UK’s Fiber Future: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

The future of UK fiber is considered by some to be in flux — the relentless race to make gigabit-capable broadband accessible across the nation heats up daily. Key players include both UK incumbents and alternative network providers, also known as “AltNets.” These groups are creating a digital infrastructure essential to business growth, public service…

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Navigating XR Landscape: Qualcomm Boosts Alaian’s Start-Up Initiative

The telecom alliance Alaian has enlisted the services of chip maker Qualcomm to invigorate start-ups in the realm of extended reality (XR). Initially revealed to the world in April of the previous year, Alaian, a conglomerate of seven telcos – Bouygues, KPN, MTN, Nos, STC, Telefónica, WindTre – along with towerco Cellnex, offered their collective…

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The EU-US Data Privacy Tug-of-War: Certainty or Illusion?

Another framework to safeguard EU data stored in the US has been created by the EU and US. Nonetheless, this long-standing issue remains contentious. To be clear, the friction arises from the fact that most internet operations are overseen by US companies, with the bulk of their servers located stateside. Can EU citizens’ data be…

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