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

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October 13, 2025
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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…

Building Network Resiliency with Transparency and Smart Strategy

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October 9, 2025
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Network resilience is a critical concern for every business, regardless of size or industry. While modern equipment is more reliable than ever, the reality is that physical interruptions—from fiber cuts to car accidents—are an unavoidable part…

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

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October 6, 2025
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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 …

Protecting Internet Infrastructure with Submarine Cable Sensing

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October 2, 2025
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The millions of kilometers of fiber optic cable lying on the ocean floor have traditionally been invisible assets—laid once and forgotten until something breaks. But Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology is transforming this dark infra…

Taliban telecoms blackout plunges Afghanistan into digital darkness

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October 1, 2025
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The Taliban has imposed a nationwide telecoms blackout across Afghanistan, a move slammed by human rights organisations as causing severe harm to people’s fundamental rights, safety, and livelihoods. The blackout – which was rolled out throughout…

Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO members

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September 26, 2025
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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

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September 26, 2025
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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…

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Submarine Cable Routing on an Increasingly Crowded Seafloor

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September 25, 2025
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The internet depends on a network of submarine cables no thicker than a garden hose, yet these tiny conduits carry the vast majority of global internet traffic. As digital demand explodes and new cables proliferate, cable route engineers face …

Secret Service dismantles SIM farm threat near UN summit

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September 23, 2025
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The US Secret Service has shut down a massive “SIM farm” close to where a UN summit is being held in New York. While world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly – marking its 80th anniversary – a vast, hidden digital netw…

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

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September 23, 2025
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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 …