Artificial Intelligence

• Ericsson is one of the founding members of the AI-RAN Alliance
• The Swedish telco is already part of an AI-RAN R&D initiative at T-Mobile US, one of the alliance’s other founders
• Now Ericsson has struck a collaborative agreement with the alliance’s other founding telco member, Jap

Conference emphasizes how more personalized, secure customer experiences are enabled by wide-ranging innovations in AI technology

Users can do more with their devices; developers can build and create for the future

Generative AI and automation have caused more cyberattacks on mobile operators' infrastructures, research by Nokia revealed.

Samsung Electronics teamed up with NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s largest mobile carrier, in August to jointly research the application of AI in next-generation mobile communications technology.

• Research firm IDC predicts that datacentre electricity consumption worldwide will more than double between 2023 and 2028, reaching 857 terawatt hours.
• Increasingly power-hungry AI workloads are a major factor
• Rising electricity prices and growing carbon emissions add an urgency for d

• Synergy Research Group has been tracking the cloud/datacentre sector for years
• It has just released its first-half (H1) 2024 overview for the market, which grew by 23% to hit $427bn
• The research firm highlights an AI-fuelled surge in datacentre investments, which grew by 30%

• T-Mobile US, Nvidia, Ericsson and Nokia are jointly investing in an AI-RAN Innovation Centre
• The facility will be based at T-Mobile US’s headquarters campus in Bellevue, Washington
• The partners will develop mobile network systems based on AI functionality, “revolutio

• Dell AI for Telecom program simplifies and accelerates AI deployments for communications service providers
• Dell extends collaboration with NVIDIA to transform telecom network operations with AI solutions, built on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA 

• Dell collaborates with Lintasarta and SK Telecom to spee

• Nvidia is on a mission to underpin major digital infrastructures and development processes with its processors and software
• It’s already at the centre of the AI datacentre universe
• Now it has launched AI Aerial, its hardware/software combo solution for AI-enabled radio access network

EkkoSense, a global leader in the provision of AI-powered data centre optimisation software, has worked with Virgin Media O2 to help the company make data centre cooling energy savings worth in exces

The tool is designed to help telco organisations adopt and measure responsible and ethical approaches to AI as the industry looks to access an estimated $680 billion market opportunity 

The UKTIN Strategic Groups bring together academic and industry leaders and experts, governmental and regulatory specialists, and representative bodies to cohesively communicate the needs of the broader ecosystem and propose a shared public and private sector strategic vision for UK telecoms. 

• Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger has outlined a strategic overhaul at the chip giant
• The Intel Foundry chip manufacturing unit is to become a separate subsidiary that could attract external investment
• Intel has also put its chip manufacturing investment plans in Germany and Poland on ice

• New private 5G networks to empower West Sussex growers, creating new digital skills and career pathways.  
• The project, Growing Sussex 5G Innovation Region, has won £3.8million funding from the Government’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology to catalyse sustainable food production thr

Connected Britain took place at ExCeL London from the 11th to the 12th of September. The comprehensive two-day programme brought together 7,500 industry experts, innovators, and policymakers to shape the future of connectivity.

• Strengthens Qualcomm’s Industrial IoT portfolio, offering low-power solutions for reliable, optimized cellular connectivity for IoT applications
   
• Expands and accelerates Qualcomm’s leadership position in digital transformation at the edge

AMD acquires ZT Systems in deal to enhance data centre AI capabilities

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has announced a landmark agreement to acquire ZT Systems, a provider of AI and compute infrastructure for hyperscalers, in a deal valued at £4.9 billion.

The Department of Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is conducting a survey of UK businesses. Help us understand how we can support innovation in businesses and shape future policies.

Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence (AI), including AI-enabled applications*, infrastructure, and related IT and business services, will more than double by 2028 when it is expected to reach $632 billion, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC)

Two of the country’s developers of AI processors, one backed by SK Telecom and the other by KT, are merging to form a company valued at almost $750m

Report highlights the alarming need for businesses to strengthen defenses as AI fuels cyber threats

The AI-RAN Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi, Principal Fellow of SoftBank Corp.’s Research Institute of Advanced Technology, to Chair.

Bharti Global will become BT’s biggest shareholder after buying a 25% stake, worth US$4 billion from Altice.

The Indian tech and telecoms giant said it would buy 9.99% immediately, with the remainder subject to regulatory approval.

The current hypergrowth in GPUs and other accelerator chips for AI in the cloud and the data center will eventually slow down but not until it has transformed the industry, finds the latest edition of Omdia’s