Nokia: CSPs look to AI

 New research commissioned by Nokia and conducted by Analysys Mason finds that 87 percent of communications service providers (CSPs) have started to implement AI into their network operations, either as proof of concepts or into production; with 57 percent saying they have deployed telco AI use cases to the point of production.While CSP respondents said they believe AI will help improve network service quality, top-line growth, customer experience,...

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Nokia expands network-in-a-box program for BEAD

Nokia is expanding its ‘network-in-a-box’ program to provide essential network infrastructure products in a single bundle that operators and Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program participants need to quickly build or scale broadband networks. The pre-packaged solutions from Nokia are configurable to each individual network build and are available to ship directly through Nokia or its network of channel partners. BEAD participants focused on bridging the digital divide can also leverage Nokia’s network-in-a-box program. The...

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Ericsson and Vodafone bring private 5G to Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is adopting 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) technology to increase the communication of performance data between coaches and players in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2023Ericsson and Vodafone have partnered to install the solution at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre, delivering advanced real-time video analysis to enable enhanced decision-making and deliver real time feedback to coaches, analysts and...

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Australia’s Optus deploys Ericsson RedCap software on it 5G network

Optus, Ericsson and MediaTek have today announced Australia’s first over-the-air data-call using Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability (RedCap) software on Optus’ 5G network.The small device size, long battery life, and substantial throughput of RedCap devices would make it ideal with many mobile consumer applications such as wearables (eg. smartwatches), health monitors, augmented reality (AR) devices (eg glasses) as well as industrial applications...

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