BROWSING: AI

Careful or care-free – BT and Vodafone split the difference over generative AI

A good panel session at Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen yesterday (September 19), rounding out the first early-morning keynotes, saw chief digital and technology officers from BT and Vodafone, plus others, variously discuss the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) within telecoms. In particular,...

Singapore launches project to empower its civil defense with 5G

The project is supported by IMDA’s 5G Innovation Program, which helps enterprise adopt and commercialize 5G technologies Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced a new 5G project, which it is collaborating on with Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX), the Singapore Civil Defense...

Kagan: Is AI and Chatbot real threat or big non-story like Y2K was?

AI players Qualcomm, Huawei, Betacom, Juniper Networks, Cisco, Celona The AI event in Washington, DC yesterday should be your radar for what it said and what it did not say. Listening to the current raging debate, Artificial Intelligence is big, important and is also a...

TSMC to buy stake in Intel nanofab company

Intel acquired IMS company in 2015 Intel has agreed to sell a 10% stake in its IMS Nanofabrication business to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for roughly $4.3 billion. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, leaves Intel as the...

Proximus tests warehouse management using 5G, drones and AI

Proximus is working with its partners, ID2Move and Phoenix-Tech and its subsidiary Proximus Ada Belgium operator Proximus and several of its partners recently unveiled a 5G project with the aim of testing warehouse management using 5G coupled with drones and artificial intelligence (AI). The carrier noted...

Huawei explains 5.5G and how it could transform industries

Huawei has been lately increasing efforts and resources to boost the adoption of 5G technology in a number of verticals such as manufacturing, ports, airport, healthcare and mining, among others. The company is seeing significant opportunities for the telecom industry to start monetizing investments in...

Telco AI Deep Dive: Rakuten on the importance of data fidelity

Data-driven, software-first operations are key to telco AI success Greenfield Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, alongside its spin-off network equipment and software vendor Rakuten Symphony, has always done things in a markedly different way as compared to legacy telcos. Instead of sprawling workforces versed in different...

Telco AI Deep Dive: IBM sees genAI as a ‘defining moment’ 

Design, data, network and organizational strategies are key to effective telco AI adoption Under its current CEO, IBM has put artificial intelligence (AI)—along with hybrid cloud, automation and security—at the center of its software and services strategies. Speaking with RCR Wireless News for the Telco...

Siemens samples own sustainability meds at smart campus in Switzerland

Germany industrial giant Siemens has opened the final wing of a new CHF250 million ($280m) ‘smart infrastructure’ facility in Zug in Switzerland which, it claims, takes advantage of the latest IoT sensing and AI sense-making technologies to optimise highly-efficient energy infrastructure and deliver a ...

Dell saw AI as a ‘strong tailwind’ in Q2 earnings

The Dell PowerEdge XE9680 GPU-enabled AI server is the “fastest ramping” new solution in the company’s history, COO Jeff Clarke said After laying out a robust artificial intelligence (AI) strategy covering infrastructure and services across its businesses during Dell Technologies World in April, company COO...

Test and Measurement: OTICs come together for first global summit

The first Global Open Testing and Integration Center (OTIC) Summit was held in late August, and more than 190 participants from 12 countries representing network operators, government agencies, vendors, lab operators, academia and the O-RAN Alliance leadership team attended the event, said co-organizer Keysight...

New enterprise edition of Chat GPT promises total AI data security, control

We probably should write this, just because its impact on the tech-fuelled enterprise market will be considerable – whether by itself, or as a harbinger for AI adoption in the workplace with all the knock-on effects for smart industry. US artificial intelligence (AI) developer...

Nordic Semiconductor agrees “small bolt-on” acquisition of US tinyML firm Atlazo

Nordic Semiconductor has entered into a deal to acquire the intellectual property (IP) portfolio of US-based artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) company Atlazo. The acquisition is a tactical move to provide the Norwegian firm with an in-house AI/ML capability, to further...

Cisco up year-over-year, sees AI as a growth driver

Cisco Silicon One being used by hyperscalers to build AI/ML compute clusters In what CEO Chuck Robbins called a “milestone year,” Cisco this week reported fourth quarter earnings of $15.2 billion, up 16% year-on-year. Software revenue was up 17% year-over-year and software subscription revenue was...

SK Telecom invests $100m in Anthropic to boost AI innovation

Anthropic said it will work with SK Telecom to fine-tune its AI model Claude to specific telco use cases Korean telco SK Telecom announced an additional investment of $100 million in Anthropic, an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco, California. This new investment...

Simple strategies to maximize your network deployment

As consumers of technology, we are all familiar with those times when a new product or service does not deliver the anticipated benefits. Maybe it was that 4K high-definition TV, or kitchen appliance, or computer that disappointed us. In almost every case, the underlying...

AI demystifies wireless operations

Cloud-based AIOps take Wi-Fi from a best-effort art to a highly reliable network science, which is essential for meeting the stringent service-level requirements of digital-age applications. Wireless networks have evolved into an indispensable part of daily life. Sophisticated enterprise use cases are driving up both...

Editorial Report: AI on the edge—when everything is connected to the cloud

With the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, artificial intelligence is having a major moment. The march to network automation to reduce OpEx and generate new revenues comes with complexity that can't be managed by humans.In RCR Wireless News' latest report, we explore...

Kagan: Frontier Communications shows growth in Business Services

Frontier Communications has been facing pressure to show growth for several years. While they still face that pressure, when it comes to business services, they seem to be doing something right. Frontier Business is showing growth, and that may be where they will continue...

Korean telco KT inks private 5G deal with HFR

HFR's my5G solution is a pre-integrated private 5G system Korean ICT solutions provider HFR announced a collaboration with compatriot operator KT n to advance technology development, expand private 5G use cases and support digital transformation for small to medium-sized enterprises, local governments and public enterprises. This...

Kagan: Huawei Pangu-Weather Model uses AI to improve global forecasting

The Huawei Pangu-Weather Model uses artificial intelligence to improve global weather forecasting. It is now used in the ECMWF, which is the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts website. Global weather forecasters, meteorologists, weather enthusiasts and the general public can now view the Pangu-Weather...

Reporting a soft Q3, Qualcomm focuses on AI opportunity

Qualcomm down double digits in handsets and IoT; automotive remains a growth driver Qualcomm reported third quarter results this week; total revenues were down 23% from the same quarter last year to $8.45 billion with handset revenue down 25% and IoT revenue down 24%. The...

Virgin Media O2 intros Nokia-made private 5G box-solution for UK SMEs

The business arm of UK-based operator Virgin Media O2, owned by Liberty Global and Telefónica, is offering a Nokia-made private standalone 5G (5G SA) network-and-compute system in a portable hold-all for “businesses of all sizes”. The logic is to make private cellular accessible to...

What is a hybrid AI architecture?

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...