TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2402)
1.???? Lumen is first in the industry to achieve a Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7? device
At the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance? announced?Lumen Technologies?has received Wi-Fi 7 certifications for two wireless devices. Lumen is the first company in the industry to achieve a?Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7??device?with its custom-developed solution. Lumen designed its devices for its Quantum Fiber residential and small business customers to deliver faster speeds and better coverage than Wi-Fi 6/6E.
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2.???? T-Mobile chronicles 5G achievements since Sprint merger
T-Mobile’s Third Annual Progress Report on fulfilling certain FCC commitments doesn’t address jobs, a hot-button issue for many who opposed the merger. T-Mobile executives like former CEO John Legere famously promised?more jobs?as a result of the kind of consolidation that usually leads to job cuts. Indeed,?last year?T-Mobile announced a 7% reduction in its workforce, eliminating about 5,000 jobs.
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3.???? BT gets streetwise for the EV era
BT Group has boosted its green network credentials by kickstarting a project to transform up to 60,000 street cabinets into electric vehicle (EV) charging units, a move that could potentially help it gain new revenue opportunities. The ambitious initiative is run by the UK telco’s startup and digital incubation arm, Etc., and will begin by powering up an EV charging unit in Lothian, Scotland, before rolling out more technical trials in the coming months to explore how the solution can be scaled to address the lack of EV chargers across the UK.
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4.???? HPE's $14 billion buyout of Juniper could have an AI twinge
HPE?has announced that it will?buy?Juniper Networks?for $14?billion, in a deal that is expected to close early in 2025. Juniper's CEO, Rami Rahim, will lead the combined HPE networking business once the deal is completed. The HPE move on Juniper may well be motivated by it’s artificial intelligence (AI) needs. Using the AI expertise derived from Juniper’s popular Mist AI platform, HPE could develop AI-powered enterprise systems that could further automate business networking.
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5.???? Intel acquires Silicon Mobility and announces new SoCs for auto
Intel expanded its repertoire further into automotive Tuesday with a deal to acquire Silicon Mobility, a fabless silicon and software company that makes SoCs for EV energy management.? But that was not all, and the question arose why Intel has taken so long to rev its automotive engine. That acquisition news came alongside another Intel announcement of a family of AI-enhanced software defined vehicle SoCs with Zeekr to be the first OEM to adopt that new SoC for next-generation cars that deliver “living room experiences,” as Intel put it.
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6.???? MWC 2024: Amdocs announces Amdocs CPQ Pro for generative AI era
Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today announced Amdocs CPQ Pro, its next-generation configure-price-quote software, which enables communications service providers (CSPs) to offer advanced enterprise services for all business types by leveraging generative AI capabilities.
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7.???? Swiss Life Asset Managers announces investment in Telecom Infrastructure Partners
InfraBridge, a leading infrastructure investment manager, and Swiss Life Asset Managers, on behalf of its funds, have entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition by Swiss Life Asset Managers of a co-controlling equity stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners (“TIP”), a global lease aggregator of telecom sites in Europe and Latin America. This investment includes new equity commitments from Swiss Life Asset Managers to accelerate TIP’s platform expansion.
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8.???? Etisalat by e& and Cisco partner to elevate connectivity and collaboration services for UAE businesses
Etisalat by e& and Cisco, two of the leading giants in the telecommunications and technology sectors, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advanced connectivity solutions and services for businesses in the UAE.
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9.???? Airtel Business to power 20 million smart meters for Adani Energy Solutions
Airtel Business – the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers – today announced that it will power over 20 million smart meters for Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL).
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10.? Samsung’s ‘AI for All’ vision unveiled at CES 2024
Samsung Electronics shared its vision for how artificial intelligence (AI) technology will enable people to experience their devices more intuitively and conveniently than ever before. Presenting these ideas at a press conference at?CES? 2024, Samsung teamed up with key partners to outline the technology behind this vision and how new products and services use AI capabilities to make life easier.
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11.? Verizon delivers 5G to US Army Garrison Hawaii via “Dragon Tower”
Verizon announced it is providing 5G coverage to the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii’s Helemano Military Reservation (HMR) via a newly constructed cell tower, nicknamed the “Dragon Tower,” as part of a $1 million project. Military families, personnel and visitors at HMR will experience improved wireless coverage and enhanced network services.
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12.? Quantum computing:?T-Systems?begins cooperation with market leader AQT
Customers of the?T-Systems?Quantum?Cloud?can now access quantum computers from AQT. The Innsbruck-based company is the European market leader in the construction of ion trap-based quantum computers. Ion trap-based quantum computers are characterized in particular by the high quality of their calculations. With this partnership, the two companies are strengthening Europe's sovereignty in this critical future technology. Initial test runs of the integration have already been successful and customers can already get started with the solution and dedicated consulting services from?T-Systems.
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13.? Telia Sweden and partners receive EU funding for dedicated 5G networks
With funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF?Digital), Telia will build dedicated 5G networks at five locations in Sweden that will be used for digital innovation projects together with partners such as RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Region Stockholm in areas such as agriculture, transport, logistics and health care. The dedicated networks will also be connected to the?NorthStar?innovation network established by Telia and Ericsson to give Sweden’s leading industrial companies access to the latest 5G technologies.
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14.? Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and BDx Indonesia Advance Indonesia’s Digital Future with Landmark Data Center Deal
In a move poised to revolutionize Indonesia’s digital landscape,?Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison?(Indosat or IOH) announces that?BDx Indonesia, a joint venture of Indosat,?BDx Data Centers?(BDx), and?Lintasarta, has agreed to acquire a portfolio of carrier-neutral colocation and edge sites in key cities such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Medan, Makassar, Bandung, and Semarang, including ten strategic sites connected to six domestic and five international subsea cables.
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15.? AIS Expands Partnership With Netcracker for IT Transformation Program
Netcracker Technology?announced that Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile operator in Thailand, will consolidate its billing systems for all customers on?Netcracker Revenue Management?– part of?Netcracker Digital BSS?– which will result in faster time to market, a consolidated view on sales and revenue, the ability to bundle products and an overall improved customer experience.
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16.? Deutsche Telekom forms dedicated MACE unit for network APIs
Deutsche Telekom (DT) is amping up efforts to market its portfolio of network APIs to developers and business customers with the creation of a dedicated business unit called Magenta API Capability Exposure, or MACE. The move was first announced on LinkedIn by Peter Arbitter, who until recently served as DT’s senior vice-president of portfolio & product marketing for enterprise customers as well as SVP of business unit Global SD-x.
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17.? Ericsson and Wipro collaborate to modernise billing infrastructure for ODIDO on AWS
All subscribers from ODIDO's mobile virtual network offering (MVNO), Ben, have been successfully migrated to Ericsson Billing, which is seamlessly hosted on AWS. The migration was led by Wipro as the end-to-end system integrator in close collaboration with Ericsson, which ensured seamless integration with ODIDO’s existing IT landscape. The billing system transformation will continue in 2024 with the migration of the ODIDO subscribers and is a key element in the CSP’s long-term evolution to cloud native architecture and future-proof IT infrastructure?
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18.? Open RAN Boosts Communication Across Africa, Surpassing 1,500 Sites in the Region
Parallel Wireless, the U.S.-based Open RAN innovator, reached a milestone of 1,500 sites deployed across Africa. Parallel Wireless brings communication to regions that were previously unable to access standard and high-speed mobile networks. ?These installations create greater opportunities to grow mobile operators’ client base while simultaneously modernizing large regions.