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Telefónica to deploy Helium hotspots for decentralised 5G network

Ryan Daws — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:41:45 +0000

Telefónica has partnered with Nova Labs to deploy Helium-powered 5G hotspots across Mexico City and Oaxaca. The companies announced the rollout on Wednesday as part of an initiative to expand Telefónica’s network coverage in the country through innovative and cost-effective solutions. The Helium network is powered by the Solana blockchain. Hotspot operators earn tokens on... Read more »

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Huawei: Current infrastructure can’t support the metaverse

Ryan Daws — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:38:47 +0000

Huawei’s chief strategist in the Middle East believes that current infrastructure cannot support the metaverse. Most current “metaverse” experiences are just online games capitalising on the hype around the term. Long term, the ambitious vision for the metaverse is a series of decentralised interoperable virtual worlds. True metaverse experiences will allow users to take their... Read more »

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Deutsche Telekom will validate the now eco-friendly Ethereum blockchain

Ryan Daws — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:57:00 +0000

Deutsche Telekom will become a validator for the Ethereum blockchain following its switch to an eco-friendly consensus. A recent event called “The Merge” switched Ethereum away from Proof of Work – an energy-intensive consensus requiring powerful computers to solve complex equations – to the environmentally-friendly Proof of Stake. In doing so, Ethereum has reduced its... Read more »

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Cloudflare will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to ‘build a better internet’

Ryan Daws — Wed, 18 May 2022 17:19:35 +0000

Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”. Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked. Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms... Read more »

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Web 3.0 is on the horizon and Dish aims to embrace it

Ryan Daws — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:43:24 +0000

During an analyst event, a Dish executive hinted at the company embracing Web 3.0 trends for its wireless services. Dish is currently building its own network to replace Sprint, which is being purchased by T-Mobile. It’s taking a unique approach by using Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) equipment which promises to be cheaper and... Read more »

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Nokia adopts blockchain to facilitate trusted sharing of data and AI models

Ryan Daws — Wed, 05 May 2021 12:00:43 +0000

Nokia has announced the launch of its Data Marketplace, a blockchain-based service providing real-time access to massive trusted datasets. Friedrich Trawoeger, VP of Cloud and Cognitive Services at Nokia, said: “Our customers need secure and trusted access to data for effective business decision making. With Nokia Data Marketplace, enterprises and CSPs can now benefit from... Read more »

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Web 3.0 storage provider Filecoin reaches 2.5EiB capacity

Ryan Daws — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:37:10 +0000

Filecoin, the largest decentralised storage provider, has surpassed 2.5 exbibytes (2.5 billion gigabytes) of capacity. The provider is aiming to be the storage backbone for Web 3.0, the next evolution of Tim Berners-Lee’s invention which returns to his original vision of a medium where “no permission is needed from a central authority to post anything... Read more »

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SK Telecom uses blockchain to help people store national documents

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:11:50 +0000

SK Telecom is launching a blockchain-powered wallet for storing national documents in a government-led digitalisation push. The largest wireless carrier in South Korea has been granted approval by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to issue its first digital wallet for documentation. Documents which can be stored in SK Telecom’s blockchain-powered wallet include resident... Read more »

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Six ways blockchain will impact the telecoms industry

Lars Rensing — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:38:38 +0000

As the telecoms industry nears the new era of 5G and disruption, organisations need to focus on innovation and how to continue competing in the sector. To become more efficient and customer-friendly, many companies are looking for new technologies to help reinvigorate and future-proof their business; preparing them for the inescapable disruption to come. When... Read more »

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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems becomes a Chainlink node operator for ‘useful’ smart contracts

Ryan Daws — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:31:48 +0000

Deutsche Telekom’s business continues its support for blockchain technologies by becoming a node operator for Chainlink, an oracle for smart contracts. T-Systems is a subsidiary of the German telecoms giant and predominantly focuses on the Internet of Things. The company describes itself as offering integrated solutions “from the secure operation of legacy systems and classical... Read more »

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