James Bourne, Author at Telecoms Tech News

Nokia and Dell extend partnership for network cloud transformation

James Bourne — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:27:09 +0000

Nokia and Dell Technologies have announced the extension of the companies’ strategic partnership in order to ‘advance open network architectures in the telecom ecosystem and private 5G use cases among businesses’. This amounts in effect to utilising each company’s area of expertise; infrastructure solutions from Dell and private wireless connectivity solutions from Nokia. Nokia will... Read more »

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SK Telecom unveils ‘AI pyramid’ strategy and plans to triple AI investment

James Bourne — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:35:58 +0000

SK Telecom (SKT) has set a date of 2028 to become a global AI leader, with plans to triple the proportion of its AI-related investments and a revenue target of KRW 25 trillion (£15.1bn). The operator currently devotes approximately 12% of its investment towards AI and related disciplines, based on 2019 to 2023 figures. Between... Read more »

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Ericsson teams up with Google Cloud again to expand Cloud RAN offering

James Bourne — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:59:50 +0000

Ericsson and Google Cloud have further expanded their partnership with the former offering its Cloud RAN (radio access network) solution on the latter’s distributed cloud – and an additional benefit for operations improving their AI and automation capabilities. Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) enables the opportunity to extend Google Cloud’s infrastructure and services to the edge,... Read more »

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Telcos competing with hyperscalers on emerging services ‘unrealistic’

James Bourne — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:16:14 +0000

Telcos have various irons in the fire for strong future potential, from digital gaming and online video to eHealth and financial services – but they will continue to feel the pinch from Big Tech hyperscalers. That is the verdict of analyst firm Omdia who argues in its latest report that while telcos have already... Read more »

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Nokia rebrands at MWC to tout ‘networks meet cloud’ vision

James Bourne — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:15:36 +0000

Nokia has shown off a new logo and brand at MWC Barcelona – and says the time is right to assert what it believes is a strong hand in the networking technology space. “We’re unleashing the exponential potential of networks and their power to help reshape the way we all live and work,” the company... Read more »

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SpaceX signs up with Google Cloud for Starlink connectivity

James Bourne — Fri, 14 May 2021 12:42:24 +0000

Google Cloud and SpaceX have secured a partnership to provide businesses with ‘seamless, secure’ access – through the former’s cloud infrastructure and the latter’s connectivity. Under the partnership, SpaceX will locate Starlink ground stations within Google’s data centre properties. This will provide a benefit of security, low latency, and reliable delivery of data from more... Read more »

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Virtyt Koshi, Mavenir: On waves of innovation, OpenRAN, 5G, and more

James Bourne — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:43:15 +0000

Dr Virtyt Koshi, SVP and general manager EMEA at cloud-native network software provider Mavenir, recalls a video telecommunications system pioneered by BT which he used in his lab at the University of Oxford in 1995. It had “everything that Zoom had and much more”, he explains. Unfortunately, carriers in general did not capitalise on innovation,... Read more »

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Vodafone builds first UK ‘standalone’ 5G network for Coventry University

James Bourne — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:23:56 +0000

Vodafone has claimed an industry first with the launch of the UK’s inaugural ‘standalone’ 5G network built for Coventry University. Coventry, which maintained its top 15 ranking in the Guardian’s most recent university league tables, was recognised by the operator for its ‘innovation and excellence in digital teaching’. The network will be used to trial... Read more »

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Small Cell Forum publishes two new 5G physical layer API specifications

James Bourne — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:10:51 +0000

The Small Cell Forum (SCF) has published a set of key documents that are focused on stimulating a competitive ecosystem for 5G-era small cell hardware, software and equipment vendors. These new documents, which extends last year’s 5G Physical Layer API specification, allow small cells to be assembled using components from different vendors to address a... Read more »

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SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom team up in blockchain for identity play

James Bourne — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:50:28 +0000

SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom are signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at MWC19 to 'jointly promote the blockchain business' for identity and verification use cases.

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