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IBM Signs Agreements to Strengthen Canadian Semiconductor Industry IBM, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec announced agreements that will strengthen Canada's semiconductor industry, and further develop the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities for semiconductor modules to be used across a wide range of applications including telecommunications, high performance computing, automotive, aerospace & defence, computer networks, and generative AI, at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec.
HP Antivirus Given Perfect Score HP announced that a comprehensive new report from AV-TEST, a leading independent IT security research institute, has confirmed that HP Wolf Pro Security’s Next Generation Antivirus is one of the best Windows Antivirus Software solutions for Business Users on the market. Wolf Pro Security’s NGAV was recognized as a “top product” for corporate endpoint protection, receiving a perfect rating across all testing categories.
Microsoft Increase Collaboration to Power Prestige Beauty With Generative AI The Estee Lauder Companies and Microsoft announced the creation of an AI Innovation Lab as an expansion of their global strategic relationship. Leveraging cutting edge generative AI capabilities in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, the companies will work together to develop solutions that further empower ELC’s more than 20 prestige beauty brands as they create closer consumer connections and increase speed to market with local relevancy.
T-Mobile and EQT Announce Joint Venture to Acquire Lumos T-Mobile and EQT announced they have entered into a joint venture with EQT’s Infrastructure VI fund that will acquire fiber-to-the-home platform Lumos from EQT’s predecessor fund EQT Infrastructure III.
Snowflake Launches Arctic Snowflake announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimized for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, instruction following, and more.
VEON Banglalink to Stream ICC Cricket on Toffee VEON announced that Banglalink, its digital operator in Bangladesh, secured the exclusive rights to the nation-wide streaming of International Cricket Council world events until the end of 2025. The ICC matches will be available on Toffee streaming platform, commencing with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on 1 June 2024.
Nokia and Anterix Pave the Way for 5G Adoption Nokia and Anterix announced that they have successfully completed the industry’s first B106 data call at Nokia’s Lab in Dallas, Texas. The companies collaborated following the standardization of B106 in 3GPP Release 18 to widen the options for chipsets and devices to support private wireless use cases for utilities.
Salesforce Unveils Zero Copy Partner Network Salesforce announced the Salesforce Zero Copy Partner Network, a global ecosystem of technology and solution providers building secure, bidirectional zero copy integrations with Salesforce Data Cloud so that data can be actioned across the Salesforce Einstein 1 Platform.
GL Communications Announces Advanced Network Monitoring and Surveillance System GL Communications announced their advanced network monitoring and surveillance system, NetSurveyorWeb. Customized for IP, Wireless, and TDM networks, this platform provides comprehensive solutions to fulfill your monitoring requirements in any environment.
Zain KSA and ENEA Announce Innovation Enea and Zain KSA announced a collaboration to pilot the world’s first mobile network signaling overlay technology, which significantly extends signaling firewall capabilities. The patent-pending signaling security overlay was conceived in Enea’s Technology Research unit during 2023 with patents filed in December 2023.
Ericsson and F.I.R.S.T at IIT Kanpur Form Strategic Partnership Ericsson and the Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur announced a two-year strategic partnership to drive innovation in Mobile Financial Services and Fintech solutions. The partnership will identify emerging technologies, trends, and market insights to address real customer needs. This collaboration comes at a pivotal moment as the digital wallet market is predicted to surpass $16 trillion in transactions by 2028.
Keysight Delivers Radio Frequency Design Keysight, Synopsys and Ansys announced a new integrated radio frequency design migration flow from TSMC's N16 process to its N6RF+ technology to address the power, performance, and area requirements of today's most demanding wireless integrated circuit applications.
NEC Develops High-speed Generative AI LLM NEC announced that it has expanded its NEC cotomi generative AI services with the development of NEC cotomi Pro and NEC cotomi Light, two new high-speed generative AI Large Language Models featuring updated training data and architectures.
Nokia Selected by Perfectum Nokia announced a landmark 5G deal with Perfectum in Uzbekistan. This greenfield deal marks a significant step towards the deployment of cutting-edge 5G technology in the country, revolutionizing connectivity and paving the way for future innovation.
Juniper Networks Demonstrates Industry-First Comprehensive 800ZR System Juniper Networks announced that it is collaborating with Coherent and Marvell Technology to present the first public demonstration of their 800ZR solution featuring Juniper Networks PTX10002 36QDD Packet Transport Router, Coherent Corporation’s 800ZR transceiver and the 800G Marvell Orion coherent digital signal processor at OFC 2024 (Booth 1323).
Adtran and Vertilas Answer AI Demands Adtran and Vertilas announced the industry’s first 100Gbit/s PAM4 single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser technology with capabilities up to 1.6Tbit/s. On display at this week’s OFC, it sets new standards for low power consumption in optical engines and modules, with up to 80% reduction in power on the transmit optics compared to conventional solutions.
Mitsubishi Electric Europe Selects Soracom Soracom announced that Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. has chosen Soracom to add cellular connectivity to MELCloud, a next-generation, cloud-based remote management system for Mitsubishi Electric air conditioning, heating, and heat recovery/ventilation products.
Software Radio Systems Announces 5G Small Cell Platform Software Radio Systems announced the successful integration, test and validation of the srsRAN Enterprise 5G stack with the Picocom L1 for small cells. The complete integrated small cell runs on Picocom’s PC802 small cell development board.
Vodafone Joins Google Verified Peering Provider Programme Vodafone announced that it is working with Google to make it easier for businesses to connect to the cloud. Alongside the provision of connectivity to Google’s network, Vodafone is creating one of the world’s largest cloud-based software-defined wide area networks. This will provide customers with a virtual overlay on a physical global network so that opening a new route or redirecting traffic to and from the cloud can be made automatically and quickly.
T-Mobile Rolls Out Two New Internet Plans T-Mobile announced that they are introducing two new plans to tackle broadband pain points, Home Internet Plus, the all-in-one plan with expanded home Wi-Fi coverage and 24/7 support for smart devices, and Away, the flexible Wi-Fi solution for travelers to stay connected nationwide on T-Mobile’s network.
Aryaka Launches Migration Acceleration Program Ayraka announced the launch of its Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), a program strategically designed to remove barriers and help IT leaders transition from legacy network security solutions to Unified SASE as a Service.
Coca-Cola and Microsoft Announce Five-year Strategic Partnership Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announced a five-year strategic partnership to align Coca-Cola’s core technology strategy systemwide; enable the adoption of leading-edge technology; and foster innovation and productivity globally. As part of the partnership, Coca-Cola has made a $1.1 billion commitment to the Microsoft Cloud and its generative AI capabilities.
A1 and Nokia Deliver 800Gbps Service Transmission Across Europe Nokia and A1 announced that they have successfully delivered an 800Gbps service using a single wavelength, covering a distance of 1276km in a live network from Frankfurt to Budapest. The field trial was completed using Nokia’s FP5 network processor silicon and its sixth-generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engine optics.
NEC Strengthens Commitment to Space Industry NEC announced a strategic investment in Seraphim Space Venture Fund II, a pioneering venture capital fund specializing in the space industry and operated by Seraphim Space, the most prolific investor globally in this domain. Seraphim Space boasts a distinguished portfolio comprising over 100 space-related startup companies, covering a spectrum of stages from seed to later stages.
Cognizant and Microsoft Announce Global Partnership Cognizant and Microsoft announced an expanded partnership with the goal of making Microsoft’s generative AI and Copilots available to millions of users, to transform enterprise business operations, enhance employee experiences and accelerate cross-industry innovation.
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IBM Signs Agreements to Strengthen Canadian Semiconductor Industry
IBM, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec announced agreements that will strengthen Canada's semiconductor industry, and further develop the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities for semiconductor modules to be used across a wide range of applications including telecommunications, high performance computing, automotive, aerospace & defence, computer networks, and generative AI, at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec.

