AI agents and AI-ready data are the two fastest-emerging technologies on Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence 2025, according to Gartner, Inc., a firm specializing in business and technology research. Both areas have seen rising interest this year, accompanied by ambitious forecasts and speculative promises that place them at the peak of inflated expectations. Gartner’s … Read more

Huawei has faced negative press in recent weeks, but a new report from Dell’Oro Group shows the company made notable gains in the global telecom equipment market. The analyst firm’s latest data indicates Huawei now holds 29% of the telecom equipment market, surpassing competitors such as Nokia (including Alcatel-Lucent) and Ericsson. Huawei’s market share increased … Read more

Fake recruiters are currently hunting CVs — and your personal data. Reports have surfaced about malicious software hidden in job tasks that claim to test a candidate’s technical skills. Recruiters constantly work to find suitable candidates for open positions, whether through traditional online job posts or direct messages on platforms like LinkedIn. We recently found … Read more

Hong Kong has overtaken South Korea to claim the fastest broadband speeds worldwide for both mobile and fixed connections. According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report, Hong Kong’s average peak connection speed reached 49.2 Mbps in the first quarter of 2012, pushing long-time leader South Korea into second place at 47.8 Mbps. These … Read more

Meet the new Zoom! Learn why we are changing our name and what it means for our customers. What’s in a name? While you may know us simply as “Zoom,” our legal name until now has been “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” That name accurately reflected the solutions we offered when our primary focus was video … Read more

At a high-profile panel at MWC in Barcelona, industry leaders shared their perspectives on the evolving state of 5G and its potential impact on the broader economy. The consensus: 5G matters a great deal, but its exact definition and final form are still being determined. That uncertainty doesn’t mean there isn’t a clear vision for … Read more

A new report from Barracuda reveals that 90 percent of ransomware incidents in 2025 exploited firewalls—either through unpatched software or poorly protected user accounts. The fastest recorded attack moved from breach to full encryption in just three hours. The findings come from the “Barracuda Managed XDR Global Threat Report,” which examines how cybercriminals operate and … Read more

Major US telecommunications companies have joined forces with other wireless industry organizations to pursue research and development for 6G technology. The initiative, known as the Next G Alliance, aims to ensure North America plays a leading role in defining the next generation of wireless communications and guiding its eventual commercial deployment. Susan Miller, CEO and … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/JayLazarin) Hutchison-owned mobile network operator Three announced earlier this year that it intends to tackle “excessive and irrelevant” mobile advertising by deploying a network-level ad blocker. Starting today, a limited group of customers will join a pilot to test Three’s new ad-blocking technology. The solution, developed in partnership with ad-blocking specialist Shine Technologies, … Read more

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has just launched a new regulatory sandbox project. The initiative is carried out in collaboration with Familjens Jurist and will focus, among other things, on how personal data can be further processed to develop and use AI. A project in the regulatory sandbox typically runs for about 6–8 … Read more