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‘There’s no clean AI strategy without a clean data strategy’

Blue Planet sees AI as a spectrum of technologies collectively driving network automation forward In a wide-ranging discussion with RCR Wireless News, Gabriele di Piazza, vice president of products, alliances and architectures with Blue Planet by Ciena, immediately made the point that AI is a...

Verizon, AT&T, Lumen among telcos hacked by Chinese group: Reports

Several major United States telecommunications providers have reportedly been infiltrated by a Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon, with a focus on gaining information on U.S. government wiretaps. First reported by The Wall Street Journal, published reports say that the networks of telcos including...

Ericsson building rApp directory in Open RAN push

Ericsson rApp strategy is focused on network automation, deployment, evolution, healing and optimization As operators continue to push toward large-scale Open RAN deployments, a North Star is this idea of using open radio access networks as decentralized platforms for innovation. What this means, we...

What is the role of BSS evolution in 5G monetization?

As 5G Standalone ramps, monetization hinges on marrying customer experience with network insights While digital transformation has been a buzzword in many different industries for some time, the rubber is meeting the road, so to speak, in the world of telecoms. The pressing need to...

Dell Technologies, NVIDIA optimize AI Factory approach for CSPs

From core to edge, Dell AI for Telecom includes network optimization capabilities and supports AI services like GPUaaS Back in May at Dell Technologies World, the ICT giant unveiled its AI Factory with NVIDIA solution which holistically covers data, infrastructure, ecosystem, strategy and use...

Ericsson and major global operators announce API joint venture

McKinsey & Company sees network API market potentially generating hundreds of billions in new revenue Ericsson alongside major global operators, including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone, today announced an as-yet unnamed joint venture...

Broadcom CEO: The future of enterprise IT (and AI) is on premises

VMware looks to help customers ditch the public cloud to address cost, complexity and compliance LAS VEGAS—VMware Explore kicked off today and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan made crystal clear that Vmware by Broadcom is a very different company. Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware in...

ExxonMobil, VMware on running OT workloads on IT systems

Standardizing interoperable, open, secure industrial control architectures LAS VEGAS--ExxonMobil has a vision for technology enablement marked by a long-term shift from closed IT and OT systems to open, secure, standards-based systems that promote value creation. A tricky problem unique to heavy industries, however, is that...

Mavenir launches an ‘AI co-pilot’ for CSP operations

Mavenir claims that 40% operational efficiency can be reached using the new AI solution Network infrastructure provider Mavenir developed an artificial intelligence "operations co-pilot" with Nvidia and Amazon Web Services, which it says shows that generative AI can be used to "effectively define a Service...

‘It’s all about speed’—Georgia-Pacific on gen AI at the industrial edge

Like virtually every other large global enterprise, paper product manufacturer and distributor Georgia-Pacific is working to leverage generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) for workforce productivity gains. While the current focus is “all about speed these days,” according to Vice President of Innovation Michael Carroll,...

From AI hype to AI help—Cisco details strategy for the AI era

Cisco is bringing AI into its collaboration, networking, observability and security solutions; the message to customers at Cisco Live is we're focused on “making AI work for you” LAS VEGAS—Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins kicked off the company’s annual Cisco Live event with clear-eyed acknowledgement of...

Smartphones offer a path to mainstream mobile augmented reality, Ericsson report says

Consumers dislike current device options and worry about social perception and privacy when it comes to XR, according to a report from Ericsson Consumer Lab Options and adoption of augmented, virtual and mixed-reality devices, applications and services are moving more slowly than expected, with most...

Reader Forum: A cohesive mitigation approach is required to curb political robocalls ahead of November elections

Americans received more than 16 billion political calls in Q1 2024 Over the first three months of 2024, Americans received more than 16 billion political robocalls. The unwanted calls, which ranged from AI deepfake election disinformation campaigns to financially motivated scams and more traditional nuisance...

From PC’s Limited to Dell Technologies—40 years of vision and execution

LAS VEGAS--When Michael Dell took the stage to open Dell Technologies World earlier this week in Las Vegas, it was difficult to imagine that the expansive, innovative company he leads started four decades ago selling souped-up IBM clones out of a University of Texas...

Honda and IBM collaborate on software-defined vehicle R&D

Honda and IBM will research specialized semiconductor technology and open software solutions to address software-defined vehicle challenges Honda Motor Co. and IBM are collaborating on the research and development (R&D) of next-generation computing technologies to address emerging processing, power and design challenges for software-defined vehicles...

How to build LLMs for telco AI applications

AWS, IBM, McKinsey and Nokia on curating an LLM for domain-specific applications; bigger isn’t necessarily better and, at some point, you have to dive in If you’ve used consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini or Microsoft’s Copilot, chances are...

Rakuten sees ‘huge potential’ for OSS— ‘This is the home of innovation’

In a cloud-native world, the OSS should serve as an app store filled with tools for automation, orchestration, workflow engines and more Rakuten Group, with its operator Rakuten Mobile and hardware/software/services vendor subsidiary Rakuten Symphony, don’t live in the legacy world. The greenfield network is...

Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in UAE-based AI company G42

The investment will strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on bringing the latest Microsoft AI technologies to the UAE Microsoft has announced an investment of $1.5 billion in G42, an UAE-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology holding company. The investment will strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on bringing...

Viavi joins OpenAirInterface Software Alliance

Viavi is the first test equipment provide to join OSA's board Viavi Solutions announced it has joined the strategic board of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA). With this new addition, the OSA will now have a test equipment provider on its board. The OpenAirInterface (OAI), known for...

Network APIs and the path to 5G monetization

AT&T, Verizon, Vonage all pushing network APIs and software developer outreach ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Step 1: Using network application programming interfaces (APIs), operators expose network data and capabilities to software developers Step 2: Developers leverage the data and network capabilities to create...

The story of an Orange (network) slice—and a vocabulary lesson

Think Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny: "What is a git anyways?" The move to 5G Standalone is afoot, and operators are working out the kinks of instantiating network slices tuned to the needs of particular end user applications. In the broader move...

CISA: Chinese hackers are positioned in US infrastructure IT systems

U.S. federal agencies warned this week that a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group is positioned in critical infrastructure IT networks, including communications IT systems, and that they believe the hackers have had a presence in some IT networks for as long as five years. The Cybersecurity...

AT&T launches branded calling with TransUnion

AT&T and TransUnion are now offering businesses a branded solution for outgoing calls, to pop up a brand name and business logo for the recipient and confirm the legitimacy of a call in order to encourage them to answer. A recent TransUnion survey confirmed...

Juniper lays out vision for AI-native networking

Juniper CEO on AI-native vision: “No application downtime or performance issues” As HPE works to expand its networking business through the acquisition of Juniper Networks--a deal widely regarded as all about bringing artificial intelligence (AI) to bear “from edge to cloud to exascale” as HPE...