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.

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

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.

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.

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

Telefónica and Qualcomm collaborate on XR; Alibaba invests $1 billion for cloud customers; and GTT partners with Caliber Financial Services.

Code42 and Nullafi collab to combat insider risks; former CISA director's cybersecurity landscape expectations; and Gartner on emerging tech.

“It is essential that organizations cut through the noise surrounding emerging technologies to accelerate change," Gartner's Melissa Davis noted.

Qualcomm, GlobalFoundries extend chip partnership; Biden's cyber diplomat faces the Senate; and Forrester on the state of the metaverse.

Forrester revealed that only 23% of online adults in the U.S. reported familiarity with the metaverse, despite Citigroup estimating its $13 trillion value.

A ConnectX panel talked climate change in business; AT&T is still testing its standalone 5G core; and Meta urges industrywide collaboration.

"We probably need to lock arms as an industry and decide that this is a good idea and work toward this thing together,” Meta Director of Engineering Dan Rampton

Market leader Alibaba holds the top spot with 37% market share, though that's a decrease from its share of the market in 2020.

Nvidia coughed up a $1.25 billion breakup fee after abandoning a deal to acquire Arm, but that apparently wasn’t enough to delay massive job losses.

Microsoft announced Azure for Operators updates; AT&T showcased its private 5G at MWC; and Qualcomm released its open RAN platform.

“Today, we’re at the start of the next transition as we build for the metaverse," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

The metaverse may be the next medium for cybercrime; VMware and Dell Technologies completed their spinoff deal; and Netskope released Cloud Exchange.