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    Evidence grows that consumers are warming to AI in their handsets 

    ‘AI-less’ Apple still holding its own as consumers warm to AI hype, but for how long?

    Cloud adoption for data ops must focus on cost, agility and innovation 

    Telekom Srbija, Hrvatski Telekom and Celfocus share their experiences around moving data ops and analytics to the cloud in the telco industry

    Freenet launches eSIM-based data roaming with 1Global 

    The new service freenet Travel will be available in more than 100 countries and includes a variety of data packages

    Telefónica Germany launches first commercial vRAN and Open RAN site

    The site uses Samsung's kit and is part of the joint development announced with the operator last year – more sites and network automation to follow

    Broadband Forum extends 5G convergence standards

    Industry body says they include “major enhancements” to resilience and support for residential customers

    A missed opportunity: passing the EU’s Gigabit Infra Act

    Brussels can tick the box, but it could and should have been so much better

    Broadband numbers static as Italy shifts to FTTP 

    Mobile stays prepaid while VOD subscriptions grow but viewing falls

    Lumine prevails in bid for Casa’s 5G core and RAN assets

    Interloper Skyvera lost out by a narrow margin but cost Lumine $17.2 million more than the original deal it had struck

    Omdia ranks global top 12 operators’ progress towards becoming techcos

    Concludes they are doing well in terms of adopting a software-based operating model and developing enterprise digital services, but their focus on verticals needs work

    Is AI the only way for 5G and automation?

    Partner content: Despite they hype around AI, many telco processes may not need it. Automation can be an incremental step on the way to AI, bringing immediate business benefits

    Can Orange Business make the numbers add up for its techco transition?

    Aliette Mousnier-Lompré, CEO of the enterprise business unit since May 2022, talks to Annie Turner about her vision and its execution

    Zain pilots ‘world-first’ signal overlay to secure Saudi networks

    With Enea, the operator could help extend the capabilities and architecture of signalling firewalls to improve protection for virtual, cloudified and physical infra

    Microsoft’s new Phi-3 AI model can run on an iPhone  

    As Telekom CEO Tim Höttges recently quipped, “Who the hell needs apps?”

    Car makers meet tech firms to thrash out mobile Digital Keys 

    The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) is working on standards to let mobile phones securely open cars, but customer perception will be the key

    CACI seals $1.3bn deal for ICT services to US, European and Africa Commands 

    Global military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year to an all-time high of $2,443 billion last year – NATO accounted for 55%