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The Race for LEO Space: Geo-political and socioeconomic influences for 2025
As we begin a new year with new political appointments and new economic influences, what does this mean for “the Race for LEO Space”?
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Telcos and hyperscaler partnerships – how AI changes everything
For many years, the telecoms industry has had a complicated relationship with the hyperscalers – in particular AWS, Google and Microsoft. Industry watchers, both analysts and journalists, have been quick to point out the seemingly conflicting risks of deep collaboration – dependency and disintermediation. These concerns are not without some historical foundation, but things are changing. In the last three years, the potential value of long-term, meaningful partnerships is driving ever-deeper engagement and the arguments for caution are weakening.
The Role of Network Inventory in Streamlined Telecom Service Delivery
In the fast-evolving world of telecommunications, efficiency and accuracy are the cornerstones of providing high-quality services to customers. At the heart of this system are several critical processes, including order management, service orchestration, and network inventory management. These processes, when tightly integrated, allow telecom providers to streamline service delivery, reduce operational costs, and ensure the reliability of the services they offer.
Understanding the Basics: Order Management, Service Orchestration, and Network Inventory
At its core, order management ensures that telecom customers receive the services they request in a timely and accurate manner. It’s a process that begins with receiving customer orders and extends through provisioning and activation of services. However, managing customer orders becomes a complex task when those services depend on a vast array of network resources.
Service orchestration bridges this gap. It ensures that the ordered service is not only provisioned but also activated correctly across all the necessary network platforms. The orchestration system acts as a conductor, guiding how different network components collaborate to deliver a service. Without proper orchestration, service delivery would be manual, slow, and error prone.
Telefónica applies 5G and AI to healthcare with solutions in ophthalmology and oncology
Telefónica will present at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will be held in Barcelona two healthcare solutions based on 5G connectivity, edge computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to determine the need for surgery in people with cataracts and monitor white blood cell levels in cancer patients.
Specifically, “CatEye” consists of a device with 5G connectivity that can determine whether the patient has cataracts to a sufficient degree to advise surgical intervention. To do this, Telefónica has developed, in collaboration with Edgendria Innovación, a specialised optics platform with precision servomotors, applied to a specific camera that, autonomously and without the need for specialised help, takes a photograph of both eyes and sends it via 5G to an AI that is housed in Telefónica’s edge.
EE brings 5G standalone to Wembly Stadium
Wembley Stadium has become the United Kingdom (UK)’s first sports venue to benefit from having its own dedicated 5G standalone mobile network – beating the likes of Twickenham, the Principality Stadium and Wimbledon – after EE completed upgrades at the spiritual ‘home of football’.
Football fans attending England Women’s UEFA Nations League match against reigning world champions Spain later this month will be the first people in the UK to experience Wembley’s enhanced in-stadium connectivity, as the 5G standalone network is used for a live public event for the first time.