Hyperscalers and private 5G – the good, the bad, and the complicated (ABI on 2022)

Hyperscalers have been strengthening their telco ambitions in 2021, culminating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) launching its own private 5G solution this month (December). The AWS model for private 5G is consumption-based with pricing determined by coverage area and bandwidth. While the solution immediately targets the US, expansion into other national markets with shared or…

Facebook Bans 7 ‘Cyber Mercenary’ Companies for Spying on 50,000 Users

Meta Platforms on Thursday revealed it took steps to deplatform seven cyber mercenaries that it said carried out “indiscriminate” targeting of journalists, dissidents, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition, and human rights activists located in over 100 countries, amid mounting scrutiny of surveillance technologies. To that end, the company said it alerted 50,000 users…

Digital Twin and the Data Tsunami

Engineering data, schedules, enterprise data, control and sensor data, GIS (geographic information systems), LiDAR: There is a veritable data tsunami that is happening in businesses these days, and construction and engineering companies are now tasked with harnessing all this data, which comes at the same time as the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Enter…