UK Team Finds Tiny Atomic Changes Can Create Smarter Wireless Antennas | ISPreview UK

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A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London have discovered a new way to make wireless communication devices, such as antennas, more adaptable by making tiny atomic changes to the structure of a material that can “dramatically improve its ability to respond to electrical signals“. The work could have applications in everything from home Wi-Fi to satellites and mobile broadband networks etc. (more…)

Aarhus Vand Selects Netmore for Smart Meter Network | Total Telecom

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Stockholm, Sweden – (August 25, 2026) – Netmore Group, the leading network operator and platform provider for Massive IoT, today announced a collaboration with Aarhus Vand and Kamstrup to support the deployment of approximately 69,000 digitally connected water meters across Aarhus Municipality, Denmark. Powered by Netmore’s carrier-grade LoRaWAN® network and Kamstrup’s digital water metering technology, the project will provide Aarhus Vand with real-time visibility into water consumption while helping residents better understand and reduce their water usage. 
Rollout begins in Tranbjerg following a successful pilot involving approximately 1,000 households, where the communication between Kamstrup’s digital meters and Aarhus Vand was validated. The full deployment will continue through 2030, covering communities across Aarhus Municipality. 
The new water meters will eliminate manual meter readings while enabling continuous remote collection of consumption data. Customers will gain online access to their water usage, allowing them to monitor consumption patterns and identify opportunities to conserve water. At the same time, Aarhus Vand will be able to detect unusually high consumption earlier, helping identify issues such as water leaks, faulty heat exchangers, or damaged water infrastructure before they result in unnecessary water waste and higher utility bills. 
“Delivering reliable meter reading demands a network that meets high-performance requirements consistently, not just in ideal conditions, but across every meter, every day,” said Helle Pernille Hansen, Specialist Manager, Aarhus Vand. “Our pilot demonstrated that LoRaWAN meets those standards in practice, and our partnership with Netmore and Kamstrup gives us the confidence to scale. This is an important step in giving our customers real visibility into their water consumption and helping us identify issues before they become costly problems.” 
  
To ensure reliable communication, Netmore will deploy and manage a dense LoRaWAN network that enables seamless data transmission between the Kamstrup water meters and Aarhus Vand’s systems. As each area is completed, customers will be notified once their meter becomes fully operational for remote reading. 
“We are pleased to support Aarhus Vand in delivering a modern digital water infrastructure that benefits both the utility and its customers,” said Eric Collinder, Country Manager Nordics at Netmore. “Reliable, carrier-grade connectivity is essential for smart metering deployments and this project demonstrates how the right technology and partners can help utilities improve resource management, increase operational efficiency, and provide consumers with better data.” 
“Smart water metering only delivers its full value when data arrives reliably and on time, and that places real demands on the connectivity layer. Kamstrup’s meters are engineered to perform across the full range of installation environments, and Netmore’s carrier-grade LoRaWAN network ensures those capabilities translate into the consistent read rates Aarhus Vand needs to meet its operational and customer service targets,” said Henrik Jensen, SVP, Kamstrup Water. This is a strong example of what becomes possible when metering technology and network infrastructure are matched to the same standard.”  
Installation of the new meters is being carried out area by area with deployment partner Eltel, beginning in Tranbjerg before expanding throughout the municipality over the coming years. 
About Netmore Group 
Netmore Group is the leading global network operator and platform provider for Massive IoT, powering the world’s most advanced and sustainability-focused solutions for utilities, buildings, cities, and other markets that benefit from sensor-connected environments. With a decade of innovation and leadership in IoT platform development and network operations, Netmore continues to set the standard for IoT excellence. Netmore operates in 18 countries and is backed by Nordic infrastructure investor Polar Structure. 
About Aarhus Vand 
Aarhus Vand is one of Denmark’s leading water and wastewater utilities, providing drinking water and wastewater services to customers throughout Aarhus Municipality. The company is committed to delivering sustainable water management solutions while protecting one of society’s most valuable natural resources. 
About Kamstrup 
Kamstrup is a global technology company delivering intelligent metering solutions and services for water and energy utilities. Through innovative metering technology and digital solutions, Kamstrup helps utilities improve efficiency, optimize operations, and support sustainable resource management. 
 
