Thursday, February 15, 2024

Ericsson adds Explainable AI

Ericsson introduced new capabilities leveraging Explainable AI (XAI) within its Cognitive Software portfolio for communications service providers (CSPs) to significantly improve time-to-value from AI adoption in network design and optimization.The new capabilities add "full explainability" on actions recommended by the AI-powered solution that identifies the root causes of events affecting network performance and end user experience. This gives optimization...

TELUS to deploy virtualized Open RAN with Samsung

TELUS will build Canada’s first commercial virtualized and open radio access network (RAN) with Samsung, which has been a 5G network supplier to TELUS since 2020.For this expanded collaboration, Samsung will deliver its versatile vRAN software and proven Open RAN compliant solutions, including its 64T64R Massive MIMO radios, as well as the support for third-party radio integration. Samsung’s solutions include its latest vRAN 3.0 for 4G and 5G, which...

Digital Realty: AI will lift data center demand

Digital Realty reported revenues of $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 2% decrease from the previous quarter and an 11% increase from the same quarter last year. The company delivered net income of $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, and net income available to common stockholders of $18 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to $2.33 per diluted share in the previous quarter and ($0.02) per diluted share in the same...

T-Mobile US hits 345 Mbps uplink with UL Tx switching

T-Mobile US achieved record-breaking uplink speeds of 345 Mbps on its 5G standalone (SA) network in a recent test leveraging a new feature called UL Tx switching. The achievement marks a new speed record in North America using sub-6 GHz spectrum.UL Tx switching enables seamless switching and a combination of different frequencies, effectively creating more uplink capacity and higher uplink speed.This test combined the power of carrier aggregation...

Lambda secures $320M funding to forge AI-optimized GPU cloud

Lambda, a GPU cloud company established by AI engineers and powered by NVIDIA GPUs, has announced the completion of a $320 million Series C funding round. Founded in 2012, Lambda brings over a decade of experience in building AI infrastructure at scale. With over 100,000 customer sign-ups on Lambda Cloud, the company has established itself as an early provider of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, attracting AI developers seeking rapid access to...

Telstra advances 5G network slicing with Ericsson

Telstra will harness the power of the new Ericsson Dynamic Network Slicing solution to fully operationalize and monetize network slicing. The partners have completed the first phase of work in their journey to enable slice-based use cases like Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), broadcasting, automotive connectivity, stadium or precinct services, and more on Telstra’s 5G network.The companies have finalized the build of the initial wireless capabilities...

Aryaka appoints Shailesh Shukla as CEO and Chairman

Aryaka, which offers fully managed SD-WAN and Unified SASE solutions, appointed Shailesh Shukla as CEO and chairman, effective immediately. Mr. Shukla had earlier joined Aryaka as an independent board member and has served as Aryaka's Executive Chairman of the Board since September 2023.Shukla joins Aryaka after helping build the multi-billion-dollar Networking and Security business at Google Cloud as the Vice President and General Manager. His prior...