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Verizon to use AI, ML to prevent fiber damage from excavations

Verizon will use AI to sort through more than the ten million dig requests made annually to identify high-risk excavations Verizon is utilizing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to prevent damage to its fiber infrastructure caused by accidental cuts during...

DeepSig launches hub for AI models for radio systems

AI company DeepSig, which focuses on the use of AI in wireless communications, has started up a new repository for models that apply AI to radio systems. The OmniSIG Model Hub is meant for models that fuel the DeepSig's OmniSIG Engine (formerly known as...

Arrcus receives $15 million from NVIDIA in latest funding round

Clear Ventures, General Catalyst, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Prosperity7 Ventures invest total of $30 million in hyperscale network fabric specialist Arrcus With a recent $30 million round of funding, including $15 million from NVIDIA, Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar detailed two priorities: porting Arrcus...

Using AI to predict network coverage? SmartCIC thinks it has cracked the code

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...

GSMA report highlights AI potential in certain sectors in Africa

Among the Africa AI use case applications identified, the vast majority are related to agriculture, climate action and energy, according to the GSMA New artificial intelligence (AI) applications could boost Africa’s economic growth by $2.9 trillion by 2030, according to a new GSMA report. The report,...

SK Telecom invests $200m in US AI data center solutions company

SGH's Penguin Solutions focuses on integrated AI data center solutions Korean operator SK Telecom has signed an agreement to invest $200 million in Smart Global Holdings (SGH), which designs and develops high-performance solutions for data centers and enterprises. SK Telecom has made clear its ambition...

CelcomDigi launches AI experience center in Malaysia

CelcomDigi said that AiX also houses a collaborative space that serves as a live lab environment for startups, large enterprises, academia and government Malaysian telco CelcomDigi launched its AI experience center, dubbed AiX, with the aim of creating digital solutions across a range of sectors...

Indosat to put main focus on 4G expansion: CEO

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Indosat's President and CEO, Vikram Sinha said that the telco has alread launched 5G services in eight cities across Indonesia, including Jakarta, Makassar, and Bali Indonesian telco Indosat has the main priority of strengthening its 4G network to...

SK Telecom, Singtel partner to develop next-gen telco technology

SK Telecom and Singtel will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI), orchestration tools and deepen the domain knowledge of network virtualization Korean carrier SK Telecom and Singaporean telco Singtel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of collaborating on building next-generation...

The rise of telco AI is very much an exercise in ecosystem collaboration

From devices to on-prem to the public cloud, getting telco AI right involves bringing more new players into an already rapidly expanding ecosystem It’s still early days for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (gen AI) with the telecoms set, but the big idea...

How to achieve telco nirvana—a telco AI infrastructure automation primer courtesy of Red Hat

“A fully-automated, zero-touch deployment…self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-evolving…That’s the nirvana,” of telco AI according to Red Hat Senior Director of Technology and Architecture Azhar Sayeed. Speaking recently with RCR Wireless News, he laid out that long-term vision then looked at the incremental steps operators can...

ZTE, Qualcomm and partners open 5G-A lab in Shanghai

ZTE said that the new facility is now formally recognized as part of the GTI 5G-A x AI Open Labs network Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation, along with Qualcomm, Siemens and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has announced the inauguration of the GTI 5G-A x AI Open...

From ugly duckling to beautiful swan—(re)designing digital transformation 

I still remember when TM Forum Live! was hosted in Nice down on the French Riviera, and it was very much a business support system (BSS) show. The scope of conversations has expanded, and in 2022 the show relaunched in Copenhagen, Denmark, and re-branded...

Four ways telco AI will evolve over the next decade

Spirent Communications looks at the future of telco AI across the RAN, devices, data centers and operating models In its position as a provider of test, measurement and service assurance solutions to operators worldwide, Spirent Communications has a unique view on where operators are directing...

Implementing telco AI: Five challenges

Artificial intelligence isn't entirely new — although its manifestation as generative AI certainly is — and the telecom industry has been pursuing it in one way or another for some time. So why is it difficult to fully realize AI for telecommunications providers' businesses? During...

Innovation in business models key to maximize investments in 5G-A: Huawei

'The mobile AI era is here,' said Huawei SVP and president of ICT sales and services at MWC Shanghai 2024 SHANGHAI — Business model innovation and capability integration are key elements for carriers in order to maximize return on investment in ‘5.5G’ or 5G-Advanced (5G-A)...

Singtel uses AI to improve its call center operations

Singtel is currently using AI to support marketing communications to develop new campaigns and carry out faster testing SHANGHAI — The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is helping Singaporean telco Singtel to improve the efficiency of its own call centers as the technology is giving...

Nokia prepares for AI boom with Infinera acquisition

Nokia said the purchase of Infinera, along with the sale of the Alcatel Submarine Networks business, will 'reshape' its Network Infrastructure unit Nokia said it is buying optical networking vendor Infinera for $6.65 per share, equating to a value of $2.3 billion, in a deal...

China to reach 1 billion 5G subscriptions by end-2024: GSMA

The GSMA boss noted that Chinese carriers are heavily supporting the association’s Open Gateway initiative SHANGHAI — China is expected to end this year with more than 1 billion connections in the 5G segment, the Head of the GSMA Mats Granryd said during a keynote...

Huawei aims to bring AI to networks to boost human productivity

The first phase of Huawei's plan looks to cover 1,000 site engineers and 10,000 sites within six months SHANGHAI—Chinese vendor Huawei unveiled a plan to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to networks with the aim of improving network productivity. Speaking at a keynote of the MWC Shanghai...

e& playing 4-D chess with its ‘AI-forward, AI-first strategy’ 

In February 2022, Etisalat rebranded to e&; the UAE-headquartered multinational was early in doing the hard work of reinventing from a telco to a tech-co, to borrow verbage from industry discourse. Two years in, Group Chief Strategy Officer Harrison Lung provided an overview of...

The three big telco AI use cases—and a lot more sub-use cases

Telco AI forecasted to become a $42 billion business by 2033 While artificial intelligence (AI) hype is running rampant, AI is also bringing real benefits to real businesses and the future seems relatively bright. Focusing in on telco AI use cases, Tantra Analyst Principal Prakash...

From assistant to fully automated — Cisco’s AI strategy

Cisco is using AI across its entire product portfolio to simplify the customer experience Earlier this week, Cisco Investments, Cisco’s global corporate venture investment arm, announced a $1 billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment fund to support the startup ecosystem and expand the development of more...

Kagan: Will Microsoft, Google and Apple be AI responsible?

AI will bring both good and bad — the trick is managing both sides well Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming on strong but is a double-edged sword. OpenAI started a chain reaction more than a year ago with ChatGPT. Suddenly, AI is perhaps one of...