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| ITU, UN Launch Tools for Municipal AI Governance The United Nations has launched a new system-wide toolbox to ensure human accountability for public decisions in smart cities utilizing artificial intelligence. This guide, issued by ITU and UN-Habitat under the U4SSC initiative, offers mayors and policymakers practical advice on deploying AI responsibly, including necessary safeguards and when to avoid its use. |
| Taizhou Tourists Get Commercial AI-Glasses Smart Tour Guide ZTE Corporation, China Telecom Zhejiang, and Rokid have rolled out the first commercial 5G-A and AI-glasses powered smart tour guide service in Taizhou, Zhejiang. This groundbreaking solution, deployed at the ancient city of Taizhou, marks the first large-scale implementation of a 5G-A private network combined with AI-glasses for smart cultural tourism in a national 5A-level scenic area. |
| Equinix Unveils SG6 AI Data Center for APAC Region Equinix launched SG6, its sixth data center in Singapore, expanding AI-ready capacity for high-performance computing. The facility offers critical infrastructure for the AI-driven economy, using advanced liquid cooling for high-density AI deployments. SG6 supports Equinix's sustainability goals, targeting net zero emissions by 2040 and Green Mark Platinum certification with 100% renewable energy. |
| Rohde & Schwarz, Pegatron Collaborate on FR3 Demo in Taiwan Rohde & Schwarz and Pegatron collaborated to verify FR3 phased array performance in a MIMO test setup. This validation used R&S FSWX and SMW200A, demonstrating dual polarized transmission at 13 GHz and 15 GHz with data throughput about twice that of a single stream setup. |
| IBM ORNL and AMD Launch Quantum Error Correction Platform IBM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and AMD have unveiled a groundbreaking co-design platform aimed at accelerating quantum error correction. This initiative tightly integrates IBM's quantum computers, including the 120-qubit IBM Quantum Nighthawk, with ORNL's Umbra High-Performance Computing system, powered by AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC CPUs. |
| U.S. Army Taps Pega for Modernization of Mission and Business Operations Pegasystems Inc. has secured a 10-year Enterprise Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army, valued at up to $419 million. This agreement aims to accelerate the modernization of critical mission and business operations by providing streamlined access to Pega’s AI-powered solutions and services. |
| Aetina Unveils New NVIDIA MGX SuperEdge AI Servers Aetina expanded its SuperEdge portfolio with NVIDIA Certified System AEX-2UA1 and new AEX-2UA2 servers. These compact 2U short-depth GPU servers deliver high-performance computing to enterprise edge and near-edge environments, supporting generative AI, AI agents, and on-premises inference workloads. They address critical needs for space, data sovereignty, and latency. |
| Ericsson HBL Advance Rail Safety with 5G Kavach 4.0 Integration Ericsson and HBL have successfully integrated Kavach 4.0, India’s indigenous SIL-4 certified automatic train protection (ATP) system, with a 5G network environment. This milestone, achieved at HBL’s R&D laboratory, is crucial for evaluating 5G Standalone's role in next-generation railway communications, enhancing safety and enabling higher speeds on mainline railways. |
| NUHS Singtel and Ericsson Sign MoU to Accelerate Healthcare through Connectivity The National University Health System (NUHS), Singtel, and Ericsson have reinforced their strategic partnership to advance connected healthcare, 5G-Advanced, and 6G technology. This collaboration will focus on research and development, harnessing successive generations of telecommunications and artificial intelligence to deliver deployable healthcare applications. |
| Fortinet and Equinix Partner to Secure and Scale Distributed AI Fortinet and Equinix have announced the availability of FortiAIGate on the Equinix Distributed AI Hub, a new validated reference architecture designed to secure and govern AI at scale. This collaboration provides organizations with a simpler way to protect sensitive data, support sovereignty requirements, and maintain visibility and control across hybrid and multi-cloud AI environments as models, data, and applications become increasingly distributed. |
| Kyndryl and AWS Launch Agentic AI for Enterprise Modernization Kyndryl announced a new integrated agentic modernization solution with Amazon Web Services. This offering combines Kyndryl Agentic Modernization services-as-software with AWS Transform. The goal is to help enterprises rapidly modernize their applications, reduce associated risks, and establish AI-ready technology foundations. This partnership enables a continuous approach to modernizing applications, infrastructure, and core systems at scale. |
| Verizon to Elevate NFL Gameday Experience with Global 5G Upgrades Verizon is powering the 2026 NFL season with significant stadium upgrades and expanded global private wireless networks. This enhances the gameday experience for officials using connected watches and millions of fans with multi-hundred-million-dollar investments in 5G C-band, mmWave DRAN, and DAS technology across key stadiums worldwide. |
| ZTE Beeline Trial Provides Relief for Low-band Network Congestion ZTE and Beeline Kazakhstan have successfully completed the CIS's first low-band FMM (Massive MIMO) trial in Shymkent. This solution significantly eased low-band congestion, boosting network capacity by 2-3 times and doubling user download speeds without requiring additional spectrum or new sites. The trial offers a valuable new path for operators to enhance user experience in congested low-band networks. |
