What is 6G, if anything? A guide to what to expect, from whom, and when

Frame from LeoTrack, a commercial low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite tracking service operated by Menlo Park, California-based LeoLabs If there is to be a “6G Wireless,” its proponents will need to learn some significant lessons from the era of 5G. Already, 5G Wireless as a market strategy is four years old. The R&D divisions of telecommunications […]

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Vodafone Names 4G and 5G OpenRAN Suppliers for EU and UK

Mobile operator Vodafone today announced that their upcoming commercial launch of a new one 4G and 5G A network using an OpenRAN-compatible radio kit will be supported by several key vendors, including: Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering, and Keysight Technologies. Currently, if a mobile operator wants to buy a new network kit,

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By exploiting an LTE vulnerability, attackers can impersonate mobile phone users

Exploitation of a vulnerability in the mobile communication standard LTE, researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum can introduce themselves as mobile phone users. Therefore, they can book fee-based services in their name, which are paid for through a mobile phone bill – for example, a subscription to streaming services. David Rupprecht and Dr. Katarina Koles of the

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