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Keysight Enables DEKRA to Validate Mobile Phone E112 Caller Location in Compliance With New Regulation

Keysight Technologies

SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 29, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced a collaboration with DEKRA, a leading global test house network, to ensure that chipset and device vendors can validate E112 caller location (universal European emergency number) functionality in compliance to a new European Union (EU) regulation. The collaboration leverages location-based services (LBS) and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technologies to verify E112 regulatory test cases used to validate mobile phones sold into the European market. The new regulation supports emergency services across the European Union by reducing response times from rescue services to save more lives. "Keysight is pleased to expand the company's collaboration with DEKRA," said Muthu Kumaran, general manager of Keysight's Device Validation Solutions business. "With Keysight's test solutions, DEKRA supports a global ecosystem of smartphone vendors by validating their products are in compliance to the new regulation, newly created to improve emergency services' ability to locate individuals in need of assistance from the fire brigade, medical teams or the police." Keysight's network emulation solutions enable DEKRA to validate E112-related test cases regulated by an EU-issued guideline document to assist notified bodies in the assessment of E112 compliance. The new EU regulation (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/320) went into effect on March 17, 2022. It mandates that all new mobile phones sold in the EU need to support GNSS technology based on the Galileo constellation, advanced mobile location (AML) protocol and Wi-Fi communications technology. As a result, emergency response call centers can accurately pinpoint the caller's location. "DEKRA is founded on the principles of safeguarding human interaction with technology and environment," said Juan Carlos Mora, vice president, Business Line Connectivity of Service Division Product Testing at DEKRA. "This is why we are pleased to extend our collaboration with Keysight, which offers DEKRA the regulatory device test solutions needed to quickly and confidently validate E112 caller location functionality per the EU's latest mandatory requirements." Keysight's device test solutions for regulatory and conformance validation are based on common hardware and software platforms for comprehensive test case coverage. Keysight's LBS solutions also support assisted global navigation satellite system (A-GNSS) test functionality. This enables users to comprehensively address 5G new radio (NR) conformance requirements mandated by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and PTCRB, an organization comprised of North American mobile operators. DEKRA currently uses Keysight's RF/RRM DVT & Conformance Toolset, RF Automation Toolset and Wireless IoT Regulatory Test Solution to address 5G and IoT device regulatory requirements and SA8700A C-V2X Test Solution to certify cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) devices. About Keysight Technologies Keysight delivers advanced design and validation solutions that help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's dedication to speed and precision extends to software-driven insights and analytics that bring tomorrow's technology products to market faster across the development lifecycle, in design simulation, prototype validation, automated software testing, manufacturing analysis, and network performance optimization and visibility in enterprise, service provider and cloud environments. Our customers span the worldwide communications and industrial ecosystems, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.9B in fiscal year 2021. For more information about Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS), visit us at www.keysight.com. Additional information about Keysight Technologies is available in the newsroom at https://www.keysight.com/go/news and on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Keysight Contact: Geri Lynne LaCombe, Americas/Europe +1 303 662–4748 geri_lacombe@keysight.com Fusako Dohi, Asia +81 42 660–2162 fusako_dohi@keysight.com View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Keysight Technologies on 3blmedia.com

July 25, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Qualcomm's Approach to Transforming Education

Qualcomm

Another important sector that stands to benefit from the promises of the new generation of wireless technologies is education. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the depth of a digital divide that’s long existed in education, put a halt to traditional classroom education and accelerated the urgency for equitable solutions. Many of these digital divide challenges evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic arise from a lack of reliable access to broadband, especially in underserved or rural communities, resulting in impacts on students’ abilities to learn, communicate and develop the skills they need for future success. While these challenges are mounting, 5G is designed to directly address the root of the problem, and it’s Qualcomm 5G breakthroughs paving the way for transformation in education. Remote learning rose to the challenge – making it possible to deliver quality education to students around the world. Through Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program, members can provide education as a service which allows school districts globally direct access to ecosystem members that work to enable smart classrooms and hybrid learning settings. We’re working with partners to offer interactive whiteboards and digital podiums designed for live collaboration, where teachers can work with students in the classroom and in a virtual environment – allowing the students the ability to easily annotate on the same whiteboard regardless of whether they are present in the classroom or connecting from their homes. These types of solutions also allow both students and teachers to engage in seamless collaboration and communication. Furthermore, it facilitates greater content management opportunities, a better digital experience and online training opportunities for educators. Through our accelerator program members’ service offering in the education space, we look at accelerating the IoT deployment for schools, universities and skills development for smart cities. To address the digital divide in urban areas, cities can implement private 5G networks and IoT technologies to help bring connectivity to all parts of the city, while helping support costs through offering different revenue generating services. In today’s digital world, where nearly every career requires digital literacy, computers are still an unaffordable luxury for many children across the globe, particularly in rural areas. In Vietnam, Wireless Reach collaborated with The Dariu Foundation to bring educational laptops with mobile network connectivity to schools in Vietnam. More than 900 “Always On, Always Connected PCs” (ACPCs) powered by Snapdragon compute platforms were distributed to teachers and students at 30 schools in rural communities across five provinces. For the 2021-22 academic year, over 700 additional ACPCs will be distributed to new schools in rural communities in the northern and central highland regions of Vietnam. The program has already equipped over 30,000 students with the foundational digital skills to succeed in online and blended learning environments. The program is also designed to help ensure continuity of learning whether students are at home or in the classroom. These ACPCs are equipped with mobile LTE capabilities to enable a continuous connection to the Internet. Pre-installed with a Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, they are ultra-thin and lightweight while offering fast performance, powerhouse multimedia capabilities and multiday battery life. These features make the devices extremely portable, enabling students to extend learning time outside the classroom and to access vital learning tools anytime and anywhere. The Dariu Foundation provides professional development for teachers and trains them to deliver in-class lessons that equip students with STEM skills, including coding, computer science and cyber robotics. Currently, students ages 9 to 15 are using the ACPCs in a computer lab format. A selected number of students are taking the devices home to work on collaborative coding assignments. The program reflects Qualcomm’s priorities as part of the Global Education Coalition. The coalition aims to meet the urgent and unprecedented need for education continuity considering school closures, caused by the shift to remote learning and the interruption of teaching and learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more in Qualcomm's 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Qualcomm on 3blmedia.com

