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| Rogers Deploys 34 New 5G Cell Towers Across Eastern Ontario The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) and Rogers Communications (RCI) announced today that Rogers 5G mobile services are now available in 34 more communities across eastern Ontario. This crucial deployment is a key component of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) Cell Gap Project, a substantial $300-million public-private partnership. The initiative aims to bridge cellular service gaps, delivering high-speed 5G mobile services to previously underserved rural communities. |
| IBM to Acquire Confluent for Enterprise Generative AI IBM's strategic $11 billion acquisition of Confluent represents a pivotal move to forge an advanced smart data platform, purpose-built for enterprise generative AI. This significant acquisition is set to integrate Confluent's industry-leading real-time data streaming capabilities with IBM's extensive AI infrastructure, forming a comprehensive solution for seamless data connection, processing, and governance across diverse IT landscapes. The collaboration directly addresses the critical |
| Cisco and OECD Research AI Adoption and Digital Well-being Research reveals profound generational and geographical disparities in AI adoption and digital well-being. The research indicates that emerging economies, such as India and Brazil, are at the forefront of generative AI uptake, driven largely by younger adults who exhibit greater trust and engagement. In contrast, older demographics and surveyed European nations show lower AI utilization and increased skepticism. |
| AWS Annouces New HPC Instances Using AMD 5th Gen AWS announced the general availability of its new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8a instances, significantly enhancing cloud compute capabilities. Powered by the 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, these instances deliver up to 30% higher performance and improved price-performance compared to the C7a series, alongside a notable 33% increase in memory bandwidth. This advancement is tailored for demanding workloads such as high-performance computing (HPC), distributed analytics, and large-scale |
| AWS Announces New Memory-optimized Instances Powered by Turin Amazon has announced the immediate availability of its new Amazon EC2 X8aedz instances, marking a significant advancement in cloud computing performance. These next-generation memory-optimized instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, codenamed Turin, delivering the highest maximum CPU frequency in the cloud at an impressive 5GHz. |
| NVIDIA and Mistral AI Partner to Accelerate Open Models NVIDIA and Mistral AI are partnering to significantly accelerate the optimization and deployment of Mistral AI's cutting-edge Mistral 3 family of open models. This strategic collaboration ensures these advanced multilingual and multimodal models are meticulously engineered for NVIDIA's diverse supercomputing and edge AI platforms. |
| Riyadh Air and IBM Partner to Launch World's First AI-Native Airline Riyadh Air and IBM are set to launch the world's first truly AI-native airline, fundamentally reshaping the aviation experience. This pioneering venture is built from the ground up, entirely free of legacy systems, leveraging IBM Consulting's extensive industry knowledge and advanced AI platforms like IBM watsonx Orchestrate. The objective is to embed artificial intelligence at every operational level, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced efficiency across operations. |
| Gilat Reinforces SATCOM Offering for Defense The offering includes a comprehensive portfolio of Solid-State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and TWTA replacement technologies tailored for defense modernization. Their solutions, including Powerstream, Terrastream, Aerostream, and MicroStream, provide trusted, rugged, and secure connectivity for evolving defense communication networks and tactical operations, pioneering the DIFI standard. |
| Juniper Projects 1000% Increase in Customer Interactions Powered by AI Juniper Research forecasts a staggering 1,000% surge in customer interactions automated by AI agents, growing from 3 billion in 2025 to over 34 billion by 2027. This rapid expansion is driven by enterprise adoption and streamlined integration via the Model Context Protocol, highlighting the critical need for vendors to offer prebuilt integrations across diverse business systems for scaling automation. |
| Intracom Telecom & GeoLinks Achieve Multi-Gigabit Wireless Access Intracom Telecom and GeoLinks successfully demonstrated multi-gigabit performance in a joint US field trial during WISPAPALOOZA 2025. This successfully demonstrated the Fixed Wireless Access platform achieved 1.6 Gbps aggregate throughput at 5 miles in LMDS spectrum, confirming commercial readiness. This collaboration empowers WISPs nationwide to deliver fiber-like, high-speed services over long distances, advancing digital inclusion and connectivity. |
| Nokia introduces Autonomous SON to NTT's 5G network Nokia announced a collaboration with NTT DOCOMO, deploying its autonomous MantaRay SON (Self-Organizing Networks) solution across DOCOMO's multi-vendor LTE and 5G radio access network. This marks a pivotal moment, representing the inaugural implementation in Japan of Nokia's 5G base station integrated with DOCOMO's operational systems. The MantaRay SON solution is engineered to address the escalating complexities of modern 5G infrastructure by automating routine network operations. |
| VIAVI & QNu Labs Accelerate Quantum-Safe Network Security VIAVI and QNu Labs have partnered to develop advanced quantum security and network intelligence technologies, addressing the urgent need for quantum-safe communications. This collaboration aims to deliver test cases, badging mechanisms, and reference architectures, ensuring resilience for critical infrastructure against quantum threats. They will also advocate for harmonized global standards, supporting various industries in migrating to quantum-resilient systems. |
