Mobile Networks Face New Cellular UAV Exploitation Risks
Operation Spiderweb in June 2025 demonstrated how Ukrainian forces hijacked Russian mobile networks to control and stream data from drones, disabling about 20 aircraft. The incident exposed a growing vulnerability as 4G/5G standards now embed native drone support, allowing off‑the‑shelf modems and foreign SIMs to exploit civilian telecom infrastructure. Telecom operators face a dilemma: blunt network shutdowns protect assets but inflict billions in economic damage, while sophisticated detection requires AI‑driven deep packet inspection. The industry must shift to nuanced, behavior‑based defenses to safeguard both security and service continuity.
How to Switch From Cable to Fibre Internet
Cable internet’s coaxial architecture limits speed, upload rates, and reliability, prompting many households to consider fibre upgrades. Fibre‑to‑the‑home (FTTH) delivers symmetric gigabit speeds, lower latency, and a dedicated connection that isn’t throttled by neighborhood traffic. Providers such as i3 Broadband,...
Why AI Is Altering Planning for 6G Mobile Networks
Operators are rethinking 6G network design as AI applications demand flexible traffic handling. The NGMN Alliance study warns that multimodal AI, such as AR glasses and autonomous vehicles, will reverse the traditional downlink‑heavy pattern, requiring more uplink capacity and adaptable...
Google Plans $15B Subsea Cable to Boost AI Infrastructure
Google announced a $15 billion America‑India Connect subsea cable project spanning five years and four continents. The initiative adds new landing points in Visakhapatnam and creates redundant fibre‑optic routes linking India to Singapore, South Africa, Australia and the United States. By...
Ericsson’s AI Network Optimisation Platform Live
Ericsson has launched Agentic rApp as a Service, an AI‑powered network optimisation platform available through AWS Marketplace. The solution leverages agentic AI and a natural‑language interface to reason about network conditions and execute closed‑loop optimisations via the O‑RAN R1 interface,...
Using AI to Slash 5G Emissions and Hit ESG Goals
A new study by the University of Surrey and Tsinghua University shows AI‑driven sleep modes, intelligent hardware, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces can dramatically reduce 5G network emissions. The research demonstrates that granular sleep states and “cluster zooming” in cell‑free massive...
Private 5G Networks: Solving the Space and Power Problem
Samsung introduced a ‘Network in a Server’ (NIS) solution that consolidates private 5G core, RAN, transport and AI functions onto a single COTS server. By virtualising these network elements on an AMD EPYC 8000 platform with GPU support, the architecture...