July 22, 2022 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Delivering Net Zero - What It Takes in the Telco Industry

Ericsson

What? Taking action to achieve Net Zero right now is more important than ever, as we only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep the increase in temperature within 1.5℃C. The industry has made a commitment to reach net zero by 2050 at the latest. Why? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned of ‘a rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future.’ Now is the time to act and realize a Net Zero ambition. No individual party can solve this alone: it requires a collective approach, with tangible and clear actions by all. How? The mobile industry can do two things to help address the climate crisis. Firstly, to rapidly decarbonize as a sector – something that Ericsson is supporting via our ambition. Secondly, to help other sectors to reduce their emissions. The takeaway The Telco industry is rapidly decarbonizing. Both its technological innovations and collaborative approach are helping other sectors decarbonize too, by generating efficiency gains and enabling new sustainable operational processes.Telcos are reducing carbon emissions from their own operations, their supply chains and emissions as a result of research and innovation and through their ambition to reach Net Zero.In a decisive step towards Net Zero emissions, Deutsche Telekom partnered with Ericsson to bring solar power to commercial mobile broadband sites contributing to more than two-thirds of the site’s total power – even during peak hours.By working together, the Telco industry is driving positive change when it comes to tackling the biggest climate challenges – like supporting the increase in availability of renewable energy.By considering sustainability as a value creator, the sector is developing innovative solutions to some of the world’s most complex climate challenges and is pioneering a sustainable future. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nation’s body for assessing the science related to climate change. Its sixth assessment, published in February 2022, warned of “a rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future.” This report reconfirms that the need for a Net Zero ambition is more prevalent and important than ever. In 2021, Ericsson formalized its long-term ambition to be Net Zero across its value chain by 2040. To meet this ambition, Ericsson is making progress against its targets in line with the 1.5°C ambition set by the Paris Agreement. To meet these targets, a priority is to reduce and avoid emissions across the value chain as well as to invest in renewable energy.(1) At the ICT industry event MWC Barcelona 2022, we had the pleasure of speaking with Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at GSMA, on its ambition for how the telco industry can help realize a Net Zero future. The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop, and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Its vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Industry Services and Solutions, Connectivity for Good, and Outreach. So Steven, what does Net Zero mean for you? Why is immediate action so important? Net Zero means balancing the emissions we put out into the atmosphere, with those that we can pull out. This means moving toward a very different way of doing business, living, and working, and establishing a type of economy that’s completely different to the one that we have at the moment. Taking action to achieve Net Zero right now is so important, as we only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep the increase in temperature within 1.5ﹾC. That’s imperative, because we have just seen the latest UN report which shows that if we go above this, there are going to be many irreversible changes to our climate, and this will mean huge impacts on us as a civilisation. "I see a future whereby technology enables us to live more sustainably and more in harmony with nature." Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at GSMA What role does the telco industry have to play in addressing the climate crisis? The mobile industry can do two things to help address the climate crisis. The first is to rapidly decarbonize as a sector, and that is something that we are supporting through our ambition. As an industry, this is a commitment that we made back in 2019—to be Net Zero from carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. If we can do that, then we will have played our part in limiting global heating to 1.5ﹾC. And many operators now, across the mobile industry, as well as many suppliers, have set targets to rapidly cut carbon emissions by 2030. And we’re not just talking about the carbon emissions from their own operations, but the carbon emissions throughout their whole value chains. So that includes emissions associated with each company’s supply chain and when their customers use their products and services. The second thing that the mobile industry can do is to help other sectors to reduce their emissions. We talk about the footprint of the telco sector, on the one hand, which refers to our own emissions. We also talk about the handprint of the sector, and that’s how we can help other sectors decarbonize. And how does mobile technology help us do this? It’s by using smart, connected technology. It could be in smart buildings, by automated building management systems, which can reduce the volume of electricity used. It could be through transportation, through smart connected cars, meaning we can move around in a low-carbon way. Or smart manufacturing, where we can make much more efficient production lines. We know that the savings that can be created from these smart technologies can be up to 10 times larger than the footprint of the mobile industry itself. So, of course, this can make a significant contribution to rapidly helping cut emissions. What is the telco industry already doing to support a Net Zero agenda? The mobile industry is committed to Net Zero and is actually doing a number of things to help achieve it. A big focus is energy efficiency. It’s really important that we make our networks, in particular, as energy efficient as possible, because every year more and more data is being