Tue.Nov 19, 2024

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Deutsche Telekom Launches Magenta AI Powered by Perplexity

Telecom Talk

Deutsche Telekom has launched Magenta AI, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature integrated into its MeinMagenta app.

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Kaspersky and AFRIPOL sign cybercrime-focused agreement

Developing Telecoms

Cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky and AFRIPOL, the African Union’s dedicated police cooperation body, have signed a cooperation agreement focused on preventing and fighting cybercrime.

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Bouygues Telecom completes acquisition of La Poste Telecom after shareholder squabble

Total Telecom

News La Poste Telecom is France’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), providing services to customers using SFR’s mobile network French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom has announced the completion of its 100% acquisition of La Poste Telecom for an undisclosed sum. La Poste Telecom is France’s largest MVNO, with roughly 2.4 million subscribers.

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Vodacom addresses Africa’s digital skills shortage

Developing Telecoms

African connectivity, digital and financial services company Vodacom Group says it has partnered with a number of technology providers to provide young people on the African continent with access to digital skills as part of its commitment to driving digital literacy for Africa’s next generation.

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AllPoints Fibre calls for crackdown on ‘misleading’ broadband advertising

Total Telecom

News The alternative fibre network operator is calling on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to update its guidance on the use of the term ‘fibre’ New research from AllPoints Fibre, conducted in partnership with YouGov, shows that the UK public remains confused about what exactly constitutes ‘fibre’ with regards to broadband advertising. The study, which polled 2,000 adults online, found that 70% of Brits were aware that fibre provided faster and more reliable broadband than copper, but 7

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Huawei Connect: Working Together for a Greener, More Intelligent Future

Developing Telecoms

Thousands of guests including industry leaders, technical experts, and partners from around the world, gathered in Paris last week at Huawei Connect 2024, to explore how digital and intelligent technology can accelerate Europe's twin green and digital transition.

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Ezditek Breaks Ground on Data Center Facility in Riyadh to Provide a Foundation for AI and Cloud Innovation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Total Telecom

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 19 November 2024 – Ezditek , a leading expert in data center and digital infrastructure services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has broken ground on its flagship data center facility, RUH01, in Riyadh to provide a sustainable and scalable foundation for local digital transformation. The facility will be located in the world’s biggest female university, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) on a 35,000+ sqm plot and is expected to go live by Q

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Exabeam and Wiz Partner to Strengthen Cloud Security Threat Detection

Total Telecom

BROOMFIELD, Colo. & FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Nov. 19, 2024 — Exabeam , a global cybersecurity leader that delivers AI-driven security operations, today announced its partnership with Wiz , a leader in cloud security. This collaboration provides organizations with improved threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) capabilities, ensuring a more secure and resilient cloud environment.

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Openserve no longer for sale, says South Africa’s Telkom

Developing Telecoms

South African wireline and wireless telecommunications provider Telkom has suspended plans to sell part of its fibre business, Openserve, according to a statement by CEO Serame Taukobong this week.

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Cellnex backs new Digital Champion volunteer training programme in Greater Manchester

Total Telecom

Press Release Nearly 93,000 adults over the age of 75 in Greater Manchester are considered digitally excluded – a third of these have never used the internet Around 170 Digital Champions currently support residents in Greater Manchester communities to develop essential digital skills and confidence A regional Digital Champion volunteer training programme has been launched, offering tools and training to new and existing volunteers across Greater Manchester The programme, developed and delivered

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Madagascar’s mobile money operators slam transaction tax plan

Developing Telecoms

Madagascar’s three mobile money operators – MVola, Orange Money and Airtel Money – have denounced plans by the government’s Directorate General for Taxes (DGI) to tax mobile money transactions, which they say will discourage financial inclusion and harm the economy.

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CBRS Market to Exceed $1.3 Billion, Says SNS Telecom & IT

Total Telecom

After many years of regulatory, standardization and technical implementation activities, the United States’ dynamic, three-tiered, hierarchical framework for coordinated shared use of 150 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) band is experiencing a renewed wave of enthusiasm. This reinvigoration of interest follows a recent relaxation of rules and guidelines – collectively referred to as CBRS 2.0 – which extends uninterrupted commercial operations in the CB

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Ongoing 5G Enhancements Paving the Way for 6G, Says Ericsson CTO: Report

Telecom Talk

The evolution of 5G is progressing steadily, with continuous improvements laying the foundation for 6G.

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T-Mobile's foreign owner to trigger review of UScellular deal

Light Reading

The US Department of Justice is advising the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Service Sector to review T-Mobile's proposed $4.4 billion purchase of parts of UScellular because T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom.

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Jio vs Airtel vs Vi ARPU Q2 FY25: Tariff Hikes Make the Difference

Telecom Talk

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three private telecom operators have announced their Q2 FY25 results.

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Will T-Mobile give Nokia the boot too?

Light Reading

Earl Lum is the analyst who correctly predicted AT&T would dump Nokia as a 5G equipment supplier. Now he's predicting T-Mobile will do the same thing.

