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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Edge Centres has started construction on its second site in Victoria, Australia, the Traralgon-based EC8.
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Digital economy development is accelerating worldwide as economies look to recover from the effect of the ongoing pandemic. Indeed, the digital economy has become an important field for promoting economic recovery, establishing competitive advantages and improving governance capabilities.
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Orange Mali is to sell surplus solar energy generated for its mobile network to the country’s electricity company.
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Etisalat Group has appointed Obaid Bokisha as its new group chief operations officer (COO).
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French military equipment company Thales is working with Google Cloud on a sovereign cloud offering to be based in France.
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TIM and its Noovle cloud offshoot are to offer multi-cloud services in Italy with Oracle, the companies have announced.
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American Tower has closed its acquisition of colo provider DataSite, bolstering its presence in the edge data centre space.
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The first quantum network; the last landline; strategy updates from Orange; and Exa's Martijn Blanken
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US operator Frontier Communications has struck a wholesale deal with AT&T to deliver services to enterprise customers outside AT&T’s current footprint.
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Orange Europe sets its sight on network convergence as its key strategic priority across the continent.
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Peter Hopper has taken on the role of managing director of DigitalBridge.