transferred across them. We know that successive technologies—from 2G to 3G, 3G to 4G, and now 5G—are much more energy efficient than the preceding ones. This means that there is much less energy needed to carry each bit of data around the network. Another big area that we are focusing on to support Net Zero is switching to renewables. We know that there will be energy use across all networks, but that energy needs to come from clean, renewable sources. This means investing in onsite renewables, in certain locations where there is the space, but also investing in large-scale renewable projects that wouldn’t be possible without input from our sector. We are seeing many mobile network operators and suppliers making these big investments, so they can achieve 100 percent renewable electricity and power networks and infrastructure in a clean and sustainable way. What should the next steps be? How is your organization supporting these? One of the biggest ways that the GSMA can help move the industry to Net Zero is by bringing together all of the key stakeholders to work on this challenge in a collaborative way. Back in 2019, we created the Climate Action Taskforce, to bring our members together to work on the challenge of Net Zero. That Taskforce now has more than 50 members, representing all regions of the world and most countries. We work together on some of the biggest issues for Net Zero, like energy efficiency. We need to move to more energy efficient networks and that’s what we are seeing with each generation of technology. 5G uses up to 90% less energy to move each bit of data around the network and that’s really important, as we are using much more data around networks. Improving energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewables, engaging all the way along the value chain. These challenges are not possible for individual companies to overcome. They require us to work together in a collaborative way, to find the right solutions. Through the Climate Action Taskforce, we aim to bring together companies to find answers to these challenges. What actions are required by other parties? We need help from governments, regulators, and policymakers, because in some countries the policies don’t even exist for us to decarbonize rapidly over the next decade. Take renewable energy, for example. As an industry, there is a limit to the amount of onsite renewables we can generate. As a result, we need access to renewable energy through established energy markets. But in some countries, it’s not possible to buy renewable electricity through the established energy market. This is something that we are working on with governments. We ask them to work with us to change the regulatory environment, to allow us to access renewables and achieve our carbon reduction targets. What challenges lie ahead? We see the circular economy as both a challenge and an opportunity. What does circular economy mean? It means moving from a take, make, and dispose type of linear economy, where we lose precious raw materials and waste them, to one in which we are taking, making and then remanufacturing, recycling, reusing and refurbishing products and devices. We see this as being an increasingly important focus area for us and the industry over the coming years. We are already seeing some of the leading companies within the industry set circular economy targets to 2030/2040. It’s going to take a huge amount of innovation and transformation for us to move the industry from a linear model to a circular one. However, it will be vital if we are going to achieve Net Zero carbon ambitions. I see a future where there is clean air in all cities. Where I can use technology to travel around safely and in a low carbon way. Where I can access the wonders of ancient forests and not worry that they will be lost tomorrow. Where we can all live more sustainably and more in harmony with nature. "I see a future… where we can all live more sustainably and more in harmony with nature." Steven More, Head of Climate Action at GSMA Contributor: Steven Moore, GSMA Steven Moore is responsible for the Climate Action Programme at the GSMA, the mobile industry association. Steven holds a Masters in Environmental Technology and is passionate about sustainable development. He is an experienced environmental professional having worked on climate action for the past 13 years. Steven began his career as a climate consultant for an innovative sustainability start-up, dcarbon 8. He then advised multinational clients on sustainability strategy at Deloitte, before joining British Telecom (BT), to advance their award-winning environmental sustainability programme. In 2009, Steven joined the GSMA to lead their climate initiatives. Powering a cleaner network In a decisive step toward Net Zero emissions, Deutsche Telekom partnered with Ericsson to bring solar power to commercial mobile broadband sites for the first time ever Solar panels were installed at Deutsche Telekom’s mobile site in Dittenheim, Germany during the second half of 2020. The solution was able to contribute to more than two-thirds of the site’s total power — even during peak hours. In fact, thanks to the efficiency of the radio equipment, at times of high solar irradiation, even larger shares were possible. The operator could continuously track and supervise the solar energy harvest continuously. Leif Heitzer, Senior Vice President Technology Guidance & Economics, Deutsche Telekom, says: "The benefits of autonomous power supply for mobile sites are twofold. First, it helps to reduce our carbon emissions by sourcing power from renewable sources of energy, an important measure to achieve Net Zero. Second, it will also help in enabling network expansion in locations where development costs were previously not economical." (1)As a last resort to address any unavoidable emissions, Ericsson will work to remove remaining emissions from the atmosphere through approved carbon removal credits. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Ericsson on 3blmedia.com

July 21, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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News Release

Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Europe Rewards Excellent Research in the Field of AI and Cybersecurity

