BROWSING: BT

EE recently announced its 5G network has already reached 60% population coverage in the U.K. U.K. operator EE, which is part of BT Group, said it has expanded its 5G network infrastructure to cover hundreds of localities in rural areas of England, Wales and Scotland. In...

BT Group noted that the new antenna technology aims to deliver 4G and 5G from the air U.K. operator BT and Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) announced they will test delivering mobile coverage using a new antenna technology, designed to be mounted on a High-Altitude Platform Station...

The telco has also said it plans to make 5G available anywhere in the U.K. by 2028 U.K. carrier EE announced its 5G network has already reached 60% population coverage in the country. EE, which had launched its 5G network in May 2019, is also offering...

As promised and previewed last week, here is a full transcript of the interview with Marc Overton, managing director of BT’s industrial go-to-market business Division X – from a conversation a couple of months back, at the UK operator’s annual Robotics Festival at its...

Contrary to the popular narrative among new telco upstarts that traditional mobile operators will be left behind in the Industry 4.0 race – on the grounds they are entrenched and parochial, geared for box-shifting and hobbled by local assets – UK-based BT says the...

BT noted that C-RAN uses cloud computing technology to support 5G connectivity U.K. telecom group BT said it tested C-RAN technology in the city of Leeds, with the aim of boosting its 5G offering in the future. BT noted that C-RAN technology could be installed in...

The U.K.'s Manufacturing Technology Centre houses advanced manufacturing equipment for digital manufacturing, additive manufacturing, automation and robotics, among others; the independent research and technology group focuses on process and manufacturing systems development across different industrial sectors, from aerospace to agriculture. "It's all about technology transformation....

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum last month put the spotlight on the discipline of network and system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other groups include system...

France-based virtual operator Transatel, busily offering somehow-unfashionable local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two decades already, has a second (actually, third and fourth) life, suddenly, in the global IoT game – which has become even racier in recent years with its acquisition...

A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’. Koen Mioulet, secretary at the European Users Wireless Enterprise Network Association (EUWENA), and Maria Cuevas, networks research director at UK-based...

BT noted that the project will demonstrate value in three use case areas for ports and highways, including port operations and management, marine operations and highway safety and defect inspections U.K. carrier BT said that the government committed to provide financing for a project in...

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month put the spotlight on the discipline of private 5G and edge system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other...

BT said that the project consortium has shown how key agricultural processes can be optimized through improving forecasting accuracy, increasing farm productivity  and reducing fruit waste and fungicide use   U.K. operator BT said it has delivered a robotics platform and management system, as part of...

The government confirmed that Huawei technology must be removed from the U.K.’s 5G public networks by the end of 2027 The U.K. government extended the deadline for local carriers to remove Huawei’s equipment and services in core network functions to December 31, 2023, from the...

Vodafone would own 51% of the potential new entity while CK Hutchison would own the remaining 49% Vodafone Group confirmed that it is in discussions with Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings in relation to a possible combination of Vodafone UK and Three UK. In a...

Digital Vision will use BT's 5G/FTTx multi-access connectivity and edge computing   U.K. telco BT and French IT firm Atos have announced the launch of Digital Vision, which is a computer vision solution for the industrial sector including manufacturing and logistics. Computer vision enables computers and intelligent...

The evolution of SD-WAN and promise of 5G are moving operators and SASE vendors closer together As operators evolve enterprise portfolios to include not just advancements in SD-WAN but also leverage massive investments in 5G to support enhanced workforce mobility, security has come into sharp...

In May, EE said that its 5G network had already surpassed 50% population coverage in the U.K. U.K. telco EE says it has turned up 2.1 GHz frequencies on its network across 14 towns and cities to support the latest 5G smartphones. EE said in a...

The RIC is key to Open RAN network programmability and automation Looking past the TCO benefits associated with Open RAN, the real value operators are chasing (and vendors are working to prove out and monetize) has to do with new, innovative ways of operating disaggregated...

The 2022 Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, was held in Birmingham, England. This year’s event featured more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations, 19 different sports and a private network provided by BT. Partnering with the...

It's the first time 4CCA has been tested outside a lab in Europe, the companies claim BT announced Monday that it has successfully tested four component-carrier (4CC) carrier aggregation on a 5G Standalone (SA) network in commercial frequencies. Using EE’s live network, BT said it and...

The ban originally stipulated that telecoms operators in the UK had until January 28, 2023 to remove all Huawei equipment from the most sensitive core networks U.K. carrier BT has requested an extension to the U.K. government’s deadline for removing Huawei equipment from its core...

The deployment of the 5G private network will enable the port and its customers to take advantage of advanced technology such as IoT and AI   The Port of Tyne, in the UK has partnered with BT to install a new 5G Private Network as well...

Pelion provides global cellular connectivity coverage on 2G, 3G and 4G LTE as well as NB-IoT via several direct agreements with Tier 1 operator partners IoT connectivity service provider Pelion announced an extension of its partnership with BT Wholesale, which will provide Pelion customers access...