Open source
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Meta has opened its barn doors once again to unleash a new herd of Llama models: Llama 4, and this time, they’re multimodal. -
Mistral AI, Europe’s leading answer to OpenAI, unveiled plans to build its first AI cluster in France to further power its training efforts.
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Learn about Falcon, the open source models leading the Middle East’s AI future
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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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AMD has released the latest version of its ROCm software stack for GPUs, adding tools to cut down AI development times.
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emPOWERED takes a look at the women making a difference in the male-dominated space of open source AI
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A Nigerian company that specialises in building mobile networks for rural areas is to install open-source technology to deliver 2G, 3G and 4G wholesale services, upgradable to 5G.
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Telefónica’s O2 UK is the latest company to test open-source radio technology, in a trial with UK and Irish vendor Vilicom.
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Japanese incumbent telco NTT and vendor NEC are working together to compete with US-based internet giants in future wireless and optical networks, and to wrest control away from largely English-speaking companies.
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NEC’s new centre of excellence in London for 5G open systems will address a global market, according to a senior executive in Japan.
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The UK government is spending £250 million to help open up the mobile telecoms supply chain and end the dependence on three key suppliers, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia.
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NEC, the vendor that is already supplying open-source 5G equipment to Japan’s Rakuten, is to set up a centre of excellence in the UK.
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Vodafone is to deploy open radio access network (open RAN) technology on 2,600 sites in the UK, one of the biggest such investments yet.
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Mavenir, the open RAN specialist that in September bought UK small-cell company ip.access, has withdrawn its plan to raise US$300 million on the US Nasdaq market.
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Open radio access networks (open RAN) will account for 58% of total RAN capex by 2026 and will be deployed at 65% of all sites.
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The industry’s move to open standards accelerated today with the decision by Ericsson, Huawei, NTT and Salesforce to join the TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture project.
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Nokia has announced that it plans to use open systems in its radio network – the first such move by a major vendor at a time when smaller equipment makers are putting their hopes in open ecosystems.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Yvonne Wassenaar, CEO of Puppet, the open source automation software provider on networks, technology and diversity.
