Category: *Network Infrastructure

Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO members

Germany’s Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, has warned that Russia’s spy satellites are stalking commercial satellites used by the militaries of NATO members. The warning raises the spectre of a new conflict frontier in space. The provocative ma…

Urgent digital migration could save UK services billions

Migrating the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) from ageing analogue networks to modern digital services could generate a net economic benefit of over £3 billion by 2040.  A study – conducted by Assembly Research and released today by BT…

Verizon is building a 6G alliance with telecoms’ biggest players

Verizon is gathering an alliance of the biggest players in telecoms to map out the capabilities of 6G and the use cases it should enable. The US network giant has pulled back the curtain on its 6G Innovation Forum, an alliance designed to stop 6G from …

EE deploys world-first solution for slow 5G speeds in crowds

EE believes Advanced RAN Coordination (ARC) will put an end to slow 5G speeds due to digital gridlock, and it’s a world-first solution. When one mobile mast gets overwhelmed with users, ARC allows it to intelligently borrow spare capacity from other, l…

EE deploys world-first solution for slow 5G speeds in crowds

EE believes Advanced RAN Coordination (ARC) will put an end to slow 5G speeds due to digital gridlock, and it’s a world-first solution. When one mobile mast gets overwhelmed with users, ARC allows it to intelligently borrow spare capacity from other, l…

SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink ‘Direct to Cell’ mobile service

SpaceX has acquired spectrum from Echostar that will be the key to unlocking the next generation of Starlink’s Direct to Cell mobile service. You’re driving through the countryside, the signal bars on your phone dwindle one by one, and then… noth…

Singtel and Tencent debut network slicing for 5G cloud gaming

Singtel has partnered with Tencent Games to introduce a cloud gaming experience using 5G network slicing technology. The initiative marks the first global deployment of 5G network slicing at a national level specifically for a cloud gaming service, pro…

Ofcom’s mmWave auction could fix slow 5G in busy cities

Ofcom is auctioning off a slice of the mmWave airwaves that could fix slow 5G connections around busy cities and landmarks. In just a couple of weeks, on 16-17 of September 2025, the UK’s telecoms regulator will open the bidding on a huge chunk of &#82…

On-premise edge and private 5G key to industrial AI and security

Investing in industrial tech pays off fast, with 87% of companies adopting on-premise edge and private 5G networks seeing a ROI (Return on Investment) in one year. New research – a third joint effort between Nokia and GlobalData – makes it clear that p…