Qualcomm

AMSTERDAM, July 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., announced today the winners of the 13th edition of Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) Europe program: Patrick Jattke (ETH Zurich), Stratis Markou (University of Cambridge), Francisco Vargas (University of Cambridge), and Dingfan Chen (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security). QIF is an annual program that focuses on recognizing, rewarding, and mentoring the most innovative engineering PhD students across Europe, India, and the United States. The Europe program rewards excellent young researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity with individual prizes of $40,000, dedicated mentors from the Qualcomm Technologies team as well as the opportunity to present their work in person to an audience of technical leaders at the company’s HQ in San Diego. “At QIF Europe, each year we are delighted by the insightful and forward-looking proposals we receive, and the 2022 cohort was no exception. The innovative researchers are set to impact important technology areas such as, interpretable AI, data privacy, fair and generalizable algorithms, and more,” said Jilei Hou, vice president and head of AI research, engineering, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are proud to support their novel research and look forward to seeing the winners thrive in the field of AI and cybersecurity in the coming years.” The twelve finalists are PhD candidates from ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. After careful review, the following four winners were selected for their outstanding proposals: Patrick Jattke (ETH Zurich), supervised by Kaveh Razavi, has been selected for his proposal “Rowhammer Meets AI: Leveraging Deep Learning for Building a General Rowhammer Testing Methodology”. Patrick’s proposal searches for a new methodology to find Rowhammer bit flips. Rowhammer is a hardware bug in modern memory and has been a concern for the semiconductor industry for almost a decade now. Details of existing solutions are often not disclosed, making it hard to assess their security guarantees. Patrick proposes to combine two state-of-the-art Rowhammer analysis techniques to automatically discover weaknesses in new devices. Stratis Markou (University of Cambridge), supervised by Carl E. Rasmussen and advised by Richard E. Turner, has been selected for his proposal: “Systematic Design of Neural Process Models for Probabilistic Meta-Learning”. Meta-learning is a part of machine learning concerned with “learning how to learn”. There are still significant limitations that affect its applicability in practice. The proposal aims to answer whether we can build meta-learning models which quantify their uncertainties well and have small test-time resource requirements, and whether we can reduce the amount of data collected necessary to train these models. Stratis will investigate improving the class of models of Gaussian Neural Processes (GNPs) and moving beyond the Gaussian assumption within NPs. He will then investigate how to develop efficient equivariant NPs, which can improve performance with fewer parameters and easier training. Francisco Vargas (University of Cambridge), supervised by Neil Lawrence, has been selected for his proposal: “A Unifying Framework for Sampling, Inference and Transport via Schrödinger Bridges”. Francisco takes us on a journey through the Schrödinger Bridge problem, in which one tries to find the stochastic evolution between two probability distributions. He sets out to unify the work that has been done on this problem in the machine learning community through the lens of the Sinkhorn algorithm, relating variational inference, sampling, and optimal transport together. An exciting theoretical tour-de-force that when successful will provide interesting theoretical insights into the underlying continuous nature of several discrete algorithms and might make it possible to apply algorithms from the above fields to one-another. Dingfan Chen (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), supervised by Mario Fritz, has been selected for her proposal: “Unifying Deep Generators for Privacy-preserving Data Sharing”. In real-world applications, data sharing is often prohibited due to the private nature of data or corresponding regulations, which hinders technological progress. Differentially private (DP) data publishing, where only a sanitized form of the data (with rigorous privacy guarantees) is created using generative models, provides a solution. However, existing methods are still struggling to generate high-fidelity data that is useful for many real-world application scenarios. The proposal aims at providing a unified view of the design space for private generators and its systematic exploration to derive novel methods that cater to different use cases. For more information about QIF, please visit: https://www.qualcomm.com/research/university-relations/innovation-fellowship About Qualcomm Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Qualcomm on 3blmedia.com

July 19, 2022 04:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time

WEF 2022: Why Universal Connectivity Matters Today More Than Ever

Ericsson

Top attention needs to be given to the here-and-now crises such as Ukraine and COVID-19. At the same time, the world cannot afford to slacken its pace in meeting global, long-standing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Failing to meet these goals sets us up for more crises down the line. Not only can we not afford to lose a step in the march towards the 2030 SDGS, we need to be marching faster, especially as we now face the headwinds of a protectionist discourse that undermines global cooperation when it is most needed. A digital silver bullet One of the few silver bullets we have to meet the SDGs is digitalization. We need governments to unleash its potential faster. Digitalization is something industries and governments of all stripes can rally around. It provides a range of social, economic and environmental benefits, and helps fulfill all 17 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. For industry, digitalization offers a chance to drive up productivity, drive down waste and bring forward novel solutions in new markets. The AI market alone is expected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2025, while the IoT market is expected to reach $15 trillion by 2025. Ericsson’s Global Lighthouse accredited 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas demonstrates the art of the possible in one sector, in one country. Through connected exponential technologies, such as AI and IoT, this US factory has delivered 120% improved output per employee, is designed to reduce water usage by 75% with a comparable building and is powered entirely by renewable electricity. Imagine what we can achieve if we apply exponential technologies across all sectors, everywhere. Digital transformation is increasingly a global engine of sustainable economic growth, with over 60% of GDP expected to depend on digital technologies by 2022. At the same time, digital solutions have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 15% by 2030. For governments, these digital benefits mean not only delivering green and digital agendas, but can enable them to be digital leaders in their own right, fundamentally altering how citizens engage with the state and its services. For societies writ large, digitalization does nothing short of redefining and revolutionizing how we engage with each other; how we earn, learn, socialize and experience the world. The rub Connectivity is a prerequisite for digitalization, and we simply do not have enough of it. Progress is certainly being made. For example, between 2019 and 2021, the number of people using the internet jumped 17%. That means 782 million people made the life-changing move from unconnected to connected. Yet, with 2.9 billion people still offline, we are far from delivering universal connectivity in line with SDGs. In less developed countries, Internet adoption is at 19.5%, well below the 35% target that the Broadband Commission has set for 2025, a key milestone to achieving universal connectivity in 2030. On connectivity we should set the bar high; this means securing broad coverage with the most modern connectivity where feasible. 5G is modern connectivity. Scaling faster than any previous mobile generation, it is an exponential technology which, by dint of its unique capabilities (data rate, latency etc.), allows digitalization’s exponential technologies, such as AI, VR, to flourish. Here, the inequities are apparent. For example, the Ericsson Mobility Report estimates that by 2027, 90% of North American mobile subscriptions are expected to be 5G, compared to only 10% in Sub-Saharan Africa. To avoid societies and industries being left behind, and for the world to reach the SDG’s sooner, we need to speed towards universal connectivity. The ask Societies and industries are ready to pioneer. Now we need governments to enable. This means improving digital literacy and skills, helping people safely participate in a digitizing society. It also means speeding up the rollout of high-capacity, future-proof digital infrastructures. These were two key asks from the B20 Digitalization Taskforce to the G20 last year, where I was deputy co-chair. The message was driven home in the G20 Rome Leaders’ Declaration: “Recognizing that sustainable investment in quality digital infrastructure can greatly contribute to reducing the digital divide, we will promote universal, and affordable access to connectivity for all by 2025.” A year on and with less than a thousand days remaining to deliver universal connectivity by 2025, I expect all national leaders at the World Economic Forum’s Davos gathering next week to join me in a full-throated promotion of universal connectivity and digitalization. +++ Erik Ekudden is CTO of Ericsson, returning deputy co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Digitalization Taskforce 2022 in Indonesia and a UN Broadband Commissioner This blog was first published on WEF Agenda here. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Ericsson on 3blmedia.com

