Mavenir opens Open RAN centre in UK
Orange settles in 2021 but still has pain in Spain
Decent starts to the year for two major telcos and yet another Open RAN R&D facility in the UK are the news frontrunners today.
AT&T has added to the positive service provider news from the US major operators by reporting a 2.7% year-on-year increase in first quarter revenues to $43.9 billion. “We continued to excel in growing customer relationships in our market focus areas of mobility, fiber and HBO Max,” noted CEO John Stankey. “We had another strong quarter of postpaid phone net adds, higher gross adds, lower churn and good growth in Mobility EBITDA. We also continue to increase penetration in markets where we offer fiber broadband and we’re moving quickly to deploy more fiber. HBO Max continued to deliver strong subscriber and revenue growth in advance of our international and AVOD launches planned for June.” Yesterday Verizon reported a 4% increase in first quarter sales. For
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New whitepaper highlights the vulnerabilities and opportunities of IoT security
OYSTER BAY, N.Y., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today there are 8.6 billion IoT connections. By 2026, that number will nearly triple to 23.6 billion. In its new whitepaper, Connected & Protected: The Vulnerabilities and Opportunities of IoT Security, global tech market advisory firm
ABI Research explores how the exponential growth in IoT connections will usher in a new era of connectivity and productivity along with a slew of new threat vectors and vulnerabilities. At the same time, the looming security gaps offer a tremendous revenue potential for players in IoT security. Concerns about security of the Internet of Things (IoT) are widespread, says Michela Menting, Digital Security Research Director at ABI Research. Security gaps run the gamut from devices that are incapable of being secured to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and vendors often choosing to accept the risk rather than rem
Cybersecurity Spending for Critical Infrastructure to Surpass US$105 Billion in 2021
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An increasingly remote workforce in the light of the pandemic has created a huge challenge for critical infrastructure operators
LONDON, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Security spending in critical infrastructure has been little impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, save for some reshuffling on where that spend is most needed. The effect has been mostly in increased demand for secure remote connectivity. Most of the cybersecurity spending announced by governments has not changed significantly however, with most maintaining similar funding planned in previous years, with an average Year-on-Year (YOY) growth rate between 5% and 10%. According to new a new report by global tech market advisory firm
Posted December 16th, 2020 for ABI Research London, United Kingdom - 16 Dec 2020 According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, up to 2.5 million biometric payment cards will be issued in 2021 as the market reaps the benefits of significant ecosystem efforts, tailored specially to help reduce product cost, improve yield, and simplify manufacturing processes. Today over 20 biometric payment card pilots are active globally, and the first commercial launch, by BNP Paribas, was announced earlier in 2020. The biometric payment card is viewed as the next-generation evolutionary card form-factor to help enhance contactless authentication, providing a future contactless payments experience without limits. “It’s taken time for the biometric payment card market to take shape because it is the most complex card form-factor ever developed. First-generation biometric payment card solutions can command an Average Selling Price (ASP) anywhere between US$20 and U