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3 SCOTLAND, UK

Scottish councils get their hands on free smart city IoT trials

IoT specialist North has handed out a sweeping series of one year free trials to 32 local authorities across Scotland, which aim to help them to find technologybased solutions to social and environmental issues facing their jurisdictions.

1 UNITED STATES

Verizon and AT&T throw down almost $69bn in 5G auction

The much anticipated

Auction 108 - also known as the C-Band Auction - has finally come and gone. The bidding war was fierce, with the total sum collected by the FCC in exchange for the 5,684 midband 5G spectrum licenses on offer exceeding $81bn.

6 CHINA

McAfee uncovers cyber espionage campaign targeting telcos

The series of attacks, dubbed Operation Diànxùn, was caught by McAfee, who attributed it to two Chinese hacker groups, RedDelta and Mustang Panda. The attackers were supposedly trying to steal sensitive 5G secrets from telcos around the world.

4 SINGAPORE

IBM, Samsung and M1 unveil Singapore’s first 5G 4.0 studio

By simulating operational use cases which demonstrate the extent to which businesses can harness the power of hybrid cloud, AI technologies and advanced 5G capacity, the studio aims to transform critical operations and drive new value using the collective power of 5G and Industry 4.0.on a commercial 5G network. 5 SOUTH KOREA

SK, KT and LG Uplus face legal action over “spotty” 5G

South Korea’s major telecom operators could be forced to pay out as much as KRW1bn ($890,000) to disgruntled customers who claim that their 5G services do not live up to promised standards.