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Whether this is a personal device or a corporate contract the costs in some exotic destinations can be extreme and with ever increasing demand and use of data, the costs can soon mount up. Most organisations will have had some nasty bill shock from roaming. Whilst...

Aircraft mobile usage developments and how to avoid the extremely high charges on some airlines. Using a mobile phone whilst flying can be extremely expensive but not always! Cultural and technological changes are leading to a greater exposure to potentially nasty...

What does NASA’s new Mars Telecommunications Network tell us about networks on Planet Earth? On the off chance you missed the notification, NASA has just launched an RFP for a Mars Telecommunications Network to provide ubiquitous connectivity for future Mars missions....

Most enterprise networks aren’t built for the next 10 years — they’re built for the last 10.  The next decade will fundamentally reshape the role of enterprise networks. Driven by cloud adoption, workforce mobility, connected assets, real-time data and increasing...

Most organisations know that perimeter security is no longer fit for purpose.  That model “build a strong edge, keep attackers out, trust what’s inside” was designed for offices, fixed networks, and a private data centre-hosted application estate.    That world has...

On 2nd May every year, we celebrate The Network Collective’s birthday, and it’s a great moment to remind ourselves why The Network Collective (TNC) exists, and to renew our mission and our commitment to our customers. We sat down with Founder and industry expert John...

With LESS THAN 12 months to go until analogue services are switched off, what happens if I do nothing, or have services I still don’t about?  The simple truth is that you will almost certainly lose service.  Let’s take a moment for that to sink in.  We aren’t just...

AIOps is going to be the biggest change to how you manage your network for at least a decade, if not longer. The potential sounds incredible - it could give you almost infinite capacity to proactively optimise your network in real time, increasing agility, decreasing...

For those amongst us who are responsible for designing, procuring, deploying, or managing network and telecoms solutions, there are three main risks that the war in the Middle East has created and which you should be thinking about mitigations immediately:   ...

For more than 20 years, TNC has been at the forefront of helping organisations navigate the fast-moving world of network and telecoms procurement. Across hundreds of engagements, one truth has become clear: organisations that mess up their procurement reap months and...

In the latest article in our series on how to successfully execute your network transformation, we are going to turn our focus on the key pitfalls you are likely to encounter, and the strategies you can take to avoid them altogether, or at least to mitigate their...

Over the last six months, The Network Collective (TNC) has been running the biggest- ever independent survey of network service provider performance in the UK. Using our unique position of trust at the heart of the industry, we have been asking companies throughout...

2025 has been a year of incredible change in the network and telecoms market, with seemly non-stop technology change and service provider mergers, all against a constant backdrop of increasing demand for connectivity, ever-rising security threats, and of course the...

 The UK market for mobile and mobility services continues to be incredibly dynamic, with new technologies entering, ongoing merger and acquisition activity changing, and continued and sustained price compression.  Given it has been a few months since we last reviewed...

If you haven’t transformed your network in the last 24 months, you will almost certainly have to in the next 24 months. That’s the harsh reality facing almost every organisation today, but how did we reach such a brutal place? Let’s start by defining what network...

In these challenging economic times, almost all organisations are under pressure to cut costs and to make their budgets go further.  With network and telecoms costs being some of the largest elements of the IT budget, they are typically, and rightly, one of the first...

Executive Summary  In today's digital landscape, cyber security is essential. As organisations seek to protect their data and infrastructure, Zero Trust Networking (ZTN) is emerging as a significant contributor to an organisation's cyber security strategy, and is...

This year is an important one for The Network Collective as we’re celebrating 20 years of delivering truly independent telecoms and network expertise.   So, it’s only right that we share the story about how we got here.  We sat down with Founder and industry expert...

One of the most challenging and misunderstood topics in the UK telecoms market in 2025 is the impending analogue switch-off.  Despite years of planning by Ofcom and the telcos, there continues to be confusion about what is happening, when it is happening, and what you...

Most organisations need to deliver cost savings as they seek to weather challenging financial times, and for many as they brace for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions (ENICs) set for April 2025.  It is therefore vital these organisations...