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An innovative call to synergize network AI with ICT (Analyst Angle)

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are overhauling networks for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) future: investing heavily in AI solutions to address current challenges, collaborating across organizations (e.g., Artificial Intelligence Operations (AIOps)), and reforming within them (e.g., centralizing AI teams). As comprehensive as these accommodations for...

Energy consumption vs. efficiency—5G sustainability requires a new mindset

As operators invest in 5G sustainability, energy efficiency as a standalone target isn’t doesn't take into account real-world networks In both the contexts of driving global demand for energy and facilitating the reduction of consumption and attendant greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the Information and Communications...

Kagan: Huawei Connect 2023 focused on connecting everything

The recent Huawei Connect 2023 event in Paris showed how as wireless, telecom and data networks continue to grow, they will ultimately connect everyone and everything. The theme of this year-end event was “Accelerating Digital and Green Transition Together" and shows what was accomplished...

European policies for competition and growth in ICT through regulation of Big Tech, network operators and standard-essential technology licensing

Big Tech companies have profited greatly from dominant market positions while riding largely for free over the top of fixed and mobile telecom networks and devices. The entire Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) ecosystem is enabled by a variety of interoperability technologies including 5G...

Huawei’s eLTE solution improves efficiencies at hydropower plant in Ghana

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) hydro-solar hybrid power plant in Ghana has significantly boosted its operational management services and improved its critical communications capacities through the implementation of an evolved Long Term Evolution (eLTE) broadband network provided by Huawei Technologies. Huawei explained that one of...

Huawei explains 5.5G and how it could transform industries

Huawei has been lately increasing efforts and resources to boost the adoption of 5G technology in a number of verticals such as manufacturing, ports, airport, healthcare and mining, among others. The company is seeing significant opportunities for the telecom industry to start monetizing investments in...

Editorial Webinar: Blueprint for the 5G-Connected Intelligent World

With global 5G deployments accelerating, industries from healthcare to manufacturing to mining are in midst of a digital metamorphosis. They are all trying to compete and innovate through the usage of wireless 5G, and of other disruptive technologies like AI, Cloud, and IoT. The...

Executive insights: Shaping digital innovation

We are now experiencing a surging digital wave. Digital transformation is changing the world faster than ever before, driving new growth in various fields, from life to production, from individuals to organizations. Digital economy is gaining vitality despite the uncertainty. Driven by digitalization, networking, and...

The climate science is clear—5G operators have a key role to play in meeting global sustainability goals

Sustainably scaling 5G through holistic planning, network modernization and energy-smart operations In the global ICT vendor’s latest Ericsson Mobility Report, EVP and Head of Business Area Network Fredrik Jejdling introduces the November 2022 edition with a focus on how communications service providers (CSPs) can deploy...

Scaling up 5G deployments while reducing network energy consumption? It’s possible!

5G is here, and with the expansion of connectivity comes the challenge of deploying and operating networks that prioritize both performance and reduced energy use.  In the past, each generation of mobile broadband has come with a steep increase in energy use due to the...

Does Huawei’s event set out a blueprint for future telco success? (Analyst Angle)

Huawei recently held its Win-Win Innovation Week in late July 2022 in Shenzhen, China. After a flurry of presentations on a wide range of topics, it is possible to see how the telco landscape will continue to evolve over the next three to five...

Austrian group A1 buys Bulgarian SI STEMO to sell digital change in Eastern Europe

Austrian group A1 Telekom has acquired Bulgarian system integrator STEMO for an undisclosed fee, in order to bolster its proposition for corporate clients, notably international corporate clients, in Bulgaria and beyond. The deal will feed back into A1 group businesses across central and eastern...

Forge Ahead to Build the Foundation of Digital Economy

The global digital economy is witnessing rapid growth with the development of the next-generation information technology. In 2020, the added value of the digital economy totaled USD 32.6 trillion in 47 countries, including China, the United States, and Germany, accounting for 43.7% of the...

With the transition to 5G, operators can achieve societal, financial, and environmental goals

Breaking the energy curve as 5G matures requires network modernization and energy-smart operations The landmark Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, brought sustainability to the global stage in a major way. Just as nations have established their own sustainability strategies, so too have large global corporations,...

ZTE’s Cui Li: Truly vital breakthrough innovation is to make the best product on the market

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has announced that its Chief Development Officer, Cui Li, has shared her insights on breakthrough innovation at the round table forum themed Breakthrough...

ZTE Addresses Green ICT Infrastructure for 5G networks: Q&A

Below, Summer Chen, VP and General Manager of ZTE Branding and Communications department weighs in on green ICT infrastructure and the steps they are taking to make a global impact when it comes to more efficient 5G deployments. 1. How can the industry address concerns that 5G...

The ICT industry can play an essential role in the green economy (Analyst Angle)

The impact of climate change is becoming more visible and has been felt by more people around the world. It has brought about the increased occurrence of wildfires, storms and longer periods of drought. Shrinking icebergs and rising sea levels are contributing to more...

As a global tourist hub, smart city transformation key in Orlando

Inter-departmental coordination is imperative for smart city success Hospitality industry nonprofit Visit Orlando figures around 68 million people visited the Central Florida theme park destination in 2016. In a metro area with more than 2.3 million residents, the addition of tourists can create issues ranging...

Core virtualization leads Sunrise digital transformation

The Swiss telco is working with Huawei on a five-year virtualization, transformation initiative HONG KONG--Swiss telecommunications operator Sunrise Telecom has been making progress towards the virtualization of its core network within the last six months, the telco’s Head of Commercial Management and Infrastructure Marc...

Feature Report: Smart City Use Cases and Trends

City governments around the world are increasingly adopting schemes to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in order to tackle several challenges for the city?s management and to improve the quality of life of citizens and the efficiency...

Feature Report: Smart City Use Cases and Trends

City governments around the world are increasingly adopting schemes to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in order to tackle several challenges for the city’s management and to improve the quality of life of citizens and the efficiency...

ZTE unveils five-year ICT strategy

The new ZTE strategy takes into account trends including virtuality, openness, intelligence, cloudification and IoT Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has unveiled its M-ICT 2.0 strategy that will guide the company for the next five years. According to the company, the M "encompasses multiple dimensions, capturing...

ZTE unveils 5-year ICT strategy

The new ZTE strategy takes into account trends including virtuality, openness, intelligence, cloudification and IoT Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has unveiled its M-ICT 2.0 strategy that will guide the company for the next five years. According to the company, the M "encompasses multiple dimensions, capturing...

Rio Olympics: Inside the Technical Operations Centre

With the Rio Olympics around the corner, information and communications technology infrastructure deployments are in the final stages. The Technology Operations Centre is the control room for the competition and noncompetition venues. From there, a team of more than 600 ICT professionals from all...