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Mobile networking

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  NanoAvionics jumps on SpaceX to expand 5G, IoT space comms

  Smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator’s craft expand two constellations with upcoming SpaceX Transporter-10 mission

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Speedcast on board with connectivity for P&O maritime logistics

  Comms and IT services provider sets sail to deliver multi-orbit, multi-path SD-WAN service across 59 vessels in fleet of provider of critical logistics support and marine offerings for offshore energy, port services and cargo transportation

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  TIM taps Cisco and NEC to improve Brazilian network quality

  Firms team up to address quality of experience and quality of service objectives by expanding monitoring across all transport domains, including cell site routers, national backbone and backhaul

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Emerging low-loss materials pave road to 6G

  As comms industry prepares for next generation of communications, research paper shows biggest challenges that will need to be addressed and why low-loss materials will be crucial for development

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Vodafone, Intel extend Open RAN research collaboration

  Chip giant and leading European operator increase scope of established collaboration with University of Málaga towards planned UK commercial deployment of 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel vRAN Boost in first half of 2024

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  Slow roll-out of standalone 5G risks UK SMEs taking annual £8.6bn hit

  Research from UK telco suggests lack of availability of true 5G puts smaller businesses at disadvantage compared with continental European counterparts taking advantage of reliable superfast connectivity

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  MWC 2024: Technology, business building blocks emerge for 5G Advanced

  Summit shows how imminent mass introduction of 5G Advanced networks will likely see 2024 being a pivotal year for the mobile industry, breaking the traditional generational cycle in mobile communications technology

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Oxa hails first commercial deployment of self-driving software

  Culmination of 10 years of software engineering, hardware integration, machine learning and testing in the virtual and real worlds sees connected vehicle technology provider deliver automation in AV Shuttles in Florida, US.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Ericsson, Intel look to double down on Open RAN, AI innovation with Tech Hub

  Tech Hub establishes itself as incubator for advancements and new hardware technology exploration, building open, resilient, sustainable and intelligent mobile networks, including recent successful Cloud RAN call using future Xeon processor

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  MWC 2024: Open Gateway, AI drive future mobile networks

  Mobile industry’s flagship event reveals that more than 40 mobile operator networks across five continents have now commercially launched network API services to the developer community to unlock 5G’s full potential

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  BT launches smart city NB-IoT offer

  UK’s leading comms provider launches multi-million-pound narrowband internet of things network to pave way for more smart cities and industries, creating cost-efficiency gains and costs savings for public sector

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity

  TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  MWC 2024: Huawei looks to advance 5.5G opportunity

  Comms tech giant lays out course it will follow to take advantage of forthcoming next standard in 5G mobile communications offering the prospect of native 10Gbps connectivity, native green technology and native intelligence

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Ericsson, Telefónica claim to redefine 5G experiences with on-demand slicing

  Proof of concept from telco and leading comms tech provide said to provide superior service experience for mobile consumers, enhancing performance of 5G services

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  Global households shift toward 5G fixed wireless access

  Report finds that nearly three-quarters of homes with 5G fixed wireless access choose it as a full replacement for previously used connectivity

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  NAO report finds UK mobile connectivity programme behind schedule

  Financial watchdog report slams progress of government in flagship mobile roll-out scheme to expand 4G mobile connectivity in rural UK areas, casting doubt on whether it will be delivered on time

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  Singtel rolls out network slicing on 5G network

  Singtel’s app-based network slicing capabilities will boost the performance of 5G applications and cater to different experience, security and privacy requirements

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  Virgin Media O2 switches on 5G Standalone

  UK operator continues to advance 5G roll-out in line with UK government’s Wireless Infrastructure Strategy

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  BICS, Skylo unite to deliver GEO satellite NB-IoT connectivity

  Connectivity enabler announces partnership with non-terrestrial network operator to deliver ubiquitous satellite-based narrowband internet of things connectivity for enterprises, letting IoT devices travel outside of their home country

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub

  Telco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Dell, Nokia team to advance network cloud transformation, private 5G

  Comms tech provider adopts technology and services as its preferred infrastructure and preferred private wireless partner for enterprise edge use cases

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Samsung accelerates Open RAN development

  Electronics giant beefs up fund to advance Open RAN interoperability, performance and security and teams, with telco and testing firm to advance commercial conformance and interoperability testing

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Samsung, AMD and Vodafone claim Open RAN data call first

  Leading processor and electronics company team with telco to reinforce open radio access network expansion, using technical expertise from existing large-scale commercial network deployments

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Nokia, A1, Microsoft claim first for enterprise 5G edge cloud network slicing

  Telco teams with IT giant and comms tech provider to offer network slicing solution designed to deliver secure virtual private network services to enterprise customers integrated with edge-based enterprise cloud applications over 4G and 5G networks

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Virgin Media O2 Shared Rural Network roll-out reaches new heights

  Operator claims major milestone in commitment to £1bn UK rural communications programme after it rolled out reliable 4G coverage across 100 sites on Scotland’s second-largest island

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Revolut launches eSIM plan for 100 countries

  Financial institution claims to be first company of its kind in the UK to launch embedded subscriber identity module offering a cost-effective way to access data plans without unexpected roaming charges in over 100 countries

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Vodafone announces alert-based CCTV over mobile connectivity

