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BT has expanded its Carbon Network Dashboard, enhancing business customers' visibility into electricity consumption and carbon emissions for more effective infrastructure optimisation. -
Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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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.
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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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South Korea’s KT Corp has recorded a 3.7% rise in year on year revenues with operating income up 19.7%, led by mobile performance.
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The European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) and GSMA have submitted a joint statement on the EU’s ePrivacy Regulation (ePR).
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
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Qatar’s Oredoo Group has witnessed a 3% year on year revenue decline due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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OTTs such as Netflix and Amazon are facing a new tax in Canada following the introduction of a parliamentary bill.
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China Mobile’s mobile operation in Pakistan is modernising its energy network to make it more efficient as 4G expands and as 5G is introduced in 2023
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KKR has invested an undisclosed sum from its infrastructure fund in the parent company of Frontier Tower Associates Philippines (FTAP).
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Kevin Billings, director and communications industry principal at Pegasystems, says that despite economic constraints, telcos cannot neglect technology investment
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The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has appointed the first female secretary-general in its 120-year history.
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Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia are facing a bumpy end to the year as capex pressures mount for telcos.
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MEF has named the latest addition to its board; an AT&T exec with almost 20 years of experience across marketing operations, global technology planning, construction and engineering.
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Telecom Egypt signs agreement with St Helena Government to provide it with its first subsea solution02 November 2020: Telecom Egypt and St Helena Government (SHG) have signed an agreement to connect the Island to Telecom Egypt’s subsea system over the Equiano submarine cable system.
