Arelion Upgrades Scandinavian Network Arelion announced major investments in its Scandinavian network to connect hyperscale data centers and serve the region’s booming AI markets. Leveraging 1.6 Tb/s Waves and scalable 400G coherent pluggable optics on Ciena’s open 6500 Reconfigurable Line System, Arelion is scaling its existing Tier-1 network between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen to support wholesale and enterprise customers' AI and cloud applications. |
FIRST Announces new CORE Initiative with Fortinet The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams announced its CORE (Community, Operational capacity, Resilience, and Empowerment) initiative with Fortinet as its founding partner. |
Singtel Launches Enhanced Connectivity Solution Singtel announced the launch of its enhanced Multi-Domestic Connectivity solution that enables seamless, secure, and regulatory-compliant global IoT deployments in partnership with floLIVE, a cloud-native IoT connectivity provider. |
ZTE Showcases Innovative RAN Solutions ZTE announced that it has demonstrated a comprehensive suite of innovative products and solutions for radio access network at MWC Shanghai 2025. |
Oracle Health Community Care Improves Care Industries Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Health Community Care, a cloud-based mobile extension of the Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record. The new offering enables caregivers to securely access and update comprehensive patient charts regardless of network connectivity, so nurses, therapists, dieticians, social workers, and physicians have the information they need to perform in-home patient visits, provide care in mobile clinics, or undertake emergency interventions. |
Grok Models Now on Oracle Cloud Oracle announced that it has been selected by xAI to offer xAI’s Grok models via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative AI service for a wide range of use cases, including content creation, research, and business process automation. xAI will also leverage the scalability, performance, and cost efficiency of OCI’s leading AI infrastructure to train and run inferencing for its next-generation Grok models. |
IBM Introduces Industry-First Software IBM announced the industry's first software to bring AI security and AI governance teams together and provide a unified view of enterprises' risk posture. |
TDC NET and Ericsson Achieves Industry First Certification From TM Forum Ericsson announced that it has achieved the first verification, globally, for Level 4 autonomy of operations in a specific scenario, according to TM Forum standards. |
Ericsson Pioneers Cloud RAN Call Ericsson announced that it has successfully completed a Cloud RAN 5G call using the HPE ProLiant Compute DL110 Gen12 server, powered by Intel Xeon 6 or system-on-chip. The achievement marks another step in the evolution and industrialization of Open RAN, enabling communications service providers to deploy high-performing, scalable, and efficient networks built on open, cloud-native infrastructure powered by Red Hat technologies. |
Conterra Selects Ciena Solutions Conterra announced that they have selected FONEX and the Open PON solution powered by Ciena’s pluggable microOLTs to upgrade its network to XGS-PON in a way that is both flexible and cost-effective. |
Cloudflare Log Explorer Now Available Cloudflare announced the general availability of Cloudflare Log Explorer, to help give businesses instant access to critical security and performance insights across their IT environments. |
DTW Ignite 2025 Advances Composable, Autonomous and AI-Driven Telco Transformation TM Forum announced that it has closed a record-breaking DTW Ignite; a week defined by bold collaboration, breakthrough solutions, and real-world innovation across TM Forum’s three industry missions; Composable IT & Ecosystems, Autonomous Networks and AI & Data Innovation. |
TM Forum Announces Winners of Annual Excellence Awards TM Forum announced the winners of its 18th Annual Excellence Awards. Recognizing and celebrating TM Forum Members that are driving real, measurable change across the telco and tech ecosystem, the Excellence Awards closed out an energizing day one at DTW Ignite. |
Huawei Showcases 5G-A Huawei announced that it is showcasing new developments in 5G Advanced experience monetization and scenario-based services powered by AI agents. The company's exhibition at this year's event has been titled Accelerating the Intelligent World as they intend to meet with global carriers, industry partners, and opinion leaders to discuss new paths for carrier development that focus on creating value using AI. |