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Vodafone Business and Tech Mahindra partner to target UK’s digital transformation | Total Telecom

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Vodafone Business, the enterprise arm of VodafoneThree, has announced a partnership with Tech Mahindra, a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, reinforcing its commitment to helping organisations across the UK accelerate digital transformation and realise the benefits of emerging technologies.

Building on VodafoneThree’s £11bn investment to create the UK’s best network for business – and provide organisations with the secure, resilient and scalable digital foundations they need to modernise and grow – the agreement establishes a structured model for executive engagement, co-innovation and go-to-market collaboration. It will enable both organisations to identify and develop opportunities where their complementary capabilities can help customers simplify operations, modernise technology environments and deliver measurable business outcomes.

By combining Vodafone Business’ enterprise and digital infrastructure capabilities with Tech Mahindra’s expertise in AI-led technology transformation, systems integration, digital engineering and managed services, the two organisations will develop industry-led propositions for UK customers. The collaboration will leverage AI, automation, private 5G, IoT, cloud and data to modernise operations, strengthen resilience, accelerate digital adoption and unlock new business models.

Tech Mahindra has a strong UK presence, combining local market expertise with global capabilities in AI, digital engineering, cloud and data. Guided by its “AI Delivered Right” strategy, Tech Mahindra helps organisations move AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption and measurable outcomes. Through this partnership with Vodafone Business, both organisations will combine their strengths to help UK businesses modernise operations, strengthen resilience and accelerate AI-led growth.

The agreement supports Vodafone Business’ broader strategy to build a strong ecosystem of specialist partners, giving customers access to the expertise and capabilities they need at each stage of their digital transformation. By bringing together enterprise services, digital infrastructure and technology expertise, Vodafone Business is helping organisations adapt to changing market demands, improve operational performance and drive sustainable growth.

Nick Gliddon, Business Director, VodafoneThree, commented: “This partnership with Tech Mahindra brings together the capabilities organisations need to move faster in a complex digital landscape. By combining Vodafone Business’ connectivity, technology and security expertise with Tech Mahindra’s specialist transformation capabilities, we’re strengthening our partner ecosystem and giving customers access to integrated solutions across cloud, AI, cyber security and digital transformation – helping them cut through complexity, build resilience and become more agile, competitive and future-ready.”

Harshul Asnani, President and Head of Europe Business, Tech Mahindra, said: “Tech Mahindra has a deep heritage in telecommunications and extensive experience helping enterprises modernise complex technology and operating environments. This framework with Vodafone Business brings together our complementary strengths to help UK organisations accelerate AI-led transformation. By combining AI, automation, digital engineering and industry expertise, we will help enterprises modernise networks and operations, build resilient digital ecosystems and unlock measurable business outcomes at scale.”

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Huawei and HP Inc. sign landmark patent cross-licensing agreement | Total Telecom

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Today, Huawei and HP Inc. announced the signing of a multiyear global patent cross-licensing agreement, including license to HP Inc. for certain Huawei WiFi patents. This milestone agreement not only reflects the companies’ cooperation in the field of intellectual property licensing but also recognizes Huawei’s innovation capabilities and core technological strength as well as HP’s position as a global leader in computers and peripheral equipment.

Alan Fan, Huawei’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer, stated, “Huawei is pleased to reach this patent cross-licensing agreement with HP Inc. This agreement is a strong testament to Huawei’s persistent independent innovation in cutting-edge fields in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Through patent licensing, Huawei shares its innovation with the industry, particularly in the area of standardized technologies, which brings leading technological experiences to consumers worldwide.”

