Companies
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Orange has partnered with OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune their open source AI models to support regional languages in Africa, including Wolof and Pulaar. -
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MasOrange, Telefónica, and Vodafone Group have teamed up with the i2CAT research centre to launch a multi-operator Open Gateway API lab in Europe.
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is working with GoTo to launch an open source language model designed for local Indonesian languages.
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Engineers at Vodafone are working with AMD to design mobile base stations capable of supporting AI workloads in addition to traditional network operations while using less power.
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Dell has expanded its AI for Telecom offerings, bringing new hardware support and a variety of new use case-focused solutions designed to help operators augment their edge operations using AI.
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MediaTek and Inmarsat have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their partnership to include two-way satellite services.
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Big Data Exchange (BDx) has broken ground on a new data centre in Indonesia, the company has announced on LinkedIn.
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Lynk Global has signed its second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to deliver mobile services to Vodafone Ghana.
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Ukrtelecom confirms the appointment of Igor Laremchuk as its new chief revenue officer (CRO).
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Nokia has opted for Zain Jordan to supply 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment throughout Jordan.
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MEF confirms the appointment of two new members from AT&T and Bell to its board of directors.
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RTI Group (RTI), a trans-pacific cable owner and operator, has selected Asian Century Equity to lead RTI’s investor process in support of its expansion across key markets.
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A maker of high-speed flash memory is to supply Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) with the ingredients for its cloud.
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Thuraya, the mobile satellite operation of Abu Dhabi-based Yahsat, is investing in Astrocast, a Swiss specialist in satellite-based internet-of-things (IoT) services.
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Verizon Business has hired Jonathan Nikols from HP to be senior VP of global enterprise for the Americas.
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) confirms that its members have elected Obaid Rahman, head of wholesale at Axiata Group as the vice chair of the GLF board.
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Verizon Public Sector has won a 15-year infrastructure contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worth over $2 billion.
