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“We’re agnostic, but we have a view” – Accenture on how to captain Industry 4.0

This article, recounting an interview with Accenture’s ‘cloud-first’ commander Jefferson Wang at MWC at the end of last month, might be taken as a companion piece, of sorts, with last week’s replay of an MWC meeting with Jennifer Artley (see here and here), in...

CTIA calls for adoption of harmonized midband spectrum in the US

The report highlighted the fact that the U.S. has less spectrum than its international peers, including China Allocating harmonized mid-band spectrum for 5G technologuy can unlock approximately $200 billion for the U.S economy over the next 10 years, according to a new study by Accenture,...

Is gen AI the steam engine of Industry 4.0?—the view from Davos

Employee re-skilling and regulation are key AI considerations; the CEOs of Accenture, IBM and Qualcomm share AI outlooks form the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), how it works, how it should work, who should care, why and what it all...

Vodafone partners with Accenture to boost its shared operations

Vodafone noted that the new unit will utilize Accenture’s technology and transformation services such as its digital solutions and platforms, as well as its expertise in the AI field U.K.-based Vodafone Group announced its intention to create a strategic partnership with Accenture with the main...

Mavenir secures funding for two O-RAN projects in the UK

Mavenir said the two projects are part of the U.K. government's Open Networks Ecosystem Competition Network software provider Mavenir said it has been awarded two 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) projects, as part of the U.K. government’s Open Networks Ecosystem Competition, which aims to foster the...

Accenture to invest $3 billion to boost its AI practice

Accenture noted its AI expertise spans more than 1,450 patents and pending patent applications worldwide Accenture announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice to help clients across all industries "rapidly and responsibly" advance and use AI. “There...

Generative AI for telcos: Is there value? (Reader Forum)

Communications service provider (CSP) leaders are likely looking at the myriad of headlines about generative AI, trying to understand what it means for their business, and more importantly, what they need to do about it. In simple terms, there is no doubt this new...

Are telcos ready for edge computing, and how to balance tech with business (Part 2)

Editor's note: Part 1 of this piece, based on a discussion at the Mobile Edge Forum, is available here. 5G and MEC go ‘hand-in-hand’ but where are they going? In a recent panel discussion at the Mobile Edge Forum—available on demand here—industry experts agreed...

Are telcos ready for the edge, and what’s the role of 5G? (Part 1)

The distribution of compute out of centralized data centers and closer to where data is generated is seen as a key complement to latency-sensitive 5G services. Drawing form that, operators are approaching edge computing as a way to leverage 5G network investments, deliver differentiated...

NTT DOCOMO and Accenture in Web3 tangle – to “solve social issues”

NTT DOCOMO and Accenture have said they will put formal focus on so-called Web3 solutions, based on blockchain technology, to “solve social issues”. The pair said they will “address technology challenges and train talent” in the Web3 field in pursuit of social good. So...

The US needs more midband for 5G, says Accenture

Accenture and CTIA identified three blocks of lower midband spectrum that they believe to have 'the greatest potential for 5G expansion' Often called the goldilocks of spectrum, 5G midband spectrum delivers better coverage than high-band and higher speeds than low-band. It is widely accepted that...

Vodafone starts SAP migration to Google Cloud

The migration, now in its pilot phase, will take two to three years and involves 100 apps and processes Vodafone has partnered with Google Cloud to modernize its SAP workloads to Google Cloud, the companies announced. The core initiative at Vodafone, called EVO2CLOUD, is expected to...

Food giant Mars set to rollout IoT and AI across global production lines

US-based food manufacturing giant Mars has rolled out digital twin technology, marrying IoT sensor outputs with AI analytics inputs in a edge/cloud dashboard, across its factories in the US, specifically to reduce instances of over-filling packages in food production. The solution, designed with IT...

Johnson Controls, Accenture to collaborate in the smart buildings space

As part of the smart buildings deal, Accenture will assist Johnson Controls by implementing edge technologies on the OpenBlue platform   Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Accenture are collaborating to deliver and operate two new OpenBlue Innovation Centers, the former said in a release. The new...

Telstra Wholesale launches new IoT, 5G offerings in Australia

Telstra 5G is currently available in over 350 towns and cities across Australia   Australian operator Telstra Wholesale announced a range of new mobile solutions – including a new 5G service and a series of IoT products – at its annual customer event, Business Connect. The Telstra...

Nokia shifts private 5G sales strategy to go all-indirect, zero-touch, mega-sized

Another challenge, apart from devices, with the mission to scale industrial 5G is with sales channels. Speaking a while back, following its “flagship” arrangement with system integrator Kyndryl for its various Industry 4.0 gear, Nokia says its strategy on private networks has shifted, decisively....

Helium rebranded Nova Labs, raises $200m in Series D – from a16z, DT, Goodyear, Nokia

Helium, the company in charge of the crowd-sourced Helium non-cellular IoT and cellular 5G networks, has rebranded as Nova Labs, and announced $200 million of Series D funding from New York-based investment company Tiger Global and Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Besides...

Nokia joins 5G Open Innovation Lab

Nokia said its radios are being used in 5G OI Lab’s field labs to test a variety of applications and use cases for rural farms Nokia announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) as a corporate sponsor. In a release,...

How are 5G, sustainability and the metaverse related? Accenture sees synergies

Paper from Accenture and CTIA sees 5G enabling huge reduction in carbon emissions According to a paper prepared by Accenture and CTIA, 5G technologies could cut U.S. carbon emissions by 20% by 2025. The big drivers here are optimizing transportation flows in cities, gaining operational...

5G could help US reach 20% of carbon reduction targets by 2025: CTIA

5G connectivity will play a significant role in enabling the U.S. to meet the Biden administration’s climate change goals, with 5G-enabled use cases projected to make up to a 20% contribution toward the country’s carbon emission reduction targets by 2025, according to a new...

LoRaWAN gets a lift with Helium – with new roaming in Canada, to go with US, Europe

Helium has followed roaming deals with LoRaWAN operator Senet in the US and LoRaWAN platform provider Actility in Europe with a new roaming tie-up with LoRaWAN provider X-TELIA in Canada. San Francisco-based Helium uses a blockchain model to crowd-source LoRaWAN coverage, where LoRaWAN hotspots,...

AWS intros IoT packages to simplify digital twins and vehicle monitoring

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced two new IoT services, AWS IoT TwinMaker and AWS IoT FleetWise, to simplify the process to, respectively, create digital trains of industrial sites, equipment, and production lines, and collect and transfer vehicle data to the cloud. Siemens, Accenture,...

More operators are listening to ‘the story of sustainability,’ says Accenture

Last year, Accenture teamed up with Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) to explore the sustainability potential of 5G technology. While 5G will require that operators deploy tons of new cell sites and other infrastructure, and therefore, more power, Peters Suh, industry lead for North...

Detroit named home of public-private smart-city collaboration for ‘urban change’

The World Economic Forum is to establish a new ‘smart cities’ centre in Detroit, in the US, to stimulate the public and private sectors to collaborate on innovation to drive urban change. The new ‘global centre for urban transformation’, headquartered in the Michigan city...