Cisco helped Telenor launch Working Group Two, which offers mobile operators a cloud-based core network
Cisco has revealed plans to acquire Working Group Two (WG2) from Telenor Group — which currently holds a 44.6% share in the company — for $150 million. WG2 offers mobile operators a...
Benefits of hybrid AI include data security, context and efficiency
With generative artificial intelligence (AI) poised to permeate virtually all types of consumer and enterprise applications, network architecture becomes increasingly important. If the goal is to use AI to quickly make a decision and effect...
In our role helping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) transition to cloud-native 5G networks, there’s a problem we run into time and again. Here’s how it goes:
A customer will deploy, say, a new network card for their servers. We’ll measure the performance and confirm that...
Running AI workloads at the edge enables better economics, faster decision making and automation
If you look past the hype, look past the technological complexity, look past the protracted proofs of concepts, 5G is all about leveraging a high-bandwidth, low-latency air interface to move data,...
Discussion around generative AI has quickly become a mainstay in conference presentations and earnings calls. The predominant thinking is that if you’re an enterprise, including a mobile network operator or other communications service provider, you’ve got to have a plan to put generative AI to...
Considerations include operational readiness, business case development and go-to-market strategy
A logical, virtual, end-to-end network slice that automatically comes into being to serve the exacting requirements of a particular horizontal or vertical use case—that’s a big part of the vision of 5G and the monetization...
Broadcom announced plans to acquire VMware for $61 billion in May 2022
Following a previous delay while regulators in both Europe and the U.S. asked for more time for consideration, Broadcom’s plan to acquire VMware for $61 billion, first announced in May 2022, has received provisional approval...
Proximus Opal provides cloud-based telecom platforms for enterprise customers such as Salesforce and TikTok creator Bytedance
Proximus Opal, a unit of Belgian telecom service provider Proximus Group, announced plans to buy an almost 58% stake in cloud communications platform-as-a-service company Route Mobile, to the tune...
In January 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision for $68.7 billion
This week saw movement around Microsoft’s ambitions to purchase game publishing giant Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) extended the deadline for a review of the...
Red Hat will serve as the primary reference platform for Nokia as it develops, tests and delivers its core network applications.
Red Hat announced today that it will “tightly integrate” Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift. The deal will also allow...
IBM said the acquisition of Apptio is a 'continuation of deep focus and investment in hybrid cloud and AI'
IBM this week announced plans to purchase Apptio, a financial and operational IT management and optimization (FinOps) software company, for $4.6 billion. According to IBM, the acquisition...
Ooredoo said it will explore the Dell APEX offerings to simplify its cloud experiences
Middle East operator Ooredoo Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dell Technologies with the aim of strengthening an existing collaboration, simplifying digital transformation initiatives and exploring new growth opportunities...
With the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, artificial intelligence is having a major moment.
This webinar will discuss:
How operators are rethinking network and business strategies, with an eye on distributing compute to reside alongside high-value, latency-sensitive applications
What the outlook is for AI...
This report dives deep into the challenges, solutions, possibilities and capabilities arising from the cloudification of networks and what the future holds for the wider telecoms industry.
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Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in telecom. The report will provide insights...
AI and hybrid cloud drive IBM Consulting’s growth platforms
The types of generative AI solutions drawing investor and media hype at the moment—ChatGPT-4 and MidJourney, for instance—are huge models with broad capabilities. But for enterprises looking to add generative AI to their technology strategy in...
Valued at $145,700,000, the deal will see Verizon provide USPS with infrastructure upgrades, including a transition to cloud capabilities
Verizon Business this week entered a 10-year contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS). Valued at $145,700,000, the deal will see Verizon provide infrastructure upgrades,...
Dell'Oro lowered the MEC market's expectations by more than 20% for 2023
According to analysts at the Dell’Oro Group, the Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) market has “failed to materialize.” As a result, the firm lowered the market’s expectations by more than 20% for 2023.
“The MEC...
Broadcom first announced plans to acquire VMware for $61 billion in May 2022
Broadcom’s plan to acquire VMware for $61 billion, first announced in May 2022, has encountered another setback. Regulators in both Europe and the U.S. are still looking into the proposed merger and...
By partnering with AWS on public cloud, operators can leverage renewable-powered data centers and silicon innovation to drive 5G sustainability strategies
Against the backdrop of a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism, the current and future impacts of climate change, and the simple moral imperative,...
It’s hard to imagine an application today that isn’t reliant on connectivity to different clouds, multiple microservices and highly distributed users. To paraphrase the poet John Donne for our modern IT world — “No application is an island, entire of itself.” A simple migration...
The data centers will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools, said Google
Google revealed plans this week to build two more data centers in Ohio. The additions, which Google said will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools,...
Microsoft continues its cloud gaming push, even in the face of recent opposition from U.K. regulators
Despite Microsoft’s ongoing battle with U.K. regulators regarding its attempted takeover of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the tech company has signed a 10-year agreement with Nware to make Xbox...
Edge federation refers to the interconnection and coordination of multiple edge computing resources and services from different providers, in order to deliver a more comprehensive and distributed computing infrastructure. In a recent interview at the Telco Cloud & Edge Forum, Deutsche Telekom Product Manager...
