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What’s up with… Vodafone Spain, AIS, Kyivstar.Tech? Vodafone Spain’s new owner strikes job cuts deal; Thailand’s AIS to be merged with energy firm; Kyivstar bolsters its alternative power infrastructure. Read more: https://lnkd.in/euN8TvdD #JobCut #Telecom #Power #Energy

América Móvil gets bigger and stronger. Carlos Slim’s telco empire has more than 310 million mobile connections across its Latin American and European footprint. Its second-quarter net profit may have been dented by exchange rate fluctuations, but its service revenues and margins are improving. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGsYieWr #Telecom

Telefónica’s senior technology expert, Diego Lopez, was the co-host for the Improving network optimisation through automation session at the recent DSP Leaders World Forum. Having stressed that the key consideration for telcos is “how we guarantee sustained and trustworthy data flows that can be properly interpreted by the control elements” that aggregate the data, he went on to discuss various aspects of automation, including AI, data flows and optimisation, with his fellow session speakers. ☞ Watch the full session on demand: Improving network optimisation through automation Featuring: ✓ Co-host Diego R Lopez, Senior Technology Expert, Telefónica ✓ Anita Döhler, CEO, NGMN Alliance ✓ Darrell Jordan-Smith, Chief Revenue Officer, Wind River ✓ Faiq Khan, SVP & Global Head – OSS Sales, Rakuten Symphony ✓ Sadayuki Abeta, Chief Open RAN Strategist, NTT DOCOMO, Inc and CTO, Orex SAI ✓ Vishal Mathur, Global Head of Engagement, Telecom Infra Project (TIP) #DSPLWF24 #DSPLeaders #NetworkOptimisation #NetworkStrategy #Automation #Telecom

AI has the potential to boost the African economy by almost $3tn by the end of the decade, according to a new report from the GSMA. More than 90 AI use cases that have the potential to reshape agriculture, climate action and energy have been identified by the industry body. However, there are unique infrastructure challenges to AI adoption in the continent. Read more: https://lnkd.in/enuwnT55 GSMA #Africa #Economy #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #ClimateAction #EnergyEfficiency

Be at the cutting edge of the latest developments in the industry with Wind River’s Network Partner page on TelecomTV. Access the vendor’s latest whitepapers, videos, interviews and blogs on the hottest topics in the industry, all in one place. ☞ Visit Wind River’s page now: https://lnkd.in/es2cYgPe Some of the latest pieces of content include: ◦ Operators believe vRAN is better able to support their goals ◦ Highlights from customer interviews with Elisa, NTT Docomo, Telus and Vodafone ◦ Brownfield Open RAN deployment strategies ◦ Advanced AI automation for Open RAN #Telecom #AI #vRAN #OpenRAN #NetworkStrategy #Cloud #NetworkEdge

SK Telecom has been investing in all manner of AI companies in the past few years. Now it has pumped $200m into California-based Smart Global Holdings (SGH), SGH designs and deploys high-performance computing systems for AI workloads. The investment will boost SKT’s “position in the AI value chain”, says CEO. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eC9TdHiU

What’s up with… Verizon, Millicom (Tigo), Wavenet? Verizon sued by music giants for more than $2.6bn; Millicom rejects Iliad owner’s $4.1bn takeover bid; Wavenet and Daisy merge to form giant UK service provider. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ew352ymv

Susan James, VP Innovation - Mobile Connectivity at American Tower, shared her perspective on "Directing and accelerating network innovation" with her fellow speakers from Amazon Web Services (AWS), BT Group, ConnectiviTree, Dell Technologies, Virgin Media O2 Business and Vodafone. Watch the full session here: https://lnkd.in/esJ3CK67 #DSPLWF24 #DSPLeaders #Telecom #Innovation

Vodafone UK’s head of infrastructure and energy, Francesca Serravalle, was the co-host for the DSP Leaders World Forum session titled ‘Building digital infrastructure from core to edge’. She provided an update on Vodafone's Redstream evolution strategy and went on to discuss a number of network infrastructure innovation topics with her fellow speakers. ☞ Watch the full session on demand: https://lnkd.in/e43hdMYG Featuring: ✓ Co-host, Francesca Serravalle, Head of Infrastructure and Energy, Vodafone UK ✓ Darrell Jordan-Smith, Chief Revenue Officer, Wind River ✓ Dean Dennis, Managing Director Global Solutions, Verizon Business ✓ Vivek K. Chadha, SVP & Global Head of Telco Cloud, Rakuten Symphony #DSPLWF24 #DSPLeaders #DigitalInfrastructure #NetworkStrategy #Telecom

What’s up with… AT&T, net neutrality, Huawei? AT&T Business paid ransom to data hacker – report; net neutrality back on hold in the US; and Huawei and China respond to Germany’s 5G ruling. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eJWHmXF3 #NetNeutrality #Data #Hacking #5G #China #CyberSecurity