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Nokia SON to shore up EE networks

EE, the UK’s biggest mobile operator, has deployed Nokia’s Self-Organizing Networks software to enhance network management and service quality.

• 02 Jun 2021

Automation explained

The world is at a key inflection point whereby intelligent technology is freeing humans from the mundane, repetitive tasks.

• 26 Apr 2021

Nokia tempts telcos to automate with promise of big financial reward

Nokia is really pushing telecoms operators to embrace automation, promising them huge financial rewards through cost-savings and the generation of additional revenues.

• 31 Mar 2021

What’s behind telecoms automation push?

Senior industry figures appreciate the problems that non-automated tools bring to managing their network lifecycles smoothly and profitably.

• 04 Feb 2021

Nokia helps China Mobile with 5G RAN AI trial

Don’t count Nokia out of the Chinese RAN market just yet because it seems to be getting pretty cozy with China Mobile.

• 21 Jan 2021

What is lying in wait for telecoms in 2021?

Observers and practitioners take it on the chin to predict what the telecoms industry may look like in the coming year.

• 24 Dec 2020

Samsung and IBM team up to tap private 5G opportunities

The two tech giants are collaborating to develop new edge computing, cloud, and private 5G solutions targeted at the enterprise market.

• 18 Dec 2020

EU human rights agency says we should tread carefully with AI

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued a report warning of confusion about the impact AI and automation can have of people’s rights.

• 14 Dec 2020

The role of 5G technologies in managing a remote business

Innovation is usually focused with a consumer audience in mind, however 5G and AI will likely see an initial focus and opportunity for more industrial and business focused applications.

• 09 Dec 2020

The Telecoms.com Podcast: automation, industry metrics and OpenRAN

Scott and Iain worry about being replaced by machines and algorithms as they kick off this week’s pod by discussing automation. They move on to review some of the telecoms industry numbers being published as we get towards the end of the year, before concluding with a look at why Western governments are suddenly so keen on OpenRAN.

• 07 Dec 2020

AWS brings 1984 to the edge

The adjective ‘Orwellian’ is overused, not least by this publication, but what do you expect when you launch industrial IoT services with names like ‘Monitron’?

• 02 Dec 2020

Telecoms industry not expected to fully recover until 2023

Analyst firm Analysys Mason reckons the telecoms industry will return to modest growth from 2021, but it will take three years for the industry revenue to come back to the pre-COVID-19 level. 

• 01 Dec 2020

Rakuten defends its record and promises more disruptions

Japan’s disruptive greenfield operator has defended its underwhelming subscriber growth and declared it is prepared to disrupt more markets.

• 13 Nov 2020

One year on, 41% of telecoms professionals are happy with 5G

Forty-one percent of those answering a Telecoms.com survey said the new technology has either met or exceeded their expectations.

• 27 Aug 2020

Lumina Networks turns out the lights for good

Open-source SDN startup Lumina Networks has thrown in the towel, citing slower than hoped open-source adoption, thanks in part to COVID-19.

• 20 Aug 2020

Amazon makes retail automation tech available to everyone else

Novel technology that promises to make cashiers a thing of the past is now being offered by Amazon to other retailers.

• 09 Mar 2020

Automating to tackle unprecedented disruption

More devices, more variables, more complexity – it is increasingly difficult to have end-to-end visibility and assess actual network issues in real time.

• 03 Feb 2020

Nokia gets German train automation gig

German rail company Deutsche Bahn is really keen on automation and ha picked Nokia to help it take humans out of the equation.

• 12 Dec 2019

Huawei winning at the GLOTELs 2019

At the GLOTEL 2019 awards dinner, Ahmad Bilal from Huawei talked about their award-winning automation initiative (AUTIN) and how it helps telcos to improve and innovate automation services.

• 10 Dec 2019

SK Telecom and Samsung give 5G remote-controlled ships a go

Korea is looking to lead the way on autonomous shipping following the development of a 5G-based test platform by SK Telecom and Samsung Heavy Industries.

• 10 Dec 2019