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Hayo Telecom selects Telesmart.io for number and messaging platform

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 26, 2022

Hayo Telecom, a Senegalese operator, has chosen Telesmart.io, a worldwide number and messaging service provider, as the provider of its API-enabled number and messaging platform. This is Telesmart.io’s first partnership in the geographic area, and this cooperative venture will help Hayo Telecom service its African consumers more efficiently and effectively. Hayo Telecom has now achieved Dynamic Partner Status as a Telesmart.io partner, giving the company instant access to a number inventory. As contact center, voice and messaging collaboration solutions continue to be in demand, the Telesmart.io inventory management platform for voice and messaging makes it simple to monetize the opportunity in the Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) market. The platform may be integrated with Hayo Telecom’s existing business systems as well as Telesmart.io’s “Bring Your Own Numbers” concept to handle all number inventories in one place. Sign-up, connectivity, on-line provisioning, functionality, visibilit, and reporting are all automated…

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Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson trial eco-friendly 5G radio sites

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 25, 2022

The successful demonstration of renewable energy sources in a 5G mobile site has been confirmed by Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson. Both companies collaborated to convert a live radio station utilizing a management system to optimize power supply and demand by leveraging solar and wind energy. The site in Dittenheim, 120 kilometers north of Munich, has been partially powered by solar panels for over a year as part of a prior collaboration between the two enterprises. Wind turbines have now been installed as part of a new trial to increase the site’s renewable energy capability. Acting as a second renewable energy power source, the wind turbine is capable of providing up to 5kW of additional electricity. When the conditions are ideal, the facility may run entirely on renewable energy, eliminating the requirement for use of the electrical power grid. The Ericsson Power System, which handles the two power sources…

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Twilio invests $750 million into Syniverse

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 19, 2022

Twilio, a customer engagement platform used by hundreds of thousands of businesses around the world, and Syniverse, a communications technology provider to leading carriers and enterprises, have announced that their strategic partnership has been finalized, with Twilio investing $750 million in common equity in Syniverse and the companies expanding their strategic and commercial partnership. In February 2022, Syniverse opted to abandon its intention for a $2.85 billion reverse acquisition that would have resulted in the business being listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Syniverse will remain as being majority-owned by the Carlyle private equity firm, with Twilio’s $750 million investment serving as a source of additional funding. Twilio was originally mentioned in February as a possible alternative to the Syniverse NYSE IPO. With the completion of this deal, Twilio has become a large minority owner of Syniverse, while Carlyle retains the controlling share. Syniverse obtained $1.025…

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AST SpaceMobile to test direct-to-smartphone satellite broadband

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 5, 2022

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given AST SpaceMobile, a five-year-old company located in Midland, Texas, permission to test a satellite that has the potential to deliver cellular broadband access for smartphone users in the US and throughout the world. According to the business, it is developing the first and only space-based cellular broadband network that will be immediately accessible by regular mobile phones. SpaceMobile, the company’s proposed network, intends to provide 4G/5G access to everyone on the world, on land, at sea, and in the air. No matter where they are, mobile customers will be able to seamlessly roam from terrestrial networks to the space-based network. AST SpaceMobile is launching BlueWalker 3, a test satellite meant to interact directly with mobile phones using 3GPP standard frequencies. The FCC has granted the business an experimental license for BlueWalker 3 space-to-ground testing in the United States. At least…

How can VoIP improve business communications?

By Aiste Kryzanovske May 2, 2022

It is for a good reason that Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become the go-to method of telecommunications for businesses all over the world. It goes without saying that adopting VoIP for your corporate communications has a myriad of perks. In this article, we will explore the benefits of VoIP and why you should consider utilizing it for your business communication needs. VoIP in brief We have already described the basics of VoIP, but bear with us while we go through it again. “Repetitio est mater studiorum,” or “Repetition is the mother of all learning,” as the Latin proverb says. VoIP is an abbreviation for Voice over Internet Protocol, which is a networking technology that facilitates efficient, flexible and cost-effective voice communications. In contrast to on-premises telecoms, VoIP is Internet-based, providing organizations with a dependable phone network via a cloud-based platform. The system operates by sending and receiving digital…

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Voximplant’s video and audio meetings now integratable