July 19, 2022 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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ShowStoppers® gears up for in-person Official Press Event at IFA 2022

ShowStoppers

ShowStoppers®, https://www.showstoppers.com, is gearing up to go live and in person again, introducing journalists from around the world to new tech for work, home and play at ShowStoppers IFA, the official press event of the global trade show in Berlin, Germany. The ShowStoppers media reception is scheduled for Thursday, 1 September, in the South Hall at Messe Berlin – previewing the latest innovations one day before the IFA show floor opens for business. More than 600 journalists from 62 countries are registered so far to attend the press event. Dozens of exhibitors, including Acronis, AVM, Business France, Invoxia, Jabra, Lenovo, MyHixel, Nokia/Streamview, Netatmo, Riley Scooters, Roku, Schneider Electric, Targus Europe, Yale, Yubico, Zagg, and more, will introduce and demo new products and services innovations -- from smart cities to smart TVs and set-top boxes, artificial intelligence to hearing aids, digital health to mobile devices, mobility to security. “We are excited to return to Berlin as we navigate past the pandemic back to in person events,” said Dave Leon, partner, ShowStoppers. “We look forward to seeing many new and returning faces. Companies are telling us how much they look forward to connecting again with journalists, to launch new products, services and apps, to share product demos, to drive brand awareness, and generate news coverage and product reviews.” ShowStoppers press events organize product launches, sneak previews and hands-on demonstrations for journalists, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives -- from AI to 5G to cloud, VR to robotics, apps and hardware that drive mobile and desktop innovation; wearables, IoT, appliances, entertainment, and more. About ShowStoppers Now in its 26th year, ShowStoppers, https://www.showstoppers.com, is the global leader in producing press and business events spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia. Each event organizes product launches, sneak previews and demonstrations for selected journalists, bloggers, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives. Industry leaders, innovators and startups exhibit to generate news coverage and product reviews, make new connections, promote brand and open new markets. ShowStoppers® produces official press events at CE Week, IFA and NAB; partners with CTA, IFA, GSMA and CEATEC; and produces events during CES, IFA, MWC, NAB, CE Week, CEATEC and other tradeshows. To learn more about how you and your company can meet the press at ShowStoppers® press events in person and online at ShowStoppers TV, contact Lauren Merel, mailto:lauren@showstoppers.com, +1 908-692-6068, or Dave Leon, mailto:dave@showstoppers.com, +1 845-821-6123. Contact Details For press registration, please contact Steve Leon +1 310-936-8530 sl@showstoppers.com Company Website https://www.showstoppers.com

July 19, 2022 09:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Support in Seconds: T-Mobile Customers Can Now Text 988 To Get Quick, Free Access to Mental Health Services

