As the drive for the use of open telecoms technology in the UK gains further pace, deep tech innovation organisation Digital Catapult believes it has added further momentum to the Open RAN innovation by signing five international suppliers to its advanced connectivity programme, offering access to what it said was the UK’s only open testing…

Whenever GM explains why it’s abandoning CarPlay, the explanation is nothing short of a convoluted mess. For instance, GM CEO Mary Barra and GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson recently appeared on the Decoder podcast and explained, in part, their stance on CarPlay. At one point, Anderson went so far as to intimate that GM’s…

Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG has equipped its US headquarters with a dedicated network powered by Verizon 5G. One of the big four accounting and professional services networks in the world, KPMG has core industry client teams that draw from more than 40,000 professionals in the US and 162,000 worldwide, spanning advisory, tax and…

The Broadband Forum has published a technical report outlining how to address the internet challenges people living in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) still face despite rapidly increased broadband access to premises over the past few years. The report defined fixed wireless access (FWA) as establishing a connection over a radio link for communications between a base station…

The C-suite is caught in an AI pressure cooker. On one side, boards and CEOs see the relentless headlines of AI-driven layoffs at major technology firms and ask a simple, pressing question: “Where are our savings?”. This creates immense pressure on CIOs to realise financial returns from AI, with the implicit assumption that the primary…

International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced a partnership to implement Starlink-enabled high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity for more than 500 aircraft across its fleet. IAG is one of the world’s largest airline groups, carrying more than 122 million customers to 260 destinations across 91 countries each year. Its leading airlines in the UK, Ireland and Spain include…

JarTee/Shutterstock A leak a few weeks ago claimed Google would add Gemini-powered conversations to Google Maps that would look and feel similar to chats in the Gemini app, with a big twist: These chats would be centered on navigation and nearby places of interest. That experience isn’t quite here the way it appeared in that…

Iridium Communications has formed a new partnership with Vodafone IoT to integrate its Iridium NTN Direct service, keeping the operator’s customers and their assets ubiquitously connected. The partnership with the global voice, data, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite services firm aims to extend the operator’s internet of things (IoT) division coverage for customers wanting narrowband…

Marekuliasz/Getty Images On October 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in favor of retroactively banning gadgets or radio components that were previously approved for import into the United States. If they decide that the company making the related components is a national security risk, they can ban any subsequent gear from said company. They’re…

While organisations invest in cyber resilience, the resilience of those leading the charge, chief information security officers (CISOs), is often overlooked. The CISO role is consistently ranked among the most high-pressure in the C-suite. According to ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2025 report, 66% of cyber security professionals say their role is more stressful now than it was…