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Author: Yu Tian

How Far Away Are We from 5.5G to 6G?

Recently, Huawei’s world’s first 5.5G intelligent core network solution has been officially released, and this solution has completed all 5.5G functional testing and technical performance testing. At present, we are collaborating with multiple key operators in regions such as China, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and Europe to carry out pilot verifications. This year, … Continued

Kenya Invests in Fiber Optic Networks to Expand Broadband Infrastructure

Kenya is committed to expanding its broadband infrastructure by investing in submarine and terrestrial fiber optic cables, as well as medium and last mile connections, to achieve its digital agenda.The Cabinet Secretary in charge of Information and Communication Technology, Eliud Owalo, stated that Kenya relies on the information and communication technology industry to improve digital … Continued

KKR Invests $400 Million in Philippine Telecommunications Tower Business

The US Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that private equity firm KKR is investing approximately $400 million in telecommunications tower business in the Philippines as planned, ending a two-day trade visit to ASEAN countries.As part of its investment in Pinnacle towers, KKR will develop and acquire approximately 2000 towers to support digital connectivity across … Continued

Vietnam Begins Auctioning off 5G Spectrum and Gradually Phasing out 2G Services

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) of Vietnam has begun a highly anticipated 5G spectrum auction, with the 2500-2600 MHz frequency band taking the lead with a starting price of 3.9 trillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 158 million US dollars).According to Vietnam’s state-owned news agency (VNA), the Ministry of Communications and Industry of Vietnam is … Continued

Infinira’s Performance Highlights Growth of Large-scale Data Centers

Infinira cheered for one of the largest transactions in its history this week, offering 800G 3-nm ZR+plugs to an unnamed mega company. The company’s optical products will be used to improve connectivity outside the data centers of ultra large companies (Rosenblatt’s financial analyst believes that Infinira’s unnamed ultra large customers are Facebook’s owner Meta).However, Infinira’s … Continued

Intel Will Receive Funding to Promote Advanced Chip Production

Bloomberg reported that the US government is preparing to invest $3.5 billion (currently approximately RMB 25.2 billion) in Intel to produce advanced semiconductor chips for the US defense sector.It is reported that this funding has been included in a spending bill passed by the House of Representatives on March 6th, which will be used for … Continued

OpenAI Competitor Anthropic Launches Claude 3 Major Models

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, such as Anthropic, have launched the Cloud 3 model, which can better execute complex instructions. The company claims that Claude 3 exhibits a near human understanding of complex tasks and is currently one of the most powerful large-scale models.Claude 3 is divided into three versions, namely Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and … Continued

Synergy: AI Drives Q423 Cloud Computing Spending Reaches New Point

According to new data from Synergy Research Group, global enterprises spent nearly $74 billion on cloud infrastructure services in the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of over $12 billion compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. The year-on-year growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2023 was 20%, significantly higher than the previous three … Continued

India’s Vodafone Idea Raises $5.4 Billion through Debt and Equity Financing

Vodafone Idea, India’s third-largest service provider, plans to raise a total of INR 450 billion (USD 5.4 billion) through a combination of equity and debt to expand 4G coverage, invest in 5G launch, improve customer experience, and increase capacity.According to the documents submitted by the exchange, the company plans to raise 200 billion rupees (2.4 … Continued

Citymesh Chooses Nokia’s Core SaaS Support to Launch B2B Mobile Services in Belgium

Belgian operator Citymesh has chosen Nokia’s core software as a service (SaaS) as part of its strategic goal to provide its customers with greater service innovation, achieve higher business agility, and faster time to value realization.Nokia’s core SaaS will allow Citymesh to provide secure and universal nationwide connectivity services based on subscriptions, avoiding both upfront … Continued

South Korea Plans to Use AI to Manage Forest Systems

The South Korean Forest Agency recently released a government blueprint for “becoming a global forest power with abundant forests”. The blueprint selects topics such as strengthening forest disaster response, achieving sustainable forest management, and digitizing forest management, actively introducing new technologies, strengthening environmental safety, and boosting the forest economy.In order to cut off large-scale wildfires … Continued

Nokia Leverages Intel Technology to Drive 5G Network Energy Efficiency

Nokia and Intel have announced that their goal is to improve the energy efficiency of 5G networks by using Intel’s Xeon processors and power management software, which will provide power for Nokia’s cloud native 5G core solutions. The progress made by these two companies based on years of innovation will enable communication service providers (CSPs) … Continued