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| AWS and 3M Team Up for Next-Gen AI Optical Connectivity 3M and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced an expanded strategic collaboration to advance optical connectivity innovation. AWS plans to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) platform for its data center infrastructure. This partnership aims to boost co-innovation and investment in optical connectivity for next-generation artificial intelligence. |
| Orange Business & NVIDIA Boost Voice AI with Distributed Inference Orange Business and NVIDIA are collaborating to deploy distributed voice AI inference for enterprises. This approach distributes AI models across central-cloud and regional PoP resources, enhancing responsiveness, capacity, and data control. A proof of concept at GTC 2026 showcases real-time translation and call summarization for emergency scenarios, using Orange's Live Intelligence platform with NVIDIA Nemotron models. |
| EMEA Operators Turn Networks Into Distributed Intelligence Platforms NVIDIA announced that Nine EMEA telecom operators are building and expanding NVIDIA-powered infrastructure across centralized and distributed locations. T-Mobile completed the world's first AI-RAN call on a commercial network with NVIDIA and Nokia. BT, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa, and Orange are piloting AI-RAN on live networks, leveraging Nokia's software on NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer. |
| NVIDIA Sees EU Adoption of DSX AI Factory Platform NVIDIA announced its DSX AI Factory Platform is being adopted by European partners to build highly efficient AI factories. The platform minimizes water consumption with closed-loop liquid cooling and reduces power use by up to 30% for AI output. DSX also accelerates digital twin simulation and automates infrastructure lifecycle management, supporting grid reliability for Europe's accelerated computing buildout. |
| VIAVI Study: NetSecOps Deployments Up 37% YoY VIAVI Solutions' latest State of the Network study reveals a significant 37% year-over-year increase in organizations fully converging their network and security operations. This 18th annual report, based on surveys of 750 IT professionals, highlights that 82% of enterprises are now adopting or in the process of transitioning to NetSecOps. Key benefits cited include enhanced security and a reduced time to detect issues, though one in five enterprises still lacks a defined transition plan. |
| Beyond Now Unveils Wave AI for Revenue Lifecycle Collaboration Beyond Now launched its Wave AI Framework to deploy AI agents that understand business context and act across the entire revenue lifecycle. This open, model-agnostic framework provides necessary context, access, and governance for agents in complex business environments, integrating native, customer-built, and third-party AI agents with its orchestration platform. It is integrated with Microsoft AI Foundry and adopted by Hrvatski Telekom for BSS, commerce, and sales. |
| Nokia and NVIDIA Launch AI-RAN Platform for Telco Autonomy Nokia and NVIDIA are accelerating the commercial deployment of AI-RAN and physical AI, introducing a sovereign agentic AI platform designed for telco autonomy. This strategic collaboration aims to enhance radio performance, enable real-time intelligence at the network edge, and extend governed AI agents across diverse network operations. The initiative builds on their existing partnership, integrating AI into live networks and paving the way for AI-native 6G. |
| Ribbon Launches Network Deepfake Detection for Voice Protection Ribbon Communications today unveiled Call Trust Deepfake Detection, a new network-based solution to protect customers from AI-generated synthetic audio threats. This innovative system leverages Ribbon's Session Border Controllers and patent-pending algorithms to identify artificial voice content at scale, helping service providers and enterprises restore trust in voice communications amidst rising vishing incidents. |
| Supermicro Nokia Bring AI-RAN to Network Edge Supermicro and Nokia are partnering to deploy Artificial Intelligence-Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN) solutions, leveraging the NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer platform. This collaboration brings accelerated computing to the network edge, allowing radio and AI workloads to run on shared infrastructure. The initiative aims to enhance spectral efficiency, automate network operations, and enable low-latency AI services such as voice AI and vision AI. |
| Samsung EM and NVIDIA Boost AI Chip Substrate Production Samsung Electro-Mechanics and NVIDIA have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the global AI semiconductor supply chain. This collaboration involves joint investment in ABF package substrate production, with a multi-year supply agreement for NVIDIA's AI semiconductors beginning in 2026. Dedicated manufacturing facilities will be established in Sejong and Busan, South Korea. |
| NVIDIA DSX POD AI Factories Deploy in Weeks Not Months NVIDIA has unveiled DSX POD, a groundbreaking reference design for complete Vera Rubin AI factories. These modular, factory-built units are integrated and validated before delivery, drastically cutting deployment time from six months to just 14 days. This innovation helps customers rapidly scale AI capacity and begin generating revenue sooner. |
| Telstra Ericsson Enter New Phase of Autonomous Network Collaboration Telstra and Ericsson are expanding their collaboration to accelerate autonomous networks. They will co-lead a new industry working group focused on developing a common taxonomy for network knowledge, exchanging and combining knowledge across vendors, and grounding autonomous AI agents in trusted information. This aims to improve interoperability and progress network autonomy. |
