5G to Launch in France in November Observatory Being Set Up to Track Rollout

Bears, scares and ransomware Well, what a year it's been. 2020 kicked off as it meant to go on, with news emerging from China of a new virus which lead to a swiftly imposed lockdown in the city of Wuhan. Looks grim, we thought, but it will probably peter out like previous viruses before it. How wrong we were. To coincide with our Deskflix Cyber Security event, here’s a look back at t

November 4 update: Vote counting continues in the too-close-to-call US election, with president Trump already threatening legal action if the result doesn’t go his way. Below, a reminder of where both candidates stand on science and technology. As the US awaits an outcome to its election, the two candidates’ approaches on science and technology couldn’t be further apart. Former vice president J

BT will use Ericsson’s 5G equipment to upgrade EE mobile networks BT has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to provide 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) connectivity in several major UK cities, including London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast. In a statement on its website, Ericsson said that it would be a ‘key BT partner for 5G deployment’ in Britain. The company is set to manage about 50 per cen

US delegates have dubbed it “madness” to use Huawei for 5G networks in Britain, but they need to offer an alternative, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared. American delegates are in the UK to discourage the government from using Huawei technology in 5G networks. The US said using Chinese products would be detrimental to security as it would leave networks at risk of espionage, though it als

ISP reckons it can hit national coverage by end of next year Virgin Media added 125,000 premises to its network during the third quarter of 2020, a period for which the Liberty Global-owned telecoms giant posted weaker profits and marginal revenue growth.…

Samsungs network equipment division has helped cellular carriers in deploying 4G and 5G networks across the world, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, and the US. Now, the company has announced that it has collaborated with South Korean carrier KT in deploying the countrys first 5G SA (Standalone) and NSA (Non-Standalone) common core network. [] The post Samsung helps KT in depl

BT installs UK’s first dedicated public 5G network for University of Warwick, bringing new opportunities for University led research, and further enhancing students’ learning experience through its EE mobile network New Innovation Alliance sees 5G co-development in Connected Vehicles, Telemedicine and Gaming industries, to inspire and educate local businesses on 5G innovation and opportunities fo

Next year will see the launch of five new public-private research partnerships in digital technologies that aim to put more flesh on the bones of EU ambitions to achieve greater technology sovereignty and to ensure European principles and ethics underpin products such as robots, machine learning, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. “We are doing this for our European values,” said Th

For all the marketing that network operators and smartphone makers do around 5G, the one thing they leave for consumers to discover in the fine print is the availability of 5G networks around the world. It is growing, indeed, but at a rather slow rate and, just like 4G, the different bands used by different carriers mean different variants for Continue reading