AI
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ChatGPT developers OpenAI are behind the apparent eight-figure purchase of the chat.com domain. -
Lumen has continued its partnership spree with big-name vendors, striking a deal with Google Cloud to power AIOps and data insight solutions across its network.
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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Bharti Airtel shareholders have officially green-lit proposals to raise $3 billion in funds, amounting to $2 billion in equity and $1 billion in debt.
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With a new year upon us, Capacity heard from Carl Grivner, CEO of Colt Technology Services, about his expectations for the telco sector in 2020 with new technologies and big industry shifts.
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BCE Inc (Bell) has named Mirko Bibic as its president and chief executive officer (CEO) as well as his appointment to the boards of BCE and Bell Canada.
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From recorded panel sessions, promotional videos and video testimonials to TV interviews with the top CEO’s across the sector, 2019 has been a great year for video content across Capacity’s multiple platforms.
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Thought-leadership is integral to what we do at Capacity. Without the thoughts, observations and predictions of some of the biggest names in our industry, we couldn’t position ourselves at the forefront of the conversation. Here are the biggest interviews of 2019:
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As 2019 slowly draws to a close, it naturally becomes a time of reflection and retrospection. In the spirit of all things that were, Capacity presents the 10 most-read stories of the year.
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Cellcom Israel has announced that Nir Sztern, the company’s CEO is to resign.
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Vodafone Group has entered into an agreement to sell Vodafone Malta to Monaco Telecom for an enterprise value of €250 million.
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Liberty Global has terminated discussions about the merging of its company UPC Switzerland and Sunrise Communications.
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Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has completed its acquisition of Jardine OneSolution (JOS) and its subsidiaries, reaffirming the company’s transition into a “fully integrated ICT solutions provider”.
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Syniverse has appointed Jeff Bak (pictured) as its new vice president of product management for cloud messaging services.
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The i3forum has added three new members to its organisation, Clear, Digicel and Lanck Telecom.
