Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang positioned the adoption of humanoid robots in industry as opening a multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity, as it announced a model for academics using hardware from Unitree and Sharpa intended to accelerate advances.

In an announcement made at Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, the executive backed humanoid robotics to “bring physical AI to the world’s largest industries” but indicated there were barriers to academic work to this end, which it aims to resolve by introduction of the “reference robot”.

The machine uses Nvidia compute systems and Isaac GR00T development platform, a Unitree H2 body standing at almost 6 feet tall and weighing 50 pounds in weight, and Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands.

“Nvidia Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot gives researchers a single, open platform to make breakthrough discoveries toward general-purpose physical intelligence,” Huang added.

During his keynote at the event Huang explained “we built this for higher education and university researchers, because for them to build this is insanely hard to do”, pointing to the complexities and expense of starting from scratch in every project.

Nvidia noted by using its “compute and open software stack” at the core “the reference design gives research teams a more unified, secure foundation for advancing humanoid robotics”.

Discussing Sharpa’s role founder David Li said “partnering with Nvidia on a humanoid robot reference design and end-to-end development solution is a meaningful step toward deploying robots that can perform real work, in real settings”.

The executive added its “vision is to make robots genuinely productive – by advancing fine manipulation skills through dexterous, tactile hardware and the AI models that power them”.

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Liberty Global appointed Stephen van Rooyen (pictured) to take charge of its newly formed telecoms company Ziggo Group, which will combine VodafoneZiggo in the Netherlands with Telenet in Belgium.

Liberty Global stated van Rooyen, who is the current CEO of VodafoneZiggo, will take control of the joint entity on 1 September, ahead of planned listing of the company in Amsterdam in 2027.

The executive was credited by Liberty Global for leading “a turnaround at VodafoneZiggo over the past 18 months”, leaning on extensive European telecoms and media leadership experience.

He previously spent more than 17 years at Sky, serving as CEO of Sky UK & Ireland and CCO of Sky Group.

As part of preparations for the new entity, Liberty Global also named Jany Fruytier from its Swiss operator Sunrise as CFO. Fruytier has held the equivalent position at Sunrise since 2020, playing a key role in the growth and listing of listing of the business.

Liberty Global struck a deal to buy the 50% stake in VodafoneZiggo it did not own from Vodafone Group earlier this year.

It then declared it would set up Ziggo Group, which would own 100% of VodafoneZiggo and Telenet. As part of the buyout transaction, Vodafone took a 10% stake in Ziggo Group.

The joint entity will have 13 million customers, generating €6.6 billion in revenue.

Expertise and experience
Alongside his responsibilities at Ziggo Group, van Rooyen will retain his role at VodafoneZiggo.

Mike Fries, Liberty Global chairman and CEO said van Rooyen’s experience and Fruytier’s expertise gives it the right platform to deliver on the planned listing.

“Together, they will lead two highly complementary businesses, and we see significant opportunities in what these two strong brands can achieve together,” he said.

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SoftBank Group overtook Toyota Motor as Japan’s most valuable company, as AI gains propelled the technology group ahead of the country’s largest automaker.

SoftBank shares rose 14% in Tokyo trading on Monday, taking its market value above JPY48 trillion ($306 billion), past Toyota’s nearly JPY46 trillion.

Bloomberg noted the shift marks the first time in more than two decades SoftBank moved ahead of Toyota on market value including treasury shares. According to the publication, SoftBank last briefly held the position during Japan’s internet bubble in 2000.

The move caps a sharp run for SoftBank, with its shares up more than 90% this year. Toyota has moved the other way, falling more than 10% as automakers face rising fuel costs and the expensive shift to electric vehicles and software-led platforms.

Meanwhile, SoftBank’s gains have been buoyed by ambitious bets on OpenAI; the company has committed close to $65 billion to OpenAI to date, giving it a projected stake of about 13% by October.

Earlier this year, OpenAI and SoftBank also jointly invested $1 billion in US digital infrastructure company SB Energy, which will build and operate a 1.2GW data centre for OpenAI in Texas. The trio are working to develop a new model for data centre builds, tied to the broader $500 billion US-led Stargate initiative focussed on AI and energy infrastructure.

