European mobile operators are looking to get the cost of renewing their spectrum licences renewed reduced by €30 billion over the next decade.

Industry body the GSMA on Tuesday published a new report whose main aim is to persuade European regulators and policy makers that if they let operators pay less for spectrum, the savings made will be ploughed into networks.

More specifically, operators would be able to spend on 5G standalone, they insist, tapping into governments' fears around the continent lagging behind on that score.

The weak telco appetite for a 6G hardware splurge is already prompting some big shifts at Ericsson and Nokia.

Standard smartphones to receive signal from space 

To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.

Here, Reid shares his reflections from FYUZ.

BT announced the launch of a sovereign platform which will deliver a pioneering suite of new digital sovereignty services for the UK private and public sector.

Digital sovereignty is a growing priority for organisations of all sizes, as they look to enhance their resilience in the face of growing geopolitical instability. It’s also key to ensuring the adoption of new technologies and digital infrastructure incorporating the world’s leading global firms is future-proofed against developments outside the UK.

Cloud-Delivered Security Continues to Outperform while Hardware-centric Segments Normalize