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Lumen and IBM formed a new collaboration to develop enterprise-grade AI solutions at the edge.

Ericsson and Telstra announced the commercial deployment of the AIR 3284, the world’s first 5G triple-band FDD Massive MIMO radio, delivering a step-change in coverage, capacity, and performance that will serve as a cornerstone of Telstra’s four-year network transformation. Adtran and Netomnia unveiled a significant milestone in the evolution of the UK’s broadband market with the first-ever commercial deployment of a 50G PON service. Netomnia uses Adtran’s SDX 6400 Series to upgrade an existing residential customer with an ultra-high-speed service.

Huawei shared that a fleet of 100 Huaneng Ruichi autonomous electric mining trucks, the first of its kind in the world, has officially entered operation at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia, China. T-Mobile and Palo Alto Networks released T-MobileSASE, with Palo Alto Networks. This new managed offering that brings together America’s only nationwide 5G Advanced network, and T-Mobile’s T-SIMsecure with T-Mobile Security Slice and Palo Alto Networks’ industry-leading Prisma SASE 5G. Ericsson and Vodafone have introduced a new era of tunnel connectivity by deploying innovative multiband mobile radio antennas in the Arlinger Tunnel near Pforzheim, Germany. This installation marks the first operational use of Ericsson’s advanced antenna technology from Ericsson Antenna System, precisely engineered to deliver robust and stable 5G coverage in tunnel environments subject to high levels of vibration and air pressure changes.

AI & Analytics News

Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Protect AI, an innovative leader in securing the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications and models. Lumen and IBM formed a new collaboration to develop enterprise-grade AI solutions at the edge, integrating watsonx, IBM’s portfolio of AI products, with Lumen’s Edge Cloud infrastructure and network. IBM is also working with Oracle to bring the power of watsonx, IBM’s flagship portfolio of AI products, with Lumen’s Edge Cloud infrastructure and network. IBM is also working with Oracle to bring the power of watsonx, IBM’s flagship portfolio of AI products, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Leveraging OCI’s native AI services, the latest milestone in IBM’s technology partnership with Oracle is designed to fuel a new era of multi-agentic, AI-driven productivity and efficiency across the enterprise.

ServiceNow is accelerating enterprise AI with a new reasoning model built in partnership with NVIDIA. This model enables AI agents that respond in real time, handle complex workflows, and scale functions like IT, HR, and customer service teams worldwide. G42 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cisco, laying the groundwork for a strategic collaboration to advance artificial intelligence innovation and infrastructure development across public and private sectors. Supermicro has entered into a strategic partnership under a memorandum of understanding with DataVolt to build hyperscale AI campuses initially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .

Interactive EQ launched Zeppy, an AI-powered talent advisor built to help organizations diagnose, treat, and elevate employee emotional intelligence in real-time. Salesforce announced new flexible pricing for Agentforce designed to meet the rapidly accelerating demand for digital labor for every employee, department, and business process. AI adoption is moving at an unprecedented pace, yet for many CIOs, the challenge lies in maintaining cost control amid the pressure to innovate.

Security & Assurance News

Palo Alto Networks released Prisma AIRS, an AI security platform that serves as the cornerstone for robust AI protection, designed to protect the entire enterprise AI ecosystem, AI apps, agents, models, and data at every step. IBM shared new agentic and automation capabilities to its managed detection and response service offerings to help enable autonomous security operations and predictive threat intelligence for clients. Fortinet unveiled the FortiGate 700G series,a next-generation firewall purpose-built for the modern campus. Powered by Fortinet’s proprietary Network Processor 7, Security Processor 5 ASIC, and FortiOS, Fortinet’s unified operating system, the FortiGate 700G series delivers up to 7x higher firewall throughput, 4x better threat protection, and 7x lower power consumption than competitor offerings.

CrowdStrike released its 2025 State of SMB Cybersecurity Report, uncovering a widening gap between cybersecurity awareness and readiness among small and medium-sized businesses. While 93% of SMBs consider themselves knowledgeable about cybersecurity risks, 83% report having a plan, just 36% are investing in new tools, and only 11% have adopted AI-powered defenses. CrowdStrike also unveiled new Falcon Data Protection innovations, enabling security teams to protect sensitive data across endpoints, cloud environments, GenAI, and SaaS applications to prevent exfiltration by insiders and identity-based attackers.