https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/telecom-news/ en-us The latest news on telecommunications, telecom, telecom technology and telecommunications technology. Researchers at Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) in Berlin and collaborating institutions have transmitted data at up to 1.5 gigabits per second using novel far-UVC LEDs. The devices, developed at FBH, set a record for wireless optical communication at wavelengths below 235 nanometers. Far-UVC technology offers a distinct advantage for outdoor communication: Sunlight generates virtually no background signals in this spectral range. The technology could therefore enable reliable optical links outdoors and complement radio-frequency communication where it reaches its limits. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-uvc-transmit.html Engineering Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:08 EDT news709979464 Georgia Tech researchers have identified seven previously unknown security flaws in next-generation communication standards that connect in-vehicle computers. These flaws create vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of key driver-assistance functions in personal vehicles. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-uncovers-weaknesses-generation-vehicle-technology.html Telecom Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:20:09 EDT news709970401 Radio frequencies needed for weather forecasts, early warning systems, climate monitoring and water management must be safeguarded against the growing threat of interference from emerging technologies, the United Nations said Monday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-radio-frequencies-vital-earth.html Telecom Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:40:07 EDT news709805354 A satellite phased-array transceiver that folds up for launch and unfolds in space has been shown to work successfully in orbit, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. By using an innovative approach to correct nonplanar deformations in the deployable membrane antenna, this work lays the foundation for satellite constellation-based wireless communications in the Beyond 5G and 6G era. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-orbit-advances-deployable-phased-array.html Engineering Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:20:09 EDT news708768361 Every time a traveler's phone pings a cell tower, it leaves a tiny digital footprint. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-cellphone-airports.html Telecom Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:20:05 EDT news708328802 Cable television (CATV) remains a cornerstone of how national broadcasts and emergency information reach thousands of households. Unfortunately, many older apartment buildings were not built with fiber-optic wiring in mind, making retrofitting with the necessary CATV infrastructure too costly or impractical and leaving residents unable to access broadcast services. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-bridging-gap-ai-driven-quality.html Telecom Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:20:12 EDT news708171181 Research published in the International Journal of Sensor Networks has demonstrated a visible-light communication system that uses the inherent randomness of quantum noise to make transmitted data harder for hackers to intercept. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-visible-quantum-noise-obscure-mbps.html Telecom Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:50:01 EDT news708087979 Every time you make a phone call, stream a video or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the air. So are your baby monitor, garage door opener, GPS, weather-monitoring satellites and the radars keeping planes safely apart. All of these rely on the same invisible resource: the radio spectrum. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-ease-competition-scarce-space.html Telecom Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:08 EDT news708087182 A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) proposed a new Reasoning-Empowered Task-Oriented Communication (TOC) framework that enables AI agents to determine what information to share, when communication is necessary and why communication should occur. The research could pave the way for collective intelligence in future 7G wireless networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-roadmap-agentic-7g-ai-powered.html Telecom Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:09 EDT news707497169 Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Bordeaux in France have demonstrated a new way to send information through the atmosphere without correcting for the distortions that normally disrupt optical communication. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-encoded-survive-real-world-atmospheric.html Engineering Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:20:44 EDT news706879193 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) have successfully transmitted light particles containing quantum information through open air between the two institutions. This is the first demonstration of its kind in the United States and a key milestone toward extending the nation's longest quantum network—already connecting eight nodes across several institutions—beyond the limits of fiber-optic cables. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-wireless-capability-quantum-network.html Telecom Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:20:04 EDT news706778067 Unlike Wi-Fi or cellular signals, millimeter-wave wireless communication channels are unable to pass through walls, furniture or other objects. This reality is part of what is holding back the implementation of millimeter-wave wireless, which is of great interest for 6G wireless systems and beyond because of its extremely large data-carrying capacity. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-inexpensive-tiles-pave-millimeter-wireless.html Engineering Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:40:03 EDT news706358341 Anyone who has struggled through a poor phone call knows the frustration of missing half a conversation. Now researchers at Queen Mary University of London, led by Paul Anthony Haigh, have developed an artificial intelligence system designed to solve an equivalent problem in high-speed optical communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-ai-tomorrow-wireless-networks-clearer.html Telecom Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:03 EDT news705759541 For the first time, researchers have developed a technology that could enable 6G antennas to be mass-produced on wafers in much the same way as semiconductor devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-platform-6g-antennas.html Telecom Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:06 EDT news705751802 Wireless communication forms an integral part of emerging technologies. With ongoing demand, researchers are developing technologies that can handle enormous amounts of data for future digital services. To address this, sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks are expected to support applications such as extended reality (XR), which blends the physical and digital worlds, as well as remote health care and ultra-high-definition video streaming. These applications require compact wireless systems with data transfer speeds far beyond those of today's 5G networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-highly-phased-array-wireless-ic.html Telecom Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:16:02 EDT news705060845 One year after unveiling a first-of-its-kind "microwave brain" microchip capable of computing on ultrafast data and wireless signals, researchers from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering have shown how the chip can encode information into its own language. