AI & Cloud

While the use of AI and digital twins isn’t new to operators, the evolution of the former is enabling advanced twinning use cases such as improved network planning and optimisation, 6G research frameworks and training models. Mike Robuck explores.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) detailed plans to build new data centres in the US state of Indiana, part of an $11 billion investment which it claimed is the largest injection of capital into the region ever.

LIVE FROM AWS SUMMIT 2024: Artur Schneider, senior cloud consultant at Deutsche Telekom’s IT business T-Systems, claimed AI avatars can redefine customer interactions across industries as he provided details on its AWS-powered 3D icon for enterprises.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Microsoft and Amazon’s dealings with AI start-ups, inviting comment from market players to determine if recent partnerships have the potential to hurt competition in the country.

SoftBank Group set aside JPY150 billion ($960 million) to upgrade its computing infrastructure as part of a bid to create a world-class generative AI (GenAI) platform tailored to the Japanese language, Nikkei Asia reported,

Microsoft continued to slim down AI language models, unveiling its third lightweight edition which it stated offers comparable performance to rival products while being suitable for use on mobile phones.

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg highlighted the transformative potential for employing AI and generative AI across the operator’s network and for personalisation of tariffs as he discussed the operator's performance during Q1.