Enterprise & Telecom Industry News
This month’s industry news roundup features major developments across the communications and enterprise technology landscape, including groundbreaking advances in AI, security, cloud, and
infrastructure. Key highlights include product launches from IBM and SAP, transformative AI integrations by Motorola and Vonage, and pivotal deals such as HPE’s acquisition of Juniper and
Telenor’s expansion in Norway.
The month’s top industry news stories are summarized below. To view breaking news in real-time, visit Pipeline’s News Center, follow Pipeline on social, and subscribe to receive our weekly industry enterprise and communications technology news summary.
Agility News
Samsung Electronics and Orange France announced they have successfully completed the first 4G and 5G calls on Orange France’s virtualized RAN and Open RAN network in a
city in southwestern France. By leveraging Samsung’s versatile vRAN solutions, Orange France has enhanced its network capabilities, benefiting from the increased flexibility and innovation
offered by vRAN and Open RAN. IBM released IBM Power11, the next generation of
IBM Power servers. Redesigned with innovations across its processor, hardware architecture, and virtualization software stack, Power11 is designed to deliver the availability,
resiliency, performance, and scalability enterprises demand, for seamless hybrid deployment on-premises or in IBM Cloud. 1Finity and FiberLight LLC have deployed the T900 Series Transponder to deliver 800G
network services for FiberLight’s hyperscale data center customers.
Nokia will power the Medusa Submarine Cable
System, a project owned by AFR-IX Telecom. The groundbreaking and new subsea fiber-optic network will connect the Atlantic coast, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea, creating
a new high-capacity digital corridor in the region, driving connectivity, innovation, and economic growth across the region. SAP released a new cloud edition of SAP Customer Checkout which provides customers a
seamless, efficient, and scalable point-of-sale solution for the future. Spirent and Juniper Networks have successfully completed the first live public demonstration of Ultra Ethernet Transport, marking a major milestone
for the evolving Ultra Ethernet Consortium ecosystem. AT&T plans to quickly build fiber infrastructure thanks to pro-investment policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by
Congress. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will spur investment, maintain U.S. leadership in innovation, and create economic opportunity nationwide. Thanks to the policies in this legislation,
AT&T expects to invest more rapidly in next-generation networks after the bill is signed into law, increasing our investment by an additional 1 million fiber customer locations annually
starting in 2026.
Lava Network has collaborated with Fireblocks, the leading digital asset platform, enabling secure blockchain infrastructure. Fireblocks has integrated Lava's Smart Router to provide secure, vendor-agnostic RPC
access that delivers mission-critical uptime to over 2,000 institutional customers. Adform launched its new Digital-Out-of-Home planner within Adform FLOW. The tool
will initially roll out across 15 markets and unify DOOH performance with omnichannel media buys. This includes the global DSP industry’s first-ever inventory discovery feature, which
visualises available DOOH screen locations. Offering advertisers a holistic view of media to better explore, activate, and optimise truly omnichannel campaigns within one streamlined platform.
AI & Analytics News
Datavault AI announced the expanded commercialization of its flagship AI agents, DataScore and DataValue, built with IBM WatsonX.ai. IBM is also
committing AI engineering talent and deep technical expertise over multiple years to help Datavault expand and accelerate the impact of its offerings for clients. The integration is
designed to help customers streamline their enterprise financial modeling, risk assessment, and pricing strategies across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Motorola Solutions is
introducing AI nutrition
labels to provide clear, concise information about how artificial intelligence is used across its safety and security technologies. The initiative is a first for public
safety and enterprise security products, helping people understand a product’s core AI “ingredients,” just as food nutrition labels were born from a desire to understand dietary intake.
NTT DATA research reveals that healthcare organizations are struggling to create cohesion between their GenAI ambitions and strategies. More than 80% of healthcare organization leaders surveyed said they have a
well-defined GenAl strategy, but only 40% agreed their GenAl strategy strongly aligns with their business strategy. Only 54% classified their GenAI capability as high performing. ServiceNow
unveiled agentic workforce
management, a new, innovative extension of end-to-end AI agent orchestration, designed to allow employees to accelerate the impact of AI. Agentic workforce management
enables employees and AI agents to seamlessly and securely work together to deliver real business outcomes. ServiceNow also shared that Australia is going backwards in the
race to harness AI, falling 10 points in AI readiness over the past year, with poor planning, lack of skills, and strategic misalignment
