Martyn Warwick

1 week ago | telecomtv.com | Martyn Warwick

The UK universities of Bristol and Cambridge have been collaborating on quantum-safe networking developments They have achieved live, quantum-secure transfer of encrypted medical data, secure remote access to a distributed datacentre and the world’s first long-distance quantum secured video call. It’s the first time a long-distance network using different quantum-secure technologies (including entanglement) has been successfully demonstrated.

2 weeks ago | telecomtv.com | Martyn Warwick

Do you remember Y2K – the dreaded Millennium Bug? It was the shorthand used to refer to the havoc that, it was claimed, would bring much of the world to a halt as the year 1999 ticked over into 2000 and global IT and communications systems would crash and bring civilization to its knees.

1 month ago | telecomtv.com | Martyn Warwick

Back in 2009, the US government of the day published its finding that carbon dioxide and other gases are major causes of climate change and having a deleterious effect on the health and future of all of humanity.

1 month ago | telecomtv.com | Martyn Warwick

The notion of creating some sort of an equivalent to blockchain for the global telecom industry is far from new but, despite the idea fuelling the hype generator every few years, it hasn’t taken off in practice. That, though, might be about to change. Telcos the world over face huge infrastructure costs as they seek to transform themselves into future-proof digital services providers (DSPs).

1 month ago | telecomtv.com | Martyn Warwick

According to the latest Global Telecoms Outlook report from renowned British consultancy PwC, worldwide annual aggregate telecom operator revenues increased by 4.3% in 2023 (the last full year for which figures are available) to reach $1.1tn, which doesn’t sound too bad all things considered. The bad news is that the sector’s growth will not hit that level again for the foreseeable future and will, in real terms, shrink.