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Cyngular Launches Cybersecurity Platform Cyngular Security announced a new cybersecurity platform to proactively address cloud threats: THIRDhub. Short for Threat Hunting, Investigation, Response, and Deception, THIRDhub is currently the only platform that delivers comprehensive cloud security for organizations of any size or in any industry.
Fiber Fast Homes Enhances Streaming Platform Fiber Fast Homes announced that it has enhanced its content streaming services collaborating with long-time partner MyBundle, the premier online platform for simplifying streaming services. Fiber Fast Homes has offered MyBundle services since mid-2022 as part of its white glove services to deliver more streaming choices in an easier to use, customizable TV guide for residents with the goal of making fiber to the home Internet services more appealing.
Lumen Unveils AI-powered Threat Defense Tool Lumen announced that it is unveiling a new threat defense tool driven by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. Lumen DefenderSM powered by Black Lotus Labs is a patented product that proactively blocks evolving threats at the network edge, before they can compromise a business's network perimeter.
on\|comms Selects Optiva BSS Platform To Support US Veterans on\|comms announced that they have chosen Optiva's BSS platform, hosted on Google Cloud, to provide mobile connectivity to its members with the launch of a new MVNO service. on\|comms will provide simplified access to a wide variety of veterans services and a comprehensive transition assistance program supporting active duty service members and their families and their reintegration into civilian life.
Spirent Announces PNT X Spirent announced PNT X, its next-generation positioning, navigation and timing simulation system. Designed to deliver unprecedented performance and flexibility in PNT simulation and testing, PNT X offers the highest fidelity and most signal sources in a single test platform to address the future of enhanced autonomy, safety, efficiency, and precision.
Keysight Introduces New Testing Capabilities Keysight announced industry-first testing capabilities designed to test the robustness of post-quantum cryptography. This latest addition to Keysight Inspector is a notable expansion of the comprehensive platform that helps device and chip vendors identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities.
Orange Announces The Landing Of Submarine Cable Orange announced the landing in Marseille of the 21,700 km SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6) system, which will link France to Singapore. Following this operation in Marseille, work will begin on the installation of more than 3,000 kilometers of cable to bring the system to Egypt.
RIKEN Selects IBM Quantum System IBM announced an agreement with RIKEN to deploy IBM’s next-generation quantum computer architecture and best-performing quantum processor at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It will be the only instance of a quantum computer co-located with the supercomputer Fugaku.
Nokia And Vodafone Complete O-RAN Trial In Italy Nokia and Vodafone announced that they have successfully completed an end-to-end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone network. The trial utilized Nokia’s AirScale Massive MIMO radios and Nokia’s baseband software running on Dell PowerEdge XR8000 servers and Red Hat OpenShift, an industry leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, connected to Nokia’s standalone dedicated 5G core.
Commnet Broadband Transforms In-home Connectivity Across Rural American Southwest Adtran announced that Commnet Broadband is leveraging Intellifi as part of its Mosaic One software-as-a-service solution to enhance in-home connectivity as the service provider scales across the American Southwest. The cloud-managed Wi-Fi solution will enable Commnet Broadband to deliver a seamless, always-on mesh Wi-Fi experience, boosting subscriber satisfaction while driving new efficiencies.
altafiber Continues Long-Term Partnership With Netcracker Netcracker announced that it will continue to deliver mission-critical IT functions, applications and services to altafiber, the leading supplier of fiber-based services in Greater Cincinnati.
FCC Fines Telcos for Illegal Information Sharing The Federal Communications Commission announced that they have fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure.
EU Council Allows Faster Deployment Of High-speed Networks The Council of the EU announced the gigabit infrastructure act to ensure faster deployment of digital network infrastructure across Europe which will replace the 2014 broadband cost reduction directive. The new law aims to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of high-speed networks, such as fibre and 5G, with a view to achieving Europe’s connectivity objectives and targets set out in the digital compass for this decade.
Cerillion Harnesses GenAI Image Recognition Cerillion announced the launch of Cerillion 24.1, which exploits the latest GenAI-powered image recognition technology to completely transform how communications services providers design and build new products and services.
Financial Times Collaborates With ChatGPT The Financial Times announced a strategic partnership and licensing agreement with OpenAI to enhance ChatGPT with attributed content, help improve its models’ usefulness by incorporating FT journalism, and collaborate on developing new AI products and features for FT readers.
Axel Springer And Microsoft Expand Partnership Axel Springer and Microsoft have announced an expanded, multifaceted partnership across advertising, AI, content and cloud computing. The cooperation aims to leverage cutting-edge innovation to support independent journalism around the world.
DeLaval Selects SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP announced that Swedish-based DeLaval, part of the Tetra Laval Group, has chosen SAP S/4HANA Cloud to build out its new cloud-based ERP system as part of its company-wide transformation process.
e& UAE Selects Nokia Cloud Interconnect Solution Nokia announced that e& UAE, telecom arm of e&, will leverage Nokia’s cloud interconnect solution to provide connectivity services for hyperscalers in the United Arab Emirates. By using Nokia’s FP5-based technology, e& UAE can now offer significantly high-quality connectivity to hyperscalers, representing a revolution in performance, scale, and security. This will lead to e& UAE’s network being able to support mission-critical applications delivered across evolved business-class services.
IBM Signs Agreements to Strengthen Canadian Semiconductor Industry IBM, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec announced agreements that will strengthen Canada's semiconductor industry, and further develop the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities for semiconductor modules to be used across a wide range of applications including telecommunications, high performance computing, automotive, aerospace & defence, computer networks, and generative AI, at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec.
HP Antivirus Given Perfect Score HP announced that a comprehensive new report from AV-TEST, a leading independent IT security research institute, has confirmed that HP Wolf Pro Security’s Next Generation Antivirus is one of the best Windows Antivirus Software solutions for Business Users on the market. Wolf Pro Security’s NGAV was recognized as a “top product” for corporate endpoint protection, receiving a perfect rating across all testing categories.
Microsoft Increase Collaboration to Power Prestige Beauty With Generative AI The Estee Lauder Companies and Microsoft announced the creation of an AI Innovation Lab as an expansion of their global strategic relationship. Leveraging cutting edge generative AI capabilities in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, the companies will work together to develop solutions that further empower ELC’s more than 20 prestige beauty brands as they create closer consumer connections and increase speed to market with local relevancy.
T-Mobile and EQT Announce Joint Venture to Acquire Lumos T-Mobile and EQT announced they have entered into a joint venture with EQT’s Infrastructure VI fund that will acquire fiber-to-the-home platform Lumos from EQT’s predecessor fund EQT Infrastructure III.
Snowflake Launches Arctic Snowflake announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimized for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, instruction following, and more.
VEON Banglalink to Stream ICC Cricket on Toffee VEON announced that Banglalink, its digital operator in Bangladesh, secured the exclusive rights to the nation-wide streaming of International Cricket Council world events until the end of 2025. The ICC matches will be available on Toffee streaming platform, commencing with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on 1 June 2024.
Nokia and Anterix Pave the Way for 5G Adoption Nokia and Anterix announced that they have successfully completed the industry’s first B106 data call at Nokia’s Lab in Dallas, Texas. The companies collaborated following the standardization of B106 in 3GPP Release 18 to widen the options for chipsets and devices to support private wireless use cases for utilities.
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Cyngular Launches Cybersecurity Platform
Cyngular Security announced a new cybersecurity platform to proactively address cloud threats: THIRDhub. Short for Threat Hunting, Investigation, Response, and Deception, THIRDhub is currently the only platform that delivers comprehensive cloud security for organizations of any size or in any industry.

