All it took were stupid Brits setting fire to towers

Over the last week, dumb arsed British who had been convinced by several YouTube conspiracy videos which claimed 5G caused the coronavirus, decided to set fire to 4G towers to save themselves.

You are supposed to be journalists, so journ for goodness sake

British broadcasters are being warned that they face sanctions from the media regulator if they give airtime to bizarre claims that the coronavirus was spread by 5G.

Analysis: The age of always-connected, 5G and XR is now

Olivia Newton-John released her song Physical in 1981. March and April 2020 have been full  of news of the unfortunate COVID-19 around the world, but I wanted to point out that despite the desperation, this is a time for technology to thrive. Let’s not get physical to save lives and instead use connectivity Wi-Fi or 5G in an always-connected device is possible and in VR or AR.

Automatic 5G across lots of different sites

HPE is working with Intel and the Linux Foundation to build open saucy software to automate the roll out of 5G across multiple sites.

Conspiracy nuts go mad

In what seems to be the perfectly engineered conspiracy theory, Chinese boffins have created a 5G network which is spread by eating a bat which has been infected with AI.

Coronavirus proves spainful

Spain will delay a planned auction of 5G spectrum due to the coronavirus outbreak, the government has announced.

Plenty of time, it is not as if anyone else has 5G out there

Fruity cargo cult Apple is considering sitting on installing 5G in its coming phones.

Best way to limit coronavirus impact

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has called on localities to accelerate 5G network buildouts and applications to minimise the impact of the coronavirus.

ChunghwaTelecom signs up

Nokia today announced that it has been selected as 5G RAN vendor by Chunghwa Telecom.

But should be subject to tougher radiation limits

A standards body behind the new 5G rules says there is no evidence that mobile networks cause cancer or other illnesses.