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Samsung and KDDI to Create New Business Utilising 5G Networks in Japan

Samsung and KDDI have agreed to expand their collaboration in 5G network business in Japan. With this collaboration, the companies will verify and assess optimal 5G network solutions for enterprises to improve user experiences and enhance productivity.

Samsung 5G Connected

·6 years ago

Equinix adds Nokia IP to global interconnect network to support customers moving to 5G

Equinix are to deploy a new Nokia IP/MPLS network infrastructure to support its global interconnection services. As one of the largest data centre and colocation providers, Equinix currently runs services on multiple networks from multiple vendors.

5G Connected

·6 years ago

Three UK suffering UK network outage – Thousands unable to make calls or get online

Three UK is currently suffering a mobile network across the UK leaving thousands of customers unable to access the internet or make phone calls.

Connected Three UK

·6 years ago

Vodafone and Midlands Future Mobility to trial 5G connected roads and automated vehicles

Vodafone UK has teamed up with autonomous vehicle consortium, Midlands Future Mobility, to deploy 5G on key test routes in the West Midlands. Over 300 miles of West Midlands’ roads are set to trial connected and automated vehicles, making UK roads safer and allowing for more predictable goods delivery and journey times.

Automotive UK Vodafone UK 5G

·6 years ago

EE Dominates latest Opensignal report on Games Experience

For the first time, Opensignal has assessed how mobile users experience real-time multiplayer mobile gaming when using different operators’ networks in the U.K. EE won the inaugural Games Experience award, beating Vodafone by 1.3 points.

Connected UK

·6 years ago

Verizon opens new 5G Lab & Studio in London

Verizon has opened a new 5G Lab and production studio in London – the company’s first 5G-enabled facility outside the United States – to support its international business and media customers.

5G Connected UK

·6 years ago

IMImobile is now an approved G-Cloud Supplier

IMImobile has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) G-Cloud framework, for its full suite of products. G-Cloud is a CCS procurement framework that enables public sector organisations to search, evaluate and procure cloud services from select suppliers. G-Cloud 12 went live this month.

Connected UK

·6 years ago

BT and Toshiba team up for UK’s first quantum-secure industrial network

BT and Toshiba Europe today announced the UK’s first industrial deployment of a quantum-secure network, transmitting between the National Composites Centre (NCC), the UK’s world-leading composite research and development facility, and the Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS)

UK BT Group Connected

·6 years ago

O2 launches first 5G satellite lab in the UK for testing CAVs

The first commercial laboratory for 5G and satellite communications in the UK has been launched as part of Project Darwin, a four-year trial programme supported by O2 and the European Space Agency and based in the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.

O2 5G Automotive

·6 years ago

Google Nest Audio Smart Speaker launches

Google today launched the Nest Audio smart speaker, Google’s replacement for its original Home smart speaker from 2017. The new Google Assistant speaker looks more like a smaller version of Google’s big Home Max, with a full fabric-covered body, hidden LEDs on the front and a touch-sensitive top for volume and playback control.

Devices and OS Connected

·6 years ago

Elisa Finland selects Nokia as 5G RAN Nationwide supplier

Nokia has been selected by leading Finnish mobile operator Elisa as the nationwide supplier of 5G RAN. Nokia, which will provide its AirScale 5G RAN portfolio, will deliver enhanced ultra-fast, low-latency mobile broadband services to both consumer and enterprise customers.

5G Connected

·6 years ago

Chromecast with Google TV officially launches

Google has launched a new version of its Chromecast media-streaming stick that is a bit different to its popular predecessors. It still works as a Chromecast receiver, meaning you can cast photos, audio and video from your phone, but it also has a new smart TV experience called Google TV.

Devices and OS Android TV

·6 years ago

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