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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica shifts autonomous networks strategy into fourth gear
Network and systems operations lead says Group is seeking to evolve many autonomous network PoCs into minimum viable products starting in 2025, as it seeks to accelerate its journey towards Level 4 autonomy. Read more…
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Network & InfrastructureOrange preps to level up on autonomous networks
Alexis Koalla says operator’s first use cases will be implemented in 2025 as part of group’s phased voyage towards network autonomy.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone Global NOC goes cloud-native, readying for GenAI
Vodafone’s network transformation team herald leap forward in the journey to zero touch Global NOC automation, working with Celfocus and Google to take the operator’s CIAS solution into the cloud and open up opportunities for GenAI and upskilling. Read more…
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom live with AI-based RAN “sleep mode” efficiency trials
FutureNet World: cost and sustainability benefits of tests flagged. Part of wider AI strategy, with other efficiency applications at various stages of testing…
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Weekly BriefingsInfrawatch Weekly: squeezing value from investment, Lightning administration unpicked, SiFi lands in America
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including infra owners declaring if they’ve got it, they might as well use it; a Lightning‑quick insolvency resolution; the Welsh sector veteran bringing fibre to the US; people moves, and plenty more…
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EventwatchTelefónica’s Rao warns against 6G jump before realising 5G’s B2B potential
FutureNet World: O2 Germany CTIO cautions telcos against jumping into 6G too quickly and calls for improvements in enterprise sector to close gap between potential and realised revenue growth. Read more, including further views from BT and Three UK…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: Watson calls for discipline, Openreach eyes fibre mega-contracts
Latest from BT and its ecosystem as CSNO Howard Watson calls for patient investors and looks ahead to rewards at the end of the networks upgrade tunnel; Openreach licks lips at prospect of Project Gigabit mega-contracts; and more SRN updates as EE charges on…
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PeopleBT’s Howard Watson dedicates lifetime achievement award to Networks ‘obsession’
FutureNet World: BT Chief Security & Networks Officer Howard Watson thanks 7,300 BT Networks staff for contribution to BT prowess as he was named Technology Leader of the Year. Other award winners include Amdocs, Celfocus, Netcracker, Nokia, Huawei, Vodafone, more…
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Network & InfrastructureBT, Vodafone seek fast cash and stricter discipline as sector adjusts to new digital reality
FutureNet World: Vodafone’s Andrea Donà and BT’s Howard Watson issue a call for more cash, patient investors, and industry collaboration as network technologies evolve and a light emerges at the end of the investments tunnel. Watson heralds success of fixed, but wants the next mobile ‘G’ to be held back…
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EventwatchTelcoTitans Eventwatch calendar: the industry events that matter
TelcoTitans Eventwatch highlights the key events to look out for in 2024 and 2025 that really matter, and those we will be covering, attending, and associated with as an official media partner.
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PremiumFutureNet World: Orange puts case for collaboration and the telco cloud
Group CTO cites need for ‘horizontal’ platform, elimination of silos. Calls on more operators to join Project Sylva initiative. Telus counterpart calls 5G NSA one of industry’s “biggest travesties”, with all complicit.
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PremiumFutureNet World: BT, Vodafone call out 5G SA delays, urge industry rethink
BT’s Josie Smith and Vodafone’s Andrea Doná lament slow progress but remain optimistic about standalone 5G if approach changes.