SoftBank also announced an investment of up to €75 billion in AI data centre infrastructure in France earlier today (1 June), adding it will work with SB Energy and other strategic partners to deliver the projects.

Kazuhiro Sasaki, head of research at Phillip Securities Japan, told Bloomberg: “This epoch-making event symbolises the AI boom.”

Meanwhile, Tomo Kinoshita, global market strategist at Invesco Asset Management Japan, told the publication SoftBank had “concentrated its management resources on AI-related businesses” and “successfully ridden the broader global tech rally”.

For Toyota, higher oil prices linked to conflict in the Middle East also added to pressure on global auto demand, he noted.

“Over the longer term, AI-related companies are likely to command higher valuations,” Kinoshita added.

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SoftBank Group committed to an investment of up to €75 billion to bolster AI data centre infrastructure in France, with the first phase of the project set to deliver 3.1GW of capacity.

SoftBank announced the investment at the 2026 Choose France summit, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, marking the Japanese company’s largest AI infrastructure investments in Europe.

It has committed an initial €45 billion investment in the Hauts-de-France region, providing 3.1GW of capacity to data centres in Dunkirk, Bosquel and Bouchain. SoftBank will also develop additional sites, “reinforcing the country’s role as a leading European hub for next-generation digital infrastructure”.

For the Dunkirk deployment, SoftBank partnered with Schneider Electric to accelerate its buildout, while developing a large-scale industrial production cluster.

The cluster at the Port of Dunkirk will be a “key industrial pillar” for the company’s AI infrastructure programme in France, including the build out of two facilities. One will be operated by SoftBank to manufacture enclosures, while the other will be operated by Schneider Electric to integrate data centre power modules.

The duo explained the partnership will combine SoftBank’s robotics and automation capabilities with Schneider’s industrial expertise and local supply chain network to support the deployment of next-generation AI data centres at scale.

The industrial cluster is also designed to support Dunkirk’s ambition to become a leading hub for robotics, advanced manufacturing and industrial innovation.

Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank, said AI is entering a new era and countries that build infrastructure for this transformation “will shape the future of technology, industry and society”.

“SoftBank is proud to make this major commitment to France. With its industrial capabilities, talent base and national ambition, France is uniquely positioned to become a leading AI infrastructure hub in Europe.”

The company said it will also work with SB Energy and other strategic partners to deliver the projects.

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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon used his keynote at the annual Computex event in Taiwan to stake the company’s claim in the next phase of AI, arguing the technology will reshape demand for compute across devices, networks and data centres.

Amon described 2026 as the “year of the agent”, stating AI is moving from prompt-based interactions to autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning and acting across smartphones, PCs, cars, robots and industrial equipment.

“Agents are not coming in the future. They’re already here,” he said, adding the shift is “changing a lot of the compute” and could generate “a lot of demand for new classes of devices and computing”, creating “one of the largest” upgrade cycles the industry has seen.

Amon said the smartphone will no longer sit alone at the nexus of the digital ecosystem. “Agents become the centre of your digital experience,” he stated, adding devices will increasingly become “endpoints for agents”.

Compute continuum
To this end, the executive laid out Qualcomm’s ambition to support the AI infrastructure transition. Amon pointed to the need for CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and connectivity designed to support AI workloads both on devices and in the cloud, stating the company can help scale AI compute from “sub-2 milliwatts” in devices such as earbuds to kilowatt-level systems in data centres.

He also stressed the engineering challenge around battery life and latency, noting devices must be able to support complex planning, reasoning and coordination. “I cannot emphasise enough the importance of power,” he said.

In addition, Amon framed 6G as a key part of the future AI architecture, noting it is the first wireless generation designed as an AI-native network connecting distributed, hybrid intelligence across devices and data centres.

During the event, the chief also unveiled Dragonfly, Qualcomm’s new data centre brand aimed at inference workloads. He said Qualcomm is already working with hyperscalers and global partners on deployments, adding the fresh brand will allow its portfolio to span “every single tier of the compute continuum”.

