The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally approved the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three, subject to legally binding commitments and safeguards for consumers. Industry analysts say the CMA’s provisional approval represents a major step forward for the transaction. Kester Mann, Director of Consumer & Connectivity at CCS Insight, commented that Vodafone and Three … Read more

Meta has announced Project Waterworth, an unprecedented subsea cable infrastructure initiative intended to reshape global connectivity. When complete, the network will span more than 50,000 kilometres—longer than the circumference of the Earth—making it the largest subsea cable deployment ever undertaken. The plan is to connect multiple continents, including North America, South America, Asia and Africa, … Read more

A team of researchers has identified nearly a dozen vulnerabilities in 5G, demonstrating that the latest generation of mobile networks may not yet deliver the security improvements many expected. Researchers from the University of Iowa and Purdue University were able to carry out a variety of troubling attacks against 5G implementations. Examples of the attacks … Read more

The O-RAN Alliance, a global community advancing the open radio access network (O-RAN) ecosystem, has published a technical report evaluating several spectrum aggregation approaches. Led and initiated by Mavenir, the report examines the technical challenges and solutions for interconnecting Open Distributed Units (O-DUs) to enable carrier aggregation across multi-vendor deployments. A primary conclusion is the … Read more

(c)iStock.com/alphaspirit 5G will transform communications not only by offering greater capacity but also by enabling new services that providers can deploy across their networks quickly and simply. This faster time-to-market will intensify competition among leading service and application providers. This shift stems from a fundamental change in how networks will be designed for the 5G … Read more

Voice communication is often dismissed as outdated, but that view overlooks how much the medium has evolved. Recent moves in the industry—such as major acquisitions and the widespread adoption of internet-based calling—have dramatically reshaped how people and businesses use voice. Over the last decade, VoIP growth and the proliferation of free voice apps have forced … Read more

French telecommunications leader Orange has entered a strategic partnership with Google to research and deploy advanced technologies, including edge computing. Both companies bring complementary strengths: Orange contributes deep telecommunications expertise and network reach, while Google brings its experience in cloud platforms, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Orange says the collaboration supports its Engage 2025 strategy, … Read more

(c)iStock.com/LPETTET More than half (53%) of Wi‑Fi connected households in the United States accessed at least one over‑the‑top (OTT) service in December 2016, according to comScore. While Netflix remained the dominant service, other platforms have been narrowing the gap. comScore reports that these OTT households were actively watching streaming content: on average they accessed OTT … Read more

Telecommunications providers in New Zealand are shifting their focus from pure connectivity to delivering a broader suite of digital services, according to a new research note from IDC. The findings, published in IDC’s report “Telco Wars: A New Hope,” indicate that consumers should expect an expanding range of digital products and services from telcos as … Read more

In the evolving landscape of mobile networks, new vulnerabilities are emerging across 3G and 4G infrastructures, and 5G is likely to follow. Protecting only the Gi interface is no longer sufficient for service provider security. Until recently, the Gi-LAN connecting the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) to the internet was seen as the most exposed part … Read more