All Innovation (R&D) articles – Page 5
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Products & Services
In depth: BT’s Kevin Lee on Aimee becoming EE’s AI ‘superhero’
BT Consumer Chief Digital Officer Kevin Lee tells the story of Aimee’s journey from fledgeling with “limited skillset”, to becoming EE’s ‘superhero’. Exec highlights importance of Aimee as a co-pilot for EE customer support, with operator aiming to assist all agent conversations with chatbot beyond 2025.
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Network & Infra
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier tests 5G SA international roaming
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier successfully completes testing programme, involving T-Mobile US, Sunrise (Switzerland) and AIS Thailand.
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Network & Infra
US underwater data centre startup plans two hubs in Europe
Subsea Cloud prepares to expand tech beyond the Americas with the launch of new facilities in Norway and the UK.
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Innovation
MediaTek and Nokia help BT to 5G reduced capacity win
Partners successfully trial RedCap technology using EE’s 5G SA network, MediaTek’s testing platform, and Nokia’s AirScale RAN portfolio.
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Products & Services
BT’s commercial drone SIM a ‘stepping stone’ in UAV leadership aspirations
BT launches Drone SIM service for Business customers as series of pilots prove successful.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT takes ‘first step’ in Google Cloud cybersecurity partnership
Pair extend partnership to the realm of cybersecurity, with BT becoming official reseller of Google Chronicle-based Autonomic Security Operations offering.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT ties with AWS, VMware to develop global enterprise network
Partners use Deutsche Telekom´s global mobile networks and AWS backbone, along with Mavenir-supplied RAN.
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Network & Infra
Vodafone signs Arm to bolster open RAN chipset development
British firm to underpin another line of Vodafone R&D in open RAN silicon after Intel deal earns expansion.
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Innovation
BT’s Ben Clinch on data modelling and pulling back the GenAI ‘magic curtain’
Principal Enterprise Architect Ben Clinch warns of misconception that developments in generative AI have removed the need to curate and prepare data.
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Premium
Telefónica Innovation and Venturing Roundup: Wayra invests in car services management platform Cafler
Wayra invests in car services management platform Cafler.
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Innovation
BT delves deeper into immersive tech with new testbed
Testbed launched to trial immersive experiences and explore how capabilities such as cloud-rendering and network exposure can best work with 5G to aid growth of MR and XR use cases.
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Eventwatch
Interview: Chema Alonso on building Telefónica’s API place
Telefónica’s Chief Digital Officer expects Open Gateway APIs to begin having revenue impact in current fiscal year, with first products being launched in Brazil.
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Interview
Interview: BT's Lisa Perkins on net-zero beyond the low hanging fruit
Director of Adastral Park speaks with TelcoTitans about BT’s sustainability R&D and the challenges of hitting net-zero targets.
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Public Affairs
UK telecoms to follow financial sector with open data requirements
DSIT seeking to cut through confusion of converging connectivity options by requiring operators to share relevant usage data with customers, and potentially third parties.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica teams with Ericsson to develop cloud RAN
A new collaboration agreement will see pair roll out trial deployments of cloud radio access networks in Europe using open APIs.
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Premium
Elsewhere in USA: TMUS switches RCS messaging to Google’s Jibe platform
TMUS switches RCS messaging to Google’s Jibe platform.
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Strategy & Change
BT looks to AI for ‘next billion’ value opportunity
DTW23 - Ignite: Harmeen Mehta takes BT’s transformation agenda beyond early targets with support from AI, eyes the “next billion” for the Group, and says operator’s radical transformation will define BT’s growth for the next decade.
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People
T-Systems hires Microsoft veteran Rachel Linnemann
Linnemann recruited as Vice-President of T-Systems’ Microsoft Powerhouse.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT introduces partners for liquid cooling tech trials
Operator working with likes of Airsys, Iceotope, Immersion4, Juniper Networks, and Nexalus on liquid cooling solutions for networks and IT infrastructure.
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Premium
Telefónica to launch holographic call service in 2024
New offering, created in partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone, expected to go live after MWC 2024.