Category: *Trends, Tech & Innovation

GSMA: North America mobile industry fuels $1.6T economic growth

A new report from the GSMA has revealed the immense economic growth power of the mobile industry across North America, with its contribution nearing $1.6 trillion in 2024. This figure represents five percent of the region’s total GDP and shows ho…

How the 6G rollout will learn from 5G’s mistakes

The telecoms industry, learning from 5G’s mistakes, is already laying a pragmatic and cost-conscious foundation for the 6G rollout. A new report from ABI Research and InterDigital spotlights The 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) Release…

Private 5G takes off: Airbus taps Ericsson for smart factory network

Airbus has partnered with Ericsson to deploy a private 5G network that will power its smart factory operations. The challenge for Airbus was familiar for many large manufacturers: how to connect every person, machine, and vehicle. A private 5G network …

Tim Berners-Lee: The web is no longer open and free

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says his creation has strayed from its founding principles and is no longer open and free. In an article for The Guardian, he reflects on the web’s journey from a collaborative space to one that is domi…

Tim Berners-Lee: The web is no longer open and free

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says his creation has strayed from its founding principles and is no longer open and free. In an article for The Guardian, he reflects on the web’s journey from a collaborative space to one that is domi…

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…