BROWSING: AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly taking hold in many places to provide enormous benefits with improved utility and efficiency in various cellular capabilities. It is significantly affecting how networks are designed and operated. But some applications of AI are much more straightforward and less...

The O-RAN RIC is combining with advances in AI to provide new opportunities for network automation. This will maximise service performance and user experience, allowing immersive services and advanced industrial applications to flourish. In this paper, we ask: How can automation overcome the complexity of O-RAN networks...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) suddenly seems to be on everyone’s radar, growing in leaps and bounds. Microsoft was first to embrace this new chatbot technology with their Bing and Edge internet browsers for search. They just introduced Copilot, which brings AI to Microsoft 365. This...

Qualcomm SVP of Engineering talks 5G, AI and IoT at Mobile World Congress 2023 In addition to its long-standing leadership in smartphone and other mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a driving force in the research and standards work that has defined 5G New Radio, 5G...

Air interface innovations and new services on the way with 5G Advanced and 6G In addition to driving the ongoing standardization of 5G Advanced and early scoping of 6G, Qualcomm engages in long-term foundational research geared toward identifying and solving problems facing ever-evolving mobile networks....

The notion of mmWave for a mobility use case has gone from being the subject of skepticism to the subject of massive investment for operators looking to keep up with capacity demands. In addition to helping offload traffic from sub-7 GHz 5G networks, mmWave...

CFO lays out how ‘hybrid-cloud platform-centric strategy’ is driving growth for IBM In 2022 IBM grew revenue by 12% to $60.5 billion with its software, consulting and infrastructure businesses all posting double digit growth, 12%, 15% and 14% respectively. For 2023 CFO and SVP Jim...

The scale of data which AT&T processes is staggering: More than 590 petabytes on a daily basis, the equivalent of 6.5 million 4K movies. Being able to process its data faster and more efficiently means tangible improvements in reduced cost (especially cloud costs), increased...

Network design and services firm Betacom has developed a perimeter surveillance solution to run on private LTE and 5G networks in airports, warehouses, factories, and other venues. It has worked with Swedish cybersecurity networking outfit Axis Communications and US cybersecurity software firm Evolon on...

As diversification strategy plays out, Qualcomm tells shareholders about momentum in automotive, edge networking, IoT “We’re very excited about the future of Qualcomm,” CEO Critiano Amon said earlier this month at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. “And we continue to believe that the best of...

The thing about new private cellular, and all the Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics that might burst from it, is that it is not just about shifting boxes and optimising business. There is ostensibly a very neat – and very convenient, cynics might suggest – environmental...

Nokia has bolstered its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) hardware portfolio with a top-end server blade from Dell for hard-working Industry 4.0 installations on its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private 5G platform. The new Dell server, in the form of the PowerEdge XR11, goes alongside...

Delivering a 5G Advanced-ready modem/RF system will help Qualcomm continue to deliver on its diversification strategy Qualcomm today gave a first look at its new Snapdragon X75 Modem/RF System that is being positioned as providing device OEMs an evolutionary path forward to 3GPP Rel. 18...

A recent whitepaper from InterDigital and ABI Research whitepaper argues that AI and 5G are cornerstone technologies that will together enable new levels of automation, optimization, and potential for wireless networks and communications. AI/ML algorithms have become increasingly prominent in business and operational applications...

In Q1 of its fiscal 2023, Qualcomm revenues were down but diversification strategy seems to be working Global macroeconomic headwinds, as well as weak demand and an inventory drawdown hitting the handset business, impacted Qualcomm’s Q1; the company reported a 12% year-over-year revenue decrease to...

Tech trends in the logistics sector, in general, have not changed much in the past few years, and IoT remains in the spotlight. However, the accent has shifted. 2022 showed how vulnerable a logistics network really is, with unprecedented disruptions to supply chains, closures...

Leaders in every industry are turning to AI to transform their businesses. For the Telecommunications industry, AI delivers value through the terabytes of data collected every day—from network elements to customer interactions—and through the resulting insights related to managing increased network demand, combating cyberthreats, optimizing...

Reducing network energy consumption has become central to communication service providers’ (CSPs) business operations and can help them drastically reduce operating costs. In fact, according to Nokia, energy consumption accounts for nearly half of all telco network operations cost, and as a result, an...

The World Economic Forum has identified 18 more Industry 4.0 ‘lighthouse’ factories that have managed to “transcend debilitating macro forces” by making use of the latest industrial IoT-related tech. The organisation’s latest bi-annual lighthouse intake brings its total to 132 manufacturing sites, in various...

The latest edition of ABI Research’s likeable annual tech predictions about what will fly in the year ahead, and what will splutter on the runway and return to the shed, has come up with a couple of interesting counterpoints in the massive IoT saga....

A new survey by global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company says robotics and automation systems will account for 25 percent of capital spending by industrial companies over the next five years, mostly for routine manual tasks in the logistics and fulfillment, retail and...

European countries are now required to jointly develop and measure progress on digital skills, digital infrastructure, and digitalisation of both private industry and public services. A new ‘monitoring and cooperation’ mechanism obliges EU member states to collaborate on the development, implementation, and measurement of...

Ohio-based indoor and vertical farming specialist 80 Acres Farms has appointed the US-branch of German industrial tech giant Siemens to supply hardware and software to automate and scale its expanding US operations. Siemens is also providing capital into the project, it said. A statement...

The benefits of machine learning have been abundantly clear for decades, but perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of medicine. With physics-based simulations, 3D modeling, and machine learning methods, medical professionals and researchers have made significant strides in numerous specialties. While there...