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UAE operator e& struck a deal with Uber to sell 12.5% of its stake in digital platform provider Careem Technologies for $100 million, leaving it with a 37.5% shareholding which the taxi app giant has an option to acquire the rest of.

Careem Technologies builds and operates its namesake app and related services. The app is used for various consumer services including food and grocery delivery, payment and other lifestyle services.   

The deal is subject to regulatory approval and includes options which can be exercised by either side for Uber to buy e& out of Careem completely. The options can be activated between December 2031 or January 2032.

In a stock market statement, e& noted from the deal Careem would benefit from Uber’s experience and synergies with its global platforms.

For e& the sale reflects an “increased strategic focus on its core businesses and disciplined capital allocation priorities”, while allowing it to maintaining some exposure to the app business.

Uber already owns the other 50% of Careem Technologies and the entirety of the ride sharing business it was originally spun-off from.

Careem Technologies was separated from the taxi business in 2023, with e& taking a 50.03 per cent stake in that business in exchange for an investment of $400 million in it.

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Meta Platforms reportedly acknowledged its controversial employee surveillance programme captures data from employees outside the US, raising fresh legal questions in Europe.

Reuters reported internal documentation it reviewed showed the company’s Model Capability Initiative (MCI) does capture data outside of the US.

MCI was introduced last month as a tool to record how US-based employees interact with their work computers by tracking mouse movements, clicks and navigation patterns across more than 200 apps and websites.

The goal of MCI is to use the employee-generated data to train AI agents capable of performing coding and white-collar tasks.

Meta told staff the programme is confined to US devices and stated safeguards are in place to protect sensitive information.

The news agency noted Meta acknowledged in a question-and-answer document provided to employees MCI will capture the contents of any emails or direct messages sent to US personnel, regardless of the sender’s ⁠location.

Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold told Reuters the company notified non-US employees the tool was running on the machines of US-based colleagues they might correspond with, describing the step as one of transparency.

A representative for Meta told Mobile World Live: “We’ve been clear that this tool is for US-based personnel only, and in the interest of transparency, we notified non-US employees that it was deployed on the computers of US colleagues they may email or chat with in the normal course of business.”

“We carefully considered and mitigated potential privacy risks in both the development and deployment of this tool, and we are committed to complying with applicable laws and regulations.” 

New regulatory exposure
Reuters stated the disclosure introduces new regulatory exposure in Europe, where technology companies are already fighting a series of heated legal battles over data collection.

Under the EU’s GDPR rules, the news site explained companies must establish a clear legal basis for processing personal data, disclose what is being collected and satisfy strict conditions around sensitive categories of information.

Kleanthi Sardeli, a legal expert at privacy advocacy group NOYB, told the news site even limited or incidental capture of EU employee data could put Meta in breach of GDPR rules.

A key question, she said, is whether data originally gathered for work communications can lawfully be repurposed to train an AI model.

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The European Union (EU) is pressing for deeper talks with the US administration over advanced AI models, and at the heart of the conversation is Anthropic’s Mythos.

There are growing concerns among governments over the security implications of Mythos, which Anthropic released to private companies in April.

Its release triggered an immediate wave of concern when it surfaced the model could identify tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities at a scale no previous system had demonstrated.

The AI player introduced its Mythos model on 7 April, under the auspices of Project Glasswing, to a limited number of technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Nvidia and Google.

Anthropic expects to bring Mythos-class models to all customers in the coming weeks.

Bloomberg previously reported the EU made limited progress in securing access to details of vulnerabilities Anthropic’s Mythos AI model could reveal.

European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told Mobile World Live (MWL) the agency has had several meetings with Anthropic to understand the capability of the model, its implications for the cybersecurity of the EU and Anthropic’s plan around Project Glasswing.

“We will keep discussing with the company the cyber capabilities and risks of its latest model,” he stated.

CNBC reported Anthropic has yet to grant the EU, its AI office or any government organisations outside of the US, aside from the UK’s AI Security Institute, preview access to Mythos.

Since August 2025, the European Commission’s AI Office has held regular technical meetings with Anthropic tied to the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, to which the company is a signatory.

