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Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai set out his views on broadband, mobile and 5G developments (see this previous post for more on 5G and the Mobile World Congress).
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New technologies are offering support for Internet of Things (IoT) developments ahead of the launch of commercial 5G services. This month AT&T announced it is to accelerate deployment of its LTE-M (Long Term Evolution for Machines) network for IoT devices in the US and Mexico. Devices designed to operate on LTE-M networks are expected to have lower costs, longer battery life of up to 10 year, better coverage underground and deep inside buildings and be much smaller in size.
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A busy month for 5G developments and announcements, many arising from the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Policy and standards developments:
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BT/Openreach developments this month:
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The Digital Economy Bill had its report stage, a further chance to examine the bill and make changes, in the House of Lords on Wednesday 22nd February. The Lords voted in favour of amending the proposed 10Mbit/s Universal Service Obligation (USO) to 30Mbit/s, on the basis that the lower speed would soon be unfit for usage.
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A number of reports analysing cyber security developments and trends during 2016 were published this month:
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Policy developments:
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Further to this month’s cyber security update, Cisco published its 2017 Annual Cyber Security Report. Findings include a “resurgence of “classic” attack vectors, such as adware and email spam, the latter at levels not seen since 2010. Spam accounts for nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of email with eight to 10 percent cited as malicious.
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The European Commission set out the next steps towards a European data economy, as part of its Digital Single Market Strategy published in May 2015.
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