Ericsson and Future Technologies Venture, LLC are scaling up their long-running collaboration to accelerate enterprise wireless and private 5G deployments across industrial and critical infrastructure sectors in North America. The move reflects a growing recognition that secure, deterministic connectivity is becoming foundational for AI-driven operations. As organizations increasingly embed AI into real-world environments—from manufacturing plants... Read More
ZTE Corporation walked away with multiple honors at the prestigious GSMA Global Mobile Awards during MWC Barcelona 2026, highlighting the telecom vendor’s growing influence in next-generation mobile infrastructure and industry applications. The company received three major awards: Best Private Network Solution, Open Gateway Challenge, and Best Event Activation. The recognition underscores ZTE’s push into 5G-Advanced... Read More
The race to build faster, more power-efficient AI infrastructure is pushing semiconductor companies deeper into the optical supply chain. This week, Semtech Corporation announced it has acquired HieFo Corporation, a California-based manufacturer of Indium Phosphide (InP) optoelectronic devices used in optical transceivers for data center connectivity. The deal, valued at approximately $34 million in cash,... Read More
Open RAN changed how telecom networks are built. Now AI-RAN is poised to change how they’re run. At MWC Barcelona 2026, Wind River—an Aptiv company—and Vodafone are showcasing a joint AI-RAN solution designed to operationalize intelligence inside disaggregated Open RAN networks. The message is blunt: human-driven network operations can’t keep up anymore. From Dashboards to... Read More
At MWC Barcelona, Red Hat announced a major win in the European telecom market: Telefónica Spain is standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift as its common platform for both IT workloads and cloud-native network functions (CNFs). It’s more than a platform swap. It’s a structural shift in how one of Europe’s largest operators runs its infrastructure—bringing... Read More
Telecom networks are no longer just pipes—they’re data goldmines. At least, that’s the bet GIGABYTE Technology is making at Mobile World Congress. The company used the Barcelona show to roll out an expanded end-to-end AI infrastructure portfolio tailored specifically for telecom operators. The pitch is ambitious: give telcos the compute muscle to transform network and... Read More
Telecom modernization just got another cloud-first push. Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN) has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services to deliver a secure, cloud-native voice communications platform built entirely on AWS infrastructure. The partnership centers on migrating core voice network functions—long anchored in private data centers—into a containerized, Kubernetes-driven architecture optimized for... Read More
Security operations centers (SOCs) are drowning. Alert volumes are up. Skilled analysts are scarce. SIEM bills keep climbing. And while every vendor now claims “AI-powered” capabilities, CISOs increasingly want proof—not promises. That’s the backdrop for a new announcement from Securonix, which, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, has introduced Sam, the AI SOC Analyst, and... Read More
London, 18 February 2026: Audion, a global digital audio specialist, has launched ‘Audion AI’, the first artificial intelligence (AI) solution designed to deliver outcome-driven audio advertising campaigns that maximise brand performance. Audion AI addresses key challenges facing audio advertising: the highly fragmented environment in which one piece of content can be distributed across multiple listening platforms;... Read More