T-Mobile

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced that beginning on Saturday, July 16, 2022, its customers who may need immediate mental health support now have another way to get help — fast. Any T-Mobile, Sprint, Metro by T-Mobile and Assurance Wireless customers who text 988 will connect to a professionally trained crisis counselor 24/7/365, for free, at one of over 200 nationwide 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline centers. This new option follows T-Mobile’s industry-leading launch of 988 calling in November 2020, nearly 20 months before the July 16, 2022, national rollout deadline for all providers set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Opening up 988 calling and texting nationally comes as U.S. adults are reporting unprecedented levels of stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, increases in global unrest and economic concerns. At the same time, recent research has shown that while telephone conversations with a live person were the most desirable form of communication two years ago, now, with options like telehealth more widely accepted and used, people’s interest in making phone calls to their health providers declined after the pandemic. Those surveyed cite texting as a more accessible alternative. And accessibility is important in crisis situations. According to the Lifeline, those who connect with a counselor in a time of need were significantly more likely to feel less depressed, less suicidal, less overwhelmed and more hopeful. Moreover, according to the latest CDC annual data, suicide rates in the U.S. on average are much higher for veterans, LGBTQ+ youth and minority populations. “T-Mobile was proud to have been the wireless leader in launching 988 calling in late 2020, and we are proud that 988 texting is now also available to help further ensure there are no boundaries for people to get easy and safe access to critical, real-time mental health services,” said T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert. “The simple act of instilling hope through a call or text can potentially help save lives, and we laud the FCC for their efforts to guide the wireless industry on this important, people-first effort." Prior to the launch of 988 calling, T-Mobile undertook comprehensive steps to ensure its nationwide network was ready to route to the 10-digit (1-800-273-8255) Lifeline number. This included updating its billing system to ensure customers would not be charged for calling the new dialing code and creating a bounce-back message for anyone texting 988 that provided guidance to call 988 for support. Prior to the launch of 988 texting, T-Mobile worked to make sure texts would go directly to the Lifeline without first being translated to Lifeline’s existing 1-800 number. This solution, which became shared across providers and industry partners, means that anyone texting 988 will receive a text back from 988 as expected and not from a different, unrecognizable number. For more information on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988. Anyone who needs help can find it by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK) and through online chats. Veterans and service members may reach the Veterans Crisis Line by pressing 1 after dialing, as well as by chatting online at About T-Mobile T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit: https://www.t-mobile.com. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from T-Mobile on 3blmedia.com

July 18, 2022 03:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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How 6G Will Change the Way We Interact With Technology

Keysight Technologies

Mobile providers are accelerating their rollout of the flexible, low-latency, multi-gigabit-per-second communications network known as 5G. The technology promises to deliver not just faster data rates, but a more flexible and programmable network. This will be combined with the high reliability and low latency required to create secure, reliable wireless ecosystems to benefit industries beyond traditional smartphone use-models like manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. As many of us are just becoming familiar with the benefits of 5G, technology and communications companies are looking ahead to the next generation, 6G. Although the actual job description of 6G is still being written, the hopes for the technology are to enable a pervasive, seamless internet of things that connects not only people's devices to the network, but allows sensors, vehicles, and many other products and technologies to communicate with each other seamlessly and reliably. For example, having vehicles that can not only communicate to the cloud, but to each other will result in more efficient traffic and safer travel, proponents say. "6G is not defined, so a great degree of flexibility is needed to help companies navigate potential changes of direction," says Greg Jue, a 6G system engineer at Keysight Technologies, a testbed provider for advanced technologies. "They require flexibility in being able to change the product, shift development, and then be able to test the new platform." The differences between 5G and 6G are not just about what collection of bandwidths will make up 6G in the future and how users will connect to the network, but also about the intelligence built into the network and devices. “The collection of networks that will create the fabric of 6G must work differently for an augmented reality (AR) headset than for an e-mail client on a mobile device,” says Shahriar Shahramian, a research lead with Nokia Bell Laboratories. “Communications providers need to solve a plethora of technical challenges to make a variety of networks based on different technologies work seamlessly,” he says. Devices will have to jump between different frequencies, adjust data rates, and adapt to the needs of the specific application, which could be running locally, on the edge of the cloud, or on a public service. "One of the complexities of 6G will be, how do we bring the different wireless technologies together so they can hand off to each other, and work together really well, without the end user even knowing about it," Shahramian says. "That handoff is the difficult part." Although the current 5G network