Inovace 19 Srpen 2025 - 2 Duben 2026

Australia’s Optus suffered a nine-hour outage, blocking emergency calls for about 4,500 customers and prompting a government investigation. In India, BSNL launched a domestic 4G network stack covering 22 million people, making India the fifth country with its own 4G/5G core. Nigeria scrapped a 5% telecom tax, affecting over 171 million users.

Kuwait launched a nationwide 5G-Advanced network with Huawei, offering up to 10× faster speeds. Virgin Media O2 expanded 5G Standalone coverage to 500 UK towns, reaching over 70% of the population. Orange France will shut down 2G by end-2026 and 3G by 2028. Ofcom opened applications for a major UK mmWave 5G spectrum auction in September.

Openreach reached 20 million UK homes with full-fiber broadband, but only about 38% have switched from copper. Amazon launched 27 more Kuiper satellites, bringing its total to over 100. Senegal signed a deal for nationwide satellite internet by end-2025. A 13-hour Optus outage in Australia disrupted emergency calls and was linked to four deaths.

IBM plans to build a quantum supercomputer with 4,158 qubits by 2025 by linking three 1,386-qubit Kookaburra chips in its modular Quantum System Two platform. The system will use short-range and cryogenic interconnects and run in NISQ mode, relying on error mitigation. IBM launched the first Quantum System Two in late 2023, running three 133-qubit Heron processors in parallel.

Vodafone and Digi signed a €70 million deal to split Telekom Romania Mobile, with Digi taking prepaid customers and spectrum, and Vodafone the rest. Du launched 5G+ in the UAE, doubling mobile speeds. Grameenphone and Rakuten began South Asia’s first 4G/5G Open RAN pilot in Bangladesh. Oman Towers sold a majority stake to Brookfield. Germany activated the world’s first 5G railway network.

Virgin Media O2 launched 5G Standalone in 500 UK cities, now covering 70% of the population—the country’s largest 5G SA rollout. Fiji activated its first 5G networks in key cities. China Mobile’s 6G demo reached 280 Gbps, 14 times faster than 5G’s theoretical peak. EchoStar sold $40 billion in spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T, exiting its 5G ambitions.

GSMA reports 3.1 billion people remain offline despite mobile internet coverage, citing device costs and digital skills as barriers. China Mobile demonstrated a 6G prototype reaching 280 Gb/s. Space42 and Viasat launched Equatys to deliver direct satellite broadband to devices worldwide, aiming for commercial service within three years. Israel granted 5G licenses to three operators, triggering aggressive new data plans.

EchoStar agreed to sell its wireless spectrum to SpaceX for about $17 billion, prompting the FCC to end its 5G rollout probe. AT&T signaled likely withdrawal from Mexico’s 5G spectrum auction over high fees, amid reports it may exit the market. Britain’s Ofcom will allow direct satellite-to-mobile services by 2026. A US court upheld a $46.9 million FCC fine against Verizon for unauthorized location data sales.

Starlink koupil od EchoStaru bezdrátové spektrum v USA za 17 miliard dolarů, aby spustil přímou satelitní službu do mobilů. Kapverdy zahájily národní strategii 5G s cílem 90% pokrytí do roku 2026. EE ve Velké Británii aktivovala funkci Advanced RAN Coordination ve své 5G síti, čímž zvýšila rychlosti stahování o 20 %. V Rudém moři došlo k přerušení dvou hlavních podmořských kabelů.

GSMA urged India to keep 5G spectrum with operators, warning private allocation could harm public networks. Bangladesh launched its first 5G services in major cities. Pakistan’s prime minister approved a 5G spectrum auction by December 2025. Iraq announced a state-backed 5G company with Vodafone, aiming for nationwide launch in 2025.

The global smart textiles market reached $6–8 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow over 30% annually into the 2030s. Defense accounted for 29% of industry revenue in 2024, the largest share, while sports and fitness segments expanded fastest. Recent products include Google’s touch-sensitive denim jacket, Cornell’s sensor-embedded workout shirt, and Cambridge’s AI-powered sleep pajamas. The U.S. intelligence community funded a $22 million wearable surveillance program.

China launched a 6G test satellite and demonstrated 100 Gbps laser links; Japan, South Korea, the U.S., and EU have begun research, trials, and standardization efforts targeting commercial 6G by 2030. 3GPP plans to define requirements by 2025. 6G aims for speeds up to 1 Tbps and latency under 1 ms, enabling real-time holographic calls and remote tactile control.