A spokesperson for the EC noted Mythos is not a one-off as a “new wave of powerful models are coming to the market”.

The EC stated parallel progress is being made towards releasing OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber to trusted EU entities.

The EC spokesperson told MWL it is intensifying discussions with the US, “particularly on the most advanced AI models, including those with cyber capabilities”.

“Cybersecurity is a shared priority and we have agreed to mutually recognise our respective standards in this area,” the spokesperson stated.  “On EU side, we are also stepping up our cyber defences through targeted investments in AI and supercomputing.”

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The US Space Force (USSF) granted SpaceX a $4.1 billion contract to build a constellation of birds capable of detecting and tracking airborne threats globally, which signals a shift in how the military conducts battlefield surveillance.

The competitive Other Transaction Authority agreement, announced last week (29 May) by Space Systems Command, covers the space-based airborne moving target indicator (SB-AMTI) programme.

SB-AMTI architecture integrates advanced space-based sensors, secure and rapid communication links, and resilient ground processing.

The deal tasks SpaceX with fielding an initial satellite constellation by 2028, giving joint military personnel an early capability to close what officials describe as dangerous operational blind spots.

The driving force behind the programme is a growing recognition traditional airborne platforms for tracking moving targets are increasingly vulnerable. As adversaries field more sophisticated anti-access and area-denial systems, the Pentagon has concluded a persistent, space-based sensing layer is essential.

USSF acting portfolio acquisition executive for space-based sensing and targeting Colonel Ryan Frazier, said the shift to space gives joint warfighters continuous awareness of contested airspace in a way ground or airborne systems cannot match.

He noted development and integration work is beginning immediately to meet the programme’s accelerated timeline and address pressing national security demands.

USSF has assembled a multi-vendor pool which includes numerous companies selected through the Space Systems Command’s other transaction authority agreements announced at the Space Symposium in April.

The SB-AMTI award landed several days after the USSF confirmed a separate $2.29 billion contract with SpaceX to build the Space Data Network Backbone.

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Anthropic ha recaudado 65.000 millones de dólares (unos 60.000 millones de euros) en su ronda de financiación más reciente, lo que eleva su valoración hasta los 965.000 millones de dólares (unos 890.000 millones de euros), mientras el dinero de los inversores sigue fluyendo hacia las grandes empresas de inteligencia artificial.

El Financial Times ha informado de que, tras esta ronda, la valoración de Anthropic ha superado la de OpenAI.

La empresa tiene previsto destinar los nuevos fondos a impulsar la investigación sobre seguridad e interpretabilidad, ampliar la capacidad de procesamiento para atender la creciente demanda del asistente de IA Claude, y expandir los productos y las alianzas en los que confían sus clientes.

La ronda ha sido encabezada por Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks y Sequoia Capital, con la participación de fondos de capital privado y socios de la empresa. De los 65.000 millones de dólares totales, 15.000 millones (unos 13.800 millones de euros) corresponden a fondos previamente comprometidos por las denominadas empresas de hiperescala.

Micron Technology, Samsung y SK Hynix, a las que Anthropic describe como “socios estratégicos de infraestructura”, también han participado en la ronda.

Dinero

Como otras firmas del sector de la inteligencia artificial, Anthropic no es ajena a las rondas de financiación multimillonarias.

En febrero captó 30.000 millones de dólares (unos 27.700 millones de euros), lo que elevó su valoración en ese momento a 380.000 millones de dólares (unos 351.000 millones de euros).

Anthropic ha señalado que, desde entonces, su asistente de IA Claude ha ganado popularidad entre empresas de todo el mundo y de diversos sectores, y que sus ingresos anuales han superado los 47.000 millones de dólares (unos 43.400 millones de euros) este mes.

Con información de Chris Donkin.

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Samsung Electronics ha empezado a distribuir muestras de sus nuevas unidades de memoria de alto ancho de banda (HBM) entre clientes seleccionados. La empresa ha señalado que el chip contribuye a maximizar el rendimiento de computación para grandes modelos de lenguaje (LLM) y sistemas de IA de nueva generación.

