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Nokia announces GenAI assistant integrated with NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome to strengthen network protection #MWC24

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Nokia NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome integrated with telco-centric GenAI assistant helps customers more quickly detect and eliminate cyber threats.

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  • Nokia NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome integrated with telco-centric GenAI assistant helps customers more quickly detect and eliminate cyber threats.
  • New telco focused GenAI assistant is based on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with telecommunications and mission critical security training.
  • Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that its NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome software will be integrated with a telco-centric GenAI assistant to give communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises faster and higher quality detection and resolution capabilities in the face of cyber criminals increasingly using GenAI to launch more sophisticated attacks on critical infrastructure.
  • Cybersecurity Dome is Nokia’s extended detection response market (XDR) security platform that provides CSPs and enterprises with strong, 5G network defenses through a series of AI and machine learning capabilities.

Wind River Earns 2024 Global Great Place To Work Certification

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, has once again earned the prestigious Great Place To Work CertificationTM in multiple regions around the world: United States, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Romania, and India.

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  • Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, has once again earned the prestigious Great Place To Work CertificationTM in multiple regions around the world: United States, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Romania, and India.
  • This certification is based on survey results regarding current employees’ experience working at Wind River.
  • Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention, and increased innovation.
  • Earning this designation means that Wind River is one of the best companies to work for in the country.”
    Wind River helps customers solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy.

DeepSig Announces Commercial Release of Industry’s First Neural Receiver Software for Open RAN 5G Networks

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

DeepSig’s AI-powered solution elevates the performance and efficiency of Open vRAN 5G networks, facilitated by integration with Intel® FlexRAN™ Layer 1 (L1) reference software.

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  • DeepSig’s AI-powered solution elevates the performance and efficiency of Open vRAN 5G networks, facilitated by integration with Intel® FlexRAN™ Layer 1 (L1) reference software.
  • This product milestone marks the launch of the industry’s first 5G carrier-grade neural receiver and redefines how the physical layer in wireless networks is implemented and optimized using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240227944290/en/
    Industry's First AI-Native 5G Neural Receiver for Open RAN from DeepSig (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The OmniPHY 5G software transforms 5G Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) processing in an Open Distributed Unit (O-DU), replacing conventional algorithms with a Deep Neural Network (DNN), enabling highly efficient, AI-powered channel estimation, equalization, soft bit de-mapping and interference rejection combining for standard and massive MIMO networks.
  • “I’m thrilled to announce the release of the industry’s first AI-native L1 software solution for 5G radio networks,” said Jim Shea, Co-Founder and CEO of DeepSig.

solutions by stc signs an Open RAN Agreement with Mavenir to Launch First Commercial Open RAN in Saudi Arabia

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

solutions by stc, the leading enabler of digital transformation in Saudi Arabia and the region, announces an Open RAN agreement with Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, to launch the first commercial Open RAN network in Saudi Arabia.

Key Points: 
  • solutions by stc, the leading enabler of digital transformation in Saudi Arabia and the region, announces an Open RAN agreement with Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, to launch the first commercial Open RAN network in Saudi Arabia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240226664170/en/
    Signing ceremony at Mobile World Congress (MWC) on stc stand in Hall 3.
  • Executive company representatives: Yousef Almarshad, Chief Commercial Officer at solutions by stc & Pardeep Kohli, Chief Executive Office at Mavenir.
  • The solution will run on x86 commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware platform that represents best-in-class technology for open interface radio systems.

Ooredoo and Wind River Trial First-of-its-kind Open RAN Solution for Indoor Coverage in Qatar, Partners with OREX to Pioneer the Networks of the Future

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Monday, February 26, 2024

However, this implementation is a first-of-its-kind, aiming at delivering on the promises of Open RAN in the in-building environment.

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  • However, this implementation is a first-of-its-kind, aiming at delivering on the promises of Open RAN in the in-building environment.
  • The field trial, set to commence in Q1 2024, will be conducted in cooperation with OREX, the trademark and service brand of NTT DOCOMO Inc for Open RAN.
  • Studio addresses service providers’ complex challenge of deploying and managing cloud-native infrastructure for core-to-edge distributed cloud networks to provide traditional RAN performance in a vRAN/Open RAN deployment.
  • Wind River continues to be a leader in the telecom landscape with its large-scale commercial vRAN/Open RAN deployments.

