Rakuten Mobile noted its new AI tool is specifically tailored to align with Japanese business culture, regulations and industry norms
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile announced the launch of "Rakuten AI for Business," a Generative AI (gen AI) solution designed to assist corporate clients in various...
Telefónica Tech has released a generative AI (gen AI) platform for enterprises to create their own virtual assistants. It integrates with backend enterprise systems and sundry hyperscale cloud services, and connects to the main large language models (LLMs), the company said. The idea is...
Moves in the UK to open tranches of the 1.8 GHz, 3.8-4.2 GHz, and upper 6 GHz bands for dynamic spectrum assignment (DSA) in the UK, akin to the popular CBRS scheme at 3.55-3.7 GHz in the US, busy with fixed-wireless access (FWA), private...
Singapore-based mobile operator StarHub is working with Nokia on application programming interfaces (APIs) to monetise its 4G and 5G network assets with local enterprises. The pair are looking to enable 4G and 5G access for developers to use network data about such things as...
Nokia said its smart nodes are expected to enhance indoor connectivity for Zain KSA’s enterprise clients
Nokia and Zain KSA have announced a collaboration to address indoor mobile coverage challenges and optimize enterprise connectivity in Saudi Arabia.
The partnership will introduce what it claims to be...
Six billion dollars. That’s how high private 5G sales will reach in 2027, according to recent data from market research firm SNS Telecom & IT. These projections come after Analysys Mason said in early 2024 that enterprises will spend as much as $9 billion...
Enterprises are hungry. Appetites for digital transformation are reaching a new intensity, brought on in part by excitement around paradigm-shifting tools like generative AI. This enthusiasm is inspiring enterprises to be bolder with their technology roadmaps and strategies in general, lest they miss out...
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial enterprises is reshaping the way organizations view and implement cloud strategies. Industrial enterprises generate a staggering amount of data – from factory sensors to supply chain systems – and leveraging this data effectively is becoming...
Think of all the technologies an enterprise needs to operate – cloud services, robotics, mobile devices, IoT devices, and so on and so forth. What do all of these things have in common? In some capacity, they must always stay connected to a network....
The business arm of French telecoms operator SFR has launched two new 5G network ‘slicing’ options for enterprise customers. These “differentiated connectivity solutions”, using 5G SA technology in the 3.5 GHz band in France, provide a “privileged access service” and a “tailor-made slicing service”,...
An edge AI “easy button” for enterprise digital transformation
In their own effort to better (and more profitably) serve enterprise customers, CSPs are going through a number of network overhauls designed to deliver customizable compute, connectivity and services directly to business locations. Similarly, the enterprises...
Nextivity is working with LG Electronics (LG) to develop new enterprise devices and applications to “accelerate, simplify, and maximise” integrated private 5G and DAS infrastructure, the two companies have said. They will jointly “develop, market, and install advanced 5G infrastructure offerings” for various enterprise...
SK Telecom also merged its AI R&D efforts to strengthen AI and digital transformation (AT/DT) capabilities
Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT) unveiled its 2025 organizational restructuring and executive appointments to achieve progress in its dual focus areas of telecommunications and artificial intelligence (AI).
In a release,...
Traficom said it supports the introduction of private networks by granting radio licences and influencing international spectrum management
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, has unveiled its latest report, “Private Networks in Finland”, highlighting the rising interest in private mobile networks among Finnish businesses...
IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl has expanded its partnership with Nokia, already geared to provide private 4G/5G networks, to also offer data center networking solutions and services to big global enterprises. The US firm will incorporate Nokia’s data center networking solution into its systems...
Some quick survey results from the GSMA Intelligence, the GSMA’s research business, about how enterprises just love technology so much, and want to spend more on it; or something like that, anyway. It goes like this: most enterprises (60 percent; presumably of those surveyed...
Cisco is to use France-based virtual network operator (MVNO) Transatel, owned by NTT Data, to provide enterprise customers with ‘out-of-the-box’ 4G and 5G cellular connectivity on its own eSIM solution in 180 countries. Cisco’s eSIM technology will be embedded initially into Cisco’s infrastructure solutions,...
The level of attention on generative AI (gen AI) in business is no longer a surprise. It promises game-changing disruption – faster and more cost-effective operations, improved customer and employee experiences, and a competitive edge. The fact is that gen AI is evolving at...
Swisscom said that this offering ensures at all times that data-intensive communication is guaranteed independently of mobile robots, digital twins or a connected workforce
Swiss telco Swisscom and Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of a fully standalone mobile private network (MPN) offering based on...
The joint Dell Technologies, Intel Edge AI program helps right-size AI for the enterprise and reduce total cost of ownership
Digital transformation is a big and nebulous area but, at its core, there are some key pieces that need to be aligned to harness technologies...
UK-based Vodafone is to supply global IoT connectivity for industry applications running on Oracle’s edge-cloud enterprise platform, called Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP). The US software company said Vodafone’s global SIM will “underpin” its portfolio of industry applications, as offered on its ECP system by...
The global system integration division of Japan-based NEC Corporation has signed with Cisco to resell the US firm’s private 5G core network and management solution to enterprise customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It will sell via operator channels, as required or...
Recently I was talking with a friend about the need for the mobile industry to pivot. If we can successfully pivot from the consumer to the enterprise, then the industry can grow for the next 20 or 30 years.
But as we talked, I realized...
Proof, perhaps, that the private 5G market is getting busier with equipment vendors both big and small: amid all the enterprise-5G focus at MWC Las Vegas this week, US-based Wilson Electronics, a maker of signal repeaters for residential and enterprise customers, stuck out a...
