BROWSING: AI

“A long way from Silicon Valley” – operators get enterprise (and service), says Vodafone

Note, this article is a continuation of a previous post, which can be found here. Funny thing about telecoms, and telcos specifically, so often derided in the Industry 4.0 market for not ‘getting’ enterprise, is that they have listened and changed, arguably, and are selling...

Vodafone’s “big bet” to hive-off and hyper-scale IoT with Microsoft

When news broke in January of Vodafone’s double deal with Microsoft to dichotomize and nebulise its airtime service operations, so its ancillary IoT unit is spun-off as a joint venture and its mainstream 5G business is reprogrammed in the cloud, there was lots of...

US and Japan in $110m AI tieup – with Amazon, Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Softbank

The US and Japan have signed two new university research partnerships to collaborate on the technical and ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI). They have received $110 million in combined private sector investment from Amazon, Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Softbank, plus “nine Japanese companies”....

Polymer manfacturer REHAU deploys Fujitsu AI tool to automate quality checks

Polymer manufacturer REHAU Industries, which makes plastic seals and componentry for doors and windows, is set to roll-out an industrial AI inspection tool from Fujitsu on its production lines in Germany following successful field trials. The new AI solution, based on unspecified “smart technologies”,...

Ignion intros AI tool to speed-up IoT designs in digital twin platform

Embedded World 2024, Nuremberg: Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion has launched a new “AI-powered” antenna integration platform called Oxion to further shorten the design time for wireless IoT devices. The new service integrates “proprietary algorithms” from local Barcelona AI/ML firm Basetis into Ignion’s...

Myths and legends – three lies the private 5G sector tells

Or three lies it has told, and is being forced to take back.  Ask Future Technologies – which appears, directly or indirectly, to have its fingerprints across every-other big private 5G deployment in the US – about the hype in the market, and it will...

AI is key to building high-performing, energy-efficient mobile networks (Reader Forum)

Driven by an ever-expanding universe of connected devices and more powerful smartphones, mobile data traffic is continuing to surge, meaning the stakes are higher than ever when it comes to providing high-performing 5G networks. For years, the “best network” was defined as the one that...

Kagan: Is Huawei making a comeback? If so what’s next for them

After several rocky years, Huawei is once again showing growth. Over the past year, they have performed well. That being said, I have a few new questions. Is their recovery sustainable? Can they build upon it? What is the next step for Huawei, and...

A foundational AI strategy is key for unlocking AI’s full potential in mobile networks (Analyst Angle)

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year, virtually all industry players exhibiting at the show centered their messaging around Artificial Intelligence (AI), presenting modular Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and demonstrating how new AI applications can address specific pain points in isolation, including the...

Dell Technologies and Orange Business take innovation to the edge

With the Microsoft Azure HCI Stack, Dell and Orange make cloud, connectivity and cybersecurity easy to consume, letting enterprises focus on doing what they do best The vision of Industry 4.0 is important and clear. It’s about making industries smarter—using technology to become more operationally...

How can operators benefit from digital twin networks?

In the transition to 5G-Advanced and 6G, dynamic digital twin networks can help operators manage increasing network and service complexity While digital twins are not a new concept, harnessing real-time network data and putting it into a user-friendly interface to facilitate dynamic management and adaptation...

Qualcomm Webinar: How proximity and AI are redefining mobile experiences

Mobile devices are at the center of most loved experiences – using them to game, to collaborate, and everything in between. This webinar will discuss next-level connectivity with the recently announced Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7900 Mobile Connectivity System featuring ground-breaking AI-enhanced Wi-Fi and integration of...

Telco AI: Defining strategies and use cases on the road to closed loop automation

It seems quite evident that AI, both generative and more classical, is going to change the way all industries work. For mobile network operators, AI seems like the tool that will finally turn data into insights that influence how networks and designed, deployed and...

Nvidia unveils 6G research cloud platform

The Nvidia 6G research cloud platform is comprised of Nvidia's aerial omniverse digital twin for 6G Nvidia announced the availability of a 6G research platform that will allow researchers to develop the next phase of wireless technology. The Nvidia 6G Research Cloud platform is open, flexible...

A New Perspective on 5G with Donna Johnson of Cradlepoint

Join Carrie Charles on this episode of 5G Talent Talk as she engages in an insightful conversation with Donna Johnson, the Chief Marketing Officer of Cradlepoint. Donna shares her remarkable journey to the C-suite, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and adaptability in career growth....

Vodafone, Intel expand O-RAN collaboration

Vodafone and Intel are working alongside the Telecommunication Institute of University of Málaga on an O-RAN project U.K. telecom group Vodafone announced an extension of its cooperation with Intel on optimizing advanced algorithms for use in Open RAN (O-RAN) platforms, the former said in a...

Achieving ROI in an intelligent supply chain: It’s all about the network

In a recent report issued by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the digital transformation of manufacturing and supply-chain related industries is in full swing. PwC noted that half of the enterprises they surveyed have already adopted IoT, cloud-based data platforms, and connected services to support their operations....

Red Hat talks-up edge AI advances for private 5G and Industry 4.0

MWC, Barcelona; last week. Red Hat and Intel have developed a (relatively) easy and cheap edge/cloud computing solution for enterprises to deploy and multiply AI-based applications on private 5G networks. The duo have a reference solution, they said, which easily flexes distributed edge/cloud compute...

5G+AI for integrated communication and computing

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence(AI) is revolutionizing various industries, ushering in a new era of innovation. Pioneering AI models such as ChatGPT and Sora by OpenAI, and Gemini by Google are at the forefront of this transformation, providing users with an expanded realm...

Enterprise, enterprise, enterprise – MWC is not a telco show, 5G is not a telco story

MWC 2024: Bleary-eyed and dead-on-our-feet, after 72 hours in Barcelona and 24 hours in briefings… MWC is not just a telco show, anymore; it is not even a telecoms show, really. Which reflects well on the event itself, as well as the industry that puts...

MWC 2024: AI everywhere

BARCELONA—Artificial intelligence is dominating conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024, with telecom companies and their vendors all working to figure out—or support the exploration of—just what AI can do for telecom, both in terms of benefits and risks. "It's the most...

Verizon to supply 4G/5G IoT to Sony-Honda AI-EV JV in US

US operator Verizon has struck a deal with Japan-based counterpart KDDI to provide connectivity in North America to a forthcoming electric vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), a joint venture between Sony and Honda. Verizon will supply cellular IoT and broadband connectivity to the...

AI-RAN Alliance kicks off to integrate AI into cellular technology

The members of the AI-RAN Alliance will collaborate to advance RAN capabilities through AI to improve spectral efficiency MWC, Barcelona— Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft and other major players launched the AI-RAN Alliance, a body aimed at integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cellular technology to...

‘If you don’t start, it never happens’ – Nokia kickstarts 5G-AI rush in Industry 4.0

Beyond the inner workings of mostly-public telecoms, about the navel gazing of open RAN and open APIs to re-make operators as ‘digital natives’ in the post-digital era, what will be the hottest topic at MWC next week? Sustainability? Well, yes; but that is a...