TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2415)
1.???? T-Systems wins largest deal in Denmark
The Danish IT specialist for the public sector and modern societies, KMD, has commissioned?T-Systems?to operate its mainframe infrastructure. This infrastructure is a high-performance and highly scalable IT environment optimized for business-critical applications and data processing. Starting in the first half of 2025,?T-Systems?will take over responsibility for operations. The contract has a duration of seven years, with the option to extend. Both companies did not disclose the contract volume.?
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2.???? US criminal case against China's Huawei heads toward 2026 trial
The U.S. Justice Department's long-running criminal case accusing China's Huawei of misleading banks about the tech company's business in Iran, among other charges, is heading toward a January 2026 trial. At a status conference on Thursday in Brooklyn, New York, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Solomon told U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly that "settlement discussions ended in an impasse. We believe it would be prudent to schedule a trial date."
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3.???? Toyota reportedly to use Huawei's assisted driving solution in its global models
Toyota will reportedly leverage Huawei's technology in order to enhance the smart driving capabilities of its vehicles. Toyota's global models will use a solution jointly developed by the automotive giant with Chinese tech giant Huawei and startup Momenta, local media outlet Tencent News said in a?report?today, citing people familiar with the matter.
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4.???? Ericsson and Orange Egypt boost digital transformation
Ericsson has been selected by Orange Egypt as a strategic partner to accelerate its digital transformation and build a resilient architecture across its network. The collaboration seeks to enable superior service experiences for consumers and streamline partner ecosystem.
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5.???? PLDT and Smart step up cloud strategy and establish Cloud Center of Excellence
Ramping up their cloud initiatives to the next level, the Philippines’ leading integrated telco network PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have established the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE), paving the way for a stronger, more customer-focused, future-proof, and cloud-confident workforce. ?
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6.???? Virgin Media O2 rolls out smart service to automatically identify network niggles
Known as “smart support” the new service to tackle customers’ network niggles arrives as research by Virgin Media O2 found that more than 1 in 3 British broadband users (34%) claim they wouldn’t feel confident trying to fix their WiFi if something went wrong, even though 98% of Brits rely on the internet every day.
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7.???? Huawei launches Europe Enterprise Roadshow 2024 to accelerate industrial intelligence with green and digital technologies?
Huawei has launched its annual edition of the?Huawei Europe Enterprise Roadshow 2024, the technology center "on wheels" specially designed to show the company's cutting-edge product innovations for large enterprises, public administrations and industries such as healthcare, ISP, education, retail and more.
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8.???? Smaller open RAN vendors claim they’re not at death’s door
No one is definitively saying the open radio access network (RAN) market is dead. But when it comes to smaller suppliers with aspirations of making the big league and into the macro sites of large carriers? It’s “mostly dead,” according to industry analyst Earl Lum of EJL Wireless Research.
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9.???? Intel unleashes enterprise AI with Gaudi 3, AI open systems strategy and new customer wins
At the?Intel Vision 2024?customer and partner conference, Intel introduced the Intel Gaudi 3 accelerator to bring performance, openness and choice to enterprise generative AI (GenAI), and unveiled a suite of new open scalable systems, next-gen products and strategic collaborations to accelerate GenAI adoption. With only?10% of enterprises successfully moving GenAI projects into production last year, Intel's latest offerings address the challenges businesses face in scaling AI initiatives.
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10.? Virgin Media O2 uses helicopter to deliver improved 4G coverage to Stirling
Alyn Smith, the MP for Stirling, has welcomed Virgin Media O2’s investment in his constituency during a visit to the first of seven new 4G masts being built in Stirling, which will significantly boost mobile connectivity in the area. During a visit to one of the company’s new 4G masts in the area, which has been flown in by helicopter to the remote location, the MP was updated on Virgin Media O2’s progress in building more than seven sites in Stirling as part of the Shared Rural Network Programme.
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11.? Vietnam opens door to foreign digital service providers
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recently closed public feedback on the Draft Telecom Decree, which elaborates on the 2023 Telecom Law’s provisions, including those related to foreign ownership, for the provision of datacentre services, over-the-top (OTT) services and cloud computing.?
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12.? Telcos globally innovating to win business in crucial SMB market, says GlobalData
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are at the forefront of telcos’ enterprise market focus globally as they pivot towards this lucrative market segment amidst intensifying competition and evolving economic landscapes. Recognizing SMBs as engines of economic growth, telcos are innovating their service offerings and forging strategic partnerships to capture a larger share of this dynamic market, positioning themselves for sustained revenue growth and market leadership, says?GlobalData, a leading data and analysis company.
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13.? Qualcomm announces breakthrough Wi-Fi tech, AI-ready IoT and industrial platforms
At the?Embedded World?Exhibition & Conference, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. showcases its significant presence in the embedded and IoT ecosystem and positions itself at the center of the digital transformation by continually accelerating innovation across industries. More than 35 companies—spanning from embedded design centers, distributors, and independent software vendors—are showcasing solutions powered by Qualcomm? processors across segments such as robotics, manufacturing, asset and fleet management, edge AI boxes, automotive solutions, and more.
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14.? Blue Planet unveils industry’s only multi-cloud native OSS platform
Blue Planet, a division of?Ciena, has launched a major enhancement to its intelligent automation software portfolio with the first-of-its-kind?Blue Planet Cloud Native Platform. Leveraging Kubernetes (K8s) technology to support multiple modular Operating Support System (OSS) applications, the new platform will allow Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to simplify and automate their OSS environments. Converging inventory, orchestration, and assurance applications on a common platform, it provides a game-changing strategy to improve operational efficiency and streamline service lifecycle automation.
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15.? Optiva and GDi partner to deliver integrated BSS and OSS solutions
Optiva Inc., a leader in powering the telecom industry with cloud-native billing, charging and revenue management software on private and public clouds, today announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with GDi, a digital technology company with a complete portfolio for network planning, design and rollout. The partnership will provide communication service providers (CSPs) with pre-integrated and tested BSS and OSS software. As the telecom industry embraces GenAI opportunities, unifying and integrating billing and charging customer data with network management and operations support data has never been more critical.
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16.? Mediacom taps Tarana to boost its FWA build in 4 states
Mediacom?is proving that even though it's a cable and fiber provider, it's happy to use fixed wireless access (FWA), too. Mediacom announced on Tuesday it will use Tarana’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband technology in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina – states where it’s won funding from the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF).
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17.? DOCOMO, NTT, NEC and Fujitsu Develop Top-level Sub-terahertz 6G Device Capable of Ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps Transmission
NTT DOCOMO, INC., NTT Corporation, NEC Corporation and Fujitsu Limited jointly announced today the development of a top-level1?wireless device capable of ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and 300 GHz sub-terahertz bands. The four companies have been jointly conducting R&D on sub-terahertz devices since 2021 in anticipation of the coming 6G era. To date, tests of a jointly developed wireless device have achieved ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and 300 GHz bands at distances of up to 100 meters.2?By comparison, 100 Gbps is approximately 20 times faster than the maximum 4.9 Gbps3?data rate of current 5G networks.
Exploring the synergy between cloud computing and 5G is key for innovation. As Aristotle might say - wisdom begins in wonder. Let's continue to push the boundaries together. ????