With plans to challenge the UK’s mobile arena and expand its activities in the country’s broadband market, newly merged VodafoneThree has announced an exclusive multiyear partnership and distribution deal with business and home technology retailer Currys. Founded by Henry Curry in 1884 as a bicycle-building business, before the company diversified into selling toys, radios … Read more
Fintechs are growing customer bases at a lower rate, but profits and revenues are strong as the industry becomes sustainable, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report. In the second edition of The future of global fintech: From rapid expansion to sustainable growth, completed with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the … Read more
In what will bring great relief to the nation’s rail users – especially those now having to make more journeys through return-to-office policies – Network Rail, Neos Networks and Freshwave have launched Project Reach, a partnership designed to end the worst signal blackspots on the major rail arteries of Britain. The project’s commercial model … Read more
After a joint call for proposals in July 2024 to be part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) InCubed2 programme, the UK Space Agency has announced funding worth £2.5m for five projects across the UK to use satellite data to help transform the delivery of public services. Space is identified as a frontier industry … Read more
In the latest example of the growing crucial nature of communications infrastructure, Thames Freeport has forged a partnership with Verizon Business and Nokia to deploy private 5G networks across multiple key logistics, manufacturing and innovation sites along the River Thames Estuary. Designated as a Freeport Free Trade Zone by the UK government in December … Read more