All Innovation (R&D) articles – Page 24
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Content & TVVodafone rethinking content partner strategy
New unit in London charged with refreshing approach to content buying and alliances with the likes of Amazon and Netflix. As ever, “innovation” is emphasised but the underlying onus appears on consolidation and efficiency.
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InterviewInterview: Julie Snell of the Scotland 5G Centre
Former BT executive is relishing new challenge of bringing together a distinct and inclusive 5G strategy for Scotland. 5G continues to be a disruptive and highly politicised step-change in the telecoms industry’s development, with devolved government seeking policy differentiation from Westminster.
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Network & InfrastructureVivo partners Huawei on 5G lab
Brazilian operating business continues to collaborate with China-based vendor despite US opposition.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT, Telefónica, Vodafone units tackle pan-Euro BroadWay prototypes
Vodafone Portugal in one of three consortia building prototypes for pan-European public safety communication system. T-Mobile Netherlands and Telefónica I+D subbing in Consortium B.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom’s R&D head steps down
Group’s blockchain innovation point-man and T-Labs head is off to open up “next chapter”, but seemingly not yet done with some DT side-projects.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone escorts Ford into 5G manufacturing
Vodafone UK leads government-funded 5GEM project to bring 5G networks to Ford’s R&D facility. Ericsson to provide hardware.
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PremiumBTwatch roundup — June 2020
Key news from the past month from across BT and Openreach: Updated NCSC guidance welcomed by BT; European telcos join COVID track-and-trace effort; Consumer faces coronavirus response kickback; Enterprise gets HMRC contract.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDroniq gets off to a flyer
Deutsche Telekom’s drone joint venture goes beyond line-of-sight.
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Innovation (R&D)O2 joins call for UK to step up self-driving tests
O2 UK, Cisco, and partners recommended a UK cyber test facility for connected and autonomous vehicles, complete with allocated spectrum and a core and fibre backbone.
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Venturing & InvestmentsTelefónica activates startup tech programmes
AI, blockchain, IoT, and carrier billing streams open for applicants, with free tech integration and potential Wayra investments on the table.
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Innovation (R&D)Operators prep for 5G reality with Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s OEM certification programme expected to enable establishment of a new XR device category. European operators predict performance and sports content rights can be leveraged to create popular new applications that will showcase 5G’s worth.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDT blockchain spinoff set for debut
New Telekom Innovation Pool addition understood to be emerging out of stealth mode, with a focus on melding the worlds of telco infrastructure and blockchain.
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Innovation (R&D)BT preps AR early warning system for engineers
COVID-19 attacks heightening focus on engineer safety.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica, Nokia partner on IoT-enabled supply chains
Group research arm among 21 partners to join EC-backed consortium for next-generation supply chain management, centred on the port of Valencia.
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PremiumTelefónica to issue more RFIs for TIP transport scheme
Group rounding up new posse of open transport suppliers under the TIP flag. TIP spreading disaggregation wings to core network solutions.
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PremiumVodafone takes bit-part role in UK 5G trials
Grants allocated from £200m 5G trials and testbed pot. Limited telco involvement: Vodafone takes most prominent role, Telefónica and Three UK follow.
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PremiumBT Chief Architect McRae happy with Ultra MIMO development
McRae, Chief Architect at BT Group, was reportedly optimistic about in-house development of Ultra MIMO antenna technology based on foundational work carried out by the O-RAN Alliance.
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PremiumTelefónica to trial 5G open RAN
New vendor pack picked for fresh, Europe-based 4G/5G testing round. Open RAN to meld with UNICA as network cloud/virtualisation efforts spread out. O-RAN Alliance enters picture. No word on timing for open RAN go-to-market.
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PremiumTeam player Telefónica urges edge compute expansion
Group joins Telco Edge Cloud alliance to promote “federation of interconnected operators”. Work with China Unicom, KT, and Telstra on improving multi-operator MEC experience. Goal is to better expose network edge capabilities to third parties. Telefónica throws hat into ring of another alliance to speed up 5G MEC commercialisation. ...
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PremiumNicola Sturgeon tries VR
A live virtual reality (VR) demonstration, conducted by BT in association with Glasgow City Council and the University of Glasgow, was presented to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Scotland 5G Centre during January 2020.