Technologies

This year promises to be very important for advanced optical transmission. Ciena is observing strong demand for 1.6T wavelengths to support AI workloads.
Nokia states that 400G is now the norm and expects 800G to gain momentum in 2026.

Ensuring increasingly secure, stable, and future-proof communications is one of the great technological challenges of our time. With this objective, the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is leading the PLATSiNx-Q project, a research initiative working on the development of new light-based technologies to boost quantum communications and facilitate their large-scale production.

In 2026, precision agriculture will shift from tool-driven innovation to system-level compatibility. With an increasingly stringent regulatory framework, rising machinery prices, and digital maturity, 2026 will mark the point at which compatibility and data integration become fundamental requirements, moving beyond the phase of differentiating factors. The digital components that have traditionally complemented farming operations are evolving into core infrastructure.

If the last few years have been defined by an explosion of fragmented innovation, 2026 will be the year of the great readjustment. The pressure to demonstrate real value, manage risk, and control costs is forcing organizations into a direct confrontation with their technical debt, which is no longer just an operating cost, but the main barrier to capitalizing on the promise of AI.
In this context, where digital sovereignty is becoming increasingly relevant and there is greater concern about cybersecurity, the question is no longer whether to innovate, but how to do so on a secure and governable basis.

The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today announced the public release of its Ethernet Roadmap 2026. Initially unveiled at TEF 2025: Ethernet for AI, it highlights the technologies, trends, and innovations that will define the next era of high-performance, AI-powered networking.

Zain Omantel International (ZOI), a global wholesale operator in the Middle East, in cooperation with Zain Kuwait, the country's digital operator, provided ultra-low latency connectivity that enabled remote surgery 12,000 kilometers away, setting a Guinness World Record.

At a time when cybersecurity and information protection are more critical than ever, the University of Valencia (UV) is taking a decisive step towards the future with the development of a quantum transmitter capable of generating and controlling individual photons, a key piece for creating communications that are impossible to intercept.

Fujitsu announces the development of a new technology designed to facilitate, make safer, and more efficient collaboration between robots and humans. The spatial world model technology allows artificial intelligence to predict the future behaviors and states of various actors and objects within a space, facilitating seamless collaboration between people and robots, as well as optimal coordination between robots. This new advancement is part of Fujitsu's broader research and development efforts in the field of physical AI.

Quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity are the technologies experiencing the most advancements and applications worldwide, and Spain is no exception. In our country, research stands out in the areas of digital trust, security against disinformation, and augmented workforce—that is, AI applications that enhance human skills.

Global electrification—understood as the replacement of fossil fuel-based systems with electric technologies—is profoundly transforming the energy, industrial, and transportation sectors. Simultaneously, this process is driving accelerated demand for fiber optic technologies due to their critical role in data transmission, real-time monitoring, smart grid control, and ensuring the resilience of critical infrastructure.

The future of RFID is promising. According to IDTechEx, the global RFID market will continue to grow in 2025, reaching an estimated value of $15.6 billion, up from $15 billion in 2024. This figure includes RFID tags, cards, key fobs, and other formats, as well as readers, software, and services for both passive and active RFID.

When a single rack consumes more energy than an entire data center did a decade ago, traditional siloed management approaches cease to be effective. What happens when power, cooling, and computing start thinking together?

Genetec Inc. has shared its top predictions for the physical security industry in 2026. By 2026, the conversation around cloud adoption will have reached a higher level of maturity. Organizations will prioritize solutions that offer flexibility and scalability in deployment.

Ensuring that data arrives exactly as it is sent—without loss, distortion, or reprocessing—is one of today's major technological challenges. During transmission, information can lose quality due to interference or "noise."

Confidential information is increasingly distributed over the internet, making communication security and data protection crucial today. In this context, four Valencian universities are working on developing a highly secure communications infrastructure in Spain through the implementation of quantum communication technology.

As the leader of the EU-funded SpikeHERO project consortium, Fraunhofer IIS has set its sights on fiber optic networks for the next four years. Together with industrial and research partners from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Belgium, the institute is developing AI chips based on spiking neural networks to significantly improve signal quality and increase data transmission speeds in fiber optics.

An international study in which IMDEA Networks participated reveals that the experience depends on the operator and the connection location.
5G has been in our lives and on the market for years, while the industry is already looking ahead to its successor, 6G. However, can we say that it is fully implemented?

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a turning point in global technological evolution. Advances in recent years in artificial intelligence, energy, connectivity, and biotechnology are now converging in a scenario where innovation is accelerating and amplifying its impact on the economy, society, and the environment. Below, we review the key factors that will define the next decade.

The goal of QUICK³ is to enable fast and secure communication. A nanosatellite is being used to test a source of single photons. A secondary mission objective is to verify a fundamental law of quantum mechanics. The QUICK³ nanosatellite will test components for use in future quantum satellite systems.

A new technical report from fiber optic cable experts ACOME Group and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. states that existing fiber optic cables will only be able to meet the long-term transmission capacity needs of European data centers at a significantly higher cost and with a degraded environmental footprint.