| 1Finity Launches AI-Native vRAN for MNO AI Monetization 1Finity, a Fujitsu company, launched a full-stack AI-Native vRAN solution for MNOs to monetize AI services. This integrated solution leverages NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, supporting both AI and RAN workloads for improved resource utilization. It includes 1Finity vRAN software, QCT/Supermicro AI servers, Aible's no-code platform, and Bridge by Armada. |
| Orange Tackles Cyberbullying with New #ForGoodConnections Campaign Orange launched a #ForGoodConnections campaign to raise parent awareness about cyberbullying. A European study by Ifop shows parents are vigilant but often unfamiliar with teenagers' rapidly changing digital codes and emojis. The initiative empowers parents to stay attentive and maintain open dialogue with children about online risks. Orange promotes safer digital practices, reaching over 850,000 children since 2021. |
| New Initiative to Train Cyber Defenders in Singapore Singtel and cybersecurity training provider DART have launched a new program to fortify Singapore's cyber resilience. The Advanced Persistent Threat Detection and Response Programme will equip cybersecurity professionals with practical skills to combat sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) and other enterprises. |
| ZTE and Airtel Accelerate Gabon's Digital Transformation and 5G Rollout ZTE and Airtel Gabon have achieved a significant milestone with the commercial deployment of the industry's first FDD+TDD Massive MIMO solution on Airtel Gabon's live network. This innovative technology has dramatically improved network performance, delivering a 107% increase in user throughput and a 20% boost in traffic capacity. The collaboration sets a new benchmark for network evolution and paves the way for future 5G development in Gabon. |
| AT&T and Amdocs to Boost CX with AI for TelcoOps AT&T and Amdocs are expanding their collaboration with an eight-year agreement to modernize AT&T's operations using AI. Combining AI capabilities as one delivery team, the companies aim to simplify complex work, improve efficiency, and lower costs for critical systems modernization. The goal is faster innovation, better customer experiences, and quicker delivery of new products and services. |
| Swisscom Sees Early Success with Ericsson AN Ericsson is advancing autonomous networks by introducing GitOps-based, declarative lifecycle and configuration management for cloud-native core networks. This innovative approach, part of the Ericsson Intelligent Core offering, creates a robust foundation for AI-driven, intent-based operations at scale. |
| Verizon Ericsson Team Up for AI-Native RAN Automation Verizon and Ericsson are deepening their collaboration to integrate AI into RAN automation, aiming to transform autonomous networks. The partnership includes the nationwide rollout of the Ericsson Intelligent Controller (EIC) and deployment of AI-native rApps, which have already demonstrated significant performance gains, including up to 8.9% on Downlink data radio bearer throughput. |
| SatPort Acquires Speedcast Teleport, Expands Ground Network SatPort Infrastructure, backed by EQT, has completed the acquisition of Speedcast's teleport business. This move adds 12 teleports across five continents, establishing SatPort as a global, carrier-neutral ground infrastructure platform for satellite operators. The platform offers secure and resilient teleport and gateway services for LEO, MEO, and GEO constellations. This acquisition also enhances SatPort's existing build-to-suit agreement for the Telesat Lightspeed network. |
| Ooredoo and DE-CIX Launch Oman's Gulf Gateway-IX Ooredoo and DE-CIX launched Gulf Gateway-IX, Oman’s new carrier-neutral Internet Exchange, unifying Muscat and Salalah into a single national interconnection architecture. Going live in early 2027, the exchange creates a resilient multi-landing digital hub for the Gulf, Asia, and East Africa, providing a terrestrial alternative to Red Sea bottlenecks for operators to peer through one port. |
| Ethiopia's First AI-Powered AIR RAN Boosts 4G Capacity 11% ZTE and Ethio Telecom have successfully deployed Ethiopia's first pre-commercial AIR RAN solution, marking a significant milestone in AI-driven mobile network optimization. This deployment leverages ZTE's AIREngine intelligent computing engine and intelligent beam scheduling, delivering an impressive 11% increase in 4G capacity and a 40% gain in peak-hour user throughput. |
| Chemours Powers AI Data Centers with Faizeon Cooling Chemours has launched Faizeon two-phase liquid cooling solutions for AI, high-performance computing, and high-density data centers. This new portfolio includes dielectric fluids for both direct-to-chip and immersion cooling, designed to efficiently remove high heat loads from advanced processors and servers. Faizeon fluids utilize phase change technology, significantly reducing cooling-related energy and water consumption. |
| CPaaS Market Nears $50B by 2031; Infobip Twilio and Sinch Lead Juniper Research forecasts the CPaaS market to exceed $50 billion by 2031, more than doubling from $21 billion in 2026. Conversational AI and authentication use cases are key growth drivers, with Infobip, Twilio, and Sinch identified as market leaders. CPaaS providers are vital for delivering personalized customer experiences. |
