Wireless

The Digital Digest, Ep 5 – 29 May 2020

5h | João Marques Lima

Featuring host and editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporter Abigail Opiah.

O2 unveils autonomous vehicle security blueprint

6h | Melanie Mingas

O2 has developed a blueprint to help protect the UK’s self-driving cars from cyber-vulnerabilities.

From 5G to data centres… China's $3.8tr investment roadmap for digital infrastructure

18h | João Marques Lima

China is expecting over the next five years to top more than CNY27.1 trillion (US$3.78 trillion) in new infrastructure construction and related investments, according to Haitong Securities.

Unlocking the lockdown with broadband

28 May 2020 | Sandra Motley

The global crisis created by Covid-19 will have a profound and long-lasting impact on humanity. Governments and industries will, of course, need to spend some time evaluating the long-term implications. However, for the broadband industry, this reflection really must start now, writes Sandy Motley, president of fixed networks for Nokia.

Huawei faces new probe as CFO remains under house arrest

28 May 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The bad news continued for Huawei this week as CFO Meng Wanzhou lost the first bid to block her extradition to the US on charges of bank fraud. She is also accused of misleading HSBC about a Huawei Technologies Co Ltd-owned company’s dealings with Iran.

Huawei Announces the Next-Gen OceanStor Pacific Series, Setting a New Benchmark for Mass Data Storage

28 May 2020 | Sponsored Announcement

Peter Zhou, President of Huawei Data Storage and Intelligent Vision Product Line, releasing the next-generation OceanStor Pacific Series

WBA’s OpenRoaming open for business

28 May 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The creation of a single, global Wifi network is a step closer following the launch of WBA’s OpenRoaming, an initiative promising to create new commercial business models and “innovative services with speed and simplicity”.

KKR invests $1bn in new data centre operator

27 May 2020 | João Marques Lima

Global investment firm KKR (NYSE: KKR) has announced $1 billion in investment in a new data centre business planning to build facilities across Europe.

First 5G-optimised wireless WAN edge router debuts

27 May 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The industry’s first 5G-optimised wireless WAN edge router for enterprise branch deployments has been released by Cradlepoint.

Standing out through customer experience

27 May 2020 | Johan Ottosson, Telia Carrier

Telia Carrier's VP Strategy, Johan Ottosson speaks to Capacity about their focus on customer experience.

GTT’s Calder to step down in June

27 May 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

GTT Communications confirms that its president and CEO, Rick Calder is to step down from his role as of 1 June 2020.

Covid-19 unlikely to delay 5G deployments

27 May 2020 | Melanie Mingas

Mobile service providers are making “substantial progress” in their 5G roll outs despite the additional challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.