Researchers from Berkeley (USA) and IMDEA Networks (Madrid, Spain) reveal that some 'apps' identify users, their location, phone number and name. Many of them capture information before obtaining consent and use it for publicity.

This week marks a quarter of a century since the first SMS, a service that forever changed communication between people. With the new technology, users went from making calls, to having writing as the main tool of interaction. Text messaging was the precursor to the online services that predominate today.

The new generation of 5G mobile networks is the future of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector - a true technological revolution that will deliver the Internet of Things and is being driven by R&D+i initiatives like '5TONIC', Spain’s leading 5G innovation laboratory.

The Rector of University Carlos III of Madrid, Professor Juan Romo, accompanied by the Director of the Higher Polytechnic School, Professor Daniel Segovia and the Director of the Department of Telematics Engineering, Professor Mario Muñoz, visited last week the headquarters of IMDEA Networks Institute, and performed the honorary opening of newly refurbished research space in the building. IMDEA Networks is a research organization on computer and communication networks that has placed Madrid as a leading European region in the design and creation today of the networks of tomorrow.