Samsung presume de ser la primera firma del sector en ofrecer la unidad HBM4E de 12 capas, y ha precisado que el lanzamiento ha llegado tras la producción en masa y el envío comercial de su HBM4 a principios de este año.

La nueva versión alcanza velocidades de transferencia de hasta 16 Gb/s, con mejoras en eficiencia energética y rendimiento térmico.

Sang Joon Hwang, responsable de desarrollo de memorias de Samsung, ha afirmado que la empresa ha “demostrado una vez más su ventaja tecnológica con HBM4E”.

“Gracias a nuestras capacidades de fabricación y a nuestras inversiones en infraestructura, seguiremos impulsando el crecimiento del mercado global de memorias para IA.”

Samsung ha precisado que el chip “ofrece una velocidad de pines estable de 14 Gb/s”, un incremento del 20 % respecto al HBM4, ampliable hasta 16 Gb/s “para satisfacer las necesidades de procesamiento de datos cada vez más intensivas”.

La empresa ha indicado que su “catálogo integral que abarca memoria, fundición, diseño lógico y empaquetado avanzado” le permitirá “seguir garantizando un suministro estable de semiconductores para el creciente mercado de la IA”.

Como sus competidores, Samsung ha recogido los frutos de la alta demanda y el alza de precios de los chips de memoria, impulsadas por la demanda mundial de sistemas de IA.

La empresa ha registrado ventas trimestrales récord en su negocio de memorias durante el primer trimestre, que atribuye a haber atendido la “demanda de IA de alto valor añadido a pesar de la limitada disponibilidad de suministro”.

Con información de Chris Donkin.

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Un cohete New Glenn de Blue Origin ha explotado durante una prueba, lo que supone un posible revés para AST SpaceMobile y su calendario de lanzamientos.

La explosión se produjo el 28 de mayo en Cabo Cañaveral, en Florida, y previsiblemente desencadenará largas investigaciones por parte de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) y la NASA, lo que paralizará los futuros lanzamientos.

A finales de 2024, AST SpaceMobile suscribió un acuerdo de lanzamientos múltiples con Blue Origin, la empresa de Jeff Bezos. Hasta entonces, dependía de los cohetes Falcon 9 de SpaceX para poner sus satélites en órbita, antes de intentar diversificarse hacia los modelos de mayor tamaño de New Glenn.

AST SpaceMobile ha previsto una cadencia de lanzamientos orbitales de uno o dos meses este año, mediante acuerdos con varios proveedores, mientras mantiene el objetivo de contar con unos 45 satélites en órbita para finales de 2026.

La cofia de carga útil de siete metros de anchura del New Glenn es una de las pocas en el sector capaz de albergar los conjuntos de antenas en fase de 223 metros cuadrados (2.400 pies cuadrados) de los satélites BlueBird Block 2 de AST SpaceMobile, con capacidad para transportar hasta ocho por vuelo.

Consecuencias

“El fracaso de New Glenn es un duro golpe para AST, que, dado el tamaño de sus satélites, tiene opciones de lanzamiento limitadas, y New Glenn era con diferencia la mejor de ellas”, ha declarado Chris Quilty, fundador y consejero delegado de la firma de análisis Quilty Space, a Mobile World Live (MWL), añadiendo que la empresa tendrá dificultades para alcanzar su objetivo de lanzamientos este año.

Tim Farrar, presidente de la consultora TMF Associates, ha explicado a MWL que la explosión tiene un “enorme impacto, ya que era el vehículo de lanzamiento principal y reconstruir la plataforma [de lanzamiento] llevará un año o más”.

“Creo que esto retrasa el inicio del servicio comercial continuo de AST hasta 2028″, ha añadido.

Un portavoz de AST SpaceMobile ha asegurado que los lanzamientos de la empresa a corto plazo no se verán afectados.

“Ninguna de las misiones previstas para los próximos meses está programada con Blue Origin. Nuestros satélites están diseñados para ser compatibles con cualquier plataforma de lanzamiento, y contamos con acuerdos con varios proveedores, lo que nos da flexibilidad en todo nuestro programa de lanzamientos.”

