Mobile operators globally recorded a 8% drop in operational carbon emissions from 2019 to 2023 despite growth in connections and data traffic, But while that trend is set to continue, more needs to be done – especially in developing countries, and even more so within supply chains globally – to keep the global mobile sector’s net-zero goals on track, according to a new GSMA report.
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Indian operator Vodafone Idea and AST SpaceMobile, which is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, have announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions.
Ericsson has announced that Grameenphone, a leading mobile operator in Bangladesh with over 84.8 million subscribers, has become the first communication service provider (CSP) to use the new Ericsson and AWS Gen-AI Lab to create an agentic AI-powered OSS/BSS solution.
At Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen this year, there were many cheerleaders for AI - and chief among them was Anton Bonifacio (pictured), who holds the unique dual role of Chief AI Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Globe Telecom.
Tarana and Microsoft are partnering to expand internet access in rural and underserved communities across Africa.
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison announced on Wednesday it has signed a strategic MoU with Chinese phone maker Transsion Holdings to make affordable smart devices available to Indonesians, particularly in rural and underserved areas.
South African telco MTN said on Tueday that its API marketplace Chenosis is partnering with TransUnion Africa to launch a solution that uses mobile phone call data records (CDRs) to assess credit scores for people seeking access to financial services.
Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Tuesday that it has signed a cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop the country’s first national large language model (LLM) trained on Ukrainian-language data.
UAE-based Edgnex Data Centres by DAMAC announced on Tuesday it has started construction an AI data centre in Indonesia with a designed IT load capacity of 144MW and a price tag of US$2.3 billion.