allows consumers to experience more seamless handoffs as devices move through different networks—delivering higher bandwidth and lower latency—6G will also usher in a self-aware network capable of supporting and facilitating emerging technologies that are struggling for a foothold today—virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, for example, and self-driving cars. Artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, which will be integrated into 5G as that standard evolves into 5G-Advanced, will be architected into 6G from the beginning to simplify technical tasks, such as optimizing radio signals and efficiently scheduling data traffic. “Eventually these [technologies] could give radios the ability to learn from one other and their environments," two Nokia researchers wrote in a post on the future of AI and ML in communications networks. "Rather than engineers telling … nodes of the network how they can communicate, those nodes could determine for themselves—choosing from millions of possible configurations—the best possible to way to communicate." Testing technology that doesn’t yet exist Although this technology is still nascent, it is complex, so it’s clear that testing will play a critical role in the process. “The companies creating the testbeds for 6G must contend with the simple fact that 6G is an aspirational goal, and not yet a real-world specification,” says Jue. He continues, “The network complexity needed to fulfill the 6G vision will require iterative and comprehensive testing of all aspects of the ecosystem; but because 6G is a nascent network concept, the tools and technology to get there need to be adaptable and flexible.” Even determining which bandwidths will be used and for what application will require a great deal of research. Second- and third-generation cellular networks used low- and mid-ranged wireless bands, with frequencies up to 2.6GHz. The next generation, 4G, extended that to 6Ghz, while the current technology, 5G, goes even further, adding so-called “mmWave” ( millimeter wave ) up to 71GHz. To power the necessary bandwidth requirements of 6G, Nokia and Keysight are partnering to investigate the sub-terahertz spectrum for communication, which raises new technical issues. Typically, the higher the frequency of the cellular spectrum, the wider the available contiguous bandwidths, and hence the greater the data rate; but this comes at the cost of decreased range for a particular strength of signal. Low-power wi-fi networks using the 2.6Ghz and 5Ghz bands, for example, have a range in tens of meters, but cellular networks using 800Mhz and 1.9Ghz, have ranges in kilometers. The addition of 24-71GHz in 5G means that associated cells are even smaller (tens to hundreds of meters). And for bands above 100GHz, the challenges are even more significant. “That will have to change,” says Jue. "One of the new key disruptors for 6G could be the move from the millimeter bands used in 5G, up to the sub-terahertz bands, which are relatively unexplored for wireless communication," he says. "Those bands have the potential to offer broad swaths of spectrum that could be used for high data-throughput applications, but they present a lot of unknowns as well." Adding sub-terahertz bands to the toolbox of wireless communications devices could open up massive networks of sensing devices, high-fidelity augmented reality, and locally networked vehicles, if technology companies can overcome the challenges. In addition to different spectrum bands, current ideas for the future 6G network will have to make use of new network architectures and better methods of security and reliability. In addition, the devices will need extra sensors and processing capabilities to adapt to network conditions and optimize communications. To do all of this, 6G will require a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage the complexities and interactions between every part of the system. "Every time you introduce a new wireless technology, every time you bring in new spectrum, you make your problem exponentially harder," Nokia's Shahramian says. Nokia expects to start rolling out 6G technology before 2030. Because the definition of 6G remains fluid, development and testing platforms need to support a diversity of devices and applications, and they must accommodate a wide variety of use cases. Moreover, today’s technology may not even support the requirements necessary to test potential 6G applications, requiring companies like Keysight to create new testbed platforms and adapt to changing requirements. Simulation technology being developed and used today, such as digital twins, will be used to create adaptable solutions. The technology allows real-world data from physical prototypes to be integrated back into the simulation, resulting in future designs that work better in the real world. “However, while real physical data is needed to create accurate simulations, digital twins would allow more agility for companies developing the technology,” says Keysight's Jue. Simulation helps avoid many of the interative, and time-consuming, design steps that can slow down development that relies on successive physical prototypes. "Really, kind of the key here, is a high degree of flexibility, and helping customers to be able to start doing their research and their testing, while also offering the flexibility to change, and navigate through that change, as the technology evolves," Jue says. "So, starting design exploration in a simulation environment and then combining that flexible simulation environment with a scalable sub-THz testbed for 6G research helps provide that flexibility.” Nokia’s Shahramian agrees that this is a long process, but the goal is clear “For technology cycles, a decade is a long loop. For the complex technological systems of 6G, however, 2030 remains an aggressive goal. To meet the challenge, the development and testing tools must match the agility of the engineers striving to create the next network. The prize is significant—a fundamental change to the way we interact with devices and what we do with the technology.” Ready to move beyond 5G? Explore our 6G solutions page to see how Keysight can help you accelerate your 6G research. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Keysight Technologies on 3blmedia.com

