UK mobile operators have been warned to prepare well in advance for the forthcoming shutdown of legacy 2G networks or risk leaving customers without access to vital services.

Ofcom has approved plans to allow satellite operators and mobile networks to begin providing customers with 4G and 5G signal from space.

Vodafone and satellite manufacturer AST SpaceMobile have formed a joint venture to develop a space-based mobile broadband network across Europe, expanding coverage and strengthening digital sovereignty.

Mobile phone coverage has been expanded to more areas of the London Underground network with further stations and tunnels to go live in the coming months, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

UK mobile operators have been warned to prepare well in advance for the forthcoming shutdown of legacy 2G networks or risk leaving customers without access to vital services.

Ofcom has said it will allow both wifi and UK mobile networks to share spectrum in the 6GHz band that could provide a major boost for outdoor wifi networks.

Ofcom has approved plans to allow satellite operators and mobile networks to begin providing customers with 4G and 5G signal from space.

Approximately 97% of the UK can now receive 5G coverage from at least one operator, while around 78% of homes have access to full fibre broadband, the latest stats from Ofcom show.

The US government has approved SpaceX’s plan to launch thousands of its next-gen Starlink satellites, significantly expanding th

Researchers have shown that signals from satellite broadband services can be used as an alternative to GPS navigation.

A ‘shockingly large amount’ of sensitive data traffic is being broadcast unencrypted from satellite broadband services, researchers have found.

Blue Origin has proposed a building a new telecommunications hub for Mars that could support Nasa’s future missions to the plane

The US government has approved SpaceX’s plan to launch thousands of its next-gen Starlink satellites, significantly expanding th

As a historic new treaty to conserve sea life comes into force, how will the world’s most remote oceans be policed and protected?

A start-up aiming to collect solar energy from space and send it back to Earth has demonstrated its concept using an aeroplane in flight.

Aetherflux has announced plans to launch its first commercial data centre satellite in early 2027, the first step towards building a constellation of satellites.

A glass-based form of data storage that could preserve information for 10,000 years has been developed by researchers at Microsoft.

Nasa has developed a new technology that allows Perseverance, its most recently deployed Mars rover, to locate itself on the planet with an accuracy within 25cm.

British Steel has secured a massive order worth ‘tens of millions of pounds’ to provide materials for a major high-speed electric railway in Turkey.

A bacterial strain discovered frozen in an underground cave is resistant to 10 antibiotics, which could give scientists clues on preventing the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

When the National Energy System Operator (NESO) announced a new pipeline of deliverable energy projects at the end of last year,

Wayve’s latest $1.2bn funding round includes investment from major global firms, valuing the London-based start-up at $8.6bn.

A new £15m deal will restore regular container services through the Channel Tunnel, shifting freight from trucks to trains.

A €6m German research project aims to move quantum communication networks out of the lab and into real-world, multi-node infrastructure.