TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2502)
1.???? Are you looking for something different in your data center network?
Nokia EDA?(pronounced?ee-dah) is our data center operations platform. With human error zero as the goal, our users start with defining what a data center looks like, and then?EDA translates that intent?into underlying configuration. The result is a model-driven approach to management, with a rich set of pre-production checks, featuring a digital twin. As it turns out, when you?deliver reliable operations, the natural byproducts are speed and efficiency. And with a rich, well-defined API set, EDA also helps you on your next steps to workflow automation.
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2.???? Microsoft likens Chinese AI threat to Huawei in 5G
For years, Huawei's critics have accused it of accepting lavish subsidies from the Chinese government, funds that enabled it to overtake western rivals and ultimately replace them in many countries' telecom networks. But the accusation is rarely aired in public statements from major US corporations, especially when they supply products to the Chinese equipment maker. That Microsoft felt sufficiently emboldened to do so at the start of 2025 is a sign of the worsening geopolitical climate just weeks before Donald Trump resumes the US presidency.
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3.???? The long, slow death of the landline phone
With apologies to Alexander Graham Bell, the old-fashioned copper-wired?landline phone?is not long for this world. Why it matters:?Tens of millions of Americans still rely on landlines to communicate, especially in rural areas where internet access isn't as reliable.
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4.???? Here's what 2025 has in store for private 5G deployments
With a year plus of proofs-of-concept (POC) in the bag, 5G private networks are primed for commercial uptake in 2025. Early adopters - like?Porsche?and?Tesla?- have paved the way for deployments to really get rolling in 2025. But to hear analysts tell it, the market vibe is less hare and more tortoise.?
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5.???? Nvidia CEO ushers in the ‘agentic AI’ era
Like it or not, ‘agentic AI’ looks set to be the tech buzz phrase for 2025, following the declaration by Jensen Huang, the CEO of AI tech giant Nvidia, during his 90-minutes-long keynote speech that opened the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas that “the age of AI agentics is here”.??He declared that agentic AI is a “multitrillion-dollar opportunity”, and a development that will change the way in which people work. “AI agents are the new digital workforce… The IT department of every company is going to be the HR department of AI agents in the future,” he added, a statement that will no doubt displease all IT departments. “Today they manage and maintain a bunch of software from the IT industry – in the future they will maintain, nurture, onboard and improve a whole bunch of digital agents and provision them to their companies to use… your IT department is going to become like your AI agent HR,” said Huang.???
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6.???? Moolah Wireless unveils Telecom Business Connect: A game-changer for MVNOs
Moolah Wireless, a leading innovator in affordable connectivity solutions, is proud to announce the launch of?Telecom Business Connect, a groundbreaking SaaS platform designed to revolutionize operations for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). Telecom Business Connect offers a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline customer management, distributor coordination, inventory control, and compliance reporting. With direct integrations into Tier 1 providers, the platform enables MVNOs to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.
7.???? Microsoft’s Nadella Pledges $3 Billion India AI Investment
Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $3 billion to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, targeting the world’s most populous country to fuel its revenue growth. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella pledged the investment over two years on Tuesday at an event in Bangalore, southern India, addressing a crowd of startup founders and executives from tech firms such as Wipro Ltd. and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
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8.???? Italy Plans $1.6 Billion SpaceX Telecom Security Deal
Italy is in advanced talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a deal to provide secure telecommunications for the nation’s government — the largest such project in Europe, people with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.
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9.???? Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government averaged 2.4 mln a day in 2024, report says
Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island's National Security Bureau said, adding most of them were launched by Chinese cyber forces. Taiwan has in recent years complained about what it sees as China's "grey-zone harassment" - from daily military drills and?balloons?near the island to cyberattacks - at a time when Beijing ramps up military and political pressure to force the democratically governed island to accept its sovereignty claim.
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10.? China targets further 5G expansion in 2025
China ended 2024 with 4.19 million 5G base stations “built and put into operation”, enabling “5G in every village”, and that number is expected to increase by more than 300,000 to 4.5 million by the end of this year, according to an update shared by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) during its National Industrial and Information Technology Work Conference held in Beijing at the end of last year.?
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11.? Samsung Electronics unveils Samsung Vision AI and new innovations at First Look 2025
Samsung Electronics unveiled?Samsung Vision AI?at the?CES 2025 First Look?event, delivering personal?AI-powered screens?to enrich your everyday life. Samsung also unveiled the latest flagship?Neo QLED 8K QN990F?and exciting updates to its?Lifestyle TVs?and?future display technologies, reflecting Samsung’s vision to transform screens into adaptive, intelligent companions to simplify and enrich everyday living.
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12.? Nokia completes its sale of ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks) to the French state
Nokia today announces that it has concluded the sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), a leading submarine networks business, to the French State, represented by the Agence des participations de l'Etat. The transaction was completed on 31 December 2024. Nokia retains a 20% shareholding with board representation to ensure a smooth transition until targeted exit, at which point it is planned for the French State to acquire Nokia’s remaining interest.
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13.? Openreach chooses Nokia to build open-access fiber network to connect millions to faster broadband
Nokia announced it has been chosen by Openreach to build its?One Network Platform, an open-access fiber network to serve millions of homes and businesses. Built using?Nokia’s Altiplano and NSP network domain controllers, the network will help Openreach grow from 17 million connected premises today to 25 million by the end of 2026, responding to the increasing demand for high-speed broadband all over the UK.
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14.? Nokia says 4G moon mission is ready for take-off
Nokia said it has completed the final integration of its Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lander, called Athena. The milestone means that the LSCS is ready to blast off to the lunar south pole region?during the IM-2 mission, which is scheduled to launch from the NASA Kennedy Space Center “no earlier than late February.”
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15.? Net neutrality is truly dead — that's bad news for the FCC and consumers
The first page of many Google searches is now total garbage where you don’t get your questions answered. You usually must move on to page 2 in hopes of any real search results with named sources. And you can’t even get the most basic information. I recently wanted to call an auto store at a particular location in my city. My Google search was so useless it had me yearning for the days of the Yellow Pages.
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16.? BT Group announces the UK’s largest ever electric vehicle fleet order
BT Group has announced the UK’s largest ever commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet order, with around 3,500 new EVs being ordered, supporting the upgrade of the nation’s largest broadband and mobile networks. The order will mean BT Group has the largest fleet of EVs in the UK, with nearly 8,000, by the time the company’s latest EV order is complete in 2026.
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