UK Telecoms Innovations Network appoints Ian Smith as its new head

Staff Reporter

May 9, 2024

Quickline Communications CTO and 5G Testbeds and Trials programme programme director Ian Smith is the new head of UK Telecoms Innovations Network taking over from Nick Johnson.

UKTIN brings together industry, academia, and government stakeholders to advocate for telecoms R&D talent in investment, cooperation and commercialisation.

The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme is the government’s nationally coordinated programme of investment in 5G.

Formed in 2022, it a consortium of four partners Digital Catapult, Cambridge Wireless, University of Bristol, and West Midlands 5G.

Nick Johnson” outgoing head of UKTIN

“I am excited about opportunities UKTIN creates for domestic and international telecoms policy development. The UKTIN team has a strong connection with the ecosystem and is acting as a representative voice of the telecoms sector. I am looking forward to continuing the great work that is delivering so much benefit to the UK”, he said.

“Skills in the telecoms sector are in short supply and that UKTIN was in a prime position to leverage connections to “shine a light on the exciting career pathways telecoms offers, inspiring and educating education leavers and career switchers to come and join us”.

Tags

UKTIN

Share this article

More Stories

Virgin Media O2 cracks Eigg with helicopters, boats and 4×4’s

Hits 150 sites as part of its Shared Rural Network rollout. The Isle of Eigg, a community-owned island in the Hebrides, has beome the 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after Virgin Media O2 used helicopters, boats, and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a new 4G mast on the island. The SRN is

Government spooks greenlight Vodafone and Three merger but with strings attached

Government security agencies have approved the Vodafone and Three merger on condition that the National Security Committee oversees work deemed to have a potential impact on national security. A technical group will be set up within the National Security Committee to monitor cyber, physical and personnel security facets and that the new merged network migration

Exertis staff raise £125,000 for mental health charity

Exertis employees have raised £125,000 for Mental Health UK from golf days, bake sales, dress-down days, raffles and tech sales. Exertis employees have now voted to select eight local charities including six hospices, one homeless charity and one teenage cancer charity. The full list is: St Michael’s Hospice in Basingstoke, East Lancashire Hospice in Burnley,

VMO2 and Accenture join forces to develop apps for enterprise 5G private network sector

Virgin Media O2 and IT consulting and services giant Accenture have teamed up to develop applications for businesses interested in utilising 5G mobile private networks. The technology includes computer vision AI for product quality control monitoring of equipment to meet factory floor compliance requirements and queue management systems. The applications are built on Accenture’s Edge