Cornwall faces risk of mobile blackspots amid rent dispute
03 October 2025
Cornwall could be at risk of losing vital mobile coverage as landowners warn they may refuse to host phone masts due to significant rent reductions. Local landowner groups and residents have expressed concern that recent government plans to extend the existing rules could further jeopardize connectivity across the region.
Changes introduced in 2017 to the electronic communications code granted mobile operators sweeping powers to slash payments to landowners — many of whom are farmers, small business owners, local authorities, and NHS trusts — resulting in rent cuts of up to 90%. These measures were intended to accelerate the rollout of mobile infrastructure but instead led to over 1,000 legal disputes, a stark increase from just 33 cases in the previous three decades.
Find out more UK private sector heavily dependent on US technology
03 October 2025
Recent research reveals that the UK private sector relies extensively on US technology to operate vital systems, with 88% of publicly listed companies depending on American services.
This heavy reliance is reflected across several European countries, with Ireland showing a 93% dependence, France at 66%, Portugal at 72%, and Spain at 74%, based on a study by Proton analysing email service providers as a proxy for broader technological dependence.
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Wildix and RoboReception transform dental communications
03 October 2025
A joint AI initiative between Wildix and RoboReception has yielded substantial improvements in patient access and operational efficiency across 65 dental practices in the UK.
Since its deployment in May 2025, the clinician-designed, 24/7 AI receptionist system has handled over 50,000 patient calls without a single missed contact, marking a significant stride in reducing missed calls — a challenge that has long plagued healthcare providers. Previously, up to one-third of new patient calls went unanswered, often resulting in lost opportunities and diminished patient care.
Find out more UK faces a new era of wireless… again
30 September 2025
Scott Baxter, Network Systems Consultant, Velaspan
Across the UK, wireless networking is entering another, transformative period. From Ofcom’s ongoing work to unlock more 6GHz spectrum, to the first wave of Wi-Fi 7 hardware appearing in homes and offices, the landscape is evolving rapidly. Whilst the marketing noise continues to focus on speed and other unattainable ‘theoreticals;’ the most important changes for businesses and service providers go far beyond ‘speeds.’ They encompass quality design, security, automation, and expose entirely new use cases.
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