  Operator announces IoT smart surveillance that offers business customers live video-over-mobile network on unlimited data plan designed to overcome challenges faced by existing CCTV infrastructure

• February 13, 2024 13 Feb'24

  MSB strengthens Sweden’s national critical network with 5G

  Comms tech and service company becomes part of Sweden’s next-generation mission-critical network infrastructure, Rakel G2, whose 5G core network is designed to ensure fast and secure sharing of voice, data, images and video

• February 12, 2024 12 Feb'24

  Ericsson intros AI-powered premium 5G intent-based operations

  Leading comms technology and service provider deploys artificial intelligence and automation use case libraries to simplify network operations by managing conflicting intents to meet desired business outcomes

• February 12, 2024 12 Feb'24

  Jersey Telecom, RoamsysNext claim IoT game changer

  Telco teams with development partner to introduce internet of things certification manager and solve network congestion and performance issues caused by uncertified IoT devices

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Ericsson, Qualcomm drive 5G Standalone benefits in UK, Finland

  Leading comms tech provider and mobile platform provider reveal projects in key European territories showing differentiated connectivity enabled by network slicing on 5G core and radio access network technology

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  Verizon deploys 130,000 O-RAN capable radios in network

  Second big commitment to open radio access network technology from a major US operator within a couple of months indicates a ‘significant industry shift’ in momentum for open networking

• January 30, 2024 30 Jan'24

  UK 5G providers up service game across the board

  Latest UK mobile performance review reveals how competition among UK mobile network operators continued to heat up in the second half of 2023, leading to performance and availability seeing significant improvement

• January 26, 2024 26 Jan'24

  Ford Pro accelerates vehicle insights and control

  Commercial division of Ford gasses up connected car offer by expanding suite of telematics productivity solutions to give commercial customers more insight and control over their fleet vehicles

• January 26, 2024 26 Jan'24

  Wi-Fi HaLow begins real-world commercial IoT deployments

  New Wi-Fi standard to address wide range of IoT applications and offer support for use cases including smart home, smart city, building automation, smart retail, industrial IoT and agriculture technology

• January 25, 2024 25 Jan'24

  Telefónica, Nova Labs launch helium mobile hotspots in Mexico

  Telco’s customer coverage extended in Mexico City and Oaxaca by using existing SIMs to offload mobile data to dedicated extended network

• January 25, 2024 25 Jan'24

  Additional spectrum needed for 5G-Advanced, 6G networks

  With more advanced mobile infrastructures set to be introduced over the next five years, report suggests wireless industry needs access to more spectrum to support applications such as XR, connected cars and metaverse

• January 25, 2024 25 Jan'24

  Meteoric growth in VSAT, BGAN, SatPhones and 5G mobile devices

  Research finds rapid deployment of non-geostationary orbit networks such as Starlink, Eutelsat OneWeb, and soon Amazon’s Kuiper, quickly advancing innovation in the satellite ground segment

• January 25, 2024 25 Jan'24

  Virgin Media O2 boosts 4G connectivity in Shetland

  UK operator delivers enhanced mobile coverage to Scottish island businesses and communities as part of its commitment to £1bn programme building and upgrading six masts over the next few months

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024

  A zero-day in the open source WebKit browser engine that powers Safari has sparked Apple’s first major patch roll-out of the new year

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  Tēnaka teams with Orange Business to scale coral reef restoration

  Enterprise services arm of global telco looks to allow social business to undertake digital transformation, as well as automate and scale coral reef and marine biodiversity monitoring

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  Vodafone, Qualcomm, Xiaomi claim European first for enhanced 5G uplink

  Test by leading European mobile operator, mobile platform provider and handset manufacturer said to result in mobile customers being able to receive faster 5G upload speeds

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping

  A cyber attack on the US financial regulator earlier in January 2024 occurred after hackers took over one of its mobile phone accounts in a so-called SIM-swapping attack

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Nokia, Etisalat by e& complete first Middle East Cloud RAN trial

  Benchmark in key, strategic territory for communications in trial of cloud-based radio access network technology using In-Line acceleration realised by leading regional operator’s network

• January 19, 2024 19 Jan'24

  Galaxy S24 Series represents Samsung’s ‘AI moment’

  Launch of flagship mobile phone sees Korean giant aim to use AI to open up a new era in the mobile experience and make consumers aware of edge-AI use cases

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  EE completes first stage of Shared Rural Network commitments

  UK’s largest mobile provider reveals it has expanded its 4G network to over 1,600 more communities, completing 4G coverage upgrades six months ahead of schedule

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  Vodafone looks to ‘hyperscale’ IoT through Microsoft strategic partnership

  IT giant and telco unite with plan to transform customer experience using generative AI, looking to scale standalone IoT business and accelerate digital transformation

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  Kaspersky shares Pegasus spyware-hunting tool

  Kaspersky has developed a way of easily exposing the presence of Pegasus spyware on iOS devices and believes its methodology may also help users identify other such surveillance malware

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  US CBRS market to be driven by energy, mining and manufacturing

  Research predicts growth of over 280% for Citizens Broadband Radio Service from 2023 to 2028, driven by its ability to offer lower-cost 5G services to industries such as energy, mining and manufacturing

• January 15, 2024 15 Jan'24

  5G-Advanced, RedCap set to drive 5G market in 2024

  Latest evolution of next-generation mobile technology and low-load next-generation mobile wireless standard set to be key engines of 5G market