AI
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The 2024 Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) kicked off in Istanbul yesterday, with industry leaders gathering to discuss the future of mobile networks, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation. -
The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI.
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Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
Forthcoming events
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With the growth in the engineering sector in the last few years, the requirement of additional workers has led to an increasingly diverse workforce especially with the inclusion of women.
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The UK has established the National Cyber Force (NCF), a body with wide ranging powers designed to “transform” cyber capabilities and “disrupt adversaries”.
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O2 have unveiled its new Green Savings Calculator which could help UK businesses make millions of pounds in new savings and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint.
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Vodafone Malta has now rebranded itself as Epic, following its $250 million acquisition by Monaco Telecom.
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This episode features deputy editor Melanie Mingas, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
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The sale of a stake in Openreach is potentially still on the table according to BT chief executive Philip Jansen.
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Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), is to purchase the controlling 51% interest in Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI), including the KA-SAT satellite.
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Gold Data is to expand its regional footprint by connecting all the major data centres in Mexico City via a redundant fibre optic network deployed by the firm.
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Colt CEO Keri Gilder, shares an overview into what she sees as the biggest ongoing changes and what needs to happen to make things better.
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AT&T’s chief financial officer (CFO) John Stephens will retire from his role in March 2021, after 28 years with the company.
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Unsurprisingly, remote working has soared this year. In the whole of 2019, just 16% of UK employees did some work from home.
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The next edition of Wholesale Wednesday takes place on 25 November on the topic of “Preparing Networks for 2021”.
