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| Openvault Joins Nokia Altiplano Marketplace OpenVault announced that it is continuing to broaden availability of its industry-leading, cloud-native broadband management and monetization tools, with its OpenVault Marketing Insights platform now available on the Nokia Altiplano Application Marketplace. |
| Deutsche Telekom Elevates Online Shopper Confidence Deutsche Telekom announced that it has launched its second digital human customer service representative, Max, who will guide customers through its mobile app. From digital human leader, UneeQ, Max helps customers discover the exact products they need, not just the ones they’re searching for, bolstering purchasing confidence and conversion rates. |
| Lumen Disrupts Cybercriminals Targeting Routers Lumen announced that their threat intelligence team, Black Lotus Labs, has identified a new multi-year campaign targeting end-of-life, or outdated small office/home office routers and IoT devices. An updated version of TheMoon malware has reemerged and is fueling a cybercriminal anonymity service called Faceless. |
| Adobe and Microsoft Partner to Bring New Generative AI Capabilities Adobe and Microsoft announced plans to bring Adobe Experience Cloud workflows and insights to Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 to help marketers overcome application and data silos and more efficiently manage everyday workflows. |
| AT&T Collaborates with Microsoft for Launch of AT&T Cloud Voice AT&T announced AT&T Cloud Voice with Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile. This innovative solution enhances unified communication, offering a secure, mobile-first, AI-driven experience tailored for today’s evolving workforce. This solution seamlessly integrates an AT&T business mobile number with Microsoft Teams Phone, creating a single, flexible business identity for mobile, desk and Teams, so users can work flexibly and securely from any location or device. |
| Nitel Acquires WAN Dynamics Nitel announced the acquisition of Cleveland-based WAN Dynamics. The move represents another step in Nitel’s growth strategy that was put in place a little over two years ago when international private equity firm Cinven made a significant investment in Nitel. |
| China Mobile and ZTE Modernize Railway With 5G-A Digital Twin ZTE announced that in partnership with China Mobile’s Yunnan Branch, has created a new paradigm of high-speed rail network construction by applying 5G-A digital twin technology in KunchuDali high-speed railway, realizing signal upgrading and network advancement to meet the people's needs for a better life. |
| Huawei Announces Regional AI Model Huawei Cloud and the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality announced that their regional AI weather forecasting model has officially been put into use. The regional model is one of the first of its kind. It enables the rapid generation of five-day forecasts for a precise 3 km range. The announcement was made at an event on 23 March in Shenzhen marking World Meteorological Day 2024. |
| Nokia and Batelco Announce Partnership Nokia and Batelco announced the signing of a partnership agreement to deliver 5G private wireless networks across the Kingdom of Bahrain. Batelco will leverage the market-leading Nokia Private Wireless encompassing DAC, MPW, edge computing capabilities, value adding applications and ruggedized Industrial devices to enable multiple use cases across different industries. |
| Cisco Announces New Multifunctional Collaboration Devices Cisco announced new purpose-built, multifunctional devices that deliver modernized collaboration experiences to today’s hybrid workforce. The company announced the launch of the Cisco Board Pro G2, an AI-fueled and touch-enabled collaboration device and Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, designed to bring a modern and personalized productivity hub to any desk. |
| Juniper Networks Deliver Demo of 800ZR System Juniper Networks announced that it is is collaborating with Coherent Corp and Marvell Technology to present the first public demonstration of their 800ZR solution featuring Juniper Networks PTX10002-36QDD Packet Transport Router, Coherent Corporation’s 800ZR transceiver and the 800G Marvell Orion coherent digital signal processor at OFC 2024. |
| Adtran and Vertilas Answer AI Demands Adtran and Vertilas announced the industry’s first 100Gbit/s PAM4 single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser technology with capabilities up to 1.6Tbit/s. On display at this week’s OFC, it sets new standards for low power consumption in optical engines and modules, with up to 80% reduction in power on the transmit optics compared to conventional solutions. |
| CrowdStrike and HCLTech Announce Global Strategic Partnership CrowdStrike announced a new strategic partnership to power HCLTech’s managed detection and response solutions with the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform. The partnership will empower HCLTech to deliver the breadth of the Falcon platform, assisting organizations in cybersecurity transformation across device, identity, cloud, data, next-gen SIEM, and beyond, led and managed by HCLTech. |
