SmartCIC Global Services, a global managed service provider, has launched its Site Visit Reporting (SVR) application to provide real-time information flow from network engineers in field to global support centres. All 25,000 of SmartCIC’s certified network engineers have access to the mobile application with data from enterprise sites managed in a centralised platform. The mobile app enables SmartCIC to deliver information in real-time to its customers and digitalises what is typically an offline and manual reporting process. The SVR app provides order confirmation, site addresses and hardware ..read more

Bridge Technologies will be using NAB 2024 to demo the VB440’s extensive range of production monitoring features, which has now been extended to include monitoring of ST 2110-31 and -41 SADM for the effective transmission of immersive audio in live, uncompressed production environments. This new capability, which follows on from the incorporation of monitoring for Dolby’s full set of audio standards – including ATMOS – is unique to the VB440, and cements the probe’s position as the de-facto monitoring probe for IP production environments, particular for broadcasters engaging in immersive audio ..read more

Optiva Inc., a leader in powering the telecom industry with cloud-native billing, charging and revenue management software on private and public clouds announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with GDi, a digital technology company with a complete portfolio for network planning, design and rollout. The partnership will provide communication service providers (CSPs) with pre-integrated and tested BSS and OSS software. As the telecom industry embraces GenAI opportunities, unifying and integrating billing and charging customer data with network management and operations support data has nev ..read more

Viavi Solutions Inc announced the addition of performance testing capability for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) system deployments. Introducing cryptographic protocols can create additional network performance overhead, ultimately affecting end-user quality of experience. TeraVM Security Test is trusted by leading network security infrastructure vendors, service providers, research institutes, governments and enterprises to emulate large-scale user endpoint traffic applications over secure access connections while measuring individual traffic flow performance across multiple quality vectors ..read more

T-Systems has been selected to operate the mainframe infrastructure of Danish IT service provider KMD from 2025. The contract is the largest T-Systems has yet won in Denmark, and is set to last for seven years with the option to extend. While T-Systems handles the operation and maintenance of KMD’s mainframes, KMD will be able to focus on developing and delivering its software and services in order to digitize Denmark’s public sector. “Quality, stability, and security are becoming increasingly important to our business customers,” said Ferri Abolhassan, CEO of T-Systems and member of the ..read more

Telia Denmark, supported by Nokia’s advanced network services, has once again been recognized with the number one position in the country for customer-perceived network quality for a second year in a row by Umlaut, a leading industrial advisory research and benchmarking firm owned by Accenture. Telia Denmark and Nokia have worked closely to better leverage data analytics, paired with conducting benchmarking tests that have enhanced the operator’s network performance in the 25 largest cities and towns, plus connecting roads, in the country. The collaboration has included optimization activities ..read more

Nokia and Vodafone announced they are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON), which could greatly improve the experience of residential customers engaged in everyday internet activities like video conferencing and gaming. Nokia’s research arm Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Center of Excellence recently performed the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury, U.K. The demonstration was performed on an end-to-end fixed access network built with Nokia technology. It consisted of a broadband netw ..read more

Telefónica Tech, a leader in digital transformation and part of the Telefónica Group, has been announced as the successful vendor for the tender to provide numerous infrastructure technology solutions to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) for the new digital children’s hospital. When the new children’s hospital opens in 2025, digital technology will be involved in everything from electronic health records to the systems controlling the building. Digitisation fosters information exchange and helps doctors optimise their decisions and provide the best care for patients. In this five year deal with ..read more

Huawei Cloud and the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality jointly announced that their regional AI weather forecasting model has officially been put into use. The regional model is one of the first of its kind. It enables the rapid generation of five-day forecasts for a precise 3 km range. The announcement was made at an event on 23 March in Shenzhen marking World Meteorological Day 2024. Named “Zhiji” Regional Model in Chinese, a combination of characters evoking AI technology, Chinese culture, and good weather, the model is based on Huawei Cloud’s Pangu-Weather Model and was pre-tr ..read more

Amazon wrapped up its $4 billion investment in Anthropic by kicking in an additional $2.75 billion to complete a deal made last year that gave it a minority stake in the generative AI (GenAI) company. Amazon’s cloud unit AWS is now Anthropic’s primary provider for mission critical workloads including safety research and future foundation model development. With the tie-up, Anthropic will use AWS-developed Trainium and Inferentia chips to build, train and deploy its future models. The two companies stated Anthropic also agreed to a long-term commitment to provide AWS customers access to future ..read more