Honeywell taps Verizon 5G to modernise energy grid and utility management

The US grid management industry faces significant challenges, and with much of the electric grid infrastructure in the US approaching end-of-life cycles, grid reliability is only declining. To address the needs of firms in the sector, Honeywell has announced a partnership with comms provider Verizon to allow utilities and end users to access essential … Read more

Virgin Media O2 deploys small cells to improve city mobile connectivity

After having claimed a UK first in November 2024 with the deployment of the existing street furniture in Birmingham to increase mobile capacity in exceptionally busy areas surrounding main thoroughfares, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) now believes businesses throughout Plymouth are benefitting from an improved mobile experience and faster speeds after six new small cells … Read more

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison claims AI-RAN first for Southeast Asia

The latest proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the telecommunications industry has landed in Indonesia, with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) announcing what it calls a “landmark” initiative to deploy an AI-based radio access network (RAN) infrastructure across the country. Indosat, which is regarded as a frontrunner in AI-driven comms, has the stated vision to … Read more

MWC 2025: Bouygues Telecom, Free join Aduna network API project

Taking part in the increasing trend of network partner ecosystems opening up application programming interfaces (APIs) to the market, two of France’s leading network operators – Bouygues Telecom and Free (Iliad Group) – are to become network partners in the Aduna venture. Launched in September 2024 comprising leading telecom operators and comms tech giant … Read more

Verizon claims to ‘shatter’ US 5G upload speed record

In most mobile network benchmarks, uplink is very much the quieter other half of downlink, but with faster upload speeds crucial for applications like smart surveillance, industrial automation, augmented reality and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), operator Verizon has claimed to have set a new standard for US 5G uploads, in a trial that has … Read more