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16 October, 2020

Digitally connected communities: Creating a new society

One consequence of our rapidly changing world has been an explosion of seemingly endless essential systems and services. (more…)

12 October, 2020

How Alt-Net providers are challenging the status quo in broadband

Now, more than ever, so much of consumer life plays out online. Whether it’s interacting with friends and family, shopping, working or being kept entertained, the internet is at the heart of our homes. And in the 30 years since it was made widely available, it has become accessible on almost every household device. (more…)

09 October, 2020

Telcos, stop lagging behind. Embrace the public cloud

If you could revitalise your business, save money, better serve your customers, be faster to market with new services, have access to endless scalability, the most stringent security, and the best developer skills available, wouldn’t you do it? (more…)

07 October, 2020

Wi-Fi 6 creates new IoT opportunities and new testing requirements

Think back to the beginning of 2020, and try to imagine what your pre-pandemic self might have listed as the essential tools you need to live and work productively. Now think about the new additions that would be on that list today: a mask, certainly, and perhaps an ever-ready bottle of hand sanitizer, but there are probably some more technical items on that list as well. (more…)

05 October, 2020

Why 5G matters now

The hype around 5G has been near-deafening, with new capabilities like improved speed, lower latency and higher capacity, capturing much of the early conversation. As exciting as those improvements are, says Jennifer Kyriakakis, founder, MATRIXX Software, they only scratch the surface of why 5G is more than just another G. What makes 5G Stand-Alone (SA) truly game-changing is its adoption of web scale architecture for dynamic resource utilisation, dramatically reducing both cost and complexity. (more…)

29 September, 2020

CISOs can maximise AI benefits and minimise its risks, says Gartner

The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t come without risks. Gartner estimates that by 2022, the replacement of conventional security approaches by various forms of ML will make organisations less secure by a third. That, says Jeremy D’Hoinne, research vice president at Gartner, is why chief information security officers (CISOs) need to not only understand […]

28 September, 2020

Businesses must prepare for Brazil’s new GDPR-style data protection law

Brazil is following the European Union’s (EU) good practices and has adopted a series of regulations on data protection. In the summer of 2018, the country introduced its Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados (LGPD). Inspired by the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the statute regulating the processing of personal data in Brazil finally came into effect last Friday. (more…)

22 September, 2020

New revenues for MNOs in emerging markets: 4 trends show need for digital sales

While global sales of smartphones are dropping – a decrease of almost 12% from 2019 to 2020 – sales of smartphones in emerging markets continue to grow significantly. Moreover, says Raul Martinez, chief commercial officer, Upstream these customers want to be always online and with the majority still on pre-pay, they are constantly searching for the best value offer. (more…)

21 September, 2020

13 years,13 ways: how the iPhone changed the world

The iPhone was released by Apple, and the world had never seen anything quite like it. It ushered in the age of portable tech and the smartphone era was born. Now startupsgeek.com has analysed the data to show how the world has changed since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007. (more…)

11 September, 2020

Catch me if you can: Protecting mobile subscriber privacy in 5G

In today’s connected world, mobile networks carry a virtual trace of our lives as they unfold minute-by-minute. Smartphones, smartwatches and fitness trackers, tablets and PCs, connected cars, and even smart home appliances, constantly collate our most personal and sensitive data, says Stephane Jacquelin, chair of the Trusted Connectivity Alliance Mobile Privacy Working Group. (more…)