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AWTG has created a platform that aids both farmers and landowners, as well as mobile network operators (MNOs) and local authorities, to bridge the gap between them, speed up the acquisition of assets, and generate revenue.   To bridge the communication gap between asset owners, MNOs, local authorities, and other stakeholders, the newly released Intelligent [...]

In addition to mobile broadband communications, 5G is expected to support a wide range of emerging and future applications together with novel business models across a variety of vertical business sectors such as Manufacturing, Health Care, Transportation and Finance to give but a few examples. These applications and their required key performance indicators (KPIs) are [...]

Mobile telecoms technology is present in virtually every part of the globe, and our lives have become hugely dependent on it.  We have embraced a more flexible lifestyle – working and shopping on-line, managing global logistics, energy systems, financial markets, healthcare – and every aspect of our lives must now be connected. The mobile industry [...]

AWTG offers iGlam to service-based enterprises making business smarter with more chances of filling out appointment bookings. How can AWTG and iGlam help your business? If you are a service-based business such as clinic, salon, spa, event’s place or rentals, the main component to increase sales is to go digital. Potential clients are more likely [...]

Innovation in the public sector can help improve the planning, design and delivery of services which in turn improves people’s lives.  AWTG’s portfolio of innovations has the potential to transform the public sector, helping it to do new things and in new ways, helping to solve long established problems by taking a fresh look at [...]

Our towns and cities have faced unprecedented challenges during recent years. The physical retail and leisure sectors have been particularly badly affected by the growth of online shopping; economic crises, Covid-19 and the impact of national lockdowns. Governments and businesses have long recognised these challenges and are working together to develop innovative place making strategies [...]

The new term coined to the virtual world, Metaverse, has created a buzz since Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg released its promotional video. And people’s opinions all over Reddit and tech news websites are divided into pros and cons.  What is the future of Metaverse? Just this month, CNBC.com published news about investors paying millions for virtual [...]

5G roll-out is accelerating globally with major smart phone vendors such as Apple and Samsung now supporting 5G technology in their devices. For the common consumer, the benefits of 5G do not yet translate to their daily  lives. The common view of what’s possible in 5G is possible in Wi-Fi remains the strongest perception for [...]

As 5G networks are being built globally and its adoption increasing, the challenge that the telecom world is facing today lies within the lack of diversification of the supply chain. The cost of deploying telecommunications infrastructure and the cost of technological advancement remains high with very few alternatives from established vendors especially within RAN. In [...]

There is a surge on NFT or Non-fungible tokens recently and could possibly, but not proven, exculpate the pandemic and the home setting/lockdown situations. This is just how much the world has been digitalised! Similar to creating YouTube content as a mode of earning money, individuals now are realising that NFT is another money-making platform [...]

AWTG shares its Hologram and other immersive solutions that aim to stimulate the viewers and get engage to one-of-a-kind content. With its high definition quality and feature such as live stream, the solution can be used during events, conferences, and exhibitions. More on our 5G World Summit booth Physical Event: 21 - 23 September, 2021; [...]

In a world where we are very much connected, sometimes we forgot that there are more things than the superficial world of social networks, have you recently thought of grassroot programmes? In communities where there is a movement that causes a group of people in a given district, region, or community to collaborate and cooperate [...]

As technology progresses, we rely more and more on sensory devices around us to detect any anomalies in our health; medical devices have been used as a form of prevention, diagnosis by doctors for decades but with the advances in technology these devices can now be connected through available network infrastructure to provide a very [...]

Completion of Ofcom’s 5G 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz Spectrum Auction, and Observations After delays due to legal challenges and Covid, Ofcom has in March and April finally held/completed its auction for the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz spectrum (5G NR bands n28 and upper-n78 respectively). The results are announced at the following links: Principal [...]

Air Quality on Earth in 2020-2021 was its cleanest in the last 5 years. This is mostly due COVID-19 induced locked downs, where predominantly travel has is much lower than normal. With vaccines roll-out picking up in a lot of countries, countries are opening up their economies and with that is the return to normal [...]

We currently find ourselves bound to our homes due to the lockdown brought about by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Consequentially life has transferred onto digital platforms where our only source of connection to the outside world is through browsing the internet to order food, buy clothes and stay connected with one another through social media platforms. [...]

Immersive technology is fast becoming a popular technique in most video games but it has also been making outstanding advances in the Medical field along with many other sectors. This increased rate of success, the efficiency of delivering information and the engagement of the users have changed the way the world views classrooms and learning. [...]

