BROWSING: Amazon

The US and Japan have signed two new university research partnerships to collaborate on the technical and ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI). They have received $110 million in combined private sector investment from Amazon, Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Softbank, plus “nine Japanese companies”....

As part of its long-term commitment, AWS is planning to invest more than $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia in 2026. AWS said in a release that the new infrastructure region will...

With the new launch in Canada, AWS now has 105 availability zones across 33 geographic regions Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its second infrastructure region in Canada, the company said in a release. With the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, AWS noted it was the first...

Amazon successfully validated all of the systems on two recently launched prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband service, the company said in an update this week. "Every major system and subsystem on board our two prototypes demonstrated nominal or better...

In order to effectively benefit from telco AI solutions, operators need to first focus on building a robust data platform For telco AI use cases to materialize in a beneficial manner, operators first need to understand and organize the data they have which is, generally...

Greetings from Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana.  Pictured is the state capitol building for the Bayou State (full history here).  This week’s Brief will focus on a wide-ranging interview with Liberty Media’s John Malone.  Rather than dive into earnings results, we thought that John’s insights (especially given the...

Amazon and HP aren't "playing by the rules," said Nokia's chief licensing officer Nokia has filed lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K. and the European Unified Patent court against Amazon and HP for allegedly infringing several of its patents related to video...

Big Tech companies have profited greatly from dominant market positions while riding largely for free over the top of fixed and mobile telecom networks and devices. The entire Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) ecosystem is enabled by a variety of interoperability technologies including 5G...

ACHTUNG! THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR ON CRITICAL 5G EDGE WORKLOADS ON SEPTEMBER 27 (TOMORROW). JOIN HERE – IT'S FREE, AND NOT-TO-BE-MISSED! You know the drill by now; you know the questions. Here is the response from AWS, with the latest...

The collaboration will position Amazon Web Services as Anthropic’s primary cloud provider for mission critical workloads Amazon said it will invest $4 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, taking a minority stake in the company, which has been an AWS customer since 2021. The collaboration...

Orange has committed to non-cellular IoT connectivity technology LoRaWAN “beyond 2027”. The France-based mobile operator effectively told the SIDO Lyon, the major France-based IoT and AI trade fair, today (September 20) that it will continue to support the development of its public LoRaWAN network...

Project Kuiper will connect geographically dispersed cellular antennas back to Vodafone’s core telecom network Vodafone Group and Amazon’s Project Kuiper will use low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology to extend 4G and 5G connectivity in Europe and Africa, particularly for those in underserved communities. Project Kuiper will...

Greetings from Nebraska and Missouri, where we celebrated the Fourth with friends and fireworks!  Hope that your holiday was restful and safe.  Our opening picture today is of the Fastwyre Ribbon Cutting invitation for Sedalia this coming Tuesday.  We look forward to launching fiber...

In the 3-year period since the FCC opened the 6GHz band for unlicensed use in the U.S, the 6GHz Wi-Fi momentum has been nothing short of phenomenal - with adoption around the world and a device ecosystem spanning key market segments, 6GHz Wi-Fi is...

A Prime wireless service could undercut the national MNOs, but might boost Boost Rumors surfaced late last week that the U.S. national wireless network operators were in talks with Amazon on a deal that would establish a wireless service for Prime subscribers at an ultra-low...

Like so many others, I am a happy Amazon.com customer. However, there are times when this train runs off the track and they harm their own brand. These moments are like black holes that can surprise the customer and damage the brand. That’s why...

Greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska and Missouri.  Pictured is Fastwyre’s oversized check presentation for the First Annual Sedalia Hot Air Balloon and Kite Festival.  We are excited to be a part of what will hopefully be a terrific tradition for the Sedalia area.  More...

Amazon has issued a clarion call to the IoT crowd to build IoT devices for Sidewalk, its nationwide LoRa-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) network in the US. It said the Sidewalk network, which links consumer smart home devices into a low-power neighbourhood wirless infrastructure for...

Amazon will offer three terminals designed for different use cases Amazon has given a glimpse at its progress toward its Project Kuiper ambitions of providing low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based broadband connectivity for consumers, businesses and IoT applications. The company provided images and descriptions of three...

How do you judge the best-in-show? By the bright eyes and bushy tails? Probably not if it is a tech fair. So how should one rate the stands at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona? Is it a size thing? Is it a...

It hurts me to say this because I have been an Amazon.com customer and fan for decades, but there is a serious customer care problem that needs to be corrected, and apparently, they don’t even realize it. The problem is the breaking of trust among their...

Amazon's Project Kuiper aims to support broadband with thousands of LEO satellites Amazon is prepping for more extensive testing of its prototype Kuiper LEO broadband communications system, based on an application for Special Temporary Authority (STA) granted by the Federal Communications Commission last Friday. Amazon...

The Z-Wave Alliance, in charge of developing local-area IoT technology Z-Wave, has released the Z-Wave source code to alliance members on open-source software development platform GitHub. Alongside, the alliance has said Members can now “shape the future” of the protocol under its (OS Work...

Vodafone, Intel and others showcased new solutions leveraging AWS technology Amazon Web Services (AWS) held its annual re:Invent event in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The week-long fête spanned the depth and breadth of the myriad services AWS offers, but there were a few interesting tidbits for...