In laying out a spectrum pipeline, only 100 megahertz of upper C-Band is specified in the bill. The FCC and NTIA have to find another 700 megahertz, 500 of which has to come from federal holdings.
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Ooredoo said the AI cloud platform will be run by local data center company Syntys, which was spun out of Ooredoo in March of this year
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Sovereign AI cloud goes live – Ooredoo launched Qatar’s advanced...
In Google's 10th annual report, the company said it reduced emissions even as its data center electricity consumption rose by 27% in one year
'Tis the season for environmental sustainability reports, it seems, with the GSMA recently releasing its Mobile...
A band of big European companies have urged the EU to delay enforcement of the new AI Act, citing unclear and complex rules that risk hindering innovation and competitiveness. They support regulation but request simplification.
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If data is the new oil, then bad data is the new oil spill.
Two years ago, everyone was laughing that AI couldn’t draw a hand without sprouting six fingers. Today, that same technology is designing antibiotics we’ve been chasing...
DoJ conditions on HPE's Juniper buy include a stipulation that a license for AI Ops for Mist's source code must be auctioned
Just days after settling on terms with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, HPE has officially closed...
OpenAI revealed as the source of a newly signed $30 billion a year cloud contract for Oracle
Multiple news outlets have confirmed that the eye-popping, $30 billion-a-year contract that Oracle revealed earlier this week is with artificial intelligence company OpenAI.
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The report also noted that 85% of current operational capacity in APAC is colocation-based—significantly higher than in the Americas (60%) and EMEA (75%).
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Asia Pacific will lead in colo – Cushman & Wakefield projects APAC will...
Telcos are cutting emissions despite rising data use, but must double its pace to meet 2030 targets. Progress is uneven globally, with supply chains remaining a major hurdle.
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Net-zero progress – mobile industry emissions fell...
Emerald AI is responding to an increasingly urgent issue: the rising power demand from AI data centers is outpacing the capabilities of current grid infrastructure
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Software turns AI data centers into grid assets – Emerald AI’s...
Converging 5G Open RAN with neutral-host DAS offers a promising path for better indoor coverage, but what does such a deployment look like practically?
As 5G adoption continues to escalate worldwide, communications service providers (CSPs) are trying to strike a...
Deutsche Telekom has combined the B2B cloud offers from its local operator and integrator units in a bid to offer regional public and private cloud services for European enterprises.
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Unified cloud – Deutsche Telekom is...
Samsung said the pilot supports Orange’s strategy to diversify suppliers and adopt flexible, cloud-based networks
Orange France and Samsung have completed the first 4G and 5G calls on a virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN network in southwestern France, marking...
The current duopoly in the Indian telecoms market is simply down to deep pockets, at Jio and Airtel, says the government; it wants more competition and has reiterated support for challengers Vodafone Idea and BSNL
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Arista said the acquisition will better prepare it for next-generation SD-WAN demands as AI-driven data center traffic reshapes WAN requirements
Arista Networks has agreed to acquire VMware’s former VeloCloud Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology from Broadcom, expanding its portfolio...
Synopsys still has to win regulatory approval in China for its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys
Synopys is getting closer to closing its $35 billion acquisition of engineering simulation and design software company Ansys, but it still needs to win...
During its global summit, Alibaba Cloud also launched its first AI Global Competency Center (AIGCC) in Singapore
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AI center opens in Singapore – Alibaba Cloud launched its first AI Global Competency Center, aimed at supporting 5,000...
Google Fiber noted the potential for “transactional slices” that would “spin up automatically, just for a few seconds"
Google Fiber (GFiber) and Nokia have completed what Nick Saporito, director of product management at GFiber, described in a blog post as...
Zain says its 5G-Advanced network will accommodate rising data demand, enable smart city services, and expand IoT capabilities across the country
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Nationwide 5G-Advanced – Zain launched Kuwait’s first 5G-Advanced network, offering high-speed coverage across most of...
Vodafone Idea is currently using AI-powered self-organising networks (SON) to manage its infrastructure, and has partnered with Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung for its network rollouts
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5G reaches 23 more cities – Vodafone Idea is expanding its...
EdgeMode said it expects the transaction to position the company for growth in the AI infrastructure field, leveraging its access to investment capital, M&A strategy and BAIF’s development pipeline
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Merger targets 4.4 GW pipeline – EdgeMode...
Human-in-the-loop control is urgent as AI is unleashed on ever-more critical systems – and as it becomes more sophisticated with multi-modal generative AI and distributed agentic AI.
Human oversight – remains critical in AI telecom infrastructure, ensuring ethical compliance, reducing...
Norway-based Tampnet, a notable player in offshore private 5G, has a major new multi-site gig with oil firm Aker BP, extending to seven installations in total, and a total core-network swap-out with US vendor Mavenir, across up to 350...
Oracle revealed news of another huge cloud contract, on top of accelerating growth
Oracle has signed a cloud services contract worth $30 billion a year which will start hitting its books in fiscal year 2028, according to a company filing....
HPE announced its intent to acquire Juniper Networks in January 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has settled its lawsuit challenging Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, reaching a court-approved agreement that imposes significant divestiture...
