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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. -
To challenge Google's search dominance, telecom giants like Telefónica, SoftBank, and Deutsche Telekom threw their weight behind Perplexity, the conversational AI search startup. Their bet, however, appears under threat — as OpenAI has entered the arena.
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Ericsson is teaming up with SoftBank to develop AI radio access network (RAN) solutions to boost network efficiency and performance.
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Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has reportedly agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI while Apple has decided to drop out of backing the AI startup.
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SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e& Group, Singtel and SoftBank had held the inaugural meeting of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) and announced their plans to establish a joint venture.
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Professor William Webb, CTO of Access Partnership
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The merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could now go ahead in weeks after the US regulator extracted a deal to guarantee widespread mobile broadband coverage across the country by 2022.
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Google Cloud has launched in the Osaka region of Japan to support its growing customer base.
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T-Mobile US and Sprint have pushed their $26 billion merger deadline forward three months to Monday 29 July.
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Companies owned by SoftBank and Google owner Alphabet have put $250 million into a company that plans to deliver internet access from balloons and uncrewed aircraft.
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A merged Sprint and T-Mobile US will deliver 21 exabytes of 5G traffic a month by 2025, the companies have claimed.
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T-Mobile US is launching what it calls a “limited home internet pilot”, using its LTE network.
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OneWeb has secured its largest fundraising round to date, which will enable the company to accelerate the development of “the first truly global communications network” by 2021.
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AT&T has joined the Global Telco Security Alliance, which was launched in April 2018 by Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica.
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OneWeb has successfully launched the first six of its planned 650 low-orbit satellites – and announced its first two wholesale customers.
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If you’re running a network on software you need to work in new ways. Alan Burkitt-Gray reports on Ericsson’s expired certificate that brought O2’s and SoftBank’s mobile networks down
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The first six of OneWeb’s planned 900 small satellites have arrived at the launch site ready for orbiting next month.
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PCCW Global has agreed a partnership with data centre and cloud firm TierPoint to offer US-based enterprises access to what they claim is the world’s first software-defined interconnection platform.
