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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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Rogue Base Station Location Tracking Techniques

Mobile phones are a constant presence in our lives, enabling communication with friends, easy navigation, and access to information instantly. However, alongside the conveniences of cellular networks come potential security risks, one of which is a ...
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14th May 2025
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Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi Evolution Wi-Fi 7, officially released in January 2024 under the IEEE 802.11be standard, represents a significant evolution in wireless networking. Designed to meet the growing demands of high-throughput, low-latency applications, the ...
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15th April 2025
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Navigating Cellular – The Evolution of Vulnerabilities from 3G to 5G

In the ever-evolving landscape of telecommunications, the transition from 3G to 5G has not only promised faster speeds, high reliability, and lower latency. It has also introduced new layers of complexity and, consequently, vulnerabilities. As we ...
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27th October 2023

Reducing Risk through Network Analytics

Defined by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as one of the three usage scenarios for 5G, MMTC (Massive Machine Type Communications) or MIoT (Massive Internet of Things) is likely to be the catalyst for the transition of mobile networks ...
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20th January 2021
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Shared Access – Driving Innovation in the UK with Local Spectrum Licencing

In a bid to support innovation, Ofcom, the regulatory authority in the United Kingdom, have set about issuing two new licensing options to make available underutilized radio spectrum. In one of our previous blogs, my colleague Gavin Mitchell ...
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14th February 2020
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AI and its Significance to 5G

Perhaps not too surprisingly, news coming out of Las Vegas last week (CES 2020) tended to focus on the mass rollout and uptake in 5G, and the evolution of ML (Machine Learning) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) as it begins to encompass all aspects ...
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17th January 2020
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Mission Critical Services

The provision of reliable and guaranteed communications between first responders is essential in ensuring that people are kept safe and damage is avoided, or where possible mitigated. This reliable and guaranteed communication is referred to as MC ...
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6th December 2019
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Blockchain and 5G

Blockchain has a number of key capabilities that could be of benefit to a 5G network deployment. Combining blockchain and 5G technologies will enable the benefits of both to be leveraged to great effect. Authentication One of the key characteristics ...
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25th October 2019
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5G V2X and Autonomous Vehicles

Future vehicles will not only be connected, they will also be autonomous. These connected and autonomous vehicles will require a new ecosystem with specific requirements capable of supporting new workloads and satisfying real-time requirements. This ...
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13th September 2019
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Wi-Fi 6 and OFDMA

Within the cellular world, OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) has been in operation since the introduction of 4G or more specifically, LTE (Long Term Evolution) as part of the Release 8 3GPP technical specifications. However, in ...
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26th June 2019
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Femto Cells

A Femto Cell is traditionally considered to be a customer-owned base station. Typically situated in a house or small business, a Femto Cell, also referred to as a Small Cell, is able to provide targeted network coverage, which significantly ...
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21st February 2019
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What is VoWi-Fi?

The term VoWi-Fi (Voice over Wi-Fi) can be used to describe a number of scenarios in which a telephony service is supported using the wireless technology Wi-Fi. Examples could include using the applications Skype or FaceTime on a mobile or tablet ...
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21st February 2019
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