Companies
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Telefónica Germany is trailing quantum technologies to improve the performance and security of its mobile networks. -
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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The latest court filings in Elon Musk’s existential AI lawsuit against OpenAI revealed more fascinating insights, including a discussion about potentially acquiring sizable semiconductor firm Cerebras and Musk’s desperation to be CEO.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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DATAIX, the Dutch Internet exchange network of backbone provider GlobalNet, confirms its expansion into South Eastern Europe with one new point of presence (PoP) in Sofia.
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More than two decades after the idea started, one of the 50 states of the US has integrated its emergency call centres with FirstNet, the US public safety network run by AT&T.
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GlobalConnect Carrier has entered into an agreement with ConnectiviTree to provide a dark fibre network, long haul and access services in Northern Europe.
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Antin Infrastructure Partners (Antin) has completed the acquisitions of Empire Access and North Penn Telephone, collectively known as Empire, for an undisclosed sum.
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Mobi, the regional wireless provider for Hawaiʻi, has selected Federated Wireless as its Spectrum Access System (SAS) and Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) partner.
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Microsoft is to begin rolling out its Azure OpenAI service this week, allowing enterprises to integrate tools like DALL-E into their cloud apps.
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Nokia and Telefonica Spain have trialled 25G PON technology for the first time in the country.
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Astrocast confirms the launch of four Astrocast 3U spacecrafts into space earlier this month.
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Digital Realty has bolstered its existing relationship with Hivelocity with the adoption of Digital Realty's ServiceFabric.
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Serpil Timuray will add Spain to her European responsibilities in Vodafone in a significant reshuffle that sees Colman Deegan, CEO of Vodafone Spain, stepping down at the end of March.
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BBIX confirms the launch of its seventh internet exchange (IX) point in Digital Edge's OSA1 data centre.
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Colt Technology Services is the first terrestrial client of the new Barcelona cable landing station (CLS), which has been built by African internet exchange AFR-IX Telecom.