Fiber Fast Homes Enhances Streaming Platform
Fiber Fast Homes announced that it has enhanced its content streaming services collaborating with long-time partner MyBundle, the premier online platform for simplifying streaming services. Fiber Fast Homes has offered MyBundle services since mid-2022 as part of its white glove services to deliver more streaming choices in an easier to use, customizable TV guide for residents with the goal of making fiber to the home Internet services more appealing.

Lumen Unveils AI-powered Threat Defense Tool
Lumen announced that it is unveiling a new threat defense tool driven by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. Lumen DefenderSM powered by Black Lotus Labs is a patented product that proactively blocks evolving threats at the network edge, before they can compromise a business's network perimeter.

on|comms Selects Optiva BSS Platform To Support US Veterans
on|comms announced that they have chosen Optiva's BSS platform, hosted on Google Cloud, to provide mobile connectivity to its members with the launch of a new MVNO service. on|comms will provide simplified access to a wide variety of veterans services and a comprehensive transition assistance program supporting active duty service members and their families and their reintegration into civilian life.

Spirent Announces PNT X
Spirent announced PNT X, its next-generation positioning, navigation and timing simulation system. Designed to deliver unprecedented performance and flexibility in PNT simulation and testing, PNT X offers the highest fidelity and most signal sources in a single test platform to address the future of enhanced autonomy, safety, efficiency, and precision.

Keysight Introduces New Testing Capabilities
Keysight announced industry-first testing capabilities designed to test the robustness of post-quantum cryptography. This latest addition to Keysight Inspector is a notable expansion of the comprehensive platform that helps device and chip vendors identify and fix hardware vulnerabilities.

Orange Announces The Landing Of Submarine Cable
Orange announced the landing in Marseille of the 21,700 km SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6) system, which will link France to Singapore. Following this operation in Marseille, work will begin on the installation of more than 3,000 kilometers of cable to bring the system to Egypt.

RIKEN Selects IBM Quantum System
IBM announced an agreement with RIKEN to deploy IBM’s next-generation quantum computer architecture and best-performing quantum processor at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It will be the only instance of a quantum computer co-located with the supercomputer Fugaku.

