• New agreement between 10 countries and the EU will help establish an international network of publicly backed AI Safety Institutes, after the UK launched the world’s first last year.
• nations will forge a common understanding of AI safety and align their work on research, standards and testing.
• newly signed Seoul Declaration sees leaders commit to work together to make sure AI advances human-wellbeing and helps to address world’s greatest challenges in a trustworthy and responsible way.

The User Services Platform is set to extend the legacy of TR-069, with the resources and tools available for ISPs to seamlessly transition

Broadband Forum is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of its groundbreaking TR-069 standard that has paved the way for the open standards organization’s flagship TR-369/User Services Platform (USP).

It predicts from 2026, losses to robocalling will steadily decline, as frameworks, such as STIR/SHAKEN, and branded calling solutions begin to block fraudulent robocalls efficiently.

The report identified AI-based voice cloning as the primary challenge to diminishing these losses by 2026. AI-based voice cloning uses AI to generate realistic human-like speech in real-time, often imitating a known individual to the subscriber.

Nokia has deployed a new subaquatic and future-proof Optical, IP and fibre broadband network in the Amazon Rainforest alongside Global Fiber Peru.

The network connects over 400 communities to multi-gigabit broadband access that Nokia says is critical in today’s digital economy,

Founded in 2015 as a subsidiary of Satelital Group, Global Fiber Peru operates a fibre optic network with coverage throughout Peru, with a special focus on the 180 provincial capitals.

Aston University Engineering Academy and Sixth Form will host UKTIN to deliver a career insight talk on careers in Tech, Telecoms and Engineering on Thursday, 4th July 2024 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

 The event brings together local and national businesses and providers of higher education,apprenticeships and higher education for students in years 10 and 12 to learn aboutopportunities and pathways. We will also invite students from Aston Manor sixth form.

BT Group has announced a revision to its timetable for moving all customers – consumers and businesses – off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and onto digital landlines. The move follows the introduction of a series of improvements to the programme to better protect vulnerable customers and those with additional needs, including telecare users.

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services expenditure grew by 21% year-on-year in Q1 2024 to reach US$79.8 billion, an increase of US$13.4 billion. The top three cloud providers - AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud - collectively grew by 24%, accounting for 66% of total spending. All three hyperscalers experienced a growth rate surge, as enterprise cloud spending accelerated.

A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months. 

UKTIN spoke to Tom Bennett, Chair of the UKTIN Network Management Expert Working Group to learn more about the group’s paper, which has been published today.

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LONDON, May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreWeave, the leading specialized cloud provider for AI, today announced that it has opened an office in London as its European headquarters as part of a broader expansion into the continent.

Telefónica Tech announces a new agreement with Microsoft to bring next-generation cybersecurity services to enterprises around the world signed at the RSA conference being held in San Francisco (California, USA).

This collaboration will integrate Microsoft’s advanced security and artificial intelligence solutions with Telefónica Tech’s operational cybersecurity expertise. Customers will benefit from proactive, integrated, automated and real-time security management.