Category: Technology

December 2, 2022

AMD announced the successful completion of a 5G mobile network field trial with Viettel Group’s R&D arm Viettel High Tech (VHT). AMD supplied its Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC devices for the trial, which is part of Viettel’s plan to complete […]

December 2, 2022

Swiss operator Swisscom announced the launch of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) for business customers, the carrier said in a release. Swisscom noted that the FWA solution works for remote buildings not covered by its standard network expansion, as well as […]

December 1, 2022

The way build artifacts are stored by the GitHub Actions platform could enable attackers to inject malicious code into software projects with CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) workflows that don’t perform sufficient filtering when downloading artifacts. Cybersecurity researchers have […]

November 30, 2022

The implementation of private 5G and 4G networks in the manufacturing sector is helping manufacturers to embrace the digital transformation and also to boost productivity, reduce certain costs and increase safety for workers, Catherine Gull, head of business development at […]

November 30, 2022

A new 5G demonstration at a lab in Sydney has used a laser to deliver a 5G backhaul link with 10 Gbps capacity, using commercial equipment from a startup as well as Open RAN vendor Mavenir. Venture-backed, Singapore-based start-up Transcelestial […]

November 29, 2022

Since its commercial launch in 2019, 5G is gearing up to enter its next transformational phase, which will be driven largely by 5G-Advanced — an upgrade to The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release that will bring about substantial improvements […]

November 29, 2022

Finnish vendor Nokia announced the opening of a new research and development center focused on 5G and future 6G mobile network technology at its Portuguese campus in Amadora. The vendor said that the new facility will create employment across several […]

November 28, 2022

If you like survey data, here’s an interesting fact for you. Every year since 2000, when I started surveying enterprises on the question, the most important factor driving investment and change in enterprise networks was the data center. It’s like […]

November 28, 2022

Airlines in Europe will be able to provide the latest 5G technology on their planes, now that the European Commission has updated the implementing decision on spectrum for mobile communications on-board aircrafts and designated certain frequencies for in-flight 5G. Following […]

November 21, 2022

Residential broadband — it’s certainly not a new concept, but it is one that’s receiving a lot of attention these days. The global pandemic shone a spotlight on the great digital divide and lack of reliable connectivity for vast swaths […]

November 18, 2022

Palo Alto Networks announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cider Security (Cider), a pioneer in application security (AppSec) and software supply chain security. The proposed acquisition supports Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud’s platform approach to securing […]

November 17, 2022

3GPP Release 18 marks the first release of the 5G-Advanced standard. R16 and R17 exposed new functionality to help 5G address IoT and edge computing, enabling 5G to reach new markets. 3GPP describes 5G-Advanced as “the mid-point of 5G standardization.” […]

November 17, 2022

Private 5G wireless networks have become a real and important growth sector. In fact, Betacom just announced they are joining forces with Qualcomm in the deployment, management, and scalability of private 5G wireless networks for businesses in the United States. […]

November 16, 2022

Many companies had to support work-from-home (WFH) during COVID, and most looked forward to having their staff back in the office. Most now tell me that some or all of the staff isn’t coming back, and that remote work is […]

November 14, 2022

A communication service provider (CSP) was in search of automated testing solutions. Like most providers, they wanted to verify speed and performance for voice and data on 2G, 3G, LTE, and 5G. They also wanted an automated testing solution to […]

November 14, 2022

Wi-Fi 7 is about more than speed. For those in the industry, it’s becoming increasingly clear that in order for wireless technology to better address the emerging use cases, it’s critical to also achieve lower latency. MediaTek’s Vice President of […]

November 9, 2022

In my last blog post, I described how we’re in an exciting time to harness the low latency and high capacity of 5G to enable a new era of distributed computing — where workloads can be split between the device, […]

November 8, 2022

VMware is prepping client software for individual devices to connect to its SD-WAN services without the need for remote-access VPNs. Aimed at the work-from-home or hybrid worker, the company will launch VMware SD-WAN Client software that provides secure access to […]

November 8, 2022

Panduit has extended the fibre capabilities of OneMode, its 1U rack mounted device that offers a passive media converter to leverage legacy multimode fibre backbone (100Mbps – 1Gbps) and significantly increases bandwidth to 10Gbps, 50Gbps and up to 100Gbps across […]

November 4, 2022

At its essence, Open RAN disaggregates Radio Access Network (RAN) functionality from specialized, bespoke hardware to vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology based on open interfaces. This enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to source individual components from multiple suppliers. A more […]