We're not far from a reality where flying taxis and vertical take-off and landing aircrafts are available to the public, Gartner's Daryl Plummer said.

“As one of the major upcoming revolutions in the telco industry, the metaverse has to be built through industry collaboration," T-Mobile's Ron Marquardt stated.

Mandiant talks security trends; AT&T expands edge zones; and Gartner gives the metaverse until 2029 to fully arrive.

“We can get a diverse workforce if we train a diverse workforce,” Cisco's Laura Quintana said.

The firm's equation for what makes a complete metaverse relies on three capabilities – transport, transform, and transact.

The carrier has 10 of these edge zones up and running across the U.S., with plans to add at least two more before the end of the year.

Zscaler ramped up its security service edge; Oracle introduced the Alloy platform; and Jio tapped Ericsson and Nokia for 5G standalone.

Julie Sweet said “all roads lead to technology” when it comes to how leaders should handle economic uncertainty.

The deals follow the Indian government’s recently concluded 5G spectrum auction.

Dell Technologies touted its multi-cloud vision; CHIPS Act supports a rise in quantum manufacturing; and Illumio integrated ZTNA with Appgate.

In a similar vein, Ericsson Canada recently introduced a research partnership to study the potential of AI in lowering 5G networks' energy consumption.

Zero-trust network access contains attackers from certain areas of a network, but segmentation prevents them from moving through the network once inside.

AT&T adds ‘SASE Plus’ to its network; Ericsson says metaverse is driving a push for 5G QoS; and GitLab touts the Cloud Seed tool.

Widespread adoption of metaverse-related services such as gaming and augmented reality is putting pressure on operators to ensure 5G QoS, according to Ericsson.

GTT expands U.S. internet connectivity; Microsoft touts the industrial metaverse; and Gartner says security spend will hit $188.3B in 2023.

It's across designing products, building products, and optimizing operations that the industrial metaverse will have the most impact, said Microsoft EVP and COO Judson Althoff, at Ignite.

Enterprises will now be able to automatically move calls to a stronger 5G network in cases of signal loss.

Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia touted combined with Google, they can become the hub and brain for the endpoint telemetry from various security vendors.

"Agriculture is a cause of climate change ... but with help from technology it can also be a solution to climate change," Microsoft's Ranveer Chandra said.

Graphiant guns for Cisco's market; T-Mobile US sells its Sprint wireline holdings for $1; and Google Cloud acquires Mandiant for $5.4 billion.

AWS supports Asian fintech and health care; the White House limits China's chip access; and Google gives cloud credits to startups and NGOs.

From June to November 2021, Visa saw a 176% increase in physical skimming devices over the previous 12-month period.

The solutions aims to help operators make informed and automated decisions to ensure the performance of their 5G core networks.

The nomination came after Rubrik revealed a new integration with Microsoft Sentinel to providing data risk insights.