Germany earmarks £1bn for national 2019/20 AI funding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe German government has swelled its 2019 funding for artficial intelligence (AI) to €500 million and promised a further €500 million in 2020. The country wants to ensure advanced analytics …
SK Telecom, Microsoft ink deal to cooperate on AI, cloud and 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Korean telco SK Telecom and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to carry out cooperation activities in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud and 5G. Under the …
Ericsson opens global AI accelerator hub in Montreal
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Ericsson announced the inauguration of its Global Artificial Intelligence Accelerator (GAIA) innovation hub in Montreal, Canada. The Swedish company said that its new innovation hub will focus on research …
Ericsson to open innovation, co-creation center in California
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Ericsson announced the upcoming launch of Ericsson D-Fifteen, a new innovation and co-creation center at the company’s Santa Clara office, the vendor said in a release. The Swedish firm …
ZTE inks smart manufacturing deal in China
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChinese vendor ZTE has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with compatriot heavy equipment manufacturing company Sany to promote the integration of 5G and industry while accelerating the digital transformation …
Digital transformation investments focused on process automation, Accenture says
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFuture 5G investments will focus on creating service revenues HANNOVER, Germany–Despite major marketing efforts coming out of the telecoms sector, industrial manufacturers today aren’t focused on “leveraging 5G within the …
Ericsson launches AI-based managed services for telcos
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The new offering uses AI and automation to address telecom operators’ complexity challenges Ericsson has launched a new artificial intelligence-based managed services offering for communications service providers. The …
Is big data more like oil or sunshine?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMetaphors aside, big data is the key to AI development We’ve all heard the comparison, perhaps too often, but here it is: big data is the new oil that business …
Sensing and sense-making: Seven key supply chain technologies
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailI read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the …
Xiaomi to invest $1.48 billion in IoT, AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The Chinese smartphone maker said these two technologies will be key for the firm’s growth strategy within the next five years Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announced plans to …