Wind River and Encora Team to Demonstrate Advanced AI Automation of 5G Open RAN Operations at Mobile World Congress

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Mobile World Congress — Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that it will be showcasing with Encora , a digital engineering services company, an advanced AI automation of 5G Open RAN operations at Mobile World Congress.

Key Points: 
  • Mobile World Congress — Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that it will be showcasing with Encora , a digital engineering services company, an advanced AI automation of 5G Open RAN operations at Mobile World Congress.
  • Virtualization in both the core networks and edge, such as Open RAN, have further increased this difficulty and cost,” said Paul Miller, chief technology officer, Wind River.
  • “Wind River is highly experienced in this space, having offered automation and analytics solutions as part of our Wind River Studio Operator offering.
  • To view Wind River technologies firsthand at MWC Barcelona 2024, taking place February 26–29, visit the Wind River booth in Hall 2, 2F25.

Keysight Enables Open RAN Massive MIMO Innovation

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is enabling Intel to develop and validate massive multiple-input, multiple-output (mMIMO) beamforming designs for use in Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) with Open RAN Studio , accelerating the adoption of Open RAN architectures by mobile network operators.

Key Points: 
  • Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is enabling Intel to develop and validate massive multiple-input, multiple-output (mMIMO) beamforming designs for use in Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) with Open RAN Studio , accelerating the adoption of Open RAN architectures by mobile network operators.
  • Intel ensured that its mMIMO digital beamforming solution could be seamlessly deployed in an Open RAN network by using the Keysight Open RAN Studio solution to validate its interoperability within the Open RAN ecosystem.
  • Designed for LTE and 5G Open RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) testing, Open RAN Studio includes powerful Open RAN focused tools to construct, play, capture, and measure Open RAN traffic over Ethernet fronthaul interfaces.
  • This milestone will help to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN network architectures by validating massive MIMO beamforming technology.”

Red Hat and Tech Mahindra Enable Greater Hybrid Cloud Flexibility for Telco Workloads

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Tech Mahindra’s Multi-mode Companion Cloud offering helps service providers more seamlessly off-load on-premises workloads to hybrid cloud environments, that includes Red Hat OpenShift on-premises and on AWS.

Key Points: 
  • Tech Mahindra’s Multi-mode Companion Cloud offering helps service providers more seamlessly off-load on-premises workloads to hybrid cloud environments, that includes Red Hat OpenShift on-premises and on AWS.
  • In addition, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes enables full cloud lifecycle management to automate Day 0 and Day 1 configurations and orchestrate workloads across Red Hat OpenShift clusters on-premises and on AWS.
  • To further support this offering, Tech Mahindra and Red Hat also collaborated with i2i systems and Rebaca .
  • This groundbreaking solution empowers service providers with a streamlined approach to managing the entire lifecycle of network workloads on hybrid cloud.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Powering TELUS to Deliver Canada’s First 5G Open RAN Network

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced it is working with TELUS, which is building Canada’s first 5G open radio access network (Open RAN), by providing infrastructure across 3,000 sites.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced it is working with TELUS, which is building Canada’s first 5G open radio access network (Open RAN), by providing infrastructure across 3,000 sites.
  • Once completed, the new TELUS Open RAN 5G network will provide instantaneously-responsive connectivity enhancing the customer experience with faster connectivity and mobile access.
  • The servers provide Open RAN infrastructure to assist TELUS with the interoperability it needed to build a scalable, best-of-breed 5G network.
  • Providing a DU that frees TELUS from historical reliance on proprietary appliances enables the carrier to smoothly and flexibly integrate with other Open RAN 5G infrastructure components.

Industry Leaders in AI and Wireless Form AI-RAN Alliance

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Monday, February 26, 2024

AI and RAN – integrating AI and RAN processes to utilize infrastructure more effectively and generate new AI-driven revenue opportunities.

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  • AI and RAN – integrating AI and RAN processes to utilize infrastructure more effectively and generate new AI-driven revenue opportunities.
  • AI on RAN – deploying AI services at the network edge through RAN to increase operational efficiency and offer new services to mobile users.
  • The AI-RAN Alliance will foster collaboration, drive innovation and usher in a new era of transformation around AI and 6G networks.
  • However, it’s critical it’s democratized, so all parts of the connectivity industry and their customers, wherever they are in the world, can benefit.