Artificial intelligence and machine learning has been moving into many aspects of network testing, from the field to service assurance, to fuel automation and increased efficiency. So where exactly is AI/ML being applied in network testing and assurance today, how is it proving its...
Nokia Bell Labs, the research arm of Finnish network vendor Nokia, has joined with UAE-based mobile operator e&, formerly Etisalat Group, to create AI-based use cases for industrial sectors. The pair have signed a non-binding 12-month Industry 4.0 research-and-development (R&D) deal, with a particular...
Intel claims to have doubled the performance and value of its Xeon family of processors for data centres with the introduction of a new sixth-generation Xeon 6 line, plus new Gaudi 3 accelerators. The former – presented as Xeon 6 with P-cores (‘performance’ cores)...
Ericsson, Nokia, NVIDIA, T-Mobile US establish the AI RAN Innovation Center
As T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert pointed out during the carrier’s recent Capital Markets Day, delivering cellular connectivity is “harder than it looks.” As such, T-Mo is looking to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to...
IoT is not dead, of course – in case it needs saying. As a broad tech movement, and an awkward tech sobriquet, which arguably describes every single connected-thing that isn’t a personal mobile computer, it is more powerful and important than ever. It’s just...
Intel has entered the angstrom era with 20A and 18A process nodes
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger took the top job at the semiconductor design and manufacturing company in February 2021. A big part of his remit was to manage a turnaround, including the ambitious five...
Appledore Research talks APIs, BSS/OSS, network automation and monetization
Operators are busy at the moment—they’re navigating a tough macro environment while working to muster the capital needed to modernize network hardware and software, including the slow transition to cloud-native networking. Simultaneously, the commercialization of artificial...
As mobile network operators operate under increasingly strict capital and operating budgets, they are not only seeking greater efficiencies, they are looking at smarter tools for highly manual and expensive processes.
Vecta Labs is one of a number of companies that is applying artificial intelligence...
While AI has driven growth in the semiconductor sector, Intel facing challenges around its design/build business model
Intel has had a tough time for a while now with its design/build approach to semiconductors facing headwinds while fabless firms like AMD and NVIDIA experience meteoric rises...
Microsoft said that the generative AI tool will be implemented across Vodafone with the aim of improving productivity, innovation and digital efficiency
U.K.-based telco Vodafone has extended its strategic deal with Microsoft to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot AI software to up to 68,000 Vodafone...
There are a number of ways of classifying the phase of development or capabilities of a particular type of artificial intelligence, with a focus on the level of autonomy of the system.
Perhaps the most common scale of AI autonomy is the six-step ranking,...
AI has become an almost ubiquitous part of everyday life. It underpins and augments huge volumes of business and consumer technology platforms, analysing data, making predictions, and boosting productivity.
However, concerns and reservations about the use of AI still exist — and it appears that...
The financial and manufacturing sectors are most advanced with deployment of industrial artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, reckons Fujitsu. In conversation with RCR Wireless, on the back of a rush of news about its AI initiatives – including, lately, a new generative AI framework to...
AI-enabled data analysis firm Unsupervised announces an expanded collaboration with AT&T
AT&T is continuing its telco AI ambitions after working with Unsupervised to identify more than $100 million “worth of opportunities which could be deployed across a variety of business units at AT&T,” according to...
Artificial intelligence is being applied more broadly and deeply in telecom networks; though AI and machine learning have been part of network testing and assurance tools for years, new advancements in compute, in models and in more holistic data governance and application of data...
As broad interest in and use of artificial intelligence and other high-performance compute surges, Viavi Solutions has introduced what it says is the first solution to address testing and validation needs of the emerging 1.6 terabits per second (Tb/s) Ethernet ecosystem based on 224G...
Nokia and SoftBank plan to conduct field testing using centimeter waves, considered a key enabler of 6G
Japanese operator SoftBank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia for joint research on new communications technologies, the former said in a release. The agreement scope includes...
In the kind of deal it seems to snaffle up for fun these days, NTT Data has signed a multi-year ‘digital change’ contract with Premier League football club Arsenal FC to provide analytics-based hardware and software tools to underpin and augment the team’s various...
ZTE noted that the integration of AI into the Radio Access Network (RAN) allows the network to allocate resources based on real-time service and terminal needs
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has partnered with Smartfren in Indonesia with the main aim of implementing a commercial deployment...
Vodafone has deployed an all-edge private 5G network in pilot mode at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant in Czechia for power generation conglomerate ČEZ Group. The UK-headquartered firm called it a “European first”, as a 5G-based private network at a European nuclear site. The...
Artificial intelligence could indeed fuel the next revolution for companies and investors. The challenge today is knowing who the long-term winners will be. C3.ai released its quarterly results last week. Market reaction is a bit confusing. The company seems to be on track. So,...
Cloud repatriation trends speak to enterprise AI consumption preferences
IT heavy-hitters Broadcom and HPE both announced quarterly financial results this week, and both firms reported growth fueled by enterprise investment into AI infrastructure and attendant systems.
Broadcom, fresh off the heels of the VMware Explore event...
The City of Brownsville in Texas, in the US, has commissioned NTT Data to deploy a private 5G network and a roster of IoT and AI applications to support and promote public services, public safety, environmental sustainability, and economic growth. NTT Data, which has...
In Q2 Dell saw an 80% year-over-year increase in AI-optimized server revenue with a strong backlog and pipeline
As enterprise build out the infrastructure necessary for the AI era, Dell this week reported a beat-beat in Q2 against strong demand for its AI-optimized server hardware....