Communication Service Providers (CSP) are establishing and implementing automated systems and artificial intelligence applications. They are accelerating automated solutions rollout to resolve CAPEX/OPEX challenges and workload challenges associated with 5G and Next Generation Network upgrades. CSPs have always placed their people at the heart of their operations and business. In this brave new world of [...]

It’s been almost a year when, as the connected society claimed it, the world stopped. Forbes recently published an article about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has cost the global tourism industry $935 Billion in losses, opposed to the 2019 global travel and tourism contribution to the world’s GDP of  $8.9 Trillion. If you take a look back [...]

2020 was a year of global lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 has started on the same footing where high street shops, malls, and brick and mortar stores were forced to shut their doors to customers. This resulted in two main consequences: Several physical stores closed down business while online stores such as Amazon [...]

AWTG’s Director of Standards and Systems Integration, Dr. Oliver Holland, tackles important questions about 5G Spectrum. Learn the importance of spectrum management in serving 5G applications, how UK is unique in innovating on Spectrum Sharing and the role of AWTG. AWTG has field-leading expertise in Spectrum Management, and in leverages spectrum sharing technologies to maximise [...]

This current COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all industries around the globe. Despite the challenging situation we face with COVID-19 majority of us always find ways to search for positivity amidst an adversely difficult situation. With the return of sports competition, the pandemic does not limit to us continue to enjoy watching and supporting our [...]

Every industry in the world today are putting technology to work to alleviate the effects of the global SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and health crisis. With the help of current and emerging technological solutions today, we have avoided an unmanageable crisis such as ones brought by the 1918 flu pandemic. Artificial Intelligence (AI) December 31, 2019 [...]

The current pandemic SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) have shown the importance of drones in the fight in suppressing the advance of the virus so far drones have been successful  in surveillance, on-site broadcast, disinfectant, deliveries, temperature check and construction assistance. This applications are however limited to government applications, with mostly policing applications where countries have empowered their [...]

Important steps are being made towards increasing the range of spectrum options for 5G in the UK, gradually progressing to the stage where 5G will be able to serve its full range of potential use cases and realise its full performance potential. A reminder that key spectrum identified for 5G in the UK and EU [...]

As the entire planet starts to lift restrictions imposed during various nationwide lockdowns due to SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19), a third of the global population that were in some form of lock down restrictions will start to emerge, with life slowly going back to normal and economies re-starting. By easing isolation restrictions there are fears of a [...]

It has only been a couple of months since we were living on our natural habitat where we battle the noise of the city, shop our favorite clothes, eat our desired dessert or drive and commute going to our daily jobs. Yes, it hasn’t been that long yet but how was your life changed in [...]

Isolating yourself is one way of many that the individual can do to stop the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), and companies has asked their employees to work from home. However, many companies are not ready for this pandemic and do not have security policies in place to tackle working from home which results to [...]

In light of the most recent world events around SARS-CoV-2 (COVID -19), a lot of people can’t stop wondering how this is affecting the most vulnerable group out there ‘The Elderly’. The Office of National Statistics in the UK has reported that 1 in every 5 adults in the UK is over the age of [...]

5G will be a major breakthrough in our generation. We might be a year or two away from its worldwide implementation, but we know that many people from different backgrounds are already excited about it. But before we get too excited, have you ever thought what this 5G can bring to us in our daily [...]

A glimpse to the future shows that everything is connected and smart including all your items of clothing. This future of augmented wearables to  improve our daily lives is nothing new, in fact it dates back to Roman emperor Nero who have worn emerald-like eyeglasses to get a sharper view of gladiator spectacles. The first connected wearable [...]

The 4th Industrial Revolution is here! What does that mean? The Industrial Revolution is a transition for new manufacturing processes. The first industrial revolution started in Great Britain in 1760s  from hand production to machines. The second industrial revolution known as the technological revolution and was a rapid phase of industrialisation between 1870 to 1914 [...]

Years ago when people talk about drones the first thing to come to mind are military drones (Unmanned aerial vehicles or UAV) used in war. Those days of drone definition are long gone, today when people talk about drones they think about nice looking aerial pictures and videos, including those we see in movies. The explosion of aerial photography as [...]

To those who have seen any Star Wars movies, holographic communications is a very common thing, almost reality. However for those like me that grew in the era of the first 3 Star Wars movies, during that time holographic communications is pure fiction. Back in 1991 I have written a university thesis for holographic communications, [...]