De momento, los satélites BlueBirds 8, 9 y 10 ya se encuentran en Cabo Cañaveral ultimando los preparativos antes de su lanzamiento previsto a bordo de un cohete SpaceX Falcon 9 el próximo mes.

El mes pasado, el satélite BlueBird 7 de AST SpaceMobile, lanzado desde un cohete New Glenn de Blue Origin, no alcanzó la órbita requerida y se dio por perdido.

Con información de Michael Robuck.

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La multinacional francesa Orange completará este mes de junio la compra del 100% de MasOrange, una vez obtenidos todos los permisos regulatorios y ratificado el acuerdo para hacerse con el control del 50% que todavía estaba en manos de la sociedad Lorca. La operación, valorada en 4.250 millones de euros, abre la puerta a un cambio en la denominación jurídica y corporativa del grupo, que podría abandonar el nombre de MasOrange para retomar la marca de su matriz, Orange.

El papel de la IA

Según ha explicado el consejero delegado de la compañía, Meinrad Spenger, en declaraciones recogidas por Cinco Días, el posible cambio de nombre responde principalmente a criterios operativos y de posicionamiento digital. Spenger ha señalado que MasOrange es actualmente una identidad jurídica pero no una marca comercial que los usuarios puedan contratar, lo que genera ineficiencias en el ecosistema digital.

Desde el punto de vista de la inteligencia artificial (IA) y los motores de búsqueda, el uso de la denominación MasOrange diluye la autoridad de la marca comercial principal. Spenger argumenta que, dado que los contenidos en prensa y redes sociales son fundamentales para el posicionamiento en los modelos de procesamiento de lenguaje basados en IA, generar referencias hacia un término que no se puede comercializar limita el retorno de la inversión en comunicación. “Si sale mucho MasOrange y nadie puede comprar MasOrange, no sé si es lo más inteligente”, ha afirmado el directivo.

Continuidad de la estrategia multimarca

A pesar del posible cambio en la identidad corporativa del grupo, la compañía ha confirmado que mantendrá su estrategia multimarca para atender los distintos segmentos de clientes. Las marcas comerciales minoristas como MásMóvil, Yoigo, Jazztel, Simyo, Euskaltel, R o Telecable seguirán operando de forma diferenciada para gestionar sus respectivas cuotas de mercado. Internamente, el grupo se ha definido como el “Unilever de las comunicaciones”, en referencia a su capacidad para gestionar una amplia cartera de marcas bajo una misma estructura institucional.

Críticas a la regulación europea

En el marco de su intervención en el Foro de la Nueva Economía, Spenger ha reiterado sus críticas a la política de competencia de la Comisión Europea. El directivo considera que los plazos de tramitación —el proceso de aprobación de esta fusión ha durado cerca de dos años— y las condiciones impuestas a las concentraciones empresariales restan capacidad competitiva a las empresas europeas frente a potencias como Estados Unidos y China. Asimismo, ha advertido que las limitaciones en la elección de proveedores tecnológicos por motivos de ciberseguridad introducen presiones adicionales en los costes y los plazos de renovación tecnológica de los operadores locales.

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La relación del papa León XIV con la tecnología no se agota en su reciente encíclica Magnifica Humanitas, dedicada a la IA. Su visita a España entre el 6 y el 12 de junio de 2026 servirá también de escenario para dos despliegues tecnológicos de red: el estreno de la teledetección de drones mediante antenas 5G, y un refuerzo de cobertura de las operadoras para hacer frente al tráfico masivo de datos y voz que generarán los actos.

MasOrange ha anunciado que aprovechará su infraestructura 5G Advanced para desplegar su solución de teledetección, capaz de localizar y rastrear objetos, personas y drones con un margen de error inferior a 10 centímetros.

La tecnología funciona haciendo que las antenas de telefonía móvil actúen como radares: el sistema analiza los rebotes de las ondas de radio en los objetos para construir un mapa del entorno físico sin necesidad de instalar hardware adicional. Su estreno en el Estado español coincidirá con la estancia del pontífice en Madrid, Barcelona y las islas Canarias.

