The IET recently published a white paper arguing that taking steps towards 6G has the potential to renew national infrastructure, build a better society and more… given the right policy environment.
Alex Lawrence
WCA: 6G Spectrum for 95 GHz & Above, 23 Feb
CxO Video Interview: Effective Partnerships Between Telcos & Other Industries
6GWorld had the pleasure of talking to two executives recently from very different companies working to forge partnerships between telecoms service providers and other industries. However, there are striking similarities in the evolutionary paths that they, and the operators they work with, have followed to create effective partnerships with players in other industries that allow operators to monetise their capabilities.
Automation, Employment & Basic Income
There have been repeated discussions about the role of automation in capitalist economies, especially as it affects the nature and availability of employment. On Saturday 13 February Geoff Crocker spoke to London Futurists about the impacts of automation to date and the potential impact on the economy and work in future.
CTO Interview: Edge Commercialisation – Who and How?
With huge amounts of research – and marketing dollars – being invested into edge computing, how does the telecoms industry turn a nascent technology into a viable service proposition? Not alone, according to Altran CTO Shamik Mishra.
36 Transformative Technology Stats for 2021 and Beyond – ABI
We are at the very beginnings of a massive technological evolution and the forecasts presented in this paper are but tea leaves in the fortune teller’s cup. However, they are important directional indicators
of the technology-enabled world of the future based on ABI’s research.
CEO Interview: Cybersecurity and the ‘Netflix of 5G’
When data breaches are increasingly common, destructive and costly, ‘trustworthy’ communications and cloud are becoming more significant. Is “secure 5G” start-up Exium feeding on hype or offering something new?
WEF Global Risks Report 2021 – Digital, Economy, Climate, Social
The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report analyses long term and short term risks from societal fractures—manifested through persistent and emerging risks to human health, rising unemployment, widening digital divides, youth disillusionment and geopolitical fragmentation. Businesses risk a disorderly shakeout which can exclude large cohorts of workers and companies from the markets of the future. Environmental degradation—still an existential threat to humanity—risks intersecting with societal fractures to bring about severe consequences.
Security Research Bites: What You Missed in December
What can be done to secure the networks and systems that citizens, companies, and states rely on now and in the future? Here are three of the most interesting recent pieces of thought leadership.