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T-Mobile has confirmed a significant cyber attack allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, marking the latest in a series of breaches targeting major telecom providers globally.

Samsung Electronics has inaugurated its new semiconductor research and development facility, NRD-K, in Korea.
The site, which spans 109,000 square metres, is located in Samsung’s Giheung campus, where the company developed the world’s first 64-megabit DRAM chip in the early 90s.

The Japanese government has earmarked ¥10tn ($65bn) of state funding by 2030 to strengthen Japan’s semiconductor and AI chip sector, partly to help secure the country’s supply chains and avoid future global disruptions, and partly to ensure sustainable growth within Japan’s critical semiconductor and technology sectors.

• MasOrange, Telefónica, Vodafone Grupo and the i2CAT research centre have established Europe’s first multi-operator Open Gateway laboratory in Barcelona, a milestone in the telecommunications sector that opens up new opportunities for developers and companies.
• The lab is part of the GSMA-led Open Gateway initiative to transform telec

Nokia acquires Rapid technology and R&D unit to strengthen development of network API solutions and ecosystem

Telenor Group has officially launched its AI factory, designed to help businesses accelerate AI-powered transformation across various industries. As part of the initiative, Telenor announced an initial 100 million NOK investment in February to build an AI factory using NVIDIA’s full-stack AI computing platform.

The Flexi-DAS project, where AWTG is the project Lead, a collaboration between UK and South Korean partners, successfully concluded and achieved its key objectives in revolutionising Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS).

Ericsson and Telstra today announced the successful launch of the 5G Advanced Automated Energy Saver (AES), a first-of-its-kind energy management feature in the Southern Hemisphere.

The automotive sector has been embracing sophisticated tech and connectivity for quite some time now
But the relationship between the automotive and telco sectors is entering a new phase

The GSMA has forged a network API-fuelled partnership with the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC)

• The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is investing in European 6G R&D projects
• It has just identified 16 projects that, between them, will receive €127m in funding
• The SNS JU has now awarded more than €500m in funding to date

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In the lead up to MWC, join UKTIN and the other organisations on this year's UK Innovation Pavilion for a series of webinars to hear from latest insights and find out more about what we’ll be sharing at the show.

Webinar 1: UK Government Innovation Discussion

ESA is continuing its commitment to strengthening international cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of 5G/6G communications with the Satcom Forum of South Korea, a group of 41 leading Korean companies including LG, Intellian and KT SAT.

Setting a new standard in business networking with unparalleled fiber and 5G convergence in a single device

• Virgin Media O2 has agreed to sell an 8.33% minority stake in the Cornerstone mobile towers JV to Equitix, while retaining a 25.01% holding in Cornerstone overall
• The deal, which will see Virgin Media O2 receive £186m in cash upon completion, is structured through a 16.66% sale in a holding company which indirectly owns 50% of Corne

A new report published by trade body the GSMA says there are 3.1 billion people who don’t use mobile internet services, despite living within reach of a mobile broadband network

Closing this ‘usage gap’ could mean a $3.5tn boost to the economy between 2023 and 2030, it finds

• Secureworks shareholders to receive $8.50 per share in cash
• Sophos intends to integrate solutions from both companies into a broader and stronger security portfolio for all small, mid- and enterprise customers
• By combining complementary AI-driven security platforms powered by automated prevention, detection and response, the

• SUSTAIN-6G will evaluate and explore sustainable 6G technologies, methods and use cases touching on environmental, economic and societal needs
• The consortium will work out solutions for three specific areas of sustainable development: energy smart grids, e-health and telemedicine, and agriculture

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According to a report, the Open RAN market ‘screeched to a halt’ during this year.

Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson say they have successfully demonstrated the benefits of 5G mmWave via two trials in the UK.

The trials used Ericsson’s AIR (antenna-integrated radio) 5322 and Baseband 6651 technology, as well as various devices powered by the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System.

Arm Holdings has reportedly cancelled Qualcomm’s licence to develop hardware based on its architecture.

While Qualcomm was busy revealing its latest Snapdragon CPUs at a company showcase in Maui, Arm escalated an ongoing dispute between the two companies over licensing terms by revoking its architectural licence.

Ericsson has reached its 50th customer for Ericsson 5G Charging. Charging is a foundation for 5G monetization and service innovation for CSPs around the world, and the milestone achievement highlights Ericsson’s momentum and leadership in this crucial domain.

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 on the recent ECOC event in Frankfurt.

Nokia and Lenovo are joining forces for some data centre networking and automation solutions that support ‘the massive and highly precise compute, storage and transit needs’ of AI and ML.

USCellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for a cool $1 billion.