Qualcomm claims ‘remarkable’ gains with Snapdragon 7-Series platform

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, in a platform launch that the mobile technology giant said will see “exciting” new use cases including up to 2.63GHz peak central processing unit (CPU) speeds, over 50% faster graphics processing unit (GPU) performance, and 60% improved artificial intelligence (AI) performance per watt while … Leer más

Internet Central taps Neos Networks for gigabit connectivity upgrade

Internet Central (IC) is one of the UK’s first internet service providers (ISPs), and with the telecommunications market always shifting, it has noted that customer demands for faster speeds and higher capacities keep growing. Recognising the need for access to a UK-wide network to meet these differing connectivity demands, the company has entered into a … Leer más

UK government reveals 5G Innovation Regions

As it aims to make good on its commitment to boost wireless connectivity throughout the country, the UK government has revealed the areas in the country that will benefit from its £36m 5G Innovation Regions (5GIRs) programme that is designed to create local projects to boost advanced wireless connectivity across a wide range of sectors, including … Leer más

Microsoft and Meta quizzed on AI copyright

Microsoft and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, were quizzed by members of Parliament during a House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee meeting about the state of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs). While Microsoft and Meta discussed the huge advances that have been made, both appeared to have given … Leer más

Orange France broadband gains higher orbit with satellite offer

Becoming the latest firm of its kind to reach for the skies in terms of connectivity, Orange has extended its range of broadband solutions in France with a satellite service. Based on the expertise of the French and European space industry, the service is being marketed through Orange’s distribution channels and operated by Orange subsidiary … Leer más

Interview: Walmart’s David Glick discusses technology scale

Retailer Walmart has a 25,000-strong IT team and it is big on technology. Enterprise business services is effectively the IT department at the retail giant. Headed by senior vice-president David Glick, the department’s role is to support employees – or, to use Walmart terminology, “associates”. “When you turn on your laptop, that’s part of enterprise … Leer más

Swisscom migrates to high-capacity optical transport network

Facing high traffic growth and digital transformation, leading Swiss operator Swisscom has announced the successful completion of its nationwide Next Evolution Transport Optical Network (Newton) and the official start of service migration to the modernised service-centric network, which has been optimised for high performance, cost efficiency and superior customer experience. In its third quarter financial … Leer más

Microsoft ignites chip journey with AI accelerators

As it ramps up its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, Microsoft has developed a custom semiconductor, the Maia AI Accelerator, which it will use internally for its Copilot and Azure OpenAI service. There are also plans to make the technology available to Azure customers. Among the main drivers for developing Maia is greater efficiency and optimisation … Leer más