Nearly every industry suffered significant disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic, and telecommunications was no exception. However, analyst firm Analysys Mason predicts a modest recovery for the telecoms sector in 2021, driven primarily by growth in IoT, 5G and edge computing opportunities. In its annual forecasts, Analysys Mason reported that industry revenue declined by 2.7% in … Read more

The global telecom trade body GSMA projects that India will have 920 million unique mobile subscribers by 2025, including around 88 million 5G connections. According to the GSMA Intelligence report released in May, 5G connections in India are expected to reach 88 million by 2025, leaving the country behind regional peers such as China, which … Read more

Nokia has announced its support for the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), an industry group created to develop new Ethernet specifications and software designed to meet the networking demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC). The consortium brings together companies aiming to coordinate industry-wide efforts to evolve Ethernet protocols to match the rapidly changing requirements of … Read more

Virgin Media O2 is investing millions to create a modern UK headquarters at Paddington Central, following a strategic review of its property portfolio. The move will lead to the consolidation of several southern England offices and deliver a purpose-built workspace designed for the company’s future needs. As part of the reshaping of its estate, the … Read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied Elon Musk’s Starlink an $886 million subsidy from the Universal Service Fund that was intended to expand broadband service in rural areas. The rejected award, submitted under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program, was turned down after the FCC concluded that Starlink had not demonstrated it could … Read more

Vodafone has become the UK’s largest provider of full-fibre broadband. Full-fibre broadband delivers speeds up to 25 times faster than traditional copper connections and is around five times more reliable. Vodafone’s full-fibre service is now available to over eight million premises in the UK, surpassing availability from TalkTalk, Sky, BT and Virgin Media. Broadband provider … Read more

China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has urged the British government to decide independently on whether to permit Huawei equipment in 5G networks, rather than being swayed by allied countries. Beijing’s envoy in London, Liu Xiaoming, appealed for the UK to make its assessment based on national interests and long-term development needs, rather than simply … Read more

BT has introduced Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD), a new technology designed to transform how live content is delivered over the internet. Traditional unicast streaming creates a separate stream for each viewer. MAUD, by contrast, uses multicast to combine those individual streams into a shared feed that can be distributed to many viewers at once. MAUD … Read more

British telecoms regulator Ofcom has completed its 5G spectrum auction after a two-month delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for January, the auction was postponed amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Industry leaders had urged Ofcom not to delay further, stressing that the timely release of spectrum is central to expanding mobile networks … Read more

Aduna — a joint venture involving Ericsson and major US carriers AT&T, T‑Mobile, and Verizon — has announced plans to make the first standardized network APIs for Number Verification and SIM Swap available across the United States by 2025. This collaboration aims to unify carrier-grade security capabilities to reduce fraud, simplify authentication for businesses and … Read more