(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Savushkin) For several years the Internet of Things (IoT) community has known that AT&T would phase out its second-generation networks at the end of 2016. What once seemed distant is now immediate: Long Term Evolution (LTE) is reshaping the industry within months. Some organizations are already adopting LTE. Major automakers are equipping vehicles … Read more

Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm spoke at the Viva Technology conference about the urgent need for Europe to stop playing “catch up” and to take the lead in 5G. Ekholm began by addressing the misconception that Ericsson is trailing in 5G technology and deployment. He pointed out that Ericsson’s 5G solutions are already active with multiple … Read more

AI in telecommunications balances enormous opportunity with an increasingly complex and evolving global regulatory landscape. AI technologies are now integral to almost every aspect of a telecom operator’s business — from network optimization and predictive maintenance to customer service, churn prevention, and fraud detection. But telcos cannot rely on a purely reactive approach to regulation. … Read more

Virgin Media O2 has become the first major UK broadband provider to offer a residential 2Gbps service, branded Gig2, and to provide symmetrical upload and download speeds as an optional add-on across its entire range of speed tiers. The Gig2 service delivers extremely fast full-fibre connectivity—more than 28 times faster than the UK average—using XGS-PON … Read more

AT&T has reached a major milestone by completing the first two-way audio call between a satellite and a standard smartphone. The call originated from AT&T’s facility in Midland, Texas, and connected to mobile carrier Rakuten in Japan using a Samsung Galaxy S22 and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite. Abel Avellan, Chairman and CEO of AST … Read more

The biggest security story this week centers on Symantec’s detailed analysis of Regin, an advanced piece of malware traced back to as early as 2008. Much like last year’s disclosures about extensive NSA surveillance—where the existence of such programs was suspected but the scale was not fully understood—Regin reveals a long-running, stealthy threat used for … Read more

The GSMA has urged European telecoms ministers to adopt more ambitious telecoms framework reforms ahead of the EU Council’s upcoming discussion on amendments to the draft European Electronic Communications Code. To advance Europe’s 5G rollout and the Gigabit Society vision, the GSMA highlights several priorities. Chief among them is reforming spectrum policy. The association argues … Read more

John Lamont MP has welcomed a major investment to improve connectivity across rural Scotland during a visit to an existing Virgin Media O2 mast in the Scottish Borders. Under the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, new masts will be constructed in the south of Scotland and existing masts will be upgraded. These enhancements are set … Read more

Just days after reports that the NSA can access about 70% of the world’s cellphone networks by monitoring high-value communications and exploiting network vulnerabilities, the UK has released the findings of a tribunal investigating whether mass surveillance of citizens violates human rights. Privacy groups including Privacy International and Bytes for All brought a case to … Read more

A proposed rollback of a privacy protection that stopped internet service providers from selling customers’ web browsing data is now at risk after a Senate vote scheduled for Thursday. Last year, then-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler introduced a rule designed to block telecom companies from monetizing customers’ sensitive personal information by selling it to advertisers, data … Read more