(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/zodebala) Virgin Media, backed by parent company Liberty Global, has pledged a £3 billion investment to upgrade the United Kingdom’s internet infrastructure — the largest such commitment in more than a decade. This major funding drive, dubbed “Project Lightning,” aims to extend Virgin Media’s ultrafast network to an additional four million premises over … Read more

Guest author: Or Hillel, Green Lamp Digital twin technology is rapidly reshaping how cell towers are managed, enabling TowerCos and mobile network operators to survey, analyze, simulate, and plan infrastructure changes with engineering-grade precision. From automating site audits to measuring equipment placement for network optimization and billing accuracy, digital twins improve safety, lower costs, and … Read more

As smartphones have evolved from simple mobile devices into essential digital hubs, voice calling has lagged behind in innovation. Nokia now claims it has delivered the “world’s first immersive voice and audio call” using a new codec designed to bring spatial audio to real-time calls. Nokia demonstrated the industry-first immersive audio and video call over … Read more

The UK Space Agency has announced a £3.5 million funding programme to pilot hybrid connectivity solutions in some of Britain’s most isolated communities. The initiative seeks to combine advances in satellite systems and terrestrial wireless technologies to deliver reliable, high-speed internet to remote and rural areas that still struggle with consistent coverage despite widespread rollout … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/ksushachmeister) Researchers at MIT and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed a new anonymity system called Riffle, described as a spiritual successor to Tor. Like Tor, Riffle uses layered, “onion-style” encryption to protect messages as they travel through a dedicated anonymizing network, concealing the path of the communication. Tor … Read more

Research firm IDC has named AT&T, BT, Orange, and Singtel as the leading next‑generation telecommunications service providers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. According to IDC’s report, “IDC Telecom MarketScape for Next‑Generation Service Providers 2016‑17,” these four companies stand out for their strong regional network footprints and broad portfolios of enterprise cloud and managed ICT … Read more

Telecom Italia (TIM) has approved the sale of its fixed-line network to the US private equity firm KKR in a deal valued at around €18.8 billion including debt, with potential to rise to approximately €22 billion under certain conditions. This transaction is notable because TIM becomes the first major European telecom operator to divest its … Read more

Deutsche Telekom is demonstrating the future of mobile communication by deploying high-speed 5G antennas across real-world locations in Berlin. These installations deliver very high throughput and extremely low latency, offering a practical preview of how 5G will reshape connectivity. Claudia Nemat, Member of the Management Board responsible for Technology & Innovation at Deutsche Telekom, emphasized … Read more

Ofcom has today published its latest consumer report, revealing that TalkTalk and 3UK generated the highest rates of customer complaints in the latest reporting period. TalkTalk led two categories for landline and broadband services, recording 0.8 and 0.58 complaints per 1,000 customers respectively between April and June this year. By contrast, Virgin Media posted the … Read more

The jump from the first-generation cellular networks to today’s 4G speeds has been extraordinary. When Japan launched the first 1G mobile network in 1979, mobile communication was primitive by modern standards — basic voice only, limited coverage and very low data capability. Since then, each generation of wireless technology has delivered transformative improvements in speed, … Read more