Network Transformation
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Nokia has completed the UAE’s first live transport slicing deployment with du, enabling the operator to manage its network infrastructure more efficiently. -
Virgin Media O2 brought together its fixed and mobile networks to create a Converged Interconnect Network (CIN), a combined network capable of carrying both mobile and fixed traffic.
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Swisscom is working with Ericsson to offer a standalone Mobile Private Network (MPN) to provide enterprises with private, localised connectivity.
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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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Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country.
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Nvidia is working with SoftBank to reinvent telecom networks to make them capable of supporting AI-RAN, enabling them to run AI and 5G workloads at the same time.
Forthcoming events
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Italian investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and Australian private investment company Macquarie are rumoured to secure approval for its Open Fiber deal.
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Colt has announced that it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud for businesses in Singapore.
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Vodafone has hired Amanda Jobbins, formerly of Oracle, as global CMO of Vodafone Business.
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European telcos plan to invest £16 million in tech and service development over the next three years.
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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in Africa have increased by 300% this year when compared to 2019 and, according to the firm behind the numbers, the trend "shows no sign of slowing down".
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BT has today announced the opening of a robotics research facility at the BT Labs in Suffolk.
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Freshwave, a UK network service provider, has appointed Tom Bennett as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
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Brazil’s government may reschedule a new 5G spectrum auction to sell batches that did not attract interest according to the country’s communications minister Fabio Faria.
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To keep up with exploding demand for bandwidth, broadband operators are spending significant amounts of money on their networks. Of course, they want to see a healthy return on that investment, but with traffic growing many times faster than revenues, that can be a challenge. How do you close the gap? Where do you invest to increase revenues or reduce cost
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Savills has launched its EMEA data centre advisory team, headed by former Digital Realty exec Scott Newcombe.
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Kao Data and Scan Business have established a dedicated HPC and AI ecosystem for advanced computing users who utilise NVIDIA’s latest generation hardware.
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Hyperscale specialist AirTrunk is planning to build a new Sydney facility it describes as " the largest single campus in the Asia-Pacific region", excluding China.
