Category: IoT

Viasat and BMW test first integrated satellite voice call

Viasat has demonstrated the first automotive satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle platform, a milestone for connected car communications outside cellular range. Viasat engineers ran the demonstration out of Munich, and the com…

Viasat and BMW test first integrated satellite voice call

Viasat has demonstrated the first automotive satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle platform, a milestone for connected car communications outside cellular range. Viasat engineers ran the demonstration out of Munich, and the com…

Ookla: AI workloads strain 5G infrastructure

Telecom operators are facing pressing engineering choices as mobile AI applications strain legacy 5G infrastructure. Data published by network benchmarking firm Ookla reveals a mismatch between current cellular deployment patterns and the technical req…

Rocket Lab buys Iridium to expand global telecom connectivity

Rocket Lab acquiring the Iridium telecom network creates a vertically-integrated satellite connectivity operator. Rocket Lab will purchase Iridium Communications in a transaction valuing the enterprise at $8 billion. The cash and stock deal prices Irid…

Telefónica completes 17 edge computing nodes across Spain

Telefónica has activated 17 edge computing nodes across Spain, localising enterprise data processing near the network perimeter. The deployment executes the operator’s Edge Plan, pushing computational hardware out of centralised facilities and into reg…

Verizon deploys Ericsson private 5G edge networks worldwide

Verizon has expanded its private 5G alliance with Ericsson to deliver localised edge computing and cloud orchestration to global enterprises. Hannes Ekström, SVP and Head of Customer Unit, Verizon at Ericsson Americas, said: “Enterprises are rapi…

NTT, SK Group bet $500M on photonics to solve AI power drain

NTT, SK Group, and Chunghwa Telecom have pooled $500 million into a fund for AI infrastructure built on the IOWN photonics architecture. The vehicle – IOWN AI Fund, managed by the newly-incorporated IOWN Global Capital – channels capital toward compani…

Geely taps Vodafone private 5G for automotive IoT

Vodafone and Geely are proving that you cannot build the future of automotive IoT without private 5G and cloud architectures. At its core, the updated deal between the partners is all about handing Geely’s European R&D crews the heavy-duty co…

Broadcom silicon bridges AI data centres and edge

Broadcom has announced new AI data centre and edge network platforms designed to unify cloud AI with telecom edge computing infrastructure. The company, working with partners including Samsung and various telecom operators, is rolling out a portfolio o…

ZTE and Ucell prove AI cuts mobile network OpEx

AI is driving telecom energy savings as Ucell and ZTE cut mobile network OpEx through dynamic power management. Power consumption consistently dominates the operating expenses of national mobile operators and enterprise private network owners. Running …