Blog

11 January, 2020

Analysts offer new predictions for the tech sector, the crazy fools! Will it just be 2020 hindsight?

A WEEK IN TELCO IT: My Dad told me, “You should try everything in life once, except incest and Morris dancing.” I think he should have added something else to the list; making annual predictions. To my mind, it’s like tightrope walking, sooner or later it leads to spectacular falls and people mostly remember you when it all goes horribly wrong. So, 2020 is another year when I won’t be making high tech predictions, says editorial director, Jeremy Cowan.
(more…)

28 October, 2019

Hands up who’s making money in 5G? And who’s not?

A WEEK IN TELCO IT – 5G is starting strong, says Huawei. The company’s deputy chairman, Ken Hu, told its annual Mobile Broadband Forum (#MBBF) in Zurich, Switzerland last week that 5^th Generation mobile communications “arrived faster than expected,” and that there are now 40 carriers in more than 20 countries supporting 136 different 5G-enabled devices. (more…)

11 October, 2019

The winners of the 2019 IoT Global Awards are …

WeKnow Media Ltd, the award organisers, are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 IoT Global Awards.

With 11 categories encompassing every sector touched by the Internet of Things (IoT) and judged by a specially assembled panel of independent experts, the IoT Global Awards now in its second year, has attracted more than 150 entries from enterprises and innovators across the globe. (more…)

25 September, 2019

The 2019 IoT Global Awards shortlist nominees are…

WeKnow Media Ltd, the award organisers, are pleased to announce the shortlisted nominees of the 2019 IoT Global Awards!

“This is only the second year of the IoT Global Awards and it is inspiring to see so many new and exciting Internet of Things innovations already in action,” says Jeremy Cowan, Editorial Director of IoT Global Network, the headline sponsor behind the 2019 IoT Global Awards. (more…)

19 September, 2019

Video streaming named the USA’s killer app for 5G, as the tech prediction season opens early

OK, I admit it. I have a real problem with the notion that there’s a killer app for each new bearer technology that comes along, says Jeremy Cowan. Perhaps this is because ‘What’s the Next Big Thing?’ is the first question I’m asked every year when I meet people at Mobile World Congress. (more…)

18 April, 2019

Orange boss urges clients to state 5G needs, and is the Qualcomm peace deal Apple’s ‘least worst’ option?

(WEEK IN TELCO IT) — Orange is already exploring future uses of 5G, but it really needs to know what clients want. Meanwhile, as Jeremy Cowan reports, it looks like Apple has chosen the least worst outcome of four unpalatable scenarios.
(more…)

05 April, 2019

Too early to get carried away with 5G in industry, and tough times for telecoms analysts

(A WEEK IN TELCO IT):  5G – there seems to be no getting away from it. Just as it was at MWC19 in Barcelona, 5G has been one of the main topics of conversation at Hannover Messe (April 1-5, 2019) in Germany this week. As Jeremy Cowan reports, “The world’s biggest trade show devoted to industrial technology” has been focusing on how 5G is set to change industry. (more…)

22 February, 2019

Trump and Huawei exert opposing pressures on US allies’ 5G telecom investments

THE WEEK IN TELCO IT – The ding dong battle over the acceptability, or otherwise, of Huawei’s involvement in national 5G infrastructure projects is intensifying, says Jeremy Cowan. (more…)

17 December, 2018

5G requires a new approach to wireless testing

5G has the potential to significantly transform our lives, says Charles Schroeder, Business and Technology fellow, National Instruments. From better business communications, to smarter homes and factories, to advances in autonomous vehicles. (more…)

24 August, 2018

A Week in Telco IT: T-Mobile 2mn user security breach shows comms sector has learned little

T-Mobile was hacked this week and the resulting data breach is depressingly familiar. One security expert believes it points to a “systemic malaise” in the communications industry. Jeremy Cowan reports on a return of old failures. (more…)