TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2510)
1.???? Mavenir and e& UAE announce converged packet core collaboration
Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider, and e& UAE, telecom arm of global technology group e&, have announced a collaboration to advance e& UAE’s future of cloud-native converged packet core networks across 4G and 5G (NSA and SA) at MWC25.
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2.???? Tune Talk and Mavenir Partner to Revolutionize Malaysia’s Telco Landscape with Cloud-Native Digital OSS/BSS Platform
Tune Talk, Malaysia’s fastest-growing digital telco, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider, to provide a cutting-edge Cloud-Native Digital Operations Support System (OSS) and Business Support System (BSS) platform. The announcement was made at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, reinforcing Tune Talk’s commitment to technological innovation and enhanced customer experience.
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3.???? Huawei Launches AI-Centric 5.5G Solutions to Ignite the Mobile AI Era
At the Huawei Product & Solution Launch during MWC Barcelona 2025, Cao Ming, Vice President of Huawei and President of Huawei Wireless Solution, launched AI-Centric 5.5G solutions. Cao said ” Mobile AI is booming, bringing three major transformations to mobile networks in terms of user experience, O&M, and business models. Huawei launch the intent-driven AI-Centric 5.5G solutions to help operators seize the emerging opportunities by enabling diverse AI application experiences, efficient O&M with high-level network autonomy, and multi-factor business monetization.”
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4.???? MWC: Amazon Web Services brings cloud to the telco edge
Amazon Web Services plans to help telcos deliver the network performance required by new workloads, particularly AI, and to run demanding 5G core services.
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5.???? Turkcell deploys Ericsson’s advanced radios to maximise energy efficiency
Turkcell has deployed energy-efficient products from the Ericsson Radio Access Network?portfolio, to address site deployment challenges while providing substantial energy savings.
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6.???? Odine and Rakuten Symphony enter into a strategic partnership
Odine, a global technology partner in sustainable network and digital transformation, is pleased to announce that it has signed a?strategic partnership?agreement with Rakuten Symphony, a global leader in cloud-native Open RAN telco infrastructure, services, and solutions.?This strategic collaboration marks a significant step in accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge solutions in Türkiye,?Middle East?and?Africa.
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7.???? Telenor and Ericsson successfully co-create agentic AI for radio controls and expand innovation partnership
On the back of a fruitful first year of a research and innovation partnership, Telenor and Ericsson today announced that they have co-designed a proof of concept for an Agentic AI system that learns to optimize capacity and corresponding power consumption of the Radio Access Network (RAN).
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8.???? Elisa’s international digital services are now Elisa Industriq
Elisa Industriq unites its international software services under one brand and its financial results will be reported in their own segment in Elisa’s financial reporting.
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9.???? Tech Mahindra to Transform Autonomous Network Operations with New Large Telco Model based on NVIDIA AI Enterprise and AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Tech Mahindra, a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced a new Multi-Modal Network Operations Large Language Model for Telcos, developed using the?NVIDIA AI Enterprise?software and AWS Cloud infrastructure. The model is based on Llama 3.1 8b instruct model and is heavily customized for telecom networks, by training on large network datasets and applying the latest generative AI and agentic AI frameworks. It is designed to manage vast structured data (events, alarms, counters), unstructured data (logs, MOPs, SOPs, images, text, marketing), and all relevant network data, allowing proactive issue resolution and enhanced service quality.
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10.? Chunghwa Telecom and Ericsson partner to accelerate 5G Advanced and pave the way to 6G
Ericsson and Chunghwa Telecom have inked a 5G Advanced Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Mobile World Congress today, signaling a major step in advancing next-generation mobile technology. The collaboration aims to accelerate 5G Standalone (SA) adoption, unlock new revenue streams, and lay the groundwork for 6G evolution, reinforcing both companies’ leadership in the mobile industry.
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11.? Red Hat and KDDI Collaborate to Streamline Open RAN Operations
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a collaboration with KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications operator, to develop and deploy an open radio access network (Open RAN) built on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. One of the main objectives is to streamline Day 0 and Day 2 operations via a faster method for Open RAN software installation and upgrades that reduce service downtime due to maintenance.
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12.? Is interest in DePIN deepening?
DePIN can help enable smart cities to become smarter and quicker while also expanding the deployment of digital services to underserved regions and enabling? networks to scale rapidly in response to changes in demand.
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13.? Proximus Global and Nokia partner to offer network APIs
Proximus Global, the leading global digital communications company combining the strengths of BICS, Telesign and Route Mobile, today announced that it will partner with Nokia to explore opportunities that utilize their respective strengths in network API solutions to support developers as they create new applications for enterprises. The collaboration aims to expose Proximus Global and Nokia APIs on each other’s marketplaces, bridging the gap between the various industry segments and the telecom ecosystem.
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14.? Leading French operators join Aduna as network partners to open network APIs to the market
Aduna, a landmark venture between some of the world's leading telecom operators and Ericsson, today?announced that, in a significant move for the telecom industry, two of France’s leading network operators - Bouygues Telecom and Free (iliad Group) - will become network partners.
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15.? Rakuten Symphony announces Cisco, Airspan and Tech Mahindra as first partners for its Real Open RAN Licensing Program
Rakuten Symphony, a subsidiary of global technology leader Rakuten Group, has today announced the signing of three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Cisco Systems, Airspan Networks and Tech Mahindra, that will see the three companies take Rakuten Symphony’s portfolio of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) solutions to market as part of its revolutionary Real Open RAN Licensing Program. ?
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16.? Qualcomm launches Dragonwing Fixed Wireless Access Gen 4 Elite
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced the Dragonwing??FWA Gen 4 Elite, the world’s first 5G Advanced-capable FWA platform. Powered by the Qualcomm??X85 5G Modem-RF, the platform sets a new benchmark for 5G broadband performance with downlink speeds up to12.5 Gbps. The Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite platform introduces comprehensive AI enhancements and integrates a powerful network Edge AI coprocessor with up to 40 TOPS of NPU processing power. This optimizes wireless connectivity across 5G broadband and Wi-Fi, while unlocking the power of generative AI for more devices, enabling a more reliable and harmonized user experience.