HP Antivirus Given Perfect Score
HP announced that a comprehensive new report from AV-TEST, a leading independent IT security research institute, has confirmed that HP Wolf Pro Security’s Next Generation Antivirus is one of the best Windows Antivirus Software solutions for Business Users on the market. Wolf Pro Security’s NGAV was recognized as a “top product” for corporate endpoint protection, receiving a perfect rating across all testing categories.

Microsoft Increase Collaboration to Power Prestige Beauty With Generative AI
The Estee Lauder Companies and Microsoft announced the creation of an AI Innovation Lab as an expansion of their global strategic relationship. Leveraging cutting edge generative AI capabilities in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, the companies will work together to develop solutions that further empower ELC’s more than 20 prestige beauty brands as they create closer consumer connections and increase speed to market with local relevancy.

T-Mobile and EQT Announce Joint Venture to Acquire Lumos
T-Mobile and EQT announced they have entered into a joint venture with EQT’s Infrastructure VI fund that will acquire fiber-to-the-home platform Lumos from EQT’s predecessor fund EQT Infrastructure III.

Snowflake Launches Arctic
Snowflake announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimized for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, instruction following, and more.

VEON Banglalink to Stream ICC Cricket on Toffee
VEON announced that Banglalink, its digital operator in Bangladesh, secured the exclusive rights to the nation-wide streaming of International Cricket Council world events until the end of 2025. The ICC matches will be available on Toffee streaming platform, commencing with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on 1 June 2024.

Nokia and Anterix Pave the Way for 5G Adoption
Nokia and Anterix announced that they have successfully completed the industry’s first B106 data call at Nokia’s Lab in Dallas, Texas. The companies collaborated following the standardization of B106 in 3GPP Release 18 to widen the options for chipsets and devices to support private wireless use cases for utilities.

Salesforce Unveils Zero Copy Partner Network
Salesforce announced the Salesforce Zero Copy Partner Network, a global ecosystem of technology and solution providers building secure, bidirectional zero copy integrations with Salesforce Data Cloud so that data can be actioned across the Salesforce Einstein 1 Platform.

GL Communications Announces Advanced Network Monitoring and Surveillance System
GL Communications announced their advanced network monitoring and surveillance system, NetSurveyorWeb. Customized for IP, Wireless, and TDM networks, this platform provides comprehensive solutions to fulfill your monitoring requirements in any environment.