Steven Geiszler, who represented Huawei in the negotiations, stated: “This is another successful licensing of Huawei patents, particularly in the area of standardized Wi-Fi technologies—while obtaining valuable reciprocal patent rights from HP Inc.  I appreciate the professionalism and courteousness shown by HP’s negotiation team during this project.”

“This is a standard-essential patent license covering Wi‑Fi technology – something used broadly across the industry and routine for companies whose products connect to Wi‑Fi. It is not new, does not represent a broader strategic or commercial relationship, partnership, or collaboration with Huawei,” said HP in an emailed statement.

Wi-Fi has become one of the most widely used wireless technologies in the world, connecting homes, schools, hospitals, offices and public spaces. Each generation of the standard is developed openly, drawing on technical contributions from companies across the industry, and is then made broadly available to implementers.

Although lacking the speed and throughput of newer generations, Wi-Fi 4 and 5 are still widely used, providing reliable networking for less demanding applications.

High speed, large capacity and lower energy consumption enable Wi-Fi 6 to deliver multiple high-definition video streaming, gaming and AR/VR services alongside legacy broadband and IoT devices such as laptops, refrigerators, cameras, doorbells, thermostats, and lightbulbs—all with a single wireless router.

Wi-Fi 7, building on Wi-Fi 6, delivers higher throughput, lower latency, and more reliable Wi-Fi connectivity. These enhancements enable an exceptionally smooth experience for 8K video, gaming, AR/VR, remote work, online video conferencing, and cloud computing.

Together, these advances and applications have made reliable wireless connectivity part of the basic infrastructure of everyday life — supporting remote healthcare, digital education, and more energy-efficient homes and workplaces. Huawei has played a significant role in contributing to the development of Wi-Fi technologies over successive generations and makes the resulting technologies available publicly, so that innovation created in one place can benefit users everywhere.

 

To learn more about patents and licensing, here is Huawei’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer Alan Fan answering common questions on the topic from the internet. 

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Broadband ISP Nufibre Launch eSIM Based Unlimited UK Mobile Plan | ISPreview UK

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Internet provider Nufibre has become the latest company to launch an eSIM-only powered virtual mobile operator service with the launch of nuSim, which appears to be based around an unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts plan that cost just £15 per month (including 20GB of roaming data when within the EU). (more…)

Study Claims 36 Percent of UK Adults with Home Wi-Fi Suffer Poor Connection | ISPreview UK

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According to a recent “nationally representative” OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with Wi-Fi at home, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, some 36% of respondents said they “struggle with their Wi-Fi connection” (15% said this impacts multiple rooms of their home) and 24% have to go to a different room to use streaming as it does not work across their entire home. (more…)

Some Sky UK Customers Suffering Problems Making Payments | ISPreview UK

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Some customers of Sky’s various TV, phone and Sky Broadband services appear to currently be experiencing “issues making payments” in the UK, which seems to be disrupting sign-ups to new packages via the Sky Marketplace and also preventing some payments for reoccurring subscriptions (e.g. adds-on). (more…)

Ofcom Set to Revoke Code Powers for Multiple UK Telecoms Operators | ISPreview UK

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The communications, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to revoke Code Powers from multiple UK telecoms network, civil engineering and broadband operators because the companies have either been “closed or dissolved“, or in other cases the powers are simply no longer required and are being revoked by mutual agreement. (more…)

Vandals Attack Openreach’s Broadband Network in Bedminster and Chippenham | ISPreview UK

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National network operator Openreach has revealed that their UK broadband and phone network suffered “malicious damage” across two separate incidents in Bedminster (District of Bristol) and Chippenham (Wiltshire) on Monday. This disrupted connectivity to local homes and businesses in the area. (more…)

45 Percent of UK Landline Users Confused by Analogue Phone Switch-Off, Survey Claims | ISPreview UK

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A new OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with a landline telephone at home, commissioned by London-focused alternative broadband ISP CommunityFibre, has claimed that 45% of respondents are still unclear about what the looming switch-off of the country’s ageing analogue telephone network means for them. (more…)