More than half of workers in critical industrial sectors have experienced “severe security incidents” that have led to data loss or system downtime, and industrial IoT devices have been blamed. A new poll by US operator Verizon of 600-odd executives in charge of security...
Nokia has added a new drone-mounted automated counting function to its inventory monitoring service for warehouse customers in the US. It slots into its autonomous drone product, offered as part of its so-called Nokia AIMS (Autonomous Inventory Monitoring Service) package of drone-based logistics tools....
Intel revealed plans to reduce its headcount by more than 15%
Intel reported a $1.6 billion loss in Q2 Thursday, resulting in its shares sliding as much as 20%. As part of its statement detailing the disappointing results, the company outlined plans to reduce...
CEO Cristiano Amon expects on-device AI to "drive competitive differentiation" in multiple verticals
Qualcomm saw its fourth consecutive quarter of record revenues in its automotive business and its executives including CEO Cristiano Amon were enthusiastic about the opportunities for the chip company that artificial intelligence,...
Dell and SKT are integrating the carrier’s telco-specific large language model with existing BSS
Telecommunications companies are battling a challenging environment rife with increasing pressures around sustainability, market competition, and perhaps most importantly, the ever-present need to monetize their investments. AI has emerged as a...
Since the announcement on May 20th, 2024, the PC industry has been abuzz with the new generation CoPilot+ PCs. Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x laptop was among over 20 models launched in June 2024. These PCs have started shipping as we enter the busy back-to-school...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US is offering up to $70 million in funding for a new Manufacturing USA institute to develop AI for productivity and security for the US manufacturing sector. It has opened a competition and requested...
Earlier this week the Schwab Network news program with Nicole Pettalides invited me on the show to discuss Verizon quarterly earnings. I took the conversation wider and deeper onto the changing wireless industry. I’ve been offering comment on the always changing wireless industry for...
A survey by US-based Honeywell says “only” less than one in five (17 percent of) AI “influencers” in enterprises have “fully implemented initial AI plans”. Which is a statistic that might be taken the other way, too; to say so many are already on...
The scalable AI solutions can support an operator’s evolution from customer-facing chatbots to AIOps and broad network automation
Communications service providers (CSPs) have already started to use generative AI (GenAI) for capabilities like customer service chatbots and engineering support. The bigger vision is to leverage...
The rise of artificial intelligence comes as operators are managing a number of pre-existing technological transitions. Such as the move to 5G Standalone, proliferation of disaggregated and open radio systems and long-term modernization efforts that will set the stage for the transition to 5G...
Five years in and 5G hasn’t delivered. Can telco AI enable opex reduction and service differentiation?
Communications service providers (CSPs) are increasingly investing in telco-specific artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to drive network automation and enhance the efficiency of their operations. The adoption of telco AI...
Samsung said that knowledge graph technology is expected to be one of the key technologies for realizing more sophisticated and personalized AI solutions in the future
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics has signed an agreement to acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a U.K. startup specializing in knowledge...
Recent drive-testing in the Washington, DC area confirmed its algorithms' accuracy, SmartCIC says
Monetization of 5G is one of the most pressing issues facing the telecom industry. In Toby Forman's view, that translates to two questions around 5G networks: How can carriers monetize their investments...
'AI will be part of the fabric of virtually everything,' says Cisco exec
For many companies in the communications space, generative AI (gen AI) is largely taking the form of AI assistants, or a tool that supports live agents and/or customers by providing data-informed feedback...
In an era marked by the democratization of GenAI, the telecoms sector has reached a pivotal moment where the potential of AI to revolutionize network performance, elevate customer services and redefine experiences is evident.
How can legacy telcos adapt and implement AI to foster dynamic, high-performing, energy-efficient...
Dell Technologies helps to accelerate your AI journey
Dell Technologies World served as the company’s annual stake in the ground, where strategic and product roadmaps are laid out and detailed. This year at the event, the opportunity presented by artificial intelligence (AI) was (obviously) the...
India-based IT consultancy and system integrator Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a generative AI aggregation platform for enterprise customers and a new IoT lab in the US, with a stated remit to support sensor deployments feeding into developing industrial AI projects. It has...
Fujitsu is working with US data security and privacy outfit Cohere on a number of industry-geared AI projects, including joint development of a Japanese large language model (LLM) for enterprises in Japan, as well as an exclusive global reseller deal for other generative AI...
Convergence, rejuvenation, transformation, sophistication...AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, Vodafone execs chart a course to growth at DTW24—Ignite
There were a number of prominent themes this year at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World—Ignite event in Copenhagen, Denmark. AI, obviously, cloud, operating models, reskilling/upskilling, etc…But the high-level view,...
Telenor CTO highlights the role of ecosystem collaboration in driving growth and innovation
Communications service provider (CSP) Telenor recently expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a two-fold goal: to embolden Telenor’s ongoing transition from telco to cloud-native tech-co, and as part of...
Speaking at an event in London on Wednesday (July 10), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) presented its portfolio of joint AI solutions and integrations with Nvidia, along with its channel strategy and training regime, to UK journalists and analysts that did not make the trip...
Over the past 35 years I have been privileged to have worked with and advised countless CEOs and CMOs as an Industry Analyst, advisor and columnist. Over that time, I have had many conversations and learned so much, not only about these companies, but...
The Artificial intelligence (AI) Act has been published today (July 12) in the Official Journal of the European Union, the gazette of record for the European Union (EU). It confirms a three-phase schedule for the implementation of its various provisions according to the risk...
