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News Ninety-nine percent of German railway passengers on ‘main routes’ can now access speeds of at least 200 Mbps Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s state-owned railway company, have made significant improvements to mobile reception on trains in Germany over the past three years, according to a press release published by the companies last week. Back in 2021, the two companies first began cooperating on this deal, with the goal of significantly improving mobile reception along...

Interview At this year’s Connected Britain, we caught up with Nokia’s Head of Cloud Infrastructure Business, Europe, Paul Alexander to discuss how AI is driving investment in the cloud and data centre sectors, how security requirements are evolving, and how regulators are doing their best to keep up! You can watch our full interview from the link below.   Also in the news: Vodafone and Three defend merger amid CMA warnings Verizon offloads mobile towers to Vertical Bridge for $3.3bn Korea...

The Government has announced that their new National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), which is a digital UK map of underground pipes and cables (broadband, water etc.) that is partly designed to help reduce accidental damage, will finally be made available as a public beta service by spring 2025. Both the past and present governments see huge potential for such maps to help improve the way that national infrastructure is planned, built and managed (e.g. future full fibre broadband and 5G...

News A new report from network service provider RETN says the cable cuts impacted up to 70% of Europe–Asia data traffic – far greater than the 25% previously estimated In October last year, the Red Sea became a hotbed of paramilitary activity, with Yemeni Houthis beginning to attack commercial shipping, ostensibly as a result the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. By February this year, the ‘Red Sea crisis’ had escalated to become a major issue for the international telecoms community,...

News  The deal will see Google’s generative AI models enhance Vodafone’s mobile, fixed broadband, and TV offerings   Vodafone and Google have agreed to expand their existing partnership for the next ten years, in a move that aims bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone customers across Europe and Africa.   This expanded partnership is focused on leveraging Google Cloud and the company’s generative AI models known as Gemini to enhance customer experiences,...

Viewpoint Die deutsche Sprachversion folgt weiter unten Ahead of Connected Germany, we spoke to Kerstin Larsson-Knetsch, Chief Commercial Officer at Fiber Experts Germany. Fiber Experts’ digital construction platform brings together network operators and construction companies, digitising the entire fibre construction process  Ms Larsson-Knetsch, what is the status of digitalisation in fibre construction and how does it affect the efficiency of projects?  The fibre roll-out process is highly...

Historically a niche segment of the wider wireless telecommunications industry, private LTE and 5G networks – also referred to as NPNs (Non-Public Networks) in 3GPP terminology – have rapidly gained popularity in recent years due to privacy, security, reliability and performance advantages over public mobile networks and competing wireless technologies as well as their potential to replace hardwired connections with non-obstructive wireless links. Their expanding influence is evident from the...

Press Release The Xantaro Group, Europe’s leading solution provider for high-performance networks, IT security solutions and managed services, today announced the integration of the nicos group. The aim of the transaction is to significantly expand the enterprise division and to strengthen the managed services portfolio with a Service and Security Operations Centre (SOC) that has global reach, among other things. The nicos group employs around 200 people who monitor, operate and protect more...

Press Release UK leading full fibre broadband provider, brsk, has announced that work is underway to upgrade connectivity to 11,000 homes and businesses in Colne, Lancashire to world-class infrastructure that will provide symmetrical speeds up to 2Gbps.  This network deployment is part of brsk’s mission to transform digital connectivity in underserved areas, giving those without access to full fibre technology the chance to enjoy faster speeds and reliability at competitive prices, on a...

Leader in eSIM technology, Mobilise has successfully partnered with digital mobile operator Gist Mobile to upgrade its operations, adding new functionalities and improved UX to the business. Through Mobilise’s digital business support system (BSS) platform, HERO, Gist Mobile now offers eSIM data connectivity packages, advanced VoIP functions and a host of back-end upgrades.   Founded in 2020, Gist Mobile started as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, offering virtual...