Network Infrastructure

• Operators around the world have launched fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband services
• 5G FWA is fuelling market growth
• ABI Research expects there to be about 233 million FWA connections worldwide by 2030, driving significant operator revenues

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Broadcom Inc. announced the industry’s first Wi-Fi 8 silicon solutions for the broadband wireless edge ecosystem including residential gateways, enterprise access points, and smart mobile clients.

A new network test conducted by Vodafone hopes to persuade European lawmakers to reserve the upper 6 GHz band for mobile.

The UK-based telco took a smartphone equipped with an off-the-shelf MediaTek M90 modem and – using 200 MHz of 6-GHz spectrum and carrier aggregation – managed to achieve a peak downlink speed of 2.5 Gbps.

Satellite company Iridium has teamed up with chip firm Qualcomm to integrate the former’s data services into the Snapdragon Mission Tactical Radio (MTR).

• BT researchers working with Ericsson propose a response to cyber threats that mimics biological immunity
• The AI-based offering could be deployed internally and offered as a service to enterprise customers
• The speed of response and remediation is critical as threats to telcos escalate

Ericsson has won a major deal to overhaul Vodafone's networks in multiple markets, paving the way for the widespread deployment of 5G standalone (SA) and 5G Advanced.

• Vodafone and Nokia slash delays on live home broadband fibre connection by 94%.
• World’s first live network test of L4S technology from Nokia Bell Labs using Vodafone Türkiye’s Fibre to the Home network, including in-home Wi-Fi, will lead to improved Internet access across Europe.

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UK incumbent BT said its mobile arm EE aims to cover 99% of the population with 5G standalone (SA) by 2030.

That's four years ahead of its rivals, according to Howard Watson, BT's chief security and networks officer, which makes for a fairly ambitious target given EE's 5G SA coverage only crossed the 50% threshold in late August.

Virgin Media O2 has switched on a “first-of-its-kind” Giga Site in Paddington, London, utilising the newly acquired spectrum from Vodafone.

European telecoms standards body ETSI has set up the Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies (TC QT) with the goal of consolidating current standards and addressing future market needs.

ETSI says the move is a milestone in its commitment to advancing the framework of standards for quantum technologies across various domains.

Nokia has been testing Ultra Ethernet Transport (UET) traffic across its data centre platforms, and says “AI is changing the game when it comes to expected performance.”

IBM is unveiling IBM Network Intelligence, a network-native AI solution that addresses the escalating complexity of modern telecommunications and enterprise networks.

Connected Britain is the UK’s leading event for next-generation broadband and connectivity. On September 24th and 25th, the conference brought together over 8,000 leaders from across telecoms, government, enterprise, and technology to provide a unique platform for shaping the future of the UK’s digital infrastructure.

The number of 5G connections worldwide is growing at a rate of knots and as such is projected to hit 9 billion by 2030.

The DSIT-funded UK 5G Innovation Regions (5GIR) programme has seen ten regions throughout the UK receive a share of £36 million of funding as part of a wider programme to drive 5G adoption.

SoftBank has developed a six-cell-capable HAPS payload and used it to deliver 5G connectivity from the sky in a field trial that will help pave the way for a service launch next year.

Hi there — I’m Joseph Chambers, a Digital Inclusion Consultant at FarrPoint. 

• The GSMA has published its latest report on global mobile internet connectivity
• It finds that 3.1 billion people are still not using a 4G or 5G network despite widespread availability
• 5G is said to reach 54% of the world’s population
• Meanwhile, 5G standalone

• UK fibre broadband altnet Community Fibre has been focusing more on building its customer base and less on network expansion for the past year or so
• That focus appears to be paying off, with its customer base growing by 33% over the past 12 months

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• Nozomi Networks, a global leader in OT, IoT and CPS security, defends organizations around the world from cyber threats and operational disruption
• The acquisition accelerates Nozomi's industrial cybersecurity innovation while maintaining its heterogeneous approach to supporting customers and partners

• Quantinuum is one of the world’s leaders in quantum computing
• It is working with a range of partners on multiple projects, including Japanese telco SoftBank Corp and Nvidia
• The company has just raised $600m at a valuation of $10bn

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• Nokia’s mobile networks chief, Tommi Uitto, says China is set to ban western vendors from its telecom equipment sector due to national security concerns
• Uitto wants the European Commission to get tougher with countries that haven’t yet banned Huawei and ZTE so Nokia can replace them

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Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is a key concept being developed for 6G, which transforms cellular networks into radars and allows them to both sense their environment and communicate information about it.

This offering is designed to ensure future-proof protection of data as it moves across networks