By Aiste Kryzanovske April 27, 2022

Businesses and developers can now integrate a full-scale video conferencing offering by Voximplant, an intelligent cloud communications platform provider, directly into their apps and workflows. End users may interact more closely and discuss their projects with less context switching now that top–tier video and audio sessions are incorporated into their familiar services. Voximplant’s video conferencing, according to the company, can be set up in less than 10 minutes. The standard Voximplant package features three alternative user interface layouts, as well as add-ons such as reactions and raise hand options. The Voximplant conferencing platform can accommodate up to 50 active participants, stream to up to 100 viewers with just one presenter, and record sessions. Furthermore, all communications are encrypted using WebRTC, making this solution highly secure and HIPAA-compliant. Voximplant offers phone, video and message conversations within the app. Customers may utilize this platform for a range of use cases,…

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A quick roundup of the news in Telecoms | Week #16

By Aiste Kryzanovske April 22, 2022

Nokia to deliver additional networking scale and capacity to Microsoft Nokia’s 7250 IXR chassis-based interconnect routers have been selected to serve high-density 400GE applications in Microsoft’s tier-2 network architecture. Nokia will also provide fixed-form-factor platforms for Microsoft’s alternative network applications. The agreement strengthens the two companies’’ long-standing partnership, which has focused on bringing massively scalable, flexible and highly robust networking to the data center. The firms previously collaborated as part of the open-source SONiC effort to develop chassis-based solutions tailored to the needs of high-capacity data centers. Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/bdck5wuw NICE partners with Deutsche Telekom Global Business NICE has partnered with Deutsche Telekom Global Business, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom that provides telecommunications and connectivity solutions to organizations across all verticals, including the public sector. As part of this agreement, Deutsche Telekom Global Business will use the NICE CXone CCaaS platform and associated apps in various communications initiatives that…

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Ribbon joins Microsoft’s Operator Connect Accelerator for Teams

By Aiste Kryzanovske April 21, 2022

Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of real-time communications software and IP Optical networking solutions, has joined Microsoft’s new Operator Connect Accelerator for Microsoft Teams as an ecosystem partner. The Operator Connect Accelerator program affords service providers with the opportunity to work with an authorized Microsoft ecosystem partner in order to provide integration tools, service offerings and professional services to jump-start their Operator Connect deployments, allowing these companies to reach a larger number of Teams customers. Ribbon Connect for Operator Connect, a multi-tenant software as a service (SaaS) solution, will now enable service provider implementations of Operator Connect, which is a Microsoft-managed solution for connecting Teams and telecom providers. With Teams having over 270 million active monthly users, making telecom services more accessible to those Teams users positions its Phone System services as an alternative for traditional phone services and other cloud Unified Communications options. Ribbon Connect…

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A quick roundup of the news in Telecoms | Week #14

By Aiste Kryzanovske April 8, 2022

Cellcom and Voipfuture expanding their cooperation In addition to the currently provided monitored business voice services, Voipfuture, a supplier of a unique carrier-grade, dual-visibility voice service quality monitoring and analytics solution, stated that it has completed the deployment of its Qrystal monitoring system in Cellcom’s IMS core. Since 2018, Cellcom has been using Qrystal to monitor enterprise customer voice services and the organization will now use Qrystal to ensure voice quality for both individual and business users. Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/5b2zt6jf Curious Thing to scale its solution with Vonage Curious Thing, an Australian voice-based conversational AI provider, is adopting the Vonage Communication Platform to grow its products and improve customer experiences. This will be achieved through automated and AI-enabled proactive client interaction according to Vonage, a worldwide supplier of cloud communications. Curious Thing users may now connect at scale, across regions and channels, using a mix of Curious Thing and…

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FCC flags Russia’s Kaspersky as a security threat

By Aiste Kryzanovske March 30, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based cybersecurity business and developer of popular antivirus software, as one of the organizations posing an unacceptable danger to US national security. Kaspersky is the first Russian company to be added to the list, which is currently dominated by Chinese telecoms companies. The FCC has now released its most recent list of untrustworthy vendors, which includes, for the first time, a non-Chinese company: Kaspersky. Kaspersky joins Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, Dahua Technology Company, China Telecom (Americas) and China Mobile International USA on the list. Once a company has been included on the list, it is illegal for that organization to use federal subsidies, which are distributed through the FCC’s $8 billion yearly Universal Service Fund, or to buy any of its products or services. Domestic consumers, with the exception of government employees,…