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ANI Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Copyright Violation by ChatGPT: Report

Telecom Talk

Asian News International (ANI) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, of using ANI’s copyrighted

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Siemens wins major IoT sustainability deal with UAE government

RCR Wireless

Siemens has won a major deal to retrofit 60 government buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with IoT sensors and software. The UAE government has set a plan to reduce energy and water consumption by 27 percent per annum across the properties. Its decarbonisation programme has a target to reduce energy usage by an […] The post Siemens wins major IoT sustainability deal with UAE government appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Begin Nationwide 4G Densification: Report

Telecom Talk

Frog Cellsat is reportedly supplying 4G equipment to Indian telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) as private telecom

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Did (or will) Open RAN deliver on its original promises?

RCR Wireless

Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises again? We went back through the O-RAN Alliance archives to a white paper published in October 2018. At that time, the group established to lead the way forward focused on a […] The post Did (or will) Open RAN deliver on its original promises?

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Perplexity Integrates Search With New AI-Powered Shopping Features

Telecom Talk

Perplexity AI is rolling out a new feature it calls a first-of-its-kind AI commerce experience, enabling its Pro subscribers to purchase products without leaving its AI search engine.

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China Mobile in $835m tilt at HKBN – report

Light Reading

HKBN calls stock exchange halt as China Mobile is reportedly ready to pay over $835 million to acquire the Hong Kong operator.

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Equinix Announces SG6 Data Center in Singapore to Drive AI Growth

Telecom Talk

Digital infrastructure company Equinix today announced its sixth International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Singapore, named SG6, which will

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U Mobile's new Open API Portal enables wider range of 5G services in Malaysia

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U Mobile launched its Open API Portal to help businesses in Malaysia use APIs to take advantage of 5G services.

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Apple’s Two New Products Expected in 2025

Telecom Talk

Apple's two new upcoming products are a TV (which would be a new segment for the company), and the second-generation AirTag.

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MTN, Huawei claim first 5G-Advanced trial in Africa

RCR Wireless

MTN said that the 5.5G trial took place at its headquarters in Johannesburg South African telco MTN, in collaboration with Chinese vendor Huawei, said it has successfully completed the first 5G-Advanced, or 5.5G network trial in Africa. The telco said that the 5.5G trial took place at MTN’s headquarters in Johannesburg. As a frontrunner in […] The post MTN, Huawei claim first 5G-Advanced trial in Africa appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Meta Fined Rs 213.14 Crore by CCI – Details Here

Telecom Talk

Meta, the parent company of giants like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram was fined Rs 213.14 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday.

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Turkcell is actively investing in AI: CEO

RCR Wireless

Turkcell has identified AI as one of its four strategic focus areas Turkish operator Turkcell is actively investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) field in order to keep up with the rapid development of this technology, the operator’s CEO Ali Taha Koç, told RCR Wireless News. “One of the technological developments that triggered this major […] The post Turkcell is actively investing in AI: CEO appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Bharti Airtel: Mittal and Singtel to Equalise Direct Stake

Telecom Talk

Mittal family and Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), two promoters of Bharti Airtel are looking to equalise their direct stake in the company in the future.

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TIM's Telsy and partners trial quantum-safe technology on Lisbon fiber network

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Telsy, a TIM subsidiary, took part in a trial implementing QKD technology on terrestrial and subsea fiber as part of efforts to protect networks from future quantum computer-enabled cybersecurity threats.

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Temenos Brings On-Premises Generative AI for Banks with Nvidia

Telecom Talk

Temenos announces the launch of its high-performance on-premises generative AI, built on Nvidia’s AI platform, enabling banks to process unstructured data securely and deliver real-time, personalised customer services.

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What’s next for 5G? 3GPP Release 18, 19 and beyond

RCR Wireless

To understand the commercial reality of cellular connectivity, in this case 5G, it’s important to understand the standardization work that set the stage for real-world deployments. So before we look into what’s coming from 3GPP in Releases 18, 19 and beyond, it’s important to take stock of where we are today with 5G; what did […] The post What’s next for 5G?

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Meta to challenge $25.4M penalty by Indian competition watchdog

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Meta says it will appeal a $25.4 million fine imposed by Indian authorities, together with other restrictions, for abusing its dominant position.

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The key to private 5G?—‘Survival of the ecosystem’

RCR Wireless

Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027 There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set wanted out of private 5G (and how quickly they wanted it) versus what the industrial sectors meant to spend big on cellular-enabled digital transformation were ever prepared to actually do. […] The post The key to private 5G?

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No one buys AI

Light Reading

Omdia's Roz Roseboro provided a look at the value that AI is bringing to a number of telecom IT software categories such as monetization, orchestration and assurance.

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iPhone 16 is the fastest 5G iPhone yet and makes ‘a strong case for upgrading’ Ookla says

RCR Wireless

The iPhone 16 is fastest 5G iPhone yet in five out of 11 countries, Ookla says Ookla wasted no time in diving into data around the performance of the newly released iPhone 16 from Apple. The company collected speed and latency data from the first day that the iPhone 16 models were publicly available—September 20th—through […] The post iPhone 16 is the fastest 5G iPhone yet and makes ‘a strong case for upgrading’ Ookla says appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Eurobites: Sabotage suspected after latest subsea cable cut

Light Reading

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MTN looks for satellite hook-ups; Deutsche Telekom picks Perplexity for AI injection; TDC Net opts for Viavi's network monitoring software.

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