July 14, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Revitalized Downtowns, Greenspace Projects and Community Centers: T-Mobile Presents 25 Hometown Grants To Help Small Towns Thrive

T-Mobile

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 28, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In April 2021, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced T-Mobile Hometown Grants, a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations that help small towns across America thrive and grow. Since the program’s start, T-Mobile has given more than $4.4 million dollars to kickstart 100 community development projects across 36 states, including the latest grant winning recipients. Pretty cool, isn’t it? Here are the next 25 Hometown Grant winners and their projects: South Lake Tahoe, Calif.: Envision Ski Run Park. A community-led project to create a brand-new gathering place for kids and families that will feature an iconic play structure, a climbing boulder, a plaza, mural wall, and a large community table. Adel, Iowa: Beautify Pedal Plaza, including seating, shade structures, landscaping and a musical flower art installment to promote community walkability and gathering. Lansing, Iowa: Redevelop the Lansing Community Plaza in the historic Downtown District, to include a mural, canopy, landscaping, lighting, benches and new cement surfaces. Marshalltown, Iowa: Reconstruct downtown State Street, including enhancements to landscaping and safety and accessibility infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, damaged after the 2018 EF-3 tornado disaster. Hutchinson, Kan.: Renovate the Hutchinson Zoo with the addition of a Nature Play themed playground, including a splash river and greenspace to provide a dedicated and inclusive play space for children of all abilities. Columbia, Ky.: Build a multi-use arena on the Adair County Fairgrounds to host community and student 4-H agricultural education events. West Point, Ky.: Renovate Veterans Park Pavilion along the Ohio River to help revive and increase tourism in the historic district area. Chelsea, Mich.: Transform the brick-and-mortar Chelsea District Library with the addition of the “Mobile CDL” – a library on wheels, that will not only deliver books, but be outfitted with connectivity devices, programs, mobile office solutions, and Wi-Fi to increase accessibility to technology resources within the community. Oxford, Mich.: Support the refinishing of the back section of one of the four quadrants of the Oxford downtown area and provide additional activities to the area. Howard Lake, Minn.: Construct a community library facility to provide vital connectivity resources such as public-use computers and Wi-Fi, tele-commuter conference room and a soft interview space for the local police department. Nixa, Mo.: Expand the John Thomas School of Discovery Gardens program, to include a vertical aeroponic gardening system, providing sustainability and entrepreneurial agriculture education to youth and produce resources to the local food pantry. Poplar Bluff, Mo.: Construct the Wolf Creek Connector Trail, a trail connecting the Wolf Creek Trail, Shelby Road Trail, and the Mark Twain National Forest, creating safe and accessible infrastructure for residents to enjoy outdoor activities. Minden, Nev.: Transform the historic Copeland Lumber building into an Arts Center to include an art gallery, performance venue and artisan store to strengthen arts and culture within the community. Salem, Ohio.: Revitalize and beautify McCulloch Park to attract downtown visitors and provide a space for community gathering and events. Altus, Okla.: Provide a multipurpose facility for Dream Big Project Management mentor program, which will include connectivity resources and a training space for youth and young adult development. Oil City, Pa.: Revitalize the 5th floor of the historic 100 Seneca at Cornplanter Square with a co-working and maker space, outfitted with technology and artist equipment such as large format and 3-D printers, sewing machines and more to support an entrepreneurial business innovation center. Lock Haven, Pa.: Transform Fallon Alley to promote walkability, support local businesses with a digital kiosk and provide a solar phone charging station for needed connectivity. Abbeville, S.C.: Renovate the Abbeville Civic Center to use as a multi-faceted community space, making ADA accessible upgrades for the entire community to enjoy. Lawrenceburg, Tenn.: Modernize the Lawrence County Senior Center with structural and ADA accessibility upgrades to continue to serve the community with meals, programs and more. Mooresburg, Tenn.: Relocate Mooresburg Community Association (MCA) and its Community Center to a more accessible and safer location, making needed structural and ADA accessibility renovations to enable MCA to continue to provide social connections, healthy meals and other critical services to older and disabled residents in the community. Falfurrias, Texas: Build “The Quarter” – the area’s first community park – complete with food truck accessibility, public seating and a stage for local musicians to foster local connections and increase community vibrance. Staunton, Va.: Expand Staunton Community Garden Park, a vibrant garden oasis that serves as an affordable food source and recreation area for locals. College Place, Wash.: Complete Lions Park renovation – a vital hub for the community – to include new electrical and lighting throughout the grounds. Newport, Wash.: Revitalize the Pend Oreille Playhouse community theater, with upgrades to the box office, signage and HVAC system. Waupaca, Wis.: Launch "The Lawn,” a creative greenspace project in the heart of downtown to be used for events and community gathering. “With one year since T-Mobile launched Hometown Grants, I continue to be amazed by the extraordinary projects that small towns are creating with our support,” said Jon Freier, President, Consumer Group at T-Mobile. “As the Un-carrier, I am proud of our deep commitment to investing in communities across the country, and I’m excited to see what this next round of winners will accomplish.” Hometown Grants are provided every quarter to up to 25 towns. Every small town with a population of less than 50,000 people with a vision for how to make their community even stronger than it is today are eligible and encouraged to apply. To select Hometown Grant recipients, T-Mobile works with Main Street America and Smart Growth America, two organizations that have decades of experience helping to build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural communities. Together, the organizations assess applications based on level of detail and completeness, potential community impact, project viability and other factors. "The T-Mobile Hometown Grants provided to these communities represent a commitment to investing in historic assets, community gathering places, and the expansion of facilities and technologies for residents,” said Smart Growth America’s President and CEO Calvin Gladney. “Smart Growth America applauds these efforts as we continue to support scores of towns and cities in rural places." “We’re proud to work with T-Mobile and Smart Growth America to support these innovative projects in rural communities across the country” said Main Street America’s President and CEO Patrice Frey. “These grant recipients represent the creativity and passion for place we’ve long seen in Main Street communities, and we are excited to see how the projects positively impact these areas in the coming years.” Commitment to Rural America Hometown Grants are part of the Un-carrier’s massive 5-year commitment announced in April 2021 to bring 5G to rural America, open hundreds of new stores and support economic development in small towns by providing $25 million in funding. In addition, the Un-carrier unleashed T-Mobile Home Internet, wireless home broadband available to more than 40 million households – including more than 13 million households in rural areas – across the country. Just last month, T-Mobile unveiled Internet Freedom, tackling pain points that have plagued the broadband industry for years. T-Mobile is making it easier for broadband customers to break up with Big Internet, lock in their price with massive savings, and feel appreciated with great deals every Tuesday. It’s all part of T-Mobile’s goal to ensure that all Americans — from big cities to small towns and rural communities across the U.S. — have access to all the latest products, services and technology. For full details on how to submit a proposal for Hometown Grants, visit https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants. For more information on past Hometown Grant recipients, visit the T-Mobile Newsroom here, here and here. For more information about T-Mobile's commitment to small towns, visit T-Mobile.com/AcrossAmerica. Follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay up to date with the latest company news. ### About T-Mobile T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit: https://www.t-mobile.com. About Main Street America Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for over 40 years. Today, it is a network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have leveraged more than $89.57 billion in new public and private investment, generated 687,321 net new jobs and 154,435 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than 303,836 buildings. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit www.mainstreet.org. About Smart Growth America Smart Growth America envisions a country where no matter where you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient. We empower communities through technical assistance, advocacy, and thought leadership to realize our vision of livable places, healthy people, and shared prosperity. https://smartgrowthamerica.org/. Media Contacts T-Mobile US Media Relations MediaRelations@t-mobile.com View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from T-Mobile on 3blmedia.com

June 28, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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