Bipartisan senators call for Instagram to shut down its new map feature, citing children’s safety concerns

Instagram Global Director of Public Policy Tara Hopkins spoke with Fox Business about the new built-in protections.  Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are pushing for Instagram’s new map feature to be shut down, raising questions about potential risks to children’s safety. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, the … Read more

AerFlex takes flight as first cloud-controlled AP-only private 5G platform

Private 5G specialist Celona has announced the launch and immediate availability of AerFlex, what it calls the industry’s first cloud-controlled, access point (AP)-only private 5G service. The firm noted that as artificial intelligence (AI)-driven operations gain momentum across industrial sectors, the demand for reliable, high-performance wireless connectivity is accelerating. It said private 5G was rapidly … Read more

O2 Daisy opens for business  

O2 Daisy, created by the merger of Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) Business and Daisy Group, has started operations, promising to “make every business better” and “shake up” business-to-business (B2B) telecoms. The new company is claimed to be, form its outset, the UK’s second largest small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) solutions provider, and is seen … Read more

5G standalone adoption accelerates mobile core network market

Just over five years into the commercial launch of 5G, many mobile network operators (MNOs) around the world are offering 5G standalone (SA) and fixed wireless access (FWA) networks for enterprises, and growth in these advances on the base 5G infrastructure will be a key driver for technology spend, according to an industry report … Read more

IoT connectivity revenues show strong rise

The year so far has seen a marked rise in the value and size of an internet of things (IoT) arena that has witnessed new technical standards, devices and evolving market complexities, and a study from Berg Insight has calculated that global IoT connectivity revenues increased by 12% annually to reach €14.2bn in 2024. … Read more