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Fujitsu Australia Joins NVIDIA DGX-ready data centre programme

23h | Melanie Mingas

Fujitsu Australia is now deploying NVIDIA’s DGX AI compute infrastructure, which uses AI to solve complex data science problems faster, via "the world’s most advanced accelerator".

The Digital Digest: MTN's mobile money strikes gold, PDG's billion-dollar data centre plan, a boost for satellites in Kazakhstan, and taking carrier networks cloud native

15 April 2021 | Capacity Team

Season 2, episode 13 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporter Natalie Bannerman, and special guests Hannes Gredler and Richard Brandon from RtBrick.

AT&T pledges 3-year $2bn investment to bridge the digital divide

15 April 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

AT&T has announced a $2 billion investment over three years in an attempt to bridge the digital divide in the US.

SK Telecom to split into AI and ICT investment cos

15 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Korea's SK Telecom is to split into two companies: an AI and digital infraco, and a division tentatively called the ICT Investment Company.

Mavenir, Xilinx launch Open RAN massive MIMO portfolio

15 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Semiconductor firm Xilinx Inc and telecommunications software firm Mavenir Inc have embarked on a project they said will accelerate the Open RAN ecosystem.

Openreach and STL to build new UK full fibre network

14 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Openreach has named STL as its key partner to provide optical cable solutions for the UK's new, ultra-fast, full fibre broadband network.

Smaller suppliers and no financial support – the UK's post-Huawei wish list

14 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

A report commissioned by the UK government has highlighted the role of smaller telecoms equipment makers in the UK's 5G roll out, while recommending that direct financial support to replace Huawei kit is not necessary.

Qualcomm's 5G fellowship launches in Spain

14 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Qualcomm has launched a fellowship and training programme to "identify, educate and attract" home-grown talent to work on the development of 5G in Spain.

Nokia supports China Mobile nationwide public cloud roll-out

13 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

Nokia is supporting the roll-out of cloud services and data centre interconnectivity by China Mobile Cloud.

Three UK welcomes David Hennessy as CTO

13 April 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Three UK has appointed David Hennessy as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

AMS-IX, LINX record new traffic peaks

12 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Two of the world's largest internet exchanges recorded new traffic records in the last week.

ESR Cayman acquires $2.15bn data centre site in Japan

09 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

ESR Cayman has acquired a data centre facility in Osaka, Japan, which is estimated to have a gross asset value of around $2.15 billion. It is ESR Cayman's first active data centre development.