Orange and Vodafone have agreed to jointly build Open RAN (radio access network) infrastructure across rural parts of Europe, through sharing RAN capabilities, and the move is indicative of what should happen in the industry going forward, says business technology journalist Antony Savvas.
Mavenir says it has spent US$500 million (€467 million) on radio access network (RAN) development so far, and expects wider business opportunities this year in the 5G space. Business technology journalist Antony Savvas takes a closer look at a challenger company in next generation, and open, mobile connectivity.
The deployment of satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for low-latency and high throughput network applications and extending terrestrial network (TN) coverage have become significant drivers in the adoption of satellite services in the global telecommunications sector. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, this adoption will culminate in US$141 billion (€135.82 billion) worth of annual service revenues from satellites by 2030.
Monday 28th February sees the start of what used to be Europe’s biggest technology show, Mobile World Congress Barcelona. Not as many will turn up as in the pre-pandemic days, but it will be an opportunity to track the progress of a key future mobile technology, Open RAN. Here, business technology journalist, Antony Savvas outlines what we know so far.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a probe into what it says is the “vice-like grip” Apple and Google have over the mobile ecosystem. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas says telcos and their partners should step up to the plate and use wider regulatory pressure on “big tech” to take back some power in the communication services market.
Growing mobile data traffic as we work from home, and rising business demand to connect devices in the Internet of Things are two upsides for an industry hit hard by the pandemic. But… well, you knew there had to be a ‘but’. One downside is rising fraud. It cost communication service providers US$28.3 billion according to the last CFCA global survey in 2019. BICS’ Mikael Schachne and Damion Rose, our guests on the latest Tech Trends Podcast tell us fraud is rising and they’re well placed to know. Can Machine Learning cut the risk? Jeremy Cowan and George Malim find out.
The UN Broadband Commission and Huawei held the sixth Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2020) online in Beijing. With the theme of “Intelligent Connectivity, New Value Together”, this year’s UBBF discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the connectivity industry in the intelligent era. “All-scenario Intelligent Connectivity solutions launched by Huawei”
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