| Aduna to Deliver Three New Fraud-Fighting APIs for US Carriers Aduna, in collaboration with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, launches three new fraud prevention APIs: Know Your Customer, Device Swap, and Call Forward Detection. These APIs provide businesses direct access to trusted mobile network signals, enabling near real-time fraud risk identification and better authentication decisions. Aduna's platform offers a single API gateway for major U.S. mobile operators, simplifying integration. |
| Delta Electronics Taps NVIDIA to Advance Autonomous Driving Delta Electronics announced a collaboration to advance next-generation autonomous driving built on NVIDIA Hyperion. This partnership focuses on leveraging the NVIDIA platform for future autonomous vehicle technology development. |
| Private Wireless RAN Growth Slows Yet Outperforms Market Dell'Oro Group's latest report reveals private wireless RAN growth is slowing to mid-single digits but still stands out in a gloomy RAN market, which saw revenues decline in 2023. The report defines private wireless as 3GPP Non-Public Networks and highlights its massive opportunity for future 4G and 5G enterprise rollouts, offering a 5-year forecast by coverage, technology, and region. |
| Knexus and Google Cloud Partner on Gemini for Government AI Knexus announces its role as a launch partner for Google Cloud's Gemini for Government Services in the US. This collaboration leverages Knexus's two decades of AI expertise with Google Cloud's secure platform to automate complex enterprise workflows across public sector agencies. The partnership empowers government leaders to implement agentic AI solutions, ensuring high standards of security and compliance while transforming siloed data into actionable mission intelligence at scale. |
| TELUS and Norton Boost Canadian Customer Experience with AI Scam Protection TELUS and Norton have launched TELUS Scam Protection, a comprehensive service for calls, texts, and emails, now included at no extra cost with new mobility data plans. This collaboration integrates Norton's cybersecurity expertise into the My TELUS app, providing AI-powered assistance and features like Safe Call, Safe SMS, and Safe Email to protect Canadians from increasingly sophisticated digital scams. |
| Veeam Empowers Data Sovereignty with New Program Veeam, unveiled its new Global Sovereign Service Providers Program. This phased global initiative aims to empower customers by connecting them with trusted local service providers who offer sovereign operating capabilities alongside Veeam-powered data resilience and security. |
| SoftBank Nokia Partner for AI-RAN Field Trial Nokia and SoftBank Corp. are set to conduct a commercial AI-RAN field trial in Japan in 2027, marking a significant step towards AI-native networks. The deployment will validate key AI-RAN capabilities using Nokia's anyRAN software on SoftBank's AITRAS platform, integrating NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer. |
| 2026 State and Local Government (SLED) Targeted for Cyber Attacks A new report from SonicWall reveals a dramatic 242% year-over-year surge in cyberattacks targeting state and local government (SLED) entities during the first half of 2026. This sector recorded over 300 million high/medium priority intrusion prevention hits, significantly outpacing other industries. Budget constraints, legacy systems, and inconsistent patch cycles are making SLED networks prime targets for attackers, who are actively exploiting these structural vulnerabilities. |
| Singtel and Ericsson Partner for 5G Advanced AI Networks Singtel and Ericsson have forged a five-year strategic partnership to significantly advance Singapore's 5G capabilities and accelerate the adoption of AI-native applications. This collaboration aims to deliver more reliable and intelligent connectivity for both businesses and consumers, building on their successful history of establishing one of the world's first nationwide 5G standalone networks. |
| Announcing llm-d 1.0, CNCF's Open-source Distributed Inference Core llm-d project contributors announced the release of llm-d 1.0, a major milestone for the open source project designed to help organizations deploy and scale large language model inference more efficiently across modern infrastructure. Founded in 2025 by Red Hat, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Google Cloud, CoreWeave and NVIDIA, and now governed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), llm-d plays a key role in the open foundation for enterprises deploying AI at scale in production. |
| Cisco Shares Splunk State of Observability 2026 Cisco's new Splunk State of Observability 2026 report highlights a critical disconnect: the rapid deployment of AI agents is outpacing the ability to monitor them, leading to unpredictable costs and outcomes. |
| New Report: UAE Smartphone Users Embrace AI Agents A new Ericsson ConsumerLab report reveals that 63 percent of UAE smartphone users are expected to delegate everyday tasks to AI agents by 2030. This rapid adoption, with 10 percent already using agentic AI-double the global rate-highlights a significant shift in digital life and future network demands. The research also points to communication service providers as trusted sources for AI agent identity verification, addressing user concerns about fake AI assistants. |
| Salesforce to Acquire Braze for $5.66 Billion to Boost AI CRM Salesforce has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Braze, a leading customer engagement platform, for approximately $5.66 billion. This strategic move aims to integrate Braze's real-time engagement and AI decisioning capabilities into Salesforce's Marketing Cloud and Customer 360 architecture. The acquisition is set to enhance cross-channel personalization and help businesses deliver richer, more intelligent customer experiences at scale. |
