Mateusz Brzeziński

Global 5G connections rose 37% to 2.6 billion, led by North America with 88% coverage. EchoStar agreed to sell spectrum to AT&T for $23 billion, while Verizon is also in talks. The Philippines will shut down 3G by September 2025, and Qatar plans to follow by year-end. T-Mobile US completed a $4.4 billion UScellular acquisition, boosting Q3 revenue by $400 million.

Kuwait’s three mobile operators launched a nationwide 5G-Advanced network with Huawei, offering speeds up to 10 times faster. Virgin Media O2 expanded 5G Standalone coverage to 500 UK locations, investing £700 million. Vodacom Tanzania announced a $100 million modernization program. Orange France will shut down 2G by end-2026 and 3G by 2028.

A KAIST 2023-ban bemutatott egy origami-alapú adaptív rezgéscsillapítót, amely valós időben képes merevséget hangolni. Hibrid rendszerek akár 90%-os rezgéscsökkentést érnek el, a rezonanciafrekvencia 31 Hz-ről 13 Hz-re tolódik. Aktív izolációs platformok 1 Hz alatti tartományban is működnek, míg MR csillapítók milliszekundumok alatt változtatnak merevséget.

Australia’s Optus suffered a nine-hour outage, blocking emergency calls for about 4,500 customers; the government launched an investigation. India’s BSNL rolled out a domestic 4G network covering 22 million people. Malaysia began testing 5G Broadcast technology. Vodafone and Digi Romania agreed to split Telekom Romania Mobile’s assets.

Pakistan approved Wi-Fi 7 in the 6 GHz band, joining early adopters in Asia-Pacific. India’s BSNL will launch a nationwide 4G network with local technology on September 27. Singapore’s Keppel Simba Telecom will buy rival M1’s mobile business for S$1.43 billion. China Mobile, Telecom, and Unicom plan to support eSIM on the upcoming iPhone Air, pending regulatory approval.

ASML remains the sole supplier of EUV lithography machines, each costing $150–180 million and consuming over 1 megawatt. TSMC and Samsung began mass EUV chip production in 2019. Export controls block ASML from selling EUV systems to China, though Chinese sales of other machines reached $7 billion in 2024. Nikon and Canon exited EUV development, focusing on other technologies.

Stanford and Meta unveiled a mixed-reality holographic display in 2025 using a 3 mm waveguide. Samsung launched the Odyssey 3D, a 27-inch glasses-free 3D monitor with eye tracking. Lenovo and ASUS introduced laptops with optional autostereoscopic 3D screens. Light Field Lab and RealView demonstrated high-resolution holographic and medical volumetric displays.

Openreach reached 20 million UK homes with full-fibre broadband, but only about 38% have switched from copper. Senegal announced a deal to cover the country with satellite internet by end-2025, likely with Starlink. Amazon launched 27 more Project Kuiper satellites, bringing its total to over 100. An Optus outage in Australia disrupted emergency calls for 13 hours and was linked to four deaths.

Global 5G connections reached 2.6 billion in Q2 2025, with North America leading at 88% population coverage and China operating 4.65 million 5G base stations. The Philippines is shutting down 2G/3G networks to fight fraud, with full 3G phaseout by September 30. Vietnam’s VNPT won a key 700 MHz auction, nearly doubling the country’s mobile spectrum. A new 8,000 km CANDLE undersea cable will link Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Singapore by 2028.

Walmart’s blockchain tracking with IBM cut mango trace times from seven days to 2.2 seconds. LVMH, Nike, and Everledger use blockchain to record product histories and verify authenticity. The EU now requires digital product passports, starting with batteries in 2027. Air France–KLM and Parker Aerospace launched SkyThread to track Boeing 787 parts’ full histories.

A nationwide Optus outage in Australia blocked emergency calls for 10 hours, with police confirming three deaths linked to the disruption. The Philippines and Qatar will shut down all 3G networks by late 2025. T-Mobile US completed its $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular, expecting $1.2 billion in annual savings. China Mobile tested a 6G prototype in Beijing, reaching 280 Gbps, 14 times faster than 5G.