Dentro de este despliegue, MasOrange pondrá en marcha el servicio Orange Drone Guardian, que permite detectar, identificar y clasificar drones que vuelen a baja altura. Según el consejero delegado de la operadora, Meinrad Spenger, la solución contribuirá a controlar el flujo de peatones y vehículos en zonas con alta afluencia de personas, como los alrededores de la Sagrada Família de Barcelona, y complementará los dispositivos de seguridad del Estado en entornos de baja visibilidad o de elevada complejidad urbana.

Refuerzo de cobertura de las operadoras

Telefónica, que presume de colaborador tecnológico principal de la visita, llevará a cabo una optimización de la red que califica “de alcance excepcional”. Sus recursos incluyen el refuerzo de más de 1.300 puntos de red repartidos por todo el territorio, el despliegue de cuatro unidades móviles 5G de altas prestaciones, diez mochilas de conexión satelital táctica para puntos críticos y un equipo de más de 60 profesionales dedicados en exclusiva a la vigilancia desde el Centro Nacional de Supervisión y Operación (CNSO) de Madrid, además de personal de apoyo sobre el terreno disponible las 24 horas.

Por su parte, MasOrange desplegará un dispositivo extraordinario para garantizar la conectividad de fieles y voluntarios. La operadora instalará al menos once unidades móviles —seis en Madrid, tres en Barcelona y dos en Canarias—, utilizará small cells para incrementar la capacidad en los espacios donde estará el Papa y donará más de 14.000 eSIM 5G en Madrid. Además, reforzará la red de fibra en el puerto de Tenerife para facilitar el trabajo de los voluntarios.

Con estos despliegues, las operadoras buscan garantizar una conectividad estable tanto para la comitiva pontificia como para los miles de asistentes que seguirán el recorrido papal.

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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a test, a potential blow to AST SpaceMobile and its launch schedule.

The New Glenn explosion yesterday (28 May) at Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida will likely lead to lengthy investigations by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA, which will sideline future launches.

In late 2024, AST SpaceMobile signed a multi-launch agreement with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. It previously relied on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets to launch its birds into orbit before attempting to branch out to the larger New Glenn models.

AST SpaceMobile has predicted an orbital launch cadence of roughly every one to two months this year through deals with multiple launch providers as it continues to target having approximately 45 birds in orbit by the end of 2026.

New Glenn’s seven meter-wide payload fairing is one of the few in the industry capable of accommodating the 2,400 square-foot phased arrays of AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites, with the potential to carry up to eight per flight.

Fallout
“The New Glenn failure is a tough blow to AST which, due to the size of its satellites, has limited options for launch and New Glenn was by far the best option,” Chris Quilty, founder and CEO of research company Quilty Space told Mobile World Live (MWL), adding the company would now struggle to achieve its launch target for the year.

Tim Farrar, president at consulting company TMF Associates, told MWL the explosion has a “huge impact since this was the primary launch vehicle and it will take a year or more to rebuild the [launch] pad”.

“I think this pushes [AST’s] continuous commercial service back to 2028,” he added.

A representative for AST SpaceMobile stated the company’s near-term launches are unaffected.

“None of the missions planned for the next few months are scheduled with Blue Origin. Our satellites are designed to be launcher-agnostic, and we have agreements in place with multiple launch providers, giving us flexibility across our launch programme.”

BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 are already at Cape Canaveral undergoing final processing ahead of a planned launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next month.

A launch of AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation BlueBird 7 satellite from a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket last month fell short of the required orbit, resulting in its loss.

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Samsung Electronics began sampling its latest high bandwidth memory (HBM) units among selected customers, a chip it asserted helps maximise computing performance for large language models (LLMs) and next-generation AI systems.

Claiming an industry first with the 12-layer HBM4E unit, the company noted the release followed mass production and commercial shipment of its HBM4 earlier this year.

The latest release is said to achieve transfer speeds of up to 16Gb/s with improved energy efficiency and thermal performance.

Samsung head of memory development Sang Joon Hwang said the company had “once again demonstrated its distinct technological edge with HBM4E”.

“Through our advanced manufacturing capabilities and pre-emptive infrastructure investments, we will continue to drive the growth of the global AI memory market.”

