AI
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Workflow automation platform Flowfinity has made upgrades to its data centre sites to expand its capacity to meet increased customer demands. -
SK Telecom has unveiled plans to build an “AI infrastructure superhighway” which includes constructing gigawatt-scale data centres across Asia and the Pacific.
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To challenge Google's search dominance, telecom giants like Telefónica, SoftBank, and Deutsche Telekom threw their weight behind Perplexity, the conversational AI search startup. Their bet, however, appears under threat — as OpenAI has entered the arena.
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At the 10th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2024) in Istanbul last week, Bob Chen, president of Huawei’s optical business product line, emphasised the pivotal role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming the telecoms industry.
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Ericsson has unveiled a range of 5G-focused software products designed to support operators improve network efficiency and performance.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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China Telecom Global (CTG), has selected Angola Cables as their preferred carrier to bolster their long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latam.
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India has confirmed it is to delay auctions for 4G and 5G spectrum scheduled for this financial year and, while some analysts have put the delay down to the logistical challenges posed by Covid-19 lockdowns, others have noted that the decision has bought time for cash-strapped operators and regulators conflicted over the involvement of Huawei.
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Dalal Buhejji, director of business development - financial services, at Bahrain EDB, writes on the future impact of Covid-19 in the region
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The COVID-19 pandemic and effects of the global economic recession are causing CIOs to prioritise spending on technology and services that are deemed “mission-critical” over initiatives aimed at growth or transformation.
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Vodafone Group has published its full year 2020 results, with a reported 3% increase in revenues year on year (YoY) topping €45 billion.
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Blockchain began in 2009. Fast-forward 11 years and the digital ledger is currently one of the most widely discussed and hyped technologies. Blockchain applications are young and evolving, and complementary industry-wide standards are most probably still a few years away. That includes the telecommunication industry. Abigail Opiah investigates.
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A new company is planning a global software-defined wholesale and enterprise network, using a combination of fibre and optical satellites. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to the people promoting the project.
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From Sputnik to SpaceX satellites have changed a lot in the last 63 years, but today it’s the investors rather than the engineers taking the lead on transforming the sector. Melanie Mingas looks at the VCS backing start-ups with mega-constellation ambitions.
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It is the nature of telecommunications that operators conduct a large number of business transactions with other industry players. Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier is no exception.
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Verizon partner solutions’ president, Eric Cevis, shares his views on how business leaders need to be involved more than ever before, to support customers and the global community.
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Chindata Group has had a meteoric rise since the company was founded in 2015. Jason Mcgee-Abe heard from Alex Ju, founder and chief executive officer, about His hyperscale journey and the industry in the midst of a digital evolution.
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In his first interview since the Zayo acquisition, Marc Ganzi tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about his bid by Digital Colony with EQT, and what Zayo will do under new ownership.
