By: Scott St. John
Pipeline’s tech news column should be titled Innovation Industry News this month. This month’s headlines, summarized below, represent a wide range of stories and initiatives that shape our present and future. Pipeline’s News Center flourished with the surge in technical innovation across the industry, based on new survey results showing what’s next for the retail shopping experience; to new developments in cybersecurity and IoT security; for the first successful test handover of a connected car between two US 5G networks.
The top telecommunications industry news of the month are summarized below. For all the breaking news, visit Pipeline’s News Center or subscribe to receive Pipeline’s weekly round-up of technology news.
In leaderboard and innovation news, Ericsson Startup launched 5G, a program designed to help communications service providers unlock the consumer potential of 5G. Three Ireland is the first CSP to join the global initiative. AT&T hit the headlines by announcing a definitive agreement to create a new, standalone global entertainment company combining the assets of WarnerMedia and Discovery. It also announced that a new private AT&T network will revolutionize the way patients and researchers at cancer research at the University of Southern California connect – part of a multitude of headlines pointing to innovations in healthcare and in the world Point out telemedicine. In related news, Juniper Research released a new report on telemedicine that found the healthcare industry will save $ 21 billion in costs by 2025, up from $ 11 billion in 2021.
These announcements signal important technology trends, as well as recent survey and research results. According to survey data from IDC Research and Lumen Technologies, delivering seamless experiences both online and in-store is a must for retail executives. Recent survey data shows that 73 percent of retail executives are using edge computing as a strategic investment in preparing to hit stores where they go. This makes sense in light of another Juniper Research report that states that trade spending will climb to over $ 11.6 trillion by the end of 2021, from $ 10.5 trillion last year, up from $ 11.5 trillion Percent in a single year as the transition to digital channels accelerated.
In other innovation news, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has passed new rules to strengthen the U.S. commercial space industry’s access to frequencies necessary for successful private space and satellite launches. Skyward, a Verizon company, announced its integration with Pix4D, giving customers the ability to convert drone data into 2D maps and 3D models. Companies and drone pilots can now plan flights, get permission to fly in controlled airspace with LAANC, fly with Skyward’s InFlight ground control station and process data with Pix4D – all from the platform. Climate & Capital Media and Science4Data partner to launch Climate Media Signal, the first public AI platform that analyzes ESG and climate media trends and uses advanced data tools to support better decision making.
Transformation news included an announcement from Atos and DreamQuark to launch the Sustainable Investment Brain, a digital platform for banks and insurers that complies with the principles of transparent artificial intelligence set out in a new European proposal regulation. Also this month, Atos announced that it has inaugurated its new global research and development laboratory in France, dedicated to research in the fields of quantum computing, high-performance computing, edge, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. In Europe, Atos and the Institute of Information Science, Slovenia announced that the first EuroHPC supercomputer is now operational. In other cutting edge AI news, Subex unveiled HyperSense, an end-to-end augmented analytics platform that helps companies make better decisions, faster
through the use of AI throughout the data value chain.
In other news, Juniper Research published a study that predicted an increase in digital content as we become more connected. The total market value of digital content will reach $ 432 billion by 2026, more than doubling from an estimated $ 211 billion in 2021 and increasing 105 percent over the next five years.
