In sum – what you need to know
Private wireless surge – private wireless growth catches Dell’Oro by surprise, as private 4G/5G RAN sales jump by over 40% in 2024, reaching 3-5% of total RAN sales.
Top vendors and trends – Huawei, Nokia, and Ericsson dominate, with Huawei leading in China and total wide-area sales, Nokia leading otherwise and in total in campus-area sales.
Vodafone says it has more than doubled its number of Internet of Things (IoT) connections in the last five years, with a heart monitor becoming the 200 millionth.
The device in question is a healthcare monitor connected by Vodafone to its IoT network which provides doctors with information about a patient’s cardiac health and certain vital signs remotely.
The first of Vodafone’s IoT devices was an in-car window-screen mounted navigation unit which was hooked up in 2009, and more than a quarter of its current fleet of devices are in Germany.
Commercial space infrastructure firm Axiom Space will launch its first two Orbital Data Centre (ODC) nodes to low-Earth orbit (LEO) by the end of this year.
The nodes will “lay the foundation for space-based cloud computing” claims the release. The ODCs will provide cloud-enabled data storage and processing and AI solutions directly to satellites, constellations, and other spacecraft in Earth’s orbit, and can operate independently of terrestrial infrastructure, we’re told.
Axiom says the ODCs will transform space operations, particularly with regards to defence and security.
Hi, I’m Joslyn Knaap, an intern at Dorset Council working on the DONE (Dorset Open Network Ecosystem) project – a DSIT-funded initiative focused on advanced research and development into how cutting-edge technology can transform the rollout of mobile networks in rural areas. I am also a second-year International Relations student at the University of Exeter.
A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in telecommunications, has found operators will increase their annual investment in AI to $22 billion by 2029; rising from $13 billion this year.
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As part of a new Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF) initiative, some of the UK’s largest broadband and mobile connectivity players have signed a joint letter encouraging their suppliers to adopt voluntary minimum standards as part of their efforts to reach climate goals.
The letter was signed by 10 companies from across the UK connectivity sector, a move which represents in aggregate approximately £50bn in annual turnover.
Amazon is all set to join the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications party with the launch of its first full batch of Project Kuiper ‘birds’ into orbit on 9 April, a move that marks “an important step in its mission to deliver fast, reli
The UK’s telecoms market is thriving, but understanding how the ecosystem is innovating can be difficult, especially considering the rapid advancements in academia. UKTIN has created a series of Market Research Insight papers to delve into the telecom subsectors. The fourth report has just been published, focusing on semiconductors in telecoms.
Qualcomm announced the acquisition of MovianAI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Application and Research JSC (MovianAI), the former generative AI division of VinAI Application and Research JSC (VinAI) and a part of the Vingroup ecosystem. As a leading AI research company, VinAI is renowned for its expertise in generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. Combining VinAI’s advanced generative AI research and development (R&D) capabilities with Qualcomm's decades of extensive R&D will expand its ability to drive extraordinary inventions.
ETSI announces the launch of its post-quantum security standard to guarantee the protection of critical data and communications in the future. The specification “Efficient Quantum-Safe Hybrid Key Exchanges with Hidden Access Policies” (ETSI TS 104 015) has been developed to enhance security mechanisms, ensuring that only authorized users with the correct permissions can access sensitive data to decrypt them.