Network Transformation
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Nokia secured the rights to support more than 3,000 Deutsche Telekom sites as the operator of its large-scale O-RAN network in Germany. -
Nokia has completed the UAE’s first live transport slicing deployment with du, enabling the operator to manage its network infrastructure more efficiently.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Perry Offutt, the former North American MD of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, has joined H.R.L Morrison & Co.
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Chindata Group is to "proactively explore" the development of zero-carbon data centres after becoming the first digital infrastructure participant in the UN's Global Compact initiative.
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Liquid and Unitas Global are aiming to create the largest network of interconnected data centres in Africa.
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T-Systems and Google Cloud are planning to build a sovereign German cloud to provide services to the country's enterprises and its public sector.
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5G security firm Exium is collaborating with IBM to help firms securely adopt an edge AI strategy.
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Australia's Zella DC has introduced its Micro Data Centre as-a-service (MDCaaS) offering, available for all its existing micro data centres.
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Zain KSA's board has approved non-binding offers from three sources to acquire stakes in its towers.
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XConnect and Odine Solutions have partnered to reduce disputes and stop losses from Origin Based Rating (OBR).
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As the world catches fire, are data centres helping us improve the climate emergency or making it worse? It’s hard to be precise, Alan Burkitt-Gray finds
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A strategic alliance has been announced between Martin Murphy, ex-chief operating officer of CBRE Data Centre Solutions, and AMS, to create new bespoke digital infrastructure solutions firm AMS Helix.
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In many earthquake-prone countries, base isolation is used widely; but it is not used so much in the US. Now a Silicon Valley data centre has combined it with other techniques to offer a new level of protection. Melanie Mingas looks at whether others could follow the lead
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Operating in an industry that considers itself recession-proof has its benefits – but it also brings some unexpected challenges for project management. Joe Cusick, Soben Americas CEO, shares his observations of the US construction market with Melanie Mingas
