Making Connected Cities a Reality

Only this week, research from the UK Met Office predicted that the probability of one of the next five years surpassing the 1.5°C global heating limit set by international governments is now 50%, up from 20% in 2020. This highlights why it is more important than ever that businesses double down on the climate ambition pledges that many have made and focus on taking positive action to ensure that, for the good of the planet, the 1.5°C limit is not breached. Neil Gibson, who is leading our 1.5°C Climate Ambition project, looks at how the telecommunications industry in particular can take action now.

We’re more than halfway through H1 and it has been a busy and productive year so far for both the wireless industry and RFS. In our latest round up, the RFS team looks at some of the big developments over the past two months from smart cities to 5G investment.

Going underground is nothing new for the team at RFS. As one of the biggest providers of connectivity solutions for metro environments in the world, supplying equipment in 42% of metros globally, delivering connectivity below ground level is one of our main strengths. But how does delivering connectivity deep underground change when we move into a mining environment? Axel Schroeder, Global Product Line Manager-Wireless Indoor Solutions and Farshid Degan, In-Building Systems, talk through how the challenge changes and how RFS is helping customers to meet their connectivity needs.