Network Transformation
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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. -
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.
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The US Department of Defence has extended its contract with Verizon to use its secure Global Network Solutions (GNS) in a deal worth more than $98 million.
Forthcoming events
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The Passalacqua hotel on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, is set to become one of the worlds first adopters of the latest WiFi standard, WiFi 7, with the support of CommScope.
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e& has made a pledge to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Partner2Connect Digital Coalition (P2C) to invest US$6 billion in regional connectivity.
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NEC’s Netcracker and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson (IOH) will expand a partnership to support IOH’s increasing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriber numbers.
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How are satellites being used to redirect traffic in case of a terrestrial outage? Capacity speaks with satellite operator Intelsat and DE-CIX, an internet exchange operator affected by the outage to find out.
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Ericsson’s 2023 report focused on its efforts to support open, programable and automated networks in light of a challenging 2023.
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Cisco, NEC and TIM Brasil have announced they will work together to improve TIM Brazil’s network quality via automation and advanced data analytics.
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Everflow, one of the UK’s leading business utility providers, has launched a proof-of-concept project in the telecoms sector, adding to the water supply and waste collection services that the business already provides.
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In March 2021, The European Commission set out its ambitious targets to expedite the digital transformation of member states so that 2030 would usher in a ‘digital decade’. The overarching objective of this strategy, to improve digital connectivity, will be met through specific targets such as delivering 100 Mbps services to all European households, businesses, and public institutions by 2025 and gigabit coverage to all EU households by 2030.
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Nikos Katinakis joins Zayo Group as CTO from Telstra with a focus on automation and AI.
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As the world's mobile ecosystem descends on Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, Capacity keeps you up to date with all the industry partnerships and agreements announced at the show
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AT&T and Ericsson today announced they have begun deploying Ericsson Cloud RAN technology on AT&T’s commercial 5G network.
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German mobile network operators (MNOs) Deutsche Telekom, O2 Telefonica and Vodafone are launching SIM Swap and Number Verify APIs (Application Programmable Interfaces) on Ericsson’s Vonage platform
