The global pandemic has led to a renewed focus on closing the digital divide, which is primarily driven by changes in three areas. These changes in demand have created an opportunity to transform rural communities, and the decisions made in the next three years will have a major impact on...

European economies are facing a fresh financial slump as a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. But the silver lining for telecoms is that we are relying on connectivity like never before, with increased data consumption and a renewed focus on network reliability as working from home becomes normal and...

Regardless of its drawbacks, globalization can be made to work for peoples of the world with stakeholders pulling in the same positive direction argues IAN GOLDIN. An infected passenger flies from Wuhan to Milan, a computer virus invades an internet connection, subprime defaults in the US Midwest trigger a global...

The 5G vendor landscape was shaping up to mirror that of LTE, with a handful of companies dominating the market, but all that changed earlier in the year with widening bans on Chinese gear forcing operators in many countries to urgently look for alternative suppliers, writes JOSEPH WARING. In addition...

JIM MISENER outlines Qualcomm Technologies  vision for an intelligent transportation system of the future and talks about the  broad range of advanced technologies that can drive safer, sustainable, and smart transportation solutions. Technology advances in cellular communication have ushered an era of ubiquitous connectivity. Smart transportation is about disseminating information...

Gone are the days when national telecoms markets were primarily defined by former monopoly incumbent telcos together with a handful of mobile operators (MNOs). New types of players have been emerging for a while, leveraging opportunities provided by market liberalization, competitive regulatory frameworks and the relaxation of licensing regimes, writes...

By bringing together insights from a broad set of  players, the  FWA Forum launch last month was an opportunity to gain further insight into the direction of the FWA market, helping to answer questions on the future of FWA and what we need to be thinking about if we want...

Through every generation of wireless networking,  discussions with communications service providers (CSPs) have all centered around the same question: what’s the “killer app” that will help them attract more customers and grow revenues? With past generations, that answer has included text messaging, bandwidth, app stores, streaming video and other innovations...

SONIA JORGE gives an insight into why the Alliance for Affordable Internet jumped at the opportunity to partner with the International Telecommunications Union to help provide more affordable internet access to the world’s 3.6 billion yet unconnected. My organization, the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), and the International Telecommunication Union...