5G action this day: GSMA yells at Germany over 5G license conditions; Nokia and StarHub complete 3.5 GHz 5G pilot; 3GPP explains 5G standards corrections; ETSI releases IP specs for 5G slicing and URLLC; DoCoMo Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will set up a bank with Mizuho Financial Group and also partner China’s Tencent to offer mobile payment services – plans which saw its stock rise Read more…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish mobile network telecom gear maker Ericsson sees 5G subscriptions growing by 50% in 2024 to 1.5 billion, covering more than 40% of the world’s population. North America and northeast Asia are Read more…
Apstra says it has introduced new upgrades to the Apstra Operating System (AOS) for data center automation including a solution to deliver root cause identification for intent-based networking. Other new features of Intent-Based Data Center Read more…
ITEM: Evidence is mounting that early 5G will forsake the sexy new business models flaunted by vendors in favor of sensible consumer mobile broadband boosts as operators mind their capex budgets. According to a new Read more…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea (PNG) will uphold its agreement with China’s Huawei Technologies to build its internet infrastructure, a PNG government minister said on Monday, dismissing offers from Western countries to take on Read more…
Money, power and politics have always been linked to each other. The control of banks and finance services is an important way to use power and control macro developments. For example, anti-money laundering measures are Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bitcoin plunged more than 12% on Monday, extending falls in recent weeks in a broad-based selloff in digital currencies as sentiment sours. Several factors have accelerated the downturn, analysts said, including Read more…
Digital business initiatives are forcing infrastructure service providers to expand their offerings beyond edge computing technologies in order to deliver digital touchpoint services, according to a new Gartner report. A ‘digital touchpoint’ can be any Read more…
Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of AWS RoboMaker, a cloud robotics service that promises to make it easy to develop, simulate, and deploy intelligent robotics applications at scale. RoboMaker extends the Robot Operating Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will tie up to offer mobile payment services for small Japanese retailers aiming to attract business from Chinese tourists, the Nikkei business daily Read more…
ITEM: The days of Wi-Fi serving as a superior connectivity alternative to mobile broadband are drawing to a close, which means cellcos are going to have to rethink the role that Wi-Fi plays in their Read more…
Whilst the hype around 5G is reaching a pitch that only small children and dogs can hear, the truth may be that 5G success rests on pretty boring things. The hype last week reached some Read more…
(Reuters) – The US government is trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in allied countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The move would further Read more…
Mitsubishi Electric and NTT DoCoMo announced today that they have achieved a 5G proof of concept for 27 Gbps and 25 Gbps maximum throughputs via one mobile terminal over communication distances of 10m and 100m, Read more…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has drawn up draft legislation aimed at stopping leaks of personal information from state agencies, a step that follows publication of details of Russians allegedly involved in clandestine intelligence operations abroad. Read more…
HKT and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) have established a joint laboratory to pursue advanced technologies and solutions for smart cities. The HKT-ASTRI Smart City Joint Laboratory will leverage ASTRI’s R&D Read more…
Huawei and Indonesian operator Telkomsel signed a joint innovation memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement digital transformation and business strategies to support rapid development of Telkomsel’s mobile broadband services. The MoU – signed last week Read more…
Last week, TM Forum and Open ROADS Community staged a half-day workshop explaining how their ‘Digital Mastermind’ framework can guide telcos on their digital transformation journey. The message: you need to start now, and that Read more…
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: we can tell how clever your baby will be; the Universe’s missing matter; China’s AI Read more…
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