Nokia And Vodafone Complete O-RAN Trial In Italy
Nokia and Vodafone announced that they have successfully completed an end-to-end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone network. The trial utilized Nokia’s AirScale Massive MIMO radios and Nokia’s baseband software running on Dell PowerEdge XR8000 servers and Red Hat OpenShift, an industry leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, connected to Nokia’s standalone dedicated 5G core.

Commnet Broadband Transforms In-home Connectivity Across Rural American Southwest
Adtran announced that Commnet Broadband is leveraging Intellifi as part of its Mosaic One software-as-a-service solution to enhance in-home connectivity as the service provider scales across the American Southwest. The cloud-managed Wi-Fi solution will enable Commnet Broadband to deliver a seamless, always-on mesh Wi-Fi experience, boosting subscriber satisfaction while driving new efficiencies.

altafiber Continues Long-Term Partnership With Netcracker
Netcracker announced that it will continue to deliver mission-critical IT functions, applications and services to altafiber, the leading supplier of fiber-based services in Greater Cincinnati.

FCC Fines Telcos for Illegal Information Sharing
The Federal Communications Commission announced that they have fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure.

EU Council Allows Faster Deployment Of High-speed Networks
The Council of the EU announced the gigabit infrastructure act to ensure faster deployment of digital network infrastructure across Europe which will replace the 2014 broadband cost reduction directive. The new law aims to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of high-speed networks, such as fibre and 5G, with a view to achieving Europe’s connectivity objectives and targets set out in the digital compass for this decade.

Cerillion Harnesses GenAI Image Recognition
Cerillion announced the launch of Cerillion 24.1, which exploits the latest GenAI-powered image recognition technology to completely transform how communications services providers design and build new products and services.

Financial Times Collaborates With ChatGPT
The Financial Times announced a strategic partnership and licensing agreement with OpenAI to enhance ChatGPT with attributed content, help improve its models’ usefulness by incorporating FT journalism, and collaborate on developing new AI products and features for FT readers.

Axel Springer And Microsoft Expand Partnership
Axel Springer and Microsoft have announced an expanded, multifaceted partnership across advertising, AI, content and cloud computing. The cooperation aims to leverage cutting-edge innovation to support independent journalism around the world.

DeLaval Selects SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP announced that Swedish-based DeLaval, part of the Tetra Laval Group, has chosen SAP S/4HANA Cloud to build out its new cloud-based ERP system as part of its company-wide transformation process.

e& UAE Selects Nokia Cloud Interconnect Solution
Nokia announced that e& UAE, telecom arm of e&, will leverage Nokia’s cloud interconnect solution to provide connectivity services for hyperscalers in the United Arab Emirates. By using Nokia’s FP5-based technology, e& UAE can now offer significantly high-quality connectivity to hyperscalers, representing a revolution in performance, scale, and security. This will lead to e& UAE’s network being able to support mission-critical applications delivered across evolved business-class services.

IBM Signs Agreements to Strengthen Canadian Semiconductor Industry
IBM, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Quebec announced agreements that will strengthen Canada's semiconductor industry, and further develop the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities for semiconductor modules to be used across a wide range of applications including telecommunications, high performance computing, automotive, aerospace & defence, computer networks, and generative AI, at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec.

HP Antivirus Given Perfect Score
HP announced that a comprehensive new report from AV-TEST, a leading independent IT security research institute, has confirmed that HP Wolf Pro Security’s Next Generation Antivirus is one of the best Windows Antivirus Software solutions for Business Users on the market. Wolf Pro Security’s NGAV was recognized as a “top product” for corporate endpoint protection, receiving a perfect rating across all testing categories.

Microsoft Increase Collaboration to Power Prestige Beauty With Generative AI
The Estee Lauder Companies and Microsoft announced the creation of an AI Innovation Lab as an expansion of their global strategic relationship. Leveraging cutting edge generative AI capabilities in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, the companies will work together to develop solutions that further empower ELC’s more than 20 prestige beauty brands as they create closer consumer connections and increase speed to market with local relevancy.

T-Mobile and EQT Announce Joint Venture to Acquire Lumos
T-Mobile and EQT announced they have entered into a joint venture with EQT’s Infrastructure VI fund that will acquire fiber-to-the-home platform Lumos from EQT’s predecessor fund EQT Infrastructure III.

Snowflake Launches Arctic
Snowflake announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimized for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, instruction following, and more.

VEON Banglalink to Stream ICC Cricket on Toffee
VEON announced that Banglalink, its digital operator in Bangladesh, secured the exclusive rights to the nation-wide streaming of International Cricket Council world events until the end of 2025. The ICC matches will be available on Toffee streaming platform, commencing with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on 1 June 2024.

Nokia and Anterix Pave the Way for 5G Adoption
Nokia and Anterix announced that they have successfully completed the industry’s first B106 data call at Nokia’s Lab in Dallas, Texas. The companies collaborated following the standardization of B106 in 3GPP Release 18 to widen the options for chipsets and devices to support private wireless use cases for utilities.

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