Cloud News

In Cloud News, T-Systems will offer and manage Google Distributed Cloud Hosted for customers in Germany with the highest sovereignty requirements. GDC Hosted is a disconnected cloud solution from Google Cloud. The platform runs on servers which are physically separate (“air-gapped”) from Google Cloud’s international backbone and the public internet. Fortinet formed an expanded strategic partnership with Digital Realty. This partnership accelerates the expansion of Fortinet Universal SASE, which has already surpassed over 100 locations worldwide. Leveraging PlatformDIGITAL, Digital Realty’s global data center platform enables customers to secure their hybrid IT workflows across clouds and locations.

Kyivstar, VEON’s subsidiary in Ukraine, will partner with Amazon Web Services to support Ukrainian businesses with the next generation of cloud and cloud infrastructure services and expertise in data-processing. NVIDIA launched a cloud service for medical imaging AI to further streamline and accelerate the creation of ground-truth data and training of specialized AI models through fully managed, cloud-based application programming interfaces.

Nokia has completed a joint lab trial of Cloud RAN with In-Line acceleration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise at Nokia’s Open Cloud RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas. The successful trial, which saw the completion of an end-to-end Cloud RAN L3 data call, demonstrated the flexibility of Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution using In-Line accelerator architecture, which works seamlessly on multiple silicon architectures.

IoT and Innovation News

In IoT and Innovation News, Singtel has successfully completed Singapore’s first trial of 5G RedCap for IoT on its live 5G network in collaboration with Ericsson and MediaTek. RedCap is specifically designed to support mid-tier IoT devices such as smartwatches and industrial sensors. Turk Telekom is reducing energy costs while also boosting performance and management of its data infrastructure through the deployment of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform solutions.

Advantest is collaborating with wireless solution provider Amarisoft to enable users of Amarisoft’s 4G and 5G AMARI Callboxes to leverage Advantest’s Micro Line Tester test management software. Via their existing AMARI Callbox, Amarisoft customers can access the Advantest software’s enhanced user interface, designed for maximum ease of use, and operator-certified test plans developed through close collaboration with leading telecommunications network carriers. OQC has made OQC Toshiko publicly available as the world's first enterprise ready quantum computing platform. OQC Toshiko is a powerful next generation 32-qubit platform, deployed to commercial data centers, enabling businesses to tap into ground-breaking technology from anywhere in the world seamlessly and securely.

Market News

As we wrap up 2023, market leaders have been making strategic moves to make positive changes for the telco industry in 2024. Ericsson has signed a deal with Southeast Asia communications service provider Datastream Digital Sdn Bhd to elevate DST’s customer interaction application to the Amazon Web Services cloud. The application is hosted as a cloud-native application on AWS. IBM has entered into a definitive agreement with Software AG, a company majority owned by Silver Lake, to purchase StreamSets and webMethods, Software AG's Super iPaaS enterprise technology platforms, for 2.13 billion euros in cash.

Nokia is joining Orange in an initiative in Egypt under the UNIDO-run Switch to Circular Economy Value Chains initiative, co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Finland. Egypt has set ambitious targets to improve waste management systems, including e-waste, listed in Egypt Vision 2030. These targets involve increasing overall waste collection coverage and efficiency, with an objective of 80% and 90%, respectively, by 2030.

Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of Dig Security, an innovative provider of Data Security Posture Management. The large volumes of data stored in the cloud require data security solutions that are purpose-built to handle the complexities of cloud environments. Dig's cutting-edge capabilities, seamlessly integrated into Palo Alto Networks Prism Cloud platform, will provide organizations with near real-time data protection across the entire cloud estate. Ericsson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Telenor for a three-year partnership that aims to explore, develop, and test cutting-edge AI/ML solutions toward enhancing energy efficiency without compromising on the quality of connectivity in mobile networks.

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