Zain KSA and ENEA Announce Innovation
Enea and Zain KSA announced a collaboration to pilot the world’s first mobile network signaling overlay technology, which significantly extends signaling firewall capabilities. The patent-pending signaling security overlay was conceived in Enea’s Technology Research unit during 2023 with patents filed in December 2023.

Ericsson and F.I.R.S.T at IIT Kanpur Form Strategic Partnership
Ericsson and the Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur announced a two-year strategic partnership to drive innovation in Mobile Financial Services and Fintech solutions. The partnership will identify emerging technologies, trends, and market insights to address real customer needs. This collaboration comes at a pivotal moment as the digital wallet market is predicted to surpass $16 trillion in transactions by 2028.

Keysight Delivers Radio Frequency Design
Keysight, Synopsys and Ansys announced a new integrated radio frequency design migration flow from TSMC's N16 process to its N6RF+ technology to address the power, performance, and area requirements of today's most demanding wireless integrated circuit applications.

NEC Develops High-speed Generative AI LLM
NEC announced that it has expanded its NEC cotomi generative AI services with the development of NEC cotomi Pro and NEC cotomi Light, two new high-speed generative AI Large Language Models featuring updated training data and architectures.

Nokia Selected by Perfectum
Nokia announced a landmark 5G deal with Perfectum in Uzbekistan. This greenfield deal marks a significant step towards the deployment of cutting-edge 5G technology in the country, revolutionizing connectivity and paving the way for future innovation.

Juniper Networks Demonstrates Industry-First Comprehensive 800ZR System
Juniper Networks announced that it is collaborating with Coherent and Marvell Technology to present the first public demonstration of their 800ZR solution featuring Juniper Networks PTX10002 36QDD Packet Transport Router, Coherent Corporation’s 800ZR transceiver and the 800G Marvell Orion coherent digital signal processor at OFC 2024 (Booth 1323).

Adtran and Vertilas Answer AI Demands
Adtran and Vertilas announced the industry’s first 100Gbit/s PAM4 single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser technology with capabilities up to 1.6Tbit/s. On display at this week’s OFC, it sets new standards for low power consumption in optical engines and modules, with up to 80% reduction in power on the transmit optics compared to conventional solutions.

Mitsubishi Electric Europe Selects Soracom
Soracom announced that Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. has chosen Soracom to add cellular connectivity to MELCloud, a next-generation, cloud-based remote management system for Mitsubishi Electric air conditioning, heating, and heat recovery/ventilation products.

Software Radio Systems Announces 5G Small Cell Platform
Software Radio Systems announced the successful integration, test and validation of the srsRAN Enterprise 5G stack with the Picocom L1 for small cells. The complete integrated small cell runs on Picocom’s PC802 small cell development board.

Vodafone Joins Google Verified Peering Provider Programme
Vodafone announced that it is working with Google to make it easier for businesses to connect to the cloud. Alongside the provision of connectivity to Google’s network, Vodafone is creating one of the world’s largest cloud-based software-defined wide area networks. This will provide customers with a virtual overlay on a physical global network so that opening a new route or redirecting traffic to and from the cloud can be made automatically and quickly.

T-Mobile Rolls Out Two New Internet Plans
T-Mobile announced that they are introducing two new plans to tackle broadband pain points, Home Internet Plus, the all-in-one plan with expanded home Wi-Fi coverage and 24/7 support for smart devices, and Away, the flexible Wi-Fi solution for travelers to stay connected nationwide on T-Mobile’s network.

Aryaka Launches Migration Acceleration Program
Ayraka announced the launch of its Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), a program strategically designed to remove barriers and help IT leaders transition from legacy network security solutions to Unified SASE as a Service.

Coca-Cola and Microsoft Announce Five-year Strategic Partnership
Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announced a five-year strategic partnership to align Coca-Cola’s core technology strategy systemwide; enable the adoption of leading-edge technology; and foster innovation and productivity globally. As part of the partnership, Coca-Cola has made a $1.1 billion commitment to the Microsoft Cloud and its generative AI capabilities.

A1 and Nokia Deliver 800Gbps Service Transmission Across Europe
Nokia and A1 announced that they have successfully delivered an 800Gbps service using a single wavelength, covering a distance of 1276km in a live network from Frankfurt to Budapest. The field trial was completed using Nokia’s FP5 network processor silicon and its sixth-generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engine optics.

NEC Strengthens Commitment to Space Industry
NEC announced a strategic investment in Seraphim Space Venture Fund II, a pioneering venture capital fund specializing in the space industry and operated by Seraphim Space, the most prolific investor globally in this domain. Seraphim Space boasts a distinguished portfolio comprising over 100 space-related startup companies, covering a spectrum of stages from seed to later stages.

Cognizant and Microsoft Announce Global Partnership
Cognizant and Microsoft announced an expanded partnership with the goal of making Microsoft’s generative AI and Copilots available to millions of users, to transform enterprise business operations, enhance employee experiences and accelerate cross-industry innovation.

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