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    AI and reality checks – why some big numbers don’t add up

    As Sam Altman strives to raise up to $7trn in his bid to reshape the world, cooler heads have some sound advice, including for telecom

    MTN South Africa and Huawei complete 800G optical network deployment 

    Data centre connect network links Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town

    E&, Telecom Egypt announce cable to India and Indonesia 

    Indonesian partner Telin named but Indian telco partner has not been named despite being at the signing

    Open Gateway: Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone open mobile nets to developers

    Developers will have access to the operators’ networks in Spain from anywhere in the world via the Number Verification and SIM Swap APIs

    Vodafone, e& to offer other operators managed voice services globally

    The aim is help meet growing demand for voice over 4G/5G (VoLTE) and build on the agreement they announced last October

    e& to land 2Africa subsea cable in UAE 

    Operator also expands SmartHub data centre network to Abu Dhabi

    EU Member States vote unanimously to approve AI Act 

    The decision, which big tech thinks may create hurdles for artificial intelligence (AI) was passed unanimously after two years of negotiations

    4iG and Telecom Egypt kick off subsea cable to Albania and beyond 

    Italy branch will happen from the start, with other country branch lines in the pipeline

    Telecom operators voice “strong concerns” over Gigabit Act’s direction 

    ECTA, ETNO, GIGAEurope and GSMA release joint statement warning Act will penalise rather than support telecom industry

    Vivendi proposes to split into four entities 

    The sum of the parts is more valuable says company 

    DT Group’s Chief Operating Officer joins BT’s board as new CEO takes helm

    Raphael Kübler, Chief Operating Officer at DT, will become a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at BT, replacing fromer head of T-Systems, Adel Al-Saleh

    Proximus NXT and az groening hospital to pilot private 5G network

    They say it’s the first hospital in the Benelux region to have such a network and part of the government's drive to promote 5G solutions across many sectors

    Ericsson names North American lead as new Vonage CEO  

    Niklas Heuveldop won the up-to-$15bn deal with AT&T so becomes the chosen one to sort out Ericsson’s platform business including Vonage

    TIP launches RFI process for disaggregated IP backbone routers 