Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we profile Shriyansh Sapkota, a Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprentice at BT. Achievements Shriyansh is “a go getter always ready ...
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EW BrightSparks 2023 profile: Nathan Dickson, BT
Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we profile Nathan Dickson, a Network DevOps Engineer at BT. Achievements Testimonials completed by Nathan’s nominators told us that, having completed ...
EW BrightSparks 2023 profile: Tom Bowman, BT
Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we highlight Tom Bowman, an Apprentice Applied Researcher at BT. Achievements Tom’s most significant achievement during his apprenticeship, he told us, was helping ...
BT trials antenna for 5G coverage from stratospheric aeroplanes
BT and Stratospheric Platforms are to test phased array antennas designed to provide 4G and 5G coverage from stratospheric aircraft into the wilds. “This partnership will build on SPL’s world-first 5G demonstration from the stratosphere in 2022,” said SPL CEO Richard Deakin. Funded by Innovate UK, the trials will be at BT’s labs at Adastral Park and “could offer transformational ...
Rising Star Award
Winner Nathan Dickson – BT Highly commended: Claudia Ferreira from Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult and Toby Lane – Ignys Nathan completed his apprenticeship last year, during which he showed academic excellence while also being the driving factor behind the automation revolution in BT’s Network Integration Test team. Within one year, he pitched, planned, developed and delivered the beta ...
EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Charlotte Fitzpatrick
Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Charlotte Fitzpatrick, a Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprentice at BT. Achievement Charlotte has already made a significant ...
EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Tom Culley
Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Tom Culley, a Networks Degree Apprentice at BT. Achievement Tom, we were told by his nominator, has not ...
BT trials excited atoms antenna technology
BT today announced a pioneering trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using excited atomic states that could boost the capability of next generation 5G and IoT networks. Atomic Radio Frequency (RF) receiver technology represents a revolutionary new way of detecting radio waves that could find much weaker signals than conventional receivers. The receiver works by using a quantum ...
Harwell to host 5G/satellite engineering hub
An engineering hub for 5G and satellite technologies is to be built by the IT and business consultancy CGI at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire. The hub is backed by over £3 million of Government investment and due for completion in 2021. The centre is being backed by a European Space Agency contract, and as part of the development CGI ...
BT to strip Huawei switchgear from core network by 2023
BT’s mobile subsidiary EE will have stripped Huawei switchgear out of the core sectors of its network by 2023. “In order to hit these ambitious targets within the timescales laid down by government and to align with their focus on 5G networks, it is now our intention to prioritise migrating our 5G customers to the new Ericsson core, followed by ...