Earlier this year, the South Korean government launched its government’s K-UAM Grand Challenge programme, seeking to identify the country’s first operator of urban air mobility (UAM) services.
Launched by the Ministry of Transport, the project seeks to bring together various industry players, including aircraft developers, airspace designers, and air traffic management operators, to help develop the UAM ecosystem and commercialise UAM in central Korean cities by 2025.
Since the programmes launch in February, companies have been invited to submit applications to participate, with selected parties then set to demonstrate their UAM capabilities for the government and potentially be selected as the country&rsquo…
Greggs and Virgin Media O2 UK Gift Free Mobile Data to Families
British bakery chain Greggs has teamed-up with O2 (VMO2) to trial a new scheme, which aims to help more than 255,000 people get connected by the end of 2023 – partly by supplying 15GB of “free mobile data” (mobile broadband) connectivity to families in need (supported via the Greggs Hardship Fund). The new scheme will […]
BT and Ericsson target UK industry with private 5G partnership
Today, BT and Ericsson have announced a new partnership that will see them work together to provide private 5G networks for Industry 4.0 customers.
The deal will see BT use Ericsson technology to provide private 5G networks to partners in various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and transport and logistics, focussing on enabling valuable solutions like asset tracking, predictive maintenance, and automation.
The specifics of the multi…
Full Fibre UK ISP Trooli Grows Coverage to 220,000 Premises
Broadband ISP Trooli has announced that their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which aims to reach a “minimum” of 1 million UK premises by the end of 2024, has now covered 220,000 premises and they will soon extend into Dorset and Norfolk. The operator has also expanded into new headquarters. The alternative network provider, which […]
Quickline Trial Gives Ultrafast Broadband to North Yorkshire Villages
UK ISP Quickline has successfully connected up a number of small rural villages in the Coverdale area of North Yorkshire to a wireless 5G “ultrafast broadband” network, which forms part of a new £6.4m Government supported project – Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) – that was first announced back in 2020 (here). At present around […]
Three UK Reports an All-Time Mobile Traffic High of 1068 Gbps
Mobile operator Three UK has reported seeing a “record-breaking weekend” of data traffic (mobile broadband) peaks. This included a Saturday evening high on the back of the Champions League final and the highest daily traffic volume on Sunday due, in part, to the release of Stranger Things Season 4 on Netflix. The first data peak […]
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Nokia taps Microsoft for Industry 4.0 platform
Through the integration, Nokia MXIE and private wireless solution customers have seamless access to the full Azure ecosystem offering on MXIE.
Aimed to support industries including automotive, manufacturing, energy, logistics and government, the powerful combination will enable use cases by allowing customers to run applications in the traditional cloud, as well as directly on their premises…
Singtel deploys mmWave 5G at semiconductor fab in Singapore
Singtel today announced that it has been appointed by Micron Technology to deploy its 5G millimetre wave (mmWave) solutions with localized edge core at the semiconductor manufacturer’s 3D NAND flash memory fabrication plant in Singapore.
The customised solutions will be deployed at Micron’s cleanroom to support the development of a variety of digitally enabled and enhanced applications – from automated visual inspections of individual chips to augmented reality (AR) for operations and maintenance…
UK ISPs form Rebel Alliance to combat cost-of-living crisis
Five UK ISPS – Gigabit Networks, Triangle Networks, Air Broadband, Highnet, and Trunk Networks – have announced the formation of a new consortium, dubbed the Rebel Alliance, seeking to ease the financial burden of purchasing broadband services for customers in the UK.
The group appears to have been formed, at least in part, in reaction to the recent price hikes from major ISPs in the UK earlier this year…