NatWest has signed a five-year deal with AWS and Accenture to unify and modernise its data systems using AI, aiming to simplify operations, personalise services, and improve security and compliance.
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Architecture – AWS and Accenture will build a new AI...
Addressing AI risk is about more than compliance — enterprises need to build trust, promote fairness, and protect user privacy
With the constantly changing Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape, enterprises must be vigilant about the risks associated with AI technologies. Mitigating risk in AI is not...
Extreme integrates agentic AI at the enterprise network, aiming to automate away IT drudgery and enable strategic agility
Extreme Networks today announced the general availability of Extreme Platform One, a networking platform that fully integrates conversational, multimodal and agentic AI into the enterprise network experience. The...
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 consolidating its B2B cloud services...
Internet exchange points, or IXPs, are evolving to meet enterprise demands for AI, edge compute and security
Internet exchange Points (IXPs) have adapted to meet today’s enterprise needs, evolving into some of the world’s most secure, sustainable and high-performing connectivity providers. Handling the regional exchange...
A new report from Ericsson shows that as enterprises embrace 5G and AI to future-proof operations, spectrum and complexity remain key hurdles
Ericsson’s 2025 State of Enterprise Connectivity report reveals that as enterprises navigate economic uncertainty, labor shortages, and rapid tech adoption, reliable connectivity is...
Inseego designed its first 5G FWA device exclusively for T-Mobile's enterprise play
Inseego, the original MiFi innovator, made a bold move into enterprise fixed wireless access (FWA) when it launched the FX4100 at the end of May. The device, an indoor 5G gateway, was designed...
Dell’Oro finds Wi-Fi 7 gaining traction as enterprise WLAN revenue rises and AI reshapes vendor strategies
The enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) market is off to a strong start in 2025, with Dell’Oro Group reporting an 11% year-over-year revenue increase in Q1 — driven by growing...
M1 noted that the new RedCap offering complements the carrier's existing services such as network slicing, speed priority and 5G carrier aggregation
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M1 launches RedCap in SEA first – M1 becomes the first telco in Southeast Asia to...
The Ericsson consortium intends to build an AI infrastructure that will be operated by a jointly owned company
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National AI infrastructure – Ericsson, AstraZeneca, SAAB, SEB and Wallenberg Investments have formed a Swedish consortium to build the country’s...
BT’s 2024/25 results show fibre gains amid slumping enterprise and consumer revenues. The UK telco is shrinking its international footprint, refocusing on domestic enterprise growth, and eyeing managed service expansion – which is a good model for most telcos, reckons Omdia.
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Despite leading AI adoption, only 25% of banks are using AI strategically, says a new BCG report. Their traditional advantages are being eroded as generative and agentic AI reshape competition, and force total transformation or a total loss of market relevance.
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Dell has launched new high-end servers featuring top Nvidia GPUs for enterprise AI workloads, bundled in an ‘AI Factory’ package with software, networking, and managed support – all aimed at accelerating AI adoption and driving sales.
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New servers – a...
Qualcomm Technologies plans to leverage its new engineering center in Abu Dhabi to support its 5G, edge AI initiatives
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Qualcomm and e& ink strategic 5G-edge AI deal – The new partnership aims to commercialize next-gen 5G and edge...
Specialist integrator Future Tech has scored impressive private 5G wins with US defense, energy, transport customers. Nokia leads deals, Ericsson fuels growth. US and EU telcos are knocking on its door for help. AI is driving broader enterprise demand.
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5G growth hinges on enterprise demand, from defense to drones, while consumer breakthroughs lag. Operators must monetize APIs, devices, and networks fast — or risk missing the real 5G opportunity. Note, this is an excerpt from a new 5G Market Pulse report, available to...
More from FutureNet World: telcos are hopeful 5G APIs will drive revenue by blending networks, cloud, and AI for enterprise apps, and cite on-tap demand from the finance and smart cities sectors; but big challenges remain with cross-domain integration and scale.
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FWA is paying the bills, but the 5G market is still chasing dreams. For all the frustration about 5G money-making, FWA has been a revelation for operators; here we consider the impact and implications of FWA for telecoms, plus network gains with NSA and...
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Open 5G investment – Ericsson is investing €200m in Athlone, Ireland, to develop open, programmable 5G tech that supports dynamic multi-vendor networks.
Automation-first platform – funding will go on its automation latform and RAN apps to optimize performance, tuning, and...
Legacy tech – is holding finance back; nearly half of financial firms admit outdated infrastructure is stalling AI progress, with data quality and harmonization key to unlocking value.
AI and cloud – dominate investments, with 80-90% of financial services outfits making both big AI bets,...
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Advanced enterprise WAN – Ericsson’s new ‘wireless-first’ SD-WAN architecture bundles Release 17-level 5G, Wi-Fi 6/7, and LEO satellite support into a centrally-managed solution for enterprises.
Cusiness-critical AI apps – the bundle is designed for resilient, scalable, secure operations...
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Comcast Business says its purchase of Nitel will deliver smarter, more secure and more agile networking solutions for enterprise customers
Comcast Business has officially brought network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider Nitel into the fold, completing its acquisition of the Chicago-based company from global private equity firm Cinven. The...
Despite mounting skepticism and rising failure rates, gen AI investment continues to skyrocket
Spending on generative AI (gen AI) worldwide is set to soar to $644 billion in 2025, representing a 76.4% increase from 2024, according to a new forecast by research firm Gartner. This...