| Nile Introduces AI Networking Solution With Performance Guarantees Nile announced a brand new solution architecture for its Nile Access Service. Components of the architecture include Nile Service Blocks, Nile Services Cloud, and two categories of AI applications: Nile Copilot and Nile Autopilot. This new architecture redefines innovation principles for enterprise networks by bringing together integrated security, cloud native service delivery, and AI-powered closed-loop automation to campus and branch IT infrastructures. |
| Thales Alenia Space Signs Contract With European Space Agency Thales Alenia Space announced that they have signed a contract with European Space Agency to deliver an end to end solution for the LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing) orbit demonstrator. This contract includes the space (5 satellites to be launched), ground and users segments, the in orbit operations (including deorbiting), the launch, the test user segment, experimentation and service demonstration in different industries representative user environments. |
| VOXI By Vodafone Launches Generative AI Chatbot VOXI by Vodafone announced the launch of a new large language model generative AI chatbot in collaboration with Accenture. The new chatbot will be able to engage in human-like interactions with customers and handle more sophisticated customer requests. |
| Lumen Completes TSA Transactions Lumen announced the successful completion of the transactions contemplated by the previously announced amended and restated transaction support agreement that the Company, Level 3 Financing and Qwest Corporation entered into with certain of the Company's creditors. |
| NEC and NTT Conduct Long-distance Transmission Over 7,000km Using 12-core Optical Fiber NEC and NTT announced that they have successfully conducted a first-of-its-kind transoceanic-class 7,280km transmission experiment using a coupled 12-core multicore fiber (*1), which consists of 12 optical signal transmission paths in a standard outer diameter optical fiber (0.125 mm). This achievement is expected to be a next-generation transmission infrastructure technology that will contribute to the realization of large-capacity optical networks, including future optical submarine cables. |
| Deutsche Telekom Chooses RISE with SAP SAP announced that Deutsche Telekom has chosen the RISE with SAP solution to accelerate its journey to the cloud. Deutsche Telekom is the first enterprise to implement RISE with SAP through SAP’s recently expanded partnership with T-Systems as a premium supplier of RISE with SAP, marking a significant milestone in the relationship between SAP and Deutsche Telekom. |
| Telecom Egypt And ZTE Release 50G PON Successful Trial Telecom Egypt and ZTE announced a 50G PON successful trial and test at MWC Barcelona 2024. With the demonstrated ultra fast access rates up to 43.90 Gbps downlink and 21.10 Gbps uplink, the system is compatible with XGS-PON and GPON technologies to achieve smooth evolution of FTTx. |
| Amdocs Research Reveals 90% of Service Providers Believe Generative AI is Critical Amdocs announced research findings that give a deeper and surprising look into communications service provider challenges, opportunities, and concerns around Generative AI. Amdocs commissioned Analysys Mason to carry out the research titled, “GenAI Challenges and Opportunities.” The results from the survey showed that there is a clear understanding among 90% of CSPs of the profound impact GenAI will have on business goals. |
| Odido Consolidates on Netcracker Digital BSS in Major Transformation Project Netcracker announced that Odido, formerly known as T-Mobile Netherlands, will consolidate a number of critical processes across various brands and legacy environments onto Netcracker Digital BSS, part of the flagship Netcracker Digital Platform, including professional and support and maintenance services, as part of a large scale digital transformation project to become the telco of the future. |
| Nokia Enhances Optical Network Automation Capabilities Nokia announced enhancements to its WaveSuite optical network automation platform aimed at meeting urgent customer needs for increased bandwidth, reliability and imperceptible latency. Nokia’s enhanced WaveSuite platform provides exceptional insight into and control of customer networks with a growing roster of applications targeting specific use cases to help them optimize their network and operations, scale network capacity and monetize network assets. |
| Adtran Launches FSP 3000 M-Flex800 Adtran announced the launch of its FSP 3000 M-Flex800, enabling network operators to unlock the full potential of ZR and ZR+ optics for high-capacity transport solutions across edge, metro and core networks. |
| Oracle and NVIDIA to Deliver Sovereign AI Oracle and NVIDIA announced an expanded collaboration to deliver sovereign AI solutions to customers around the world. Oracle’s distributed cloud, AI infrastructure, and generative AI services, combined with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and generative AI software, are enabling governments and enterprises to deploy AI factories. |
