Morning Headlines IDA investment fears over infrastructure deficit; New geothermal energy group set up The stories you need to read this morning in business, politics and current affairs
Connected More Irish consumers ready to move to 5G 5G accounted for 8 per cent of all mobile subscriptions locally at the end of the first quarter of 2022
Telecoms Fibre optic cable dilemma is ‘biggest challenge’ to new 5G network rollout Mobile and broadband taskforce meeting told underground piping is ‘biggest challenge’ faced, particularly in urban areas
Connected Widening the net: the art of creating fast, secure networks and communicationsNew developments from artificial intelligence to 5G and SD-WAN promise to both improve and simplify network management, says Jason Walsh
6G Sci-fi level connectivity on the horizon with 6GOne of the British government’s leading advisors on 5G believes 6G will arrive by the end of the decade and radically change the way the world communicates
Artificial intelligence getting ready to rebalance the futureA new wave of automation technologies in life sciences, energy management and manufacturing show that AI is more than a hype machine
The new network edge: what’s the point of 5G?For most consumers 5G seems like 4G, only faster. But the new cellular data standard has important implications for industry, and will develop entirely novel uses cases
Behind the scenes, 5G is thrivingAlex Meehan explains how the technology’s success has gone under the radar
The new nodal pointData is driving rapid and fundamental change in how our lives are organised, from the workplace to the street. How will artificial intelligence and pervasive sensors change our experience of the quotidian, asks Jason Walsh
Digital transformation: bridging the new and old worlds of ITThe pandemic has helped shape the new world of work, and moving from legacy systems to more agile and fit-for-purpose solutions is the challenge
Edge computing and 5G: pushing the boundariesFor applications that need to be near instantaneous, there is a move towards data processing and storage taking place right where the action is happening
Phil Siveter: ‘Fibre broadband is crucial and the last year has driven that home’Despite operating in a global pandemic, at a crucial and extremely competitive time for telecoms, Nokia’s chief executive in Ireland and Britain is calm – and decidedly upbeat about the future
Analysis: Virgin Mobile’s unlimited data offer shows appetites have changedThe mobile network’s decision to remove the fair usage policy from its all-you-can-eat plans is a sign of things to come
Accelerate the positive: tech trends to watch out for in 2021Twelve months ago, we couldn’t have imagined the great leaps in health technology and remote working. What does this year have in store?
Taking the next step on the 5G journeyThe rollout of 5G coverage is well under way and the possibilities that it allows is the focus of Three Ireland’s plans