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-microwave-neural-network-method-compress.html Telecom Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:20:07 EDT news704643121 Mobile phones today handle far more wireless signals and services than earlier generations. The same is true of the sophisticated equipment behind mobile networks, such as base stations, and emerging technologies such as self-driving cars. Inside these systems, radio-frequency switches act like traffic controls, allowing signals to pass or blocking them as needed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-tiny-memory-5g-6g-radio.html Hardware Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:41:03 EDT news704115629 A breakthrough in communications research may have solved a key problem with one of the enabling technologies set to underpin future 6G networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-comms-tech-breakthrough-6g-networks.html Telecom Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:05 EDT news703921562 Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a novel chip architecture that enables the miniature acoustic devices inside smartphones to withstand more than 12 times higher power loads while maintaining cooler, more stable operation. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ultra-robust-acoustic-chip-power.html Telecom Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:06 EDT news703852801 Earth's orbit is getting crowded. About 16,000 satellites currently circle our planet, supporting everything from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to banking, emergency services and internet communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-satellites-earth-orbit.html Telecom Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:20:05 EDT news703846861 In a new study presented at the IEEE International Conference on Communications in Glasgow, researchers from Queen Mary University of London and partners from around the world showcased the system, called Joint DAS and GNSS (JDG), which blends traditional satellite-based GPS with a lesser-known technology referred to as Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-hybrid-positioning-reliable-tracking-gps.html Telecom Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:14:19 EDT news703566836 Amazon said Wednesday it will launch satellite internet services in South Africa, entering a market where rival Elon Musk's Starlink has struggled to secure regulatory approval. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-amazon-safrica-satellite-internet-starlink.html Telecom Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:20:01 EDT news703394599 Maintaining reliable communication during space missions is critical. Future missions—especially crewed missions to Mars—are expected to generate far more data than current systems can handle. NASA's existing radiofrequency (RF)-based Deep Space Network (DSN), a global system of ground stations, could become a bottleneck as data demands grow. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-optical-communications-outpace-radio-links.html Telecom Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:40:13 EDT news703246809 Princeton University researchers have found a way to extend the near-field range for sub-terahertz wireless systems using off-the-shelf hardware. By using multiple synchronized arrays, the team achieved advanced near-field capabilities that were previously thought to require much larger and more expensive systems. Technologies using this high-frequency radio spectrum promise to unlock extraordinary data rates and entirely new sensing and security capabilities for telecommunications and defense applications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-method-range-high-frequency-wireless.html Telecom Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:20:09 EDT news703159800 FPAs are image sensors that convert infrared light into electrical signals to produce real-time thermal images and are widely used in applications such as surveillance, astronomy and industrial monitoring. Advances in cryogenic FPAs have enabled higher resolution, sensitivity and faster imaging, but they also require data rates exceeding 100 gigabits per second. Conventional electrical interconnects used to support these demands increase heat load through copper connections, which can leak into FPAs, raise noise, and increase cooling requirements and power consumption. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-cryogenic-sensors-laser-fast.html Engineering Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:40:03 EDT news702552256 Modern wireless communication systems prefer higher frequencies to meet the growing demand for faster data transfer. The 300-GHz band, which lies near the lower end of the terahertz range, is a promising candidate for future sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems because it can support very high data rates and minimize atmospheric attenuation. However, using such high frequencies comes with major engineering challenges. Radio waves in this range suffer from severe free space path loss (FSPL), making signal transmission challenging over practical distances. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-compact-chip-based-transceiver-ultra.html Telecom Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:10:01 EDT news702550614 An MIT-led research program aimed at creating future microsystems capable of sustainably transmitting data with greater bandwidth and higher efficiency than is possible today has made several significant advances since it was established in 2022. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-advance-greater-bandwidth-energy-efficient.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:20:06 EDT news702058081 Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analog landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition toward digital infrastructure. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-line-finland-analog-network.html Telecom Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:50:02 EDT news702039730 Preventing adversaries from interfering with communications is crucial to national security. Tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) focus on securing reliable communications channels against adversaries in contested environments. In support of this mission, a team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory is building a prototype antenna characterized by low size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C). https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-antenna-array-tactical-satellite-communications.html Telecom Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:40:03 EDT news701944083 Researchers at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University in Sweden have developed one of the world's most advanced test environments for the wireless communications of the future. Using the new test system, researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a distributed wireless network with 256 digitally beam-steered antennas can operate in real time. The breakthrough opens new opportunities to develop the technologies expected to be central to future 6G networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-real-antenna-network-pave-future.html Telecom Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:00:02 EDT news701600285