Network Transformation
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Tech Mahindra is working with AWS to develop an AI-powered platform designed to augment telco network operations. -
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.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco Data Environments has completed its multi-billion-rand JB3 facility (pictured) on the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Data centre colocation company Cyxtera and multicloud computing firm Nutanix have unveiled a partnership to launch a Federal Innovation Lab.
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Helios Towers saw revenue growth of 4% over the first half of the year, as the number of sites owned increased by 21%.
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Uganda’s Smart Telecom is closing operations at the end of August.
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UAE-based Etisalat has increased its stake in Maroc Telecom from 48.4% to 53%, according to a regulatory filing it posted on Tuesday.
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NTT Ltd is developing its seventh US data centre campus in Phoenix, Arizona, a 240MW capacity site with data centre cores and shells built to LEED specifications.
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Qualcomm has unveiled a drone platform that offers 5G and AI capabilities in a bid to boost the development of commercial, enterprise and industrial drones.
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BT Group has named Adam Crozier as its new chairman from 1 December, succeeding Jan du Plessis.
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Veon has added a new face to its leadership line-up after appointing Michael Schulz to the role of group chief people officer.
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EdgeConneX has agreed to acquire Israel-based Global Data Center (GDC), in a deal that includes underground facilities in Herzliya and Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv.
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Lendlease has confirmed its first data centre in Japan, a facility that it said will be "one of the largest of its scale" in the country.
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Vodafone Idea saw revenue fall by 4.7% quarter-on-quarter to INR91.5 billion (€1 billion) in the three months to the end of June.
