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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.
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After years in the real-estate industry, Qingyuan Li became CFO of Chayora last year, where she has watched China lock down for Covid-19 and then come back to life. Data centres are vital to recovery, she tells Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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This was in line with the expected market growth rate and showed ‘no meaningful negative impact’ as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The global smartphone market has seen its largest ever annual decline in worldwide shipments as sentiment across the private sector nosedives in the face of a global recession triggered by Covid-19.
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Windstream Wholesale's Buddy Bayer speaks to Capacity about 400G connectivity, the company's latest projects and what lies ahead over the next twelve months.
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Veon has appointed Erwan Gelebart as chief executive officer of JazzCash, effective as of 18 May.
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Large increases in unemployment, business closures, an overall decrease in global economic activity and a resulting decline in business services revenue could wipe 3.4% from telecom revenues in 2020, with operators in developed economies facing US$40 billion this year and next in “lost” revenue.
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While every industry will be affected by the global slowdown, some will reduce their IT spending more than others, according to the report.
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Batelco has made a contribution of BD 3.5 million ($9.2 million) to the There is Good in Us campaign launched by the Royal Humanitarian Foundation in Bahrain.
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Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) has announced of one of the single largest expansion projects in the history of cloud with plans to invest 200 billion yuan (US$28.29 billion at the time of publishing) in cloud infrastructure amid rising usage of services as a direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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There were 2,416,135 cases of people infected with Covid-19 and 165,939 dead, as of 20 April, 12:35 (BST).
