Cisco Survey Reveals: As Consumers Move Towards a “Smarter” Digital Life, Reliability, Security, and Sustainability Emerge as Critical Needs

News summary: Consumer expectations will reshape the needs and economy of the Internet. Today, over 60% of consumers in EMEA1 expect to connect cars, appliances, power and water to the internet, and broadband networks need to be scaled to support this. Increased reliance on broadband for day-to-day tasks, however, means that while speed is still … Read more

3GPP on the move to prevent the takeover by Apple and others | Light reading

The leading international standards body for 5G, 3GPP, is updating its voting rules to prevent Apple and other big companies from getting too much power. According to Kevin Flynn, a spokesman for 3GPP, the group has already agreed to introduce a cap on the number of votes its corporate members can get. He said the … Read more