Google has joined a four-way partnership investing $100 million in a wholesale broadband infrastructure initiative designed to deliver fast, reliable internet to cities across Africa. This effort builds on Google’s existing Project Link programme, first introduced in Kampala, Uganda in 2013 to give local internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile networks access to more efficient, … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Ursula Alter) The UK government has set a national broadband speed target of 10 Mbps by 2020, a goal it expects to meet. While that figure is easily attainable, a new report from the Institute of Directors (IoD) criticizes the government for what it calls a “poverty of ambition” on broadband policy. Dan … Read more

Nokia has introduced a set of new products designed to strengthen its AirScale baseband portfolio and help operators meet growing traffic, performance and sustainability demands. The lineup includes two next-generation baseband capacity cards, Levante and Lodos, and an ultra-performance baseband control card called Ponente. Built around Nokia’s ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) technology, these cards deliver higher … Read more

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has dealt a major setback to advocates of net neutrality by blocking the recently reinstated rules from taking effect. The court’s order extends a prior temporary pause, effectively suspending the new net neutrality protections until the appeals court completes a fuller review. The stay was granted after the court … Read more

Japan has set a new internet data-transfer speed record of 319 Tb/s, breaking the previous milestone set less than a year earlier. Last year, a collaborative effort between researchers in Japan and the United Kingdom produced a record speed of 178 Tb/s. That achievement was remarkable, but the new result from Japan’s National Institute of … Read more

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has outlined the sensing capabilities anticipated in future 6G networks. An ETSI report on Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) presents 18 advanced use cases that harness the convergence of sensing and communication technologies to create more context-aware, efficient, and responsive systems. Alain Mourad, Chair of the ISAC Industry Specification … Read more

Work is underway to expand SK Telecom’s data infrastructure both domestically and internationally. According to reports from Data Centre Dynamics, SK Telecom plans a major expansion of its Ulsan campus in South Korea and intends to build a new facility in Vietnam. At SK’s AI Summit on November 3, executives announced that the Ulsan expansion … Read more

Those who lived through the 2.5G–3G–HSDPA transition in technical or commercial roles may already be feeling a strong sense of déjà vu. If you haven’t, beware: you may be enjoying the “happiness of ignorance” without realizing it. Believing that rolling out 4G networks will instantly make everything work seamlessly — carriers, hardware, software, uninterrupted live … Read more

Nokia will continue to offer flexible working options for its employees after a company-wide survey confirmed strong support for hybrid arrangements. Flexible work was already gaining momentum before the COVID-19 pandemic as people sought to reduce commute time and costs, lower stress, and make it feasible to live farther from city centers where housing and … Read more

Vodafone, Nokia, Cisco, Benu Networks, and Casa Systems have completed the first multi-vendor trial of a new broadband standard, demonstrating interoperability and the potential to reshape fixed broadband networks. The test validated a new open architecture for the Broadband Network Gateway (BNG). BNGs are essential network elements that authenticate and connect multiple subscribers to the … Read more