

The Callisto Protocol just got an in-engine trailer, ahead of its launch on December 2. The new footage from developer Striking Distance Studios focuses on the thematic and story aspects, in addition to introducing a new character, played by Karen Fukuhara — mainly known for her role in the Prime Video series, The Boys. The

The GSMA Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce has been set up to look at how telecoms can be protected once quantum computing kicks in, with IBM and Vodafone having signed up as initial members. The group, or ‘taskforce’ as it calls itself presumably to sound more dynamic, says it is going to ‘help define policy, regulation

Kit vendor Nokia and operator Vodafone New Zealand have signed a strategic partnership which will see them collaborate to ‘explore the capabilities of 5G-Advanced and 6G networks.’ The Memorandum of Understanding between Nokia and Vodafone NZ is supposed to ratify collaboration on the development of new applications and services on existing 4G/5G networks, as well

Jurassic World Dominion director Colin Trevorrow hints at more movies in the franchise. In an interview with Empire, the filmmaker confirmed that he intentionally planted seeds for future directors to explore. “I specifically did something different than the other films in order to change the DNA of the franchise,” he explained — in hopes of

The final, final deadline looms for a chance at telecoms immortality – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Despite having months to prepare, many companies have left it to the last minute to submit their entries to the 2022 Glotel Awards. Thankfully the powers that be at Glotel Towers have once more taken pity on the over-stretched telecoms industry

US operator T-Mobile has launched a suite of ‘ready-to-deploy’ solutions for smart cities and businesses operating in the retail, manufacturing, and logistics sectors. Advanced Industry Solutions is a suite of connectivity bundles which include compute, devices, and app elements aimed at things like autonomous factories. The idea is there is a selection of industry specific

Every day, I open Gmail and I delete all the spam I get from random IDs, as well as the newsletters and promotional emails from brands I never subscribed to. This can be a tedious process because the flow of spam is endless. My inbox often gets cluttered with spam mails and my important emails

Tecnotree partners with Microsoft Azure to accelerate Hyperscaling for Telcom Operators – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Tecnotree partners with Microsoft Azure to accelerate Hyperscaling for Telcom Operators At Digital Transformation World 2022 we spoke to Padma Ravichander, CEO of Tecnotree and Rick Lievano, CTO for telecom at Microsoft, about their new partnership through which Tecnotree Digital BSS