AT&T Introduces Advanced Voice Technology for Businesses AT&T announced the launch of AT&T Business Voice, a Voice over Internet Protocol solution engineered to modernize traditional lines. This all-in-one solution delivers a reliable, secure and scalable platform that consolidates analog voice and utility lines, empowering businesses to seamlessly transition to a robust digital infrastructure. |
Amdocs Unveils Standard for Trustworthy Telco-Grade AI Agents Amdocs announced a new standard defining what makes a telco AI agent an advanced, verticalized enterprise offering. In a whitepaper titled AI Verticalization for Telcos, Amdocs presents an outline for telco-grade agents that are skilled, brand-engineered, trustworthy, and autonomous-capable of transforming how CSPs engage with customers and operate their networks. |
CHR Omnia360e Improves LFT Fiber Processes CHR Solutions announced that its Omnia360e platform has significantly enhanced LFT Fiber’s operational efficiency. The OSS/BSS platform, known for its customizable e-commerce capabilities, lead generation tools, and automated billing processes, has streamlined LFT Fiber’s provisioning and order workflows, achieving a 40% improvement and saving the organization several hours per month in time and cost savings. |
Oracle Advances National Security Oracle announced Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated, a secure, sovereign compute cloud service that can be disconnected from the internet, providing governments and regulated industries the required level of security and control for confidential data. |
Oracle and Nextcloud Deliver Collaboration Capabilities Oracle and Nextcloud announced a partnership that will bring Nextcloud Hub, an open-source content collaboration platform that enables teams to collaborate across mobile, desktop, and web interfaces, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Government and enterprise customers will be able to deploy Nextcloud Hub across OCI’s sovereign cloud solutions, including public, government, dedicated, and air-gapped regions. |
Oracle Forms Alliance With Metron Oracle announced a strategic alliance with Metron, a leading provider of scientific, research, and technology innovations, to collaborate on scalable decision support solutions for multi-domain operations. Oracle and Metron solutions enable defense organizations to outpace their adversaries in the OODA (observe, orient, decide, and act) loop by providing them with the tools to make swift, informed decisions based on data insights. |
Ericsson Introduces Next-Gen Antennas Ericsson announced the launch of two high-performance antennas tailored for mission-critical applications. Unveiled at the Critical Communications World event in Brussels, Belgium, the Antenna 1005 and Antenna 1006 are designed to meet the specific needs of Public Protection and Disaster Relief networks, providing secure and reliable coverage where it's needed most. |
Nokia Launches Autonomous Network Fabric Nokia announced its Autonomous Networks Fabric, the industry’s first suite of telco-trained AI models, integrated security, and AI apps to accelerate network automation and enable operators to easily roll out new services. Autonomous Network Fabric is a unifying intelligence layer that weaves together observability, analytics, security, and automation across every network domain; allowing a network to behave as one adaptive system, regardless of vendor, architecture, or deployment model. |
Fortinet Strengthens Code-to-Cloud Security Fortinet announced powerful updates to Lacework FortiCNAPP, making it easier than ever for customers to secure applications and workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company also announced that the FortiAppSec Cloud service, FortiMail Workspace Security, FortiNDR Cloud, FortiSIEM, and Fortinet Incident Response services are now available in AWS Marketplace. |
IBM Reveals Results of AI Study IBM announced that a new global study by their Institute for Business Value reveals that surveyed CMOs widely acknowledge the strategic importance of AI, but face an execution gap, largely due to fragmented systems, as they adapt to a significant role shift. |
Rohde & Schwarz Updates FSWP Phase Noise Analyzer and VCO Tester Rohde & Schwarz announced that it has updated the R&S FSWP for upcoming applications. The new option R&S FSWP-B56G extends the frequency range up to 56 GHz. With the support of external high-end sources as local oscillators it combines the advantage of an easy-to-use signal source analyzer and a high-end phase noise tester. |