| Dell'Oro Project Network Security Market to Exceed $26 Billion Dell’Oro Group forecasts the network security market to surpass $26 billion in 2025, driven by cloud-delivered solutions like SSE and WAF. This Network Security Market 2025 announcement The report highlights robust growth in cloud-native security, contrasting with hardware segment normalization, as organizations prioritize zero-trust user access and application modernization. This underscores a significant shift towards the cloud edge for modern security investments. |
| Wireless Broadband Alliance Trial Demonstrates Wi-Fi Performance Gains The Wireless Broadband Alliances has released its End-to-End QoS Field Trials Report, demonstrating up to 70% latency reduction with standardized Wi-Fi QoS mechanisms. These trials, involving members like Intel and Meta, prove real-world performance gains for video conferencing, cloud gaming, and live streaming, enhancing operational efficiency and enabling new premium services. |
| Nokia and du Launch Autonomous Network Slicing for 5G Advanced Nokia and du have launched the first 5G Advanced autonomous network slicing solution, setting a new industry benchmark. This 5G autonomous network slicing announcement This innovation allows du to offer premium, intent-based services with self-optimizing intelligence, ensuring guaranteed service levels for critical enterprise applications and consumer use cases like gaming, XR, and AI. Powered by Nokia's 5G AirScale and MantaRay solutions, it paves the way for future network advancements. |
| Ericsson and LotusFlare Partner to Accelerate Network APIs Ericsson has partnered with LotusFlare to accelerate the adoption and monetization of network APIs, acquiring a minority stake in the software development company. This collaboration will provide Communication Service Providers with solution blueprints for Network API Exposure Layer integration, leveraging LotusFlare's DNO Cloud and Vonage's enterprise solutions to unlock new 5G and AI-powered network capabilities for developers and enterprises globally. |
| SOLiD Announces New 5G DAS for High-Capacity Venues New 5G technology addresses challenges inherent in delivering high-performance in-building connectivity in high-capacity venues, such as stadiums, airports and other large commercial buildings. |
| Gilat DataPath to Deliver Custom Earth Observation Solution Gilat Satellite Networks announced that Gilat DataPath has been selected to deliver a customized Earth Observation Solution. The order, valued at approximately $10 million, will be delivered within the next 12 months and will expand Gilat Defense’s portfolio of advanced capabilities. |
| RailTel and Nokia Modernize India's National Long-Distance and Metro Optical Networks Nokia, in collaboration with RailTel, has successfully upgraded RailTel's DWDM National Long-Distance (NLD) and metro optical transport networks across India. This modernization effort also includes the deployment of RailTel’s Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT) to address escalating demand for high-speed, resilient connectivity. |
| Airsys Launches Advanced Data Center Cooling Airsys Cooling Technologies has unveiled PowerOne, an intelligent, modular thermal solution engineered to meet the extreme power density challenges of AI data center cooling. As the North American market is projected to reach $15 billion by 2030, driven by AI's immense energy demands, PowerOne's architecture is designed to scale from 1MW edge to 100+ MW hyperscale deployments. |
| TX RX Systems Announces New Dipole Antennas TX RX Systems has announced a new line of high-performance dipole antennas, engineered to provide improved reliability in critical communication networks. Designed for demanding environments, these advanced antennas leverage nearly fifty years of engineering expertise to deliver rugged construction, long-term stability, and consistent field performance. The expanded lineup features both single dipole models, ideal for lower-density sites, and multi-element stacked arrays. |
| VOSS and Virsae Partner on Next-Gen AI and Analytics for CX VOSS and Virsae announced a strategic partnership to unlock greater telemetry capabilities, expand access to critical data, and fuel innovative AI initiatives. By combining VOSS’ expertise in Cisco and Microsoft technologies with Virsae’s leadership in Avaya, Microsoft, and Genesys platforms, the partnership will enhance data collection and analysis to deliver more valuable outcomes across the digital workplace, collaboration, and customer experience (CX). |
| PacketFabric Launches AI-Native Network for Enterprises PacketFabric today launched PacketFabric.ai, the industry's first AI-native Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform. It enables enterprises to design, price, and provision network connectivity instantly using natural-language commands. This major milestone transforms multi-week network workflows into seconds, leveraging PacketFabric's global private backbone for AI-driven infrastructure at scale. This marks the first phase of a multi-year AI initiative across the network lifecycle. |
| Juniper Research Predicts 167% Increase in Digital Cost Fraud Juniper Research's new study reveals digital goods fraud is projected to cost eCommerce merchants $27 billion globally by 2030, marking a 162% increase from 2025. This surge is driven by synthetic identity use, promo-abuse, and friendly fraud, amplified by AI tools. The report emphasizes the critical need for AI-powered, real-time fraud prevention and behavioural biometrics to combat evolving risks. |
| Strand Consult: Europe's AI Role Continues to Shrink Strand Consult research reveals Europe's diminishing role in global AI, capturing just 6% of venture funding. This Europe AI funding announcement Analyst Richard Windsor highlights the EU's AI Act's overregulation, causing delays and uncertainty. This risks pushing AI innovation and investment to the USA and Middle East, urging immediate policy reevaluation to prevent Europe from being left behind in the AI revolution. |
