network sites in a rural area near Bucharest, Romania, based on Open RAN technology. Nokia has established a 6G Lab at its global R&D center in Bangalore, India. Tecnotree recently completed a go-live with MTN South Sudan for the completion of system upgrades of BSS full stack. This digital transformation will enable MTN South Sudan to run business operations smoothly and utilize newly available functionalities to gain business benefits. Also, this will ensure business process alignment with day-to-day operations. Harmonic launched its new high-density Pier optical line terminal shelf, a significant addition to Harmonic's virtualized cOS broadband platform and family of network edge devices.

NOS will use OpenVault’s Profile Management Application technology to drive improved experiences for broadband subscribers. iBASIS announced an agreement with Moov Africa Niger, a subsidiary of the MAROC TELECOM Group, to implement its A2P messaging monetization solution. Sky Ireland and Virgin Media Ireland announced a wholesale network access deal that will significantly enhance broadband services available to Sky Ireland customers across the country. CommScope announced that it has reached a new milestone with Comcast in the development of its DOCSIS 4.0 Full-Duplex DOCSIS amplifiers. Comcast generated speeds exceeding symmetrical 4Gbps in lab testing, using CommScope MiniBridger FDX amplifiers in a six-amplifier cascade to emulate a typical plant design.

AI News

In AI News, IBM expanded its relationship with Amazon Web Services to help more mutual clients operationalize and derive value from generative artificial intelligence. TEOCO has introduced key network optimization features in its latest update to its Mentor Suite. TEOCO also continues to provide its global customer base with innovative tools for optimizing RAN network performance and the subscriber experience. Lakera‘s launch enables developers to instantly secure generative AI applications in the enterprise.

Cloudflare is collaborating with Microsoft to make it easier for companies to run AI in the location most suitable for their needs. This collaboration will enable businesses to seamlessly deploy AI models across a computing continuum that spans device, network edge, and cloud environments, maximizing the benefits of both centralized and distributed computing models. Telia Sweden has chosen Elisa Polystar’s cloud-native data management platform and analytics tool, with an initial focus on network performance. SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a telco-specific LLM that enables global telecommunication companies to develop generative AI models easily and quickly. 

Cloud News

In Cloud News, Palo Alto Networks released the industry's first integrated Code to Cloud intelligence, introduced as part of the Prisma Cloud Darwin release. This marks a “Darwin moment” for cloud security as Prisma Cloud pushes organizations to evolve beyond single point solutions and adopt a holistic approach that provides a single source of truth. All connectivity elements of Cloudflare’s single-vendor SASE platform, Cloudflare One, are now generally available. Cloudflare’s SASE offering addresses both security and networking transformation requirements without adding complexity, a crucial differentiator in protecting today’s hybrid workforce.

Cohesity has selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux as thefoundational operating system of its Cohesity Data Cloud platform. Italtel’s Fast-Shift cloud migration solution, developed together with Microsoft and Cisco, is now available on Azure Marketplace to offer small and medium-sized businesses a viable way to speed and simplify application migration to the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Connect base has expanded planning and prospecting capabilities for network operators looking to grow in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 

Nokia and Elisa have successfully completed the industry’s first trial of Cloud RAN powered by In-Line acceleration. The successful trial took place at Elisa’s headquarters in Finland and utilized its commercial 5G Standalone RAN and 5G Core.