The European Union is reportedly considering measures aimed at creating a pan‑European telecoms market, according to the Financial Times. Such a move would represent a major shift for European telecoms infrastructure, addressing the long‑standing fragmentation that has limited cross‑border investment and competition. Neelie Kroes, Vice‑President of the European Commission, told the Financial Times that while … Read more

Huawei has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK by opening a new 5G Innovation and Experience Centre in London. The company says the centre will serve as a hub for knowledge exchange and collaboration, bringing together businesses, technologists, and innovators to explore commercial and private-sector 5G use cases. The London facility allows visitors to experience … Read more

Huawei is the global leader in 5G patents and is now determining how much to charge major smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung to license its valuable intellectual property. According to industry analysis, Huawei holds the largest share of declared 5G standard essential patents at about 15.39%, followed by Qualcomm (11.24%), ZTE (9.81%), Samsung (9.67%), … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Sjoerd van der Wal) Select airlines within the International Airlines Group (IAG) — including British Airways — will soon offer passengers hybrid satellite and 4G broadband on short‑haul flights across Europe. This service combines a satellite link with a ground-based LTE network to deliver faster, more reliable in-flight internet access. Inmarsat will provide … Read more

Virgin Media O2 has launched Volt, the company’s first joint offering since the telecoms giants completed their £31 billion merger earlier this year. Volt bundles Virgin Media’s fast home broadband with O2’s mobile connectivity into a single, streamlined package designed to deliver better value and a simpler experience for customers. Key benefits of subscribing to … Read more

Virgin Media O2 is taking a different path from several rivals by confirming it will not reintroduce roaming charges across Europe. Gareth Turpin, Chief Commercial Officer of Mobile at Virgin Media O2, said: “We’re starting the year by giving our customers some certainty: we will not be reintroducing roaming fees in Europe for customers on … Read more

Cloudflare recently mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on record: a massive 7.3 terabits-per-second (Tbps) surge of malicious traffic aimed at one of its customers. The incident, which occurred in mid-May, exceeded Cloudflare’s previous recorded peak by 12 percent and was 1 Tbps larger than another recent high-water mark. The company had just published … Read more

It’s safe to say there have been more eventful weeks in Indian telecommunications. After the approval of a new national telecoms policy and a cyberattack on the state-supported provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) by the group calling itself Anonymous India, the sector has been under the spotlight. MTNL’s website was offline for at least … Read more

Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, says the country is poised to be the first in Europe to deploy at least one new wireless technology emerging from ongoing “White Space” trials with partners including Google, Microsoft, Sky, CloudNet and others. “White Space” refers to gaps in the radio spectrum between frequency bands that can be repurposed … Read more

Sponsored As the Barcelona panel on next-generation networks correctly observes, future networks won’t succeed by relying on the old 2G or 3G “build it and they will come” mindset. If 5G is not deployed in the right way, users may bypass the operator and over-the-top providers could capture the market again. 5G is envisioned as … Read more