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Telecom News | Week #17: Nec launches gen AI, Lumos joint venture, CEA-Leti advancing 6G, Sanas real-time AI, startups impact on tech.
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A quick roundup of the news in Telecoms | Week #17

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NEC launches “NEC cotomi Pro” and “NEC cotomi Light,” advanced gen AI models. Lumos will be acquired by a joint venture of EQT and T-Mobile to expand high-speed internet access. CEA-Leti leads EU projects 6G-DISAC and 6G-GOALS, revolutionizing 6G technology through smart networks. Sanas obtained a patent for its Real-Time Accent Conversion AI Technology, enabling call center agents to adapt accents and reduce background noise. GlobalData’s report highlights how startups are innovating in AI-driven medical diagnostics, IT management, and financial operations.

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Meta underlined an ambitious plan to become "the leading AI company in the world" accompanied by an upswing in spending on AI.
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Navigating Meta’s Ambitious AI Roadmap Amid Investor Concerns

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Meta is ambitiously positioning itself to become the world’s top AI company, co-aligned with an increase in AI spending. The tech giant’s latest earnings reveal a climbing revenue and expenses, inciting mixed responses from investors. The landscape of optimistic forecasts and increased capital expenditures seems less rosy weighed against lower than expected Q2 revenue forecasts and significant investments into AI infrastructure. CEO Mark Zuckerberg points to an aggressive AI research expansion being instrumental in the fierce race against competitors OpenAI and Microsoft.

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The Australian investment bank, Macquarie, is considering an exit from KCom amidst escalating competition within the UK altnet sector.
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Macquarie Explores Exit as Competition Intensifies in UK Altnet Market

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The Australian investment bank, Macquarie, is reportedly considering an exit from KCom amidst escalating competition within the UK alternative network (altnet) sector. A recent report in The Telegraph suggests that Macquarie has engaged advisors from PJT Partners to conduct a strategic review of KCom, indicating potential changes on the horizon.

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Lycamobile, a MVNO furnishing services, which offers mobile services over T-Mobile’s network, is publicly standing against the latter.
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Lycamobile vs T-Mobile: Unpacking Their Contentious MVNO Dispute

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Lycamobile, a multinational MVNO hailing from London, is raising serious accusations against T-Mobile, their US network partner since 2012. They cite considerable hurdles in acquiring basic services like eSIM and access to T-Mobile’s 5G standalone architecture. Lycamobile’s stance escalates further; by urging regulatory bodies to halt T-Mobile’s looming acquisitions, they imply an uneven playing field. Meanwhile, T-Mobile, combating allegations of litigation as a diversion, asks that Lycamobile’s claims be dismissed.

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The financial advisory firm, PJT Partners, is set to conduct a comprehensive strategic review of the UK telecoms company, KCOM.
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Navigating KCOM’s Strategic Future in UK Telecom Landscape

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PJT Partners sets out to scrutinize UK telecom operator, KCOM’s business strategy, a move that could trigger significant changes like a sale or merger. This arises from previous disclosures regarding the potential interest of CityFibre and Virgin Media O2 in purchasing the uniquely positioned company that operates independently of BT’s Openreach network.

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The UK Government's newly established Critical Imports Council aims to lessen the disturbance of essential goods flow from disruptions.
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Critical Imports Council: Bolstering UK’s Tech Supply Chains Amid Global Instability

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The UK Government’s newly established Critical Imports Council aims to lessen the disturbance of essential goods flow from unpredictable global supply chain disruptions. Business and Trade Minister, Alan Mak, highlights strengthening critical goods supply against real-world crises through collaborative efforts with industry experts. With representation from diverse sectors including telecommunications, the council will focus on assessing risks and creating robust mitigation strategies.

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An anonymous source this week leaked riveting news indicating a possible merger between two of UK's principal alternative network providers.
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Unpacking the Impact of UK Altnet Providers Merging

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Rumors of a impending merger swirl around two of UK’s pivotal alternative network providers. Such union could massively boost FTTP coverage across the UK. Amid speculations of rapid network consolidation and shared investment, this collaboration signifies a vital shift in UK’s fibre market. However, the union also begets challenges in terms of subscriber transition and meeting regulatory deadlines.

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To delineate South Korea's ambition hold a spot in the semiconductor industry, Yoon Suk Yeol declared an investment of $6.94 billion in AI.
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South Korea’s AI Semiconductor Investment: Global Dominance or Risky Venture?

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President Yoon Suk Yeol recently detailed South Korea’s aggressive moves to establish its supremacy in the global semiconductor sector, including a staggering $6.94 billion commitment to AI by 2027. Amid fierce competition, South Korea’s largest telecom firm, SK Telecom, is paralleling governmental efforts with its own investment in AI firms.

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In a determined move to expand its capital, Vodafone Idea has publicized plans to marshal up to $2.16 billion via India's largest FPO.
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Vodafone Idea’s Push for Capital: An Analysis of its FPO Strategy

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Vodafone Idea is initiating one of India’s largest follow-on public offerings, seeking to amass roughly $2.16 billion. Placing the firm under pressure is its struggle against a decreasing market share and encumbering debt, the result of fierce competition within India’s telecommunications industry. Despite currently being hindered by its financial situation to invest in network enhancements, expectations linger for the telecom’s debut of 5G services by year’s end.

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