NHS set to lose out on £1bn of savings each year if 5G rollout slows

Research commissioned by Vodafone has found that the NHS will lose out on £1 billion of savings every year if 5G is not rolled out quickly across the UK.

Local councils also stand to miss out on significant savings, with 5G-enabled technologies having the potential to reduce social care spending by 5%. On top of the £40 million 5G Innovation Regions funding currently available to councils, this would help plug the existing gap in social care funding.

The findings,...

19 September 2023 | 5G

Wind River Studio enables latest Vodafone Open RAN deployment milestone

Wind River, a specialist in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, has revealed that Wind River Studio is being used by Vodafone for its Open RAN deployment across Wales and South West England.

With this latest deployment, Vodafone is replacing traditional, legacy technology and installing Open RAN equipment for 2,500 sites.

Paul Miller, CTO, Wind River, said: “Vodafone has been a leader in Open RAN from the start. With this new milestone, Wind...

5 September 2023 | 5G

Technology investment to fast track UK large enterprise global growth in next year

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UK CIOs of large global enterprises are increasing investment in technology to drive growth through global expansion in the next 12 months, according to new research by Expereo.

The survey of more than 200 CIOs in the UK shows that half (48%) have secured increased technology budgets specifically to deliver growth and overcome existing challenges.

The new insights, which are part of a global survey of over 650 CIOs in businesses with over $500 million annual revenues...

30 June 2023 | 5G

US, Singapore and Finland score highest for 5G readiness

Global consultancy partnership Kearney has released new data showing global readiness for widespread 5G usage.

The Kearney 5G Readiness Index 2023 analyses how far countries have developed on the 5G journey and how close they are to unlocking all the benefits of 5G, considering the overall maturity of the region’s telecom market and socio-economic context. The research encompassed 33 countries, limited to those that launched 5G by Q3 2022.

The 2023 edition noted an...

30 June 2023 | 5G

Nokia and DXC Technology launch DXC Signal Private LTE and 5G Solution

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Nokia and DXC Technology, a global technology services company, hace unveiled DXC Signal Private LTE and 5G, a managed secure private wireless network and digitalization platform solution that helps industrial enterprises digitally transform their operations.

As part of a global, strategic partnership, the two companies have made a commitment to providing world-class private wireless networking solutions that will propel organisations into the future. Together, DXC and Nokia offer...

22 June 2023 | 5G

Rob High, VP & CTO, IBM Watson, on edge computing innovation

What kind of trends have you seen developing so far this year in edge computing?

I think the most important trend is people moving from playing, testing and validating to now really moving forward into serious production engagements. 

We're seeing this in retail. We've seen this in manufacturing, although that's probably been going on a little bit longer already. But one of the key things there is that even the OT vendors, now are starting to get on board to embed...

4 May 2023 | 5G

BT uses AWS Wavelength for 5G edge trial in Manchester

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BT is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring 4G and 5G mobile edge compute to UK businesses as part of a multi-million pound investment.

Leveraging EE’s national mobile network and AWS Wavelength, the two companies will work to bring secure high-bandwidth connectivity to a range of use cases, from policing and crowd management to healthcare and security.

Alex Tempest, managing director at BT Wholesale, said: “By building cloud edge services into our 5G...

29 March 2023 | 5G

5G Open Innovation Lab adds e& and 14 start-ups to ecosystem

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The 5G Open Innovation Lab has added multinational telecoms company e& to its ecosystem of innovators along with 14 other start-up firms.

The Lab is a global ecosystem of enterprises, start-ups, and industry partners collaborating to build and innovate on new technologies using edge computing and 5G.

E& Group operates in sixteen countries across Africa and the Middle East where it provides services to more than 150 million users every day.

The new...

17 March 2023 | 5G

Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Qualcomm build 5G hoisting system

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Schneider Electric, Capgemini, and Qualcomm Technologies are collaborating on a 5G-enabled automated hoisting system for deployment across industrial and logistic sites.

Hoisting systems, like cranes, are used to move heavy equipment and materials in industrial environments where conditions are often extreme.

Automating this function can improve safety and efficiency, but this requires multiple operations existing on the same network with video cameras and programmable...

7 March 2023 | 5G

MaxLinear and EdgeQ join forces for 5G small-cell solution

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MaxLinear, a semiconductor provider for the telecoms industry, has partnered with EdgeQ, a 5G solutions provider, to build a converged 4G and 5G platform for edge computing applications.

The compact hardware solution combines EdgeQ’s 5G Base Station-On-A-Chip with MaxLinear’s MXL1600 RF transceiver and MaxLIN wideband digital pre-distortion solution.

Combined, the software-defined platform can provide compute power for a range of IoT and edge applications with both...

4 March 2023 | 5G