Category: Technology

February 20, 2024

The Biden administration has announced $1.5 billion in potential funding to support multiple semiconductor manufacturing projects in New York and Vermont. The Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundries have signed a non-binding agreement of terms for the funding under the CHIPS […]

February 19, 2024

In April, Bain & Co published a report about the potential effect of Generative AI (GenAI) on the world’s telecom companies. Given the title: Telcos, Stop Debating Generative AI and Just Get Going – the urgency of the message was […]

February 15, 2024

A group of five prominent satellite operators has launched a new association to accelerate the emergence of direct-to-device (D2D) services for use by businesses and consumers. Introduced on February 9, the Mobile Satellite Services Association’s founding members include ViaSat, Ligado […]

February 13, 2024

US-based Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million for its non-terrestrial cellular 5G network (NTN), including from the investment arms of Intel, BMW, and Samsung, among others. The new investment will go to expand its satellite network and business operations, as […]

February 12, 2024

NTT DATA last Thursday announced a new global banking research report entitled The Digital Horizon: Banking’s Shift from Mainframe to AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure. The research has unveiled findings from a survey of 650 global banking decision-makers, marking a definitive shift […]

February 12, 2024

As operators worldwide continue to migrate users from 3G to make available spectrum to support 5G, businesses relying on 3G for their Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications should assess alternatives and plan for future generations. When assessing IoT […]

February 9, 2024

Data centers sit at the epicenter of seismic shifts transforming technology and society. They form the foundational infrastructure enabling the world to become increasingly connected and data-driven. Today, surging electricity demand, evolving architectures, and growing climate consciousness are all reshaping […]

February 8, 2024

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has announced two new LTE-M cellular module series, the SARA-R52 and LEXI-R52, designed for industrial IoT applications. Both are based on its UBX-R5 cellular chip and integrate GNSS positioning. The firm is pitching them for […]

February 8, 2024

Open RAN (O-RAN) revenue is set to decline in 2023, following an impressive increase between 2019 and 2022, according to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group. The report highlighted that market conditions will remain challenging over the near-term but […]

February 8, 2024

Cisco is launching a generative AI-based assistant to help customers handle cloud-native application security issues more quickly and efficiently. The Cisco AI Assistant for Panoptica will help businesses streamline, prioritize, and remediate risks and misconfigurations in multi-cloud environments, according to […]

February 2, 2024

The big news in wireless is the expected ratification of Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) by the IEEE standards body early this year. Some vendors are already shipping pre-standard Wi-Fi 7 gear, and the Wi-Fi Alliance announced in January that it has […]

February 1, 2024

Ataya, the leaders of unified connectivity for Industry 4.0 and beyond, announced the launch of Chorus, a standalone 5G Access Point (AP) that brings unparalleled simplicity and low cost benefits to enterprises needing to rapidly deploy Private 5G networks. With […]

January 31, 2024

AT&T has substantially expanded the eligible service areas for its A&T Internet Air Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service, and now serves parts of 59 markets, up from 35 at the end of the year. The company announced an additional 26 […]

January 31, 2024

Disaggregation has taken the telecoms world by storm, initially reshaping the Radio Access Network (RAN) and now creating a domino effect that could permanently shift the telecoms landscape as we know it. But what does this mean, specifically? What are […]

January 30, 2024

Researchers warn that attackers have already started scanning for Jenkins servers that are vulnerable to a critical remote code execution flaw patched last week. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the vulnerability are already available, so the time window to patch before […]

January 29, 2024

Swedish vendor Ericsson confirmed it has signed two agreements for funding with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a total of EUR 420 million ($456 million) of which EUR 250 million had been disbursed in last month, the company said […]

January 26, 2024

The rollout of 5G-Advanced and future 6G networks will required the development of a comprehensive roadmap for new commercially available spectrum, according to a new white paper published by 5G Americas dubbed ‘The Evolution of 5G Spectrum’. Chris Pearson, president […]

January 26, 2024

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), handling Wi-Fi industry cooperation and initiatives, has said Wi-Fi HaLow is ready to rock in “commercial IoT deployments across a range of sectors”. As such, it has issued a new white paper with a bunch […]

January 26, 2024

Cisco fixed a critical flaw this week that affects multiple Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products and could be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on impacted devices. Medium severity vulnerabilities have also been patched in […]

January 25, 2024

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has emerged as a powerful tool to connect the unconnected, bringing high-speed internet to underserved areas where traditional fiber deployment is impractical. With global broadband subscribers estimated to reach 1.6 billion by 2030, FWA promises significant […]