Samsung noted the chip “delivers a stable pin speed of 14Gb/s”, a 20% increase over the HBM4. The rate of the latest product can be scaled up to 16Gb/s “to support increasingly intensive data processing requirements,” it added.

The company added its “comprehensive portfolio spanning memory, foundry, logic design and advanced packaging” meant it would be able to “continue to ensure a stable semiconductor supply for the booming AI market”.

Along with peers, Samsung has been reaping the rewards of high demand and associated price rises for memory chips driven by global demand for AI systems.

Samsung booked record quarterly sales for its memory business in Q1, attributed to addressing “high-value-added AI demand despite limited supply availability”.

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Boldyn Networks’ US CCO Jason Caliento said the company is making good on pledges to boost the digital experience offered at Major League Soccer (MLS) venues after equipping a new stadium in the city of Miami with various connectivity technologies.

The company installed a platform of Wi-Fi 7, IPTV, audio, neutral host mobile and converged fibre infrastructure at the Nu Stadium in the Miami Freedom Park to deliver fresh services for fans and contribute to improved operation of the venue which opened in April.

Caliento highlighted an “innovative financial structure”, whereby Boldyn Networks handled the capital investment it plans to recoup through network operation and management duties.

He said the model provides “significant financial flexibility” and predicted it would become a key selling point for deals with other venues.

Boldyn Networks explained the Nu Stadium is a 26,700-seat facility located in a mixed-use development spanning 131-acres.

It installed more than 600 access points covering high-density Wi-Fi and mobile throughout the site. Cloud-based IoT platforms are providing real-time information on crowd behaviour, and the fibre element covers game streaming and display on more than 200 connected TVs.

The company highlighted mobile ticketing, from-seat refreshment ordering and access to interactive content as among the main benefits for fans.

Caliento said Boldyn Networks became an official supplier to the MLS in a deal struck in 2025.

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NTT Docomo Global expanded its work with Accenture and AWS to build infrastructure for enterprise agentic AI focused on governance and ensuring trust in systems.

The collaboration is set to centre on further developing the NTT unit’s Universal Wallet Infrastructure (UWI), a platform developed with Accenture to manage digital identity, credentials, money and documents across different apps, wallets and services.

Under the latest pact, NTT will provide the UWI trust infrastructure layer, while Accenture will bring technology strategy, digital assets and product engineering. AWS will contribute cloud and AI services.

NTT stated the expanded work targets a growing governance gap as AI agents increasingly write and modify code across development environments. It argued traditional security and software supply chain approaches were not built to monitor autonomous systems operating continuously at scale.

The partners plan to embed identity, credential and policy controls into workflows, allowing AI actions to be verified, governed and audited. The focus is initially on software development, though the companies are eyeing broader enterprise applications.

The trio will also carry out joint go-to-market activities including customer workshops, product showcases and educational sessions.

NTT Docomo Global CEO Hiroki Kuriyama said “the next chapter of AI will depend on whether people, enterprises, and society can trust how intelligent systems behave and interact”.

AWS MD Asia Pacific, Japan and China Jaime Valles added customers want to move quickly with agentic AI, but need “trust and governance built in from day one”.

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Anthropic raised $65 billion in its latest funding round, taking its valuation to $965 billion as investor money continues to pour into big name AI companies.

Financial Times reported Anthropic’s valuation overtook OpenAI’s following the round.

Anthropic plans to use the latest funds to advance “safety and interpretability research, expand compute to meet growing demand” for AI assistant Claude “and scale the products and partnerships our customers rely on”.

The financing was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital. Other investors include private equity funds and the company’s partners. The $65 billion includes $15 billion in previously-committed cash from so-called hyperscale companies.  

Micron Technology, Samsung and SK Hynix, which Anthropic describes as “strategic infrastructure partners”, were also among the lengthy list of backers.

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As with peers in the AI boom, the company is no stranger to funding rounds amounting to multiple billions of dollars.

In February, it raised $30 billion, which brought its valuation at the time to $380 billion.

Anthropic noted since that round, its Claude AI offering gained further traction with enterprises around the globe and across a range of industries, with its run-rate revenue crossing the $47 billion mark this month.

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