Mobility

• [New] Covering more than 86% of the world's population and providing over half of the mobile connections, 4G LTE will undoubtedly remain as the mobile network foundation to connect the world in the following years.
• [New] KST Mobility, which operates a taxi fleet in Korea, will purchase Kona Electrics from Hyundai Motor and sell the ownership of the installed battery to Hyundai Glovis, which will oversee the battery rental business.
• [New] In 2021, we will see a growing number of Mobile Network Operators offering brands RCS services, and brands investing in new customer journeys that include rich A2P messaging experiences.
• [New] Upon closing and as Verizon continues to expand its 5G coverage, capacity, and mobile edge compute capabilities, incubed IT's autonomous software will enable enterprise customers to gain new efficiencies as they scale their autonomous mobile robot fleets.
• [New] South Africa plans to ensure 80% of its population has access to the Internet by 2024 and cut the cost of mobile data in half.
• [New] Ligado Networks and Rakuten Mobile will collaborate with enterprise customers on advanced use cases and the final technology stack for a launch of the 5G mobile private network offering.
• [New] With 5G being introduced by mobile network operators around the world, some of the most innovative use-cases will be in 5G mobile private networks.
• [New] PURE ETCR will set the benchmark for electric racing around the world and accelerate the transition to emissions-free mobility.
• [New] The power of Microsoft Azure and its compute, data and AI capabilities will enable Volkswagen to deliver secure and reliable automated driving solutions to their customers faster.
• [New] Month; 126 by 2022, mobile data traffic is expected to reach 77.5 exabytes per month.
• [New] The United States and its allies are already far behind China in investing in 5G mobile telecommunications networks, said the former chief executive of Google, who is worried the C-Band spectrum proceeds will not go to 5G deployment.
• [New] Other plans include £122 million for the development of an emergency services network for Scotland, which will contribute to the effort to improve mobile coverage through the Shared Rural Network; and £35 million for an open access digital planning system.
• [New] The state of Michigan is now providing residents access to a free mobile application that can detect threats to their mobile devices.
• [New] Michigan residents now have access to a mobile app designed to warn them of threats to their digital devices as they move about in a world that becomes more and more interconnected every day.
• Toyota said its e-Palette symbolises the global company's transition from carmaker to mobility provider, going beyond the scope of conventional cars to offer new services and value.
• In the U.S., demand from businesses is expected to drive both the spread of mobile payment options and the development of new technologies, as companies seek ways to make their customers' shopping experiences easier and more secure.
• The increasing number of mobile broadband users combined with the emergence of data-heavy mobile applications will likely drive exponential growth in mobile data traffic through 2030 and beyond, creating strong economic development.
• As part of the contract supporting EVRAZ's digital transformation program at the Sheregeshskaya mine in south-central Russia, Ericsson and Mobile TeleSystems PJSC will deploy a commercial LTE/5G - ready private network built on the Ericsson Dedicated Networks solution.
• Not only is the development of the mobile phone industry more gratifying, SK Hynix also predicts that the demand for server products will grow by more than 30% in 2021.
• Sk Hynix recently said that it is very optimistic about the development of mobile phone industry in 2021, and the demand for mobile phone memory chips is expected to increase by about 20%.

Last updated: 21 February 2021