BROWSING: AI

Editorial Webinar: AI and machine learning – Making IoT Work for Telecoms

Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it. Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...

Editorial Webinar: AI and machine learning – Making IoT Work for Telecoms

Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it. Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...

Editorial Report: AI and machine learning: Making IoT Work for Telecoms

Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it. Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial intelligence...

Editorial Report: AI and machine learning: Making IoT Work for Telecoms

Today’s wireless networks are hugely complex already, and will acquire new layers of sophistication as the industry launches 5G services. Traditional rule-based, deterministic algorithms no longer cut it. Network operators require more dynamic methods to get the best from their infrastructure and services. Artificial...

AI in telecoms: distinguishing AI from analytics and automation

AI combines analytics and automation into actionable insight Having been the preserve of mathematicians and sci-fi writers for 70 years, since Alan Turing showed digital computers could simulate formal reasoning, the field of artificial intelligence appears to be coming of age at last in practical...

AI for CSPs: It starts with a strategy (Reader Forum)

  AI in the service provider space today is primarily focused on machine learning — a branch of AI that focuses on the development of intelligent computer programs that can predict future events more effectively than humans. These types of programs autonomously train themselves using...

Kagan: Why Sprint chose Synchronoss Technologies for transformation

The number four wireless carrier, Sprint, has selected Synchronoss Technologies to lead them in their digital transformation to help prepare for growth going forward. This is the kind of thinking every company needs to have now as going digital becomes the focus from here...

AI in telecoms: practical advice and next-steps for carriers deploying AI

The hype surrounding the potentially transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on the telecoms industry is impossible to ignore. AI was the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, again, at the end of last month, as...

AI in telecoms: why carrier SON progress is not faster (clue: it’s not the tech)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a crucial sub-text in the evolution of LTE and IoT networks. The deployment of AI-driven applications among the carrier community is limited so far. “We are at the beginning,” says Luc Bretones, executive vice president of the France-based Orange’s Technocentre...

AI in telecoms: categorizing AI applications in network operations

The categorization of artificial intelligence (AI) in telecoms can be cut any number of ways. Spanish telecoms group Telefónica identifies four business needs: in business optimization, market insights, customer engagement, and business innovation. Francisco José Montalvo, director of its ‘fourth platform’ business, says these...

AI in telecoms: why 5G and IoT won’t work for carriers without AI

The telecoms industry is heavily invested the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based technologies. “The telecoms network is the basis for the outbreak of AI, and AI will greatly enhance the telecoms network,” comments Zhang Sihong, chief engineer of AI...

Analyst Angle: Trending at MWC 2018

As expected, MWC 2018 was a lot about buzzwords 5G, AI, VR, digital transformation, digital identity, smart cities, connected cars, IoT and everything in between. With 5G non-standalone standards now in place, the conversation is moving away from proof of concept to more ambitious projects,...

How AI will solve CSPs’ customer experience woes (Reality Check)

  For too long communications service providers (CSPs) have been falling behind in customer experience (CX), while other industries have evolved to deliver amazing results. Retail, banking, and even some insurance companies are creating superior customer experiences that double as a competitive advantage. So, what’s...

Analyst Angle: the promises and challenges of AI for CSPs

  The increasing capability of computer processing power and recent advancements in cloud storage have made the once sci-fi concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) an enticing reality. Many industries are currently exploring how to best leverage AI, and the telecommunications industry is no exception. In fact,...

Nokia, Ericsson helping APAC operators get ready for 5G

Nokia, Ericsson working with operators in Taiwan, Singapore to speed-up 5G deployments Network infrastructure vendor Nokia has signed a number of agreements with telecom operators in Taiwan in order to accelerate their 5G commercial deployments and enhance their related 4G applications, Taiwanese press reported. According...

GE signs smart factory agreement with Korean steelmaker Posco

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop a smart factory platform that is expected to improve steel mill production efficiency and prevent...

Kagan: Why Microsoft Cortana AI is still not well-known

Why is Microsoft Cortana still the great unknown in the world of AI? We’ve all heard the excitement and read countless stories around the continual advancement of artificial intelligence with Apple Siri, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and countless others. Why then can’t Microsoft seem...

IBM looks to attract low-code developers under Mendix partnership

IBM and Mendix announce global reseller agreement IBM and Mendix are joining forces in a global reseller agreement in an effort to bring cloud technologies to low-code environments. Under the deal, IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on IBM Cloud. Low-code refers to a...

Kagan: Why are Apple HomePod and Siri such negative thinkers?

We’ve been talking so much about artificial intelligence in wireless, but one thing we haven’t touched on is getting AI to synch with the way each of us think. Each of us is different. Some of us are positive thinkers and others are negative...

Deutsche Telekom, IBM to jointly explore IoT, AI solutions

Deutsche Telekom has launched an IoT space within IBM 's Watson IoT center in Munich German operator Deutsche Telekom has launched an IoT innovation space within IBM’s Watson IoT center in Munich, Germany. As part of the firm’s efforts to expand its IoT ecosystem, Deutsche...

Google CEO compares AI to electricity and fire

AI research and development requires a "balanced" approach Technology giant Google, a subsidiary of parent company Alphabet, is engaged in a wide range of research into applications for artificial intelligence (AI) that include machine translation to remove language barriers, improving healthcare by empowering doctors to...

Vodafone turns to AI to improve its networks in Spain

The telco is implementing AI in collaboration with Ericsson and Huawei Vodafone Spain, part of U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone, aims to implement artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve the performance of its mobile network in Spain, local press reported. AI technology from Ericsson and Huawei will...

Analyst Angle: Six trends that are driving Industrial IoT

I'm just back from CES, and it's clear that IoT in the home offers a certain magic that interests press and consumers. But even though voice agents are gaining traction, and ushering in a new world of connected smart homes, the big action in...

Kagan: What we can expect from wireless in 2018

The wireless industry was full of expansion, growth, activity, excitement and some disappointment in 2017. So, what can we expect in 2018? Wireless will continue to be the center of the universe. Other industries will partner with and use wireless to expand and grow....