US CBRS market to be driven by energy, mining and manufacturing

A study from telecommunications analyst Juniper Research has found that the number of connections to the US Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) will increase from 17 million in 2023 to 66 million in 2028, with industrial use cases representing the best opportunities for the mobile standard that can support private 5G mobile networks. CBRS … Leer más

NAO head calls for clean data and modern government IT

In his annual speech to Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, called for improvements in government IT procurement as part of a wider supplier management effort. Overall, he estimated that the government could save as much as £8bn through efficiency gains by better use of competition. “Spending on IT services is … Leer más

Six ways to use LLMs operationally in the enterprise

Forrester predicts that operational support use cases for large language models (LLMs) will develop rapidly. LLM integration with action components creates fully autonomous workplace assistants (AWAs) that become valued coworkers for support processes like finance and accounting, onboarding customers or field service implementation, and difficulty depends on the degree of input and output shaping. … Leer más

5G-Advanced, RedCap set to drive 5G market in 2024

A study from Juniper Research has calculated that operators will generate $400bn in service revenue from 5G networks in 2024, an annual growth of 32% from 2023, but the analysis also warns that before these riches can be banked, 5G penetration rates will become saturated among consumers, and it will be imperative for operators … Leer más

Four-fifths of UK gains access to gigabit broadband

In a clear demonstration of just how rapidly the UK’s fixed broadband market is developing, data from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has revealed that gigabit coverage across the UK has increased rapidly in recent years, from just 6% in January 2019 to now eight in 10. The UK government has … Leer más

Cosmetics retailer Lush dealing with mystery cyber incident

Dorset-based cosmetics retailer Lush has fallen victim to a cyber security incident of a currently undisclosed nature, via a brief notice posted to its website on 11 January. “Lush UK&I is currently responding to a cyber security incident and working with external IT forensic specialists to undertake a comprehensive investigation,” the organisation confirmed. “The … Leer más

British Library catalogues back online after ransomware attack

The British Library has successfully recovered a significant portion of its main catalogue and restored public access, two-and-a-half months after being forced to take the majority of its IT systems offline after a Rhysida ransomware attack. One of its most important public-facing systems, the British Library’s catalogue, contains records of over 36 million printed … Leer más