The UK government has chosen the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to deploy the nation’s first multi-city 5G testbed. This award marks a major step toward bringing next-generation connectivity to everyday public services, industry and citizens across multiple urban centres. As part of the successful bid, the WMCA will receive a total of £50 million … Read more

A new industry challenge is urging telecom operators, AI researchers, and startups to build large language models (LLMs) capable of identifying and explaining the root causes of network faults — a persistent, costly problem for operators. Launched today, the AI Telco Troubleshooting Challenge is supported by GSMA, ETSI, IEEE GenAINet, ITU, and TM Forum, bringing … Read more

WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service used by around 300 million people worldwide each month, has announced plans to introduce voice messaging—a feature that aligns it with competitors such as Facebook Messenger, BBM and WeChat. The feature, demonstrated in a video on the WhatsApp blog, is deliberately simple: press and hold the microphone icon to record, … Read more

Nokia has launched Nokia Data Marketplace, a blockchain-based platform that gives enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs) real-time access to large, trusted datasets and AI models. Friedrich Trawoeger, VP of Cloud and Cognitive Services at Nokia, said: “Our customers need secure and trusted access to data for effective business decision making. With Nokia Data Marketplace, … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Joe_Potato) During rush hour we expect road traffic to slow and cars to creep toward their destinations. As vehicles become connected to mobile networks, however, the virtual highways they rely on could also slow dramatically unless mobile operators prepare in advance. An independent study by Machina Research highlights the challenges connected cars pose … Read more

Across the UK, Europe, the United States and beyond, the telecommunications industry is undergoing a digital transformation that will shape the coming decades. Connectivity underpins modern life and has been heavily tested by the pandemic. Crucially, networks have so far stood up to the strain. In the UK, connectivity has played a central role in … Read more

AI is reshaping how future 6G mobile networks are planned, as operators face uncertainty about future capacity and traffic patterns. The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has published a study outlining how operator networks must adapt to support AI-driven applications. The report gathers operator perspectives to inform ongoing standardisation work within the 3rd Generation … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Geber86) Ericsson has announced strategic partnerships with Google and BT Sport as it aims to deliver the next generation of entertainment using its latest technologies. Under the agreement with Google, Ericsson will extend the reach of its MediaFirst TV Platform into the Android TV ecosystem. MediaFirst is a cloud-based platform that enables creation, … Read more

BT Group’s Digital division has rolled out Amazon CodeWhisperer, a generative AI coding assistant from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The deployment supports BT’s wider push for modernisation, streamlined workflows, and improved developer tooling across the organisation. CodeWhisperer delivers real-time, AI-powered code suggestions ranging from single snippets to complete functions inside popular integrated development environments (IDEs). … Read more

Around 8 million UK adults have never used the Internet, which amounts to just over 16% of the adult population in the country. That number fell by 299,000 during the three months up to September, a much larger decrease than the previous quarter’s drop of 12,000 people. These figures come from the Office for National … Read more