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ETSI's Research Conference, Maximising the Impact of European 6G Research through Standardisation, took place 6-8 Feb 2023 at ETSI Headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Free 6G Training produced this extensive summary of the event and key details.

Written by Mike Dano for LightReading.com

Verizon's financial outlook for 2023 is today much lower than what the company's executives outlined during Verizon's analyst day almost exactly a year ago.

Ericsson has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new easy-to-deploy and cost-efficient solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any work or business environment – regardless of the size or complexity of the building.

According to a report by analyst firm Dell’Oro, worldwide RAN will grow by 1% CAGR over next five years.

AST SpaceMobile has announced plans to put its second next-generation satellite into orbit in about a month's time, indicating it will launch commercial direct-to-device services later this year.

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• BT will provide eSIM connected devices for the British airline
• The telco will deliver smartphones, iPads, aircraft phones, laptops and messaging services for 23,000 users

BT has struck a deal with EasyJet to provide the British airline

ETSI has announced the publication of its new standard, ETSI EN 304 223, that provides baseline cybersecurity requirements for AI models and systems.

Samsung and Keysight gave a demonstration at CES which they say shows that mobile devices can maintain a live 5G connection while moving between satellites.

After years of exploring, 2025 finally introduced a paradigm shift in network APIs.

Smartphone makers could be in for a bumpy ride next year, as surging memory prices make devices more costly to produce.

• Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer IAIS, and Kliniken der Stadt Köln collaborate to develop AI agents for emergency room support
• Structured by medical priorities and serving as a documentation framework
• Blueprint for highly secure AI solutions within the AI Foundation Services

New analysis shows that high spectrum costs – now tripled compared to a decade ago – are slowing investment across Europe’s mobile sector, while policy reforms could unlock up to €30 billion.

The Linux Foundation has teamed up with key AI players, including OpenAI and Anthropic, to launch the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF).

Vodafone can now more easily check and quickly deploy 5G software for its pan-European core voice network using a new automated testing platform jointly developed with Spirent Communications. As a result, software releases from multiple vendors can be checked and deployed in days, not months.

The Council has agreed on an amendment to the regulation that sets the framework for the activities of the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). The amendment aims to establish Artificial Intelligence (AI) gigafactories in Europe and create a dedicated quantum pillar in the activities of the EuroHPC JU.

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

Standard smartphones to receive signal from space 

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Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 1.5% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1.25 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

• Softbank and Yaskawa Electric are collaborating on the social implementation of a new type of AI by exploiting AI-RAN
• They will carry out integration analysis of different types of data in real time to offer robots capable of multiskilled functionality in multiple roles
• Data from sen

Nokia and du say they have implemented a 5G Advanced autonomous network slicing solution, promising “self-optimising 5G services for enterprises, industries, and consumers.”