Written by Ray Le Maistre for TelecomTV

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that it launched Japan's first demonstration experiment*1 of a self-powered hydropower cellular base station on May 30.

• Ericsson and Telcaria collaborate to improve the energy efficiency of 5G networks as part of the 6G DAWN research project
• The partnership focuses on optimizing private 5G networks for lower energy usage without compromising on performance

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Telcaria, Spanish telecommunications R&D specialist and collaborator of the 5TONIC co-innovation lab, have partnered to develop new ways of improving the energy efficiency of

Hello, I’m Alain Mourad – I am a Senior Director at InterDigital, a more than fifty-year-old technology research and development company that provides wireless, video and AI technologies for mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. We have multiple R&D sites globally, including in London, where I am based, and we partner with various industry, academic, and government organisations in the UK, Europe, and internationally.

As you may have already seen, ITN Business are in the process of producing a digital news-style programme, Digital Britain: Connecting the Nation, in partnership with the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN), Tech UK, and Mobile UK.

You can read more on The ITN Business content hub here: Digital Britain: Connecting Our Nation - ITN Business

Written by Ray Le Maistre for TelecomTV

Poonam Parihar is an experienced tech industry professional and founder of bandarlog.dev, a deep-tech start-up working to transform telecoms through AI and build digital network automation solutions to help SMEs in other sectors adopt next-generation technologies more quickly. She studied Information Technology and has worked in the tech industry for over 20 years in software development and sales engineering for Cisco, AT&T, and Keysight.

• 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.