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GSMA Open Gateway unlocks mobile network capabilities for developers

Ryan Daws — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:25:15 +0000

A new collaboration between the world’s leading mobile operators will accelerate innovation across industries from finance and retail to transportation, healthcare, and beyond. The GSMA Open Gateway initiative provides developers simplified access to core network capabilities via open application programming interfaces (APIs). Initially focused on security, new APIs for number verification and SIM swap detection... Read more »

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Huawei boosts European presence with Paris Innovation Center

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:43:36 +0000

Huawei hosted Innovation Day 2023 in Paris, focusing on ‘SME Innovation: Unlocking Europe’s Economic Future.’ The event united innovators from Europe and beyond to explore collaborative strategies for the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). At the heart of the occasion, Huawei revealed the inauguration of its Paris Innovation Center, a pivotal platform for... Read more »

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UK joins leading nations to strengthen telecoms security and innovation

Ryan Daws — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:16:49 +0000

The UK has teamed up with key global players – including Australia, Canada, Japan, and the US – to enhance telecom security, resilience, and innovation. The initiative, named the Global Coalition on Telecommunications, was officially launched today. The collaboration aims to safeguard critical communications networks in the face of challenges such as supply chain disruptions... Read more »

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UKTIN launches plan to boost telecoms ecosystem

Ryan Daws — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:05 +0000

The UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) has launched a plan to boost research, development and innovation within the UK telecoms industry. The aim of the inclusive industry forum is to help organisations accelerate R&D investment, collaboration and commercialisation of emerging technologies. Nick Johnson, Head of UKTIN, said: “The launch of our services is a pivotal... Read more »

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GSMA launches ‘climate resilience’ innovation fund

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:21:30 +0000

The GSMA has launched an innovation fund to support the creation and deployment of “climate resilience” solutions. While everyone is affected by climate change, some populations are more vulnerable than others. The GSMA aims to support SMEs and startups that are building solutions that will help such communities anticipate, absorb, and/or adapt to climate-related shocks.... Read more »

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UK announces plans to ‘unleash’ 5G and 6G innovation

Ryan Daws — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:40:13 +0000

The UK Government has announced plans to “unleash” 5G and 6G innovation, including through a partnership with South Korea. Up to £25 million has been set aside for the ‘Future Open Networks Research Challenge’. Academics and industry players can apply for funding to support their early-stage research into open and interoperable telecom solutions, such as... Read more »

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Huawei CEO wants global experts to figure out 6G in Shanghai campus

Ryan Daws — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:56:29 +0000

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei wants to attract global experts to the company’s Shanghai campus to get an early lead in 6G. Speaking during an internal company meeting, Ren said that its Qingpu, Shanghai campus is “beautiful and suitable for foreigners”. Furthermore, he said: “If there are 700 or 800 foreign scientists working here, they will... Read more »

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The 5G TELUS Lab: the future of creativity

Lenovo — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:35:23 +0000

Companies all over the world are gearing up for 5G, the fifth-generation cellular technology that makes wireless networks several times faster and enables the transmission of vast amounts of data. 5G is already used for a range of applications that include self-driving cars, virtual reality, and even remote surgery. 5G’s ultra-fast speeds and lower latency, when combined... Read more »

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Nokia achieves the world’s first 5G SA carrier aggregation

Ryan Daws — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:06:21 +0000

Nokia can boast of another world-first as it successfully completes a carrier aggregation in a 5G standalone (SA) network environment. The vendor partnered with Taiwan Mobile to combine spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) bands in a New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) trial. Tom Koh, SVP and CTO of the Technology Group... Read more »

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Japan sets new internet record with 319Tb/s data transfer speed

Ryan Daws — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:22:25 +0000

Japan has set a new internet data transfer speed record of 319Tb/s just under a year after setting the previous bar. Last year, Japan and the UK collaborated to achieve an internet speed record of 178Tb/s. That was an incredible feat, but the new record set by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technology... Read more »

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