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Below you will find a selection of our latest blog posts that are designed to give you an insight into trending topics and general mobile technology concepts.
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Exploring the 5G Architecture

Every new generation of cellular technology brings a fresh set of acronyms and concepts for mobile network engineers to learn. 5G is no exception. Nearly the entire architecture has been renamed, and in the core it has been fundamentally redesigned. ...
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3rd November 2026

MCX: Mission Critical Communications Explained

Why Mission Critical Communications are Changing For decades, MC (Mission Critical) communications have run on dedicated narrowband radio systems such as TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) in Europe and P25 (Project 25) in North America. These ...
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15th October 2026

Private 5G Networks: Where Things Stand in 2026

Private 5G has moved on from being a topical idea. It is now an established part of enterprise and industrial connectivity. The market has grown steadily out of the success of Private LTE, particularly in the U.S.A., where both LTE and 5G private ...
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6th October 2026

Who's Watching the Network?

The Case for Human Oversight in an Age of Autonomous Operations The Push Towards Autonomy The appetite for AI in telecoms is hardly surprising. Mobile networks are already complex to manage, and the economic case for automation is compelling. The ...
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27th July 2026

AI for Network vs Network for AI: What’s the difference?

5G networks and AI (Artificial Intelligence) are mutually enabling. On one hand, AI/ML (Machine Learning) techniques are being embedded into the 5G network operations to optimize performance, known as “AI for Network”. On the other hand, 5G's ...
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20th March 2026

Understanding the Three Pillars of AI-RAN

Introduction Mobile networks are entering a new phase in which AI is becoming a core part of how the Radio Access Network is used, extended, and evolved. This broader shift is captured by AI-RAN, which looks beyond optimisation alone to reimagine ...
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15th December 2025

Enhancements to 5G Data Transfer – Part 2

In Part 1 of this post, we looked at how enhancements within the 5G Core and RAN, including L4S, user plane redundancy, multi-access PDU sessions and network slicing , are transforming the way data is managed inside the network. These developments ...
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3rd November 2025

Enhancements to 5G Data Transfer – Part 1

As 5G continues to mature and the first wave of 5G Advanced deployments emerge, the focus of innovation is shifting from raw speed and headline latency figures to how the network behaves under real-world conditions. The next generation of ...
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20th October 2025

The Role of Network APIs in Enabling Next-Gen Connectivity

As 5G networks continue to be deployed globally, there is a focus on innovation, monetisation, and supporting a range of market verticals, including automotive, broadcasting, government, healthcare, and industrial. How is 5G supporting the ...
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6th October 2025

5G Data Privacy: Risks, Laws, & Security Challenges Explained

As Standalone 5G networks continue their global rollout (albeit at a relatively slow pace), the conversation that fuelled the rollout of NSA 5G has shifted away from sheer speed and connectivity and headed towards other areas of critical concern, ...
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25th July 2025
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AI+

2024 emerged as a breakout year for AI. Further improvements to LLMs allowed for multi-modal content generation, and the increased efficiency and reduced cost of foundational models allowed for an increasing number of AI use cases. We saw ...
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27th January 2025
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How 5G Supports Lawful Interception

The idea of a government being able to intercept its citizens’ communications is that of an Orwellian novel. In reality, to a degree, communication interception is a possibility. In contrast to 1984, for government bodies to intercept data, there is ...
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16th October 2024
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