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Colt DCS and RMZ team to invest US$1.7b in Indian data centres

Developing Telecoms

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) and Indian realty firm RMZ announced on Tuesday that they have formed a joint venture to invest US$1.7 billion in data centre development in India.

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BSNL Launches 4G in Pangi Valley, Himachal Pradesh

Telecom Talk

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has launched 4G in Pangi Valley, Himachal Pradesh.

Telecoms 338
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Tech innovator Dotlines launches in the UK to disrupt telecoms industry

Total Telecom

Dotlines UK , the latest venture from global tech company Dotlines, has officially launched with a mission to transform business solutions, digital security and connectivity across the UK. Aiming to address key challenges in the UK telecoms industry, Dotlines UK sets out to deliver innovative, user-friendly solutions that empower telecommunication network providers, small businesses and households.

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T-Mobile denies it’s ditching Nokia for Ericsson

Telecoms Tech News

In response to recent speculations, T-Mobile US has confirmed that it has no intention of discontinuing its procurement of network equipment from Nokia. This assertion directly counters predictions made by an industry analyst who suggested the telecom behemoth might transition to alternative suppliers. “T-Mobile works with both Nokia and Ericsson, who have helped us over.

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STT GDC breaks ground on first edge data centre in India

Developing Telecoms

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) says its India unit has broken ground on its edge data centre in Jaipur, which also marks its entry into India’s edge data centre market.

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Vodafone Executives Step Down from Indus Towers Board Amid Bharti Airtel’s Majority Ownership

Telecom Talk

Bharti Airtel's increased stake in Indus Towers has made the company a subsidiary, prompting resignations from Vodafone executives.

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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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U Mobile launches first Open API portal in Malaysia

Developing Telecoms

Malaysian telco U Mobile announced on Tuesday it has launch an Open API portal based on the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative, which also makes it the first operator in Malaysia to do so.

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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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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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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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Net5.5G: Unlocking the Power of Intelligent Networks

Developing Telecoms

As industries worldwide accelerate digital transformation in an AI-driven era, resilient, high-speed networks have become essential. At the recent Net5.5G Intelligent IP Network Summit during the 2024 Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) in Istanbul, industry leaders discussed the future of IP networks in the AI age.

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Reliance Jio Rolls Out 100GB Free AI Cloud Storage with AI Features for Select Users

Telecom Talk

Reliance Jio's AI-Cloud Welcome Offer provides 100GB of free cloud storage along with early access to new AI features.

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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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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.

Mobile 136
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Batelco launches renewable-powered mobile site

Developing Telecoms

Bahrain-based technology group Beyon has announced that its telecommunications arm, Batelco, has launched the first off-grid mobile site in the region powered entirely by renewable solar and wind energy.

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Exclusive: Nxtra by Airtel Says Capacity Expansion Is Driven by Customer Needs, Not Competition

Telecom Talk

Nxtra by Airtel is investing Rs 5,000 crore to double its data center capacity to 400 MW by 2027. This expansion includes its largest facility in Hyderabad and AI-driven innovations for operational excellence.

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Baltic subsea cable cuts feared to be act of ‘hybrid warfare’

Total Telecom

News The governments of Germany and Finland fear the damage is the result of deliberate sabotage A pair of submarine cables in the Baltic sea were severed this week in a move European governments fear is the result of deliberate sabotage by malicious actors. On Sunday morning, the 218km BCS East-West Interlink cable, which connects Gotland, Sweden, and Lithuania, was damaged and taken offline.

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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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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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Virgin Media O2 Launches Converged Interconnect Network for Enhanced Connectivity

Telecom Talk

Virgin Media O2 launches its Converged Interconnect Network (CIN), combining mobile and fixed traffic for enhanced scalability, efficiency, and resilience, benefiting both consumers and businesses.

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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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Is OTFS the best waveform for 6G?

RCR Wireless

Unlike OFDM and OFDMA, both of which modulate information within the time-frequency domain, OTFS does so within the Delay Doppler domain Certain high mobility environments, such as high-speed trains, pose a challenge for communications systems due to significant Doppler spreads deteriorating the performance of the current waveform — orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and orthogonal […] The post Is OTFS the best waveform for 6G?

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Zong 4G says digital channels account for 40% of recharges

Developing Telecoms

China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), which operates under the Zong 4G brand, says that it is now logging 7 billion recharge transactions per month via its digital channels, which now account for 40% of prepaid recharges.

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Addverb to Build Humanoid Robot Leveraging Reliance Jio’s AI Platform and 5G

Telecom Talk

The Reliance-backed robotics company Addverb Technologies (Addverb), which manufactures industrial and warehouse robots, announced its foray into humanoid robotics on

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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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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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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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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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Colt and RMZ form $1.7bn Indian data centre JV 

Total Telecom

News The deal follows rumours last month, with the Indian Economic Times reporting that the two companies were in late-stage talks Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced a 50:50 joint venture with RMZ, an Indian real estate developer, to invest $1.7 billion in the data centre market. The investment will begin by focusing on Colt’s existing sites in Navi, Mumbai, and Ambattur, Chennai, with a third site will be added in the near future.

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Rakuten is not buying the Nvidia pitch for AI-RAN in Japan

Light Reading

Rakuten Mobile's boss says the economic case for using graphical processing units at the edge of the network is not strong enough in Japan.

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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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Yotta Data Services Acquires IndiQus Technologies to Strengthen Cloud and AI Capabilities

Telecom Talk

Yotta Data Services has acquired IndiQus Technologies, parent of Apiculus, to strengthen its sovereign AI and cloud offerings in India, advancing digital transformation with reduced reliance on foreign technologies.

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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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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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Resilience in connectivity: Ukraine’s digital battlefront

Developing Telecoms

In what has been an unprecedented year for global elections, the world may look drastically different by next year. For Ukrainians, however, life changed profoundly two years ago. On 24 February 2022, many packed the bare essentials and fled to safe havens as Russian forces began their invasion.

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Cloudera to Acquire Octopai to Enhance Data Management and AI Capabilities

Telecom Talk

Cloudera has acquired Octopai’s data lineage and catalog platform to enhance its data management and AI capabilities, offering enterprises advanced tools for governance, data intelligence, and decision-making.

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