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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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British Telecom has divested its global legal, accounting and professional services software business Tikit, which it acquired for more than £64 million in 2012.
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Greece’s COSMOTE has appointed Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as the country’s sole 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor under a major network modernisation deal that will see 5G services introduced from 2021.
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Employees in IBM’s UK Global Technology Services division could be facing redundancy as the firm looks to streamline some operations and part of its network of 60 datacentres around the world.
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The UN’s International Telecommunication Union has called on the public and private sector to create a Global Network Resiliency Platform, to keep the world connected during the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic.
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Technology companies are still hiring staff despite global reports of businesses laying off staff because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has become the latest tech giant to state its interest in a stake in India’s Reliance Jio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries.
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Nadia Calviño, VP of the Government and minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation in Spain has signed an agreement with Spain’s operators to ensure network connectivity.
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Nigerian telecom operator MTN has received regulatory approval for the sale of its 49% stake in ATC Ghana.
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Israel-based Veego Software has welcomed a new strategic partner and minority investor to boost its work around IoT and the connected home.
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The race is on to secure millions of corporate VPN connections as hackers around the world exploit a decentralised global workforce.
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The telecom equipment market recorded its second consecutive year of growth in 2019, with revenue up 2% over the course of the year.
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Bell Canada has announced the public offering of CDN $1 billion of MTN Debentures as part of its medium-term notes (MTN) program.
