BROWSING: AI

Nokia and Xiaomi partnering on IoT and AI

The collaboration between the two firms also includes a multi-year patent agreement apart from IoT cooperation Finnish vendor Nokia and Chinese company Xiaomi have signed a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent agreement, including a cross license to each company's cellular standard essential patents,...

LG creates new AI and robotics research units

LG said these new technologies will be applied to the firm’s existing technology portfolio Korean company LG Electronics announced the establishment of two new research centers that will focus on developing technologies for key internet of things technologies artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, according to...

Canadian service provider adds AI capabilities to IoT platform

ITT Inc. and Weather Telematics will targets verticals in North America and other territories including China Canadian company Internet of Things (ITT Inc.) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Ottawa-based Weather Telematics, which specializes in predictive artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle solutions. Weather Telematics...

Kagan: 2017 is IBM Watson coming out party

It seems like 2017 is the IBM Watson coming out party. You may have noticed their new television ad campaign showing how Watson and AI will impact, transform and improve company after company in industry after industry. Are you ready for artificial intelligence? Well,...

Analyst Angle: The promise of better Wi-Fi with AI

Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has been described variously as a threat to humanity, a boon to economies, and many other things in between. All valuable technologies solve a pertinent problem. Until recently AI and its favorite children, machine learning and predictive analytics, have...

Software launches focus on AI, analytics, 5G for operators

Vendors increase support for AI, analytics, 5G A number of product launches this week aim to help operators navigate an increasingly software-centric world by better leveraging their networks and moving toward becoming digital businesses. At TM Forum, Netcracker made its most recent platform release with the launch...

Kagan: Amazon just installed Alexa on your Kindle

Surprise! Ready or not, like it or not, Amazon is installing Alexa on your Kindle. Some like this. Others don’t. Many ask what gives Amazon permission to break trust with their customers? An author friend of mine told me what Amazon did to her...

Telefonica and Huawei testing AI to drive quality of experience

Telefonica has opened three new service operations center to trial intelligent network management Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has deployed three dedicated Service Operations Centers (SOCs) in Argentina, Chile and Germany to test AI-based intelligent network management. The European telco launched the new centers using Chinese vendor...

Hitachi creates lab to develop solutions for its IoT platform

Hitachi’s Insights Laboratory will use advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Japanese company Hitachi formed its Insights Laboratory, which it claims is a global research team focused on accelerating the delivery of solutions for its internet of things-based Lumada platform. The company said the Insights...

Kagan: Samsung Bixby brings AI to Galaxy S8

After the Galaxy Note 7 battery disaster several months ago, Samsung teased us with their upcoming AI services. Last week Samsung introduced Bixby, which is their new AI service. It is similar to Apple Siri, Google Now and Microsoft Cortana. It is on the...

Retelit, BICS to offer subsea cable linking Europe with Singapore, Hong Kong

The subsea cable solution will use Retelit’s AAE-1 landing station in Bari, Italy. Retelit, a provider of infrastructure and data services, and global voice carrier BICS announced a joint subsea cable connectivity solution that will link Europe via Bari, Italy, to...

AI set to shake up big data in 2017

2017 is expected to be a big year for artificial intelligence, with use cases across a wide range of connected use cases and network applications. AI is largely seen as the full realization of what big data, analytics and automation have been moving towards --...

Kagan: Is AI man versus machine?

Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest areas of growth and transformation we have ever seen. The next step is integrating itself and working with wireless and wireline networks. This is a huge growth opportunity and the sky looks bright for the investor, worker,...

SK Telecom to invest $4.2 billion in AI, internet of things

In addition to artificial intelligence and the internet of things, the South Korean telco will also heavily invest in the development of 5G technologies. SK Telecom confirmed it will spend 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) over the next three years to develop technology...

Revive and transform lead management–the next killer B/OSS app

The common industry thinking around lead management is of a traditional, old-school practice that’s quickly being replaced by next generation digitalization. Lead generation is often the result of extensive data mining during which a wide range of CRM applications validate, grade, distribute, contact and...

2017 Predictions: Cloud, AI, mobility to impact UC market in 2017

Rapid advancements in cloud, mobility, artificial intelligence and networks are set to alter the UC market. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect to see in...

Reality Check: Artificial, virtual and insecure things are stories to watch at CES 2017

CES 2017 is set to showcase emerging technologies like augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence and have a focus on IoT security. New types of artificial intelligence, the insecurity of things, virtual and augmented reality, and growth in service businesses will...

Greenwave adds AI-powered language tool, targets network providers

Greenwave Systems yesterday announced it integrated the Nuance Communications Mix voice and AI-powered natural language understanding (NLU) technologies as part of its AXON Platform for managed services. The solutions offered by the partnership will target networking and communications service providers with the hope of providing the ability to...

Analyst Angle: MIT’s MoVR device sheds light on our wireless AI future

Recent breakthroughs in AI and wireless connectivity highlight an interesting future. Everything that was previously considered fiction is now becoming reality. So much so that the modern populace seems to think nothing is impossible anymore. Among the gargantuan trend shifts and technological...

Uber purchases AI startup, creates machine learning lab

Uber is rapidly acquiring startups as it gears up for a future filled with autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. Yesterday, the company announced the purchase of an artificial intelligence startup Geometric Intelligence to provide the core for a new central AI lab being established in Uber’s...

Uber purchases AI startup, creates machine learning lab

Uber is rapidly acquiring startups as it gears up for a future filled with autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. Yesterday, the company announced the purchase of an artificial intelligence startup Geometric Intelligence to provide the core for a new central AI lab being established in Uber’s...

Machine learning is leading the way to a smarter internet of things

What is machine learning and what can it do? You step into the tennis section of your local sports store looking for a new racket when a notification alerts you of a coupon on Wilson products. Something must have picked up your location along with...

Machine learning is leading the way to a smarter internet of things

What is machine learning and what can it do? You step into the tennis section of your local sports store looking for a new racket when a notification alerts you of a coupon on Wilson products. Something must have picked up your location along with...

Kagan: IBM World of Watson left me breathless

After attending this year’s IBM World of Watson event in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, I was both stunned and overwhelmed by the advancements in artificial intelligence and cognitive. I have written about IBM and Watson several times over the last few years,...