Affirmed Networks, Inc. announced that it will deliver the industry’s first 5G Mobile Core solution validated for VMware that enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to rapidly deploy 5G services on a multi-cloud infrastructure. As part of this news, VMware was announced as Affirmed’s preferred platform for 5G solutions. The solution includes the VMware vCloud NFV…

The next three years will be a test of strength for wholesale communications carriers, as revenues from voice services are predicted to continue to decline.  Wholesale carriers have two options: decide if they exit the market altogether or transform their approach to embrace innovation and drive those additional revenue streams. Below I explore three key…

A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying — and helping — longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing.  UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men have pleaded not guilty in California to federal charges alleging they devised a $25 million scheme to illegally unlocked cellphones so they could be used on any carrier’s network. U.S. prosecutors said Monday that Argishti Khudaverdyan, 41, of Burbank and Alen Gharehbagloo, 40, of La Cañada Flintridge formerly owned…

NASA is sending a new technology to space on June 22 that will change the way we navigate our spacecraft—even how we send astronauts to Mars and beyond. Built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Deep Space Atomic Clock is a technology demonstration that will help spacecraft navigate autonomously through deep space.…

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers have developed a new attack called “Malboard.” Malboard evades several detection products that are intended to continuously verify the user’s identity based on personalized keystroke characteristics. The new paper, Malboard: A Novel User Keystroke Impersonation Attack and Trusted Detection Framework Based on Side-Channel Analysis published in…

Weather can be an unrelenting force and infamously fickle. Severe weather can adversely affect the safety of aircrew and Airmen working in the elements. Fortunately, advanced radars with weather forecasting capabilities can mitigate the associated risks. Keeping constant surveillance on weather patterns and their potential hazards is an important step in enhancing readiness and safety…

In the future, small paper and plastic devices will be able to connect to the internet for a short duration, providing information on everything from healthcare to consumer products, before they are thrown away. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a micro biobattery that could power these disposable sensors. The…