Technologies

By now, most people are comfortable conducting financial transactions online. The cryptographic schemes that protect banks and credit cards in online purchases have proven their reliability over decades.

The Broadband World Forum, from October 21 to 23, 2014, is one of the world's largest telecom events, with more than 7,800 senior executives from around the world gathering in Amsterdam each year to identify upcoming opportunities.

The WSN market is expected to grow to $1.8 billion by 2024. These figures refer to WSNs defined as wireless mesh networks, which are self-healing and self-organizing. Wireless sensor networks will eventually enable the automatic monitoring of wildfires, avalanches, hurricanes, substation failures, traffic, hospitals, and much more across large areas—something that was previously impossible.

BYOA and the "consumerization of IT" have changed the expectations of businesses and end users receiving IT support. Several forces have contributed to this change, including the exponential use of personal devices for business purposes, increasing levels of enterprise data flowing to the cloud, and the growing use of personal applications managed by end users themselves.

The increasingly essential role of information and communication technologies in almost every aspect of business and social interaction is creating enormous challenges for ICT regulators and policymakers, whose decisions will decisively influence the shaping of tomorrow's world, keynote speakers told delegates at the ITU Global Regulatory Symposium (GSR) this week.

Researchers from UPM and the University of Loja in Ecuador develop a model that optimizes the routing protocol of "ad hoc" mobile networks in emergency and rescue situations.

The increased integration of wireless technology into products that were previously wired has led to a steady shift in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing services, from traditional or non-wireless testing to wireless testing.

The development of 5G has become a benchmark in the global competition for technological leadership. Over the next seven years, this public-private partnership will share knowledge and expertise to meet the challenge of creating a model for the new technology and the standards that will define future ICT networks.

The rapid expansion of fiber optic networks in Catalonia and Spain is beginning to open up new possibilities for content creation and distribution. Furthermore, broadband is contributing to economic recovery.

As the consequences of climate change intensify, adaptation practices will become the "new normal" for the ICT sector. This is one of the key findings of a new report produced by the ITU, in collaboration with the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and UNESCO, with the support of Deutsche Telekom.

Huawei announces that it has successfully completed a joint trial on IP-based Software Defined Networking (SDN) and optical synergy with Telefónica.

With data center activities and cloud-based services rapidly gaining importance in the communications industry, the global market for Ethernet test equipment has witnessed a steady evolution of complex next-generation solutions.

Global machine-to-machine (M2M)¹ connections will reach 250 million this year, according to a new GSMA report², which highlights that M2M has become an important growth area for mobile operators.

Over the next five years, the number of new vehicles equipped with standard mobile connectivity will increase sevenfold. This aims to meet the demand from both European regulators and consumers, who are concerned about road safety and the protection of passengers and pedestrians, as well as the provision of entertainment, information, and navigation services from within the vehicle.

Telefónica Digital has presented “The Connected Car Industry 2013”, a report that gathers the opinion of eight of the world's largest car manufacturers* and the analysis firm Machina Research.

The anticipated surge in demand for wireless data will severely strain available spectrum unless new, efficient technologies are deployed. Wireless marvel: A 96-antenna wireless test array at Rice University is the most advanced project to leapfrog 4G technology today.

A report commissioned by Telefónica Digital reveals that while smart meters will become increasingly common, their global adoption is at different stages. However, both energy suppliers and technology companies anticipate a stagnation in the sector after 2018.

Changes in legislation are significantly impacting the enterprise data storage market for video surveillance worldwide. For example, in Germany, the maximum retention time for video surveillance footage has been increased from 24 to 48 hours, effectively doubling the maximum capacity requirement for video surveillance data storage systems.

In late December, a researcher at the cybersecurity firm Proofpoint noticed something strange: a security gateway was logging hundreds of thousands of malicious emails clearly being sent from over 100,000 devices running Linux, but they weren't PCs. Rather, they were internet-connected consumer devices, including routers, televisions, media centers, and even a refrigerator.

A group of Swiss researchers has developed a method that increases the bandwidth of optical fiber tenfold by reducing the space between the light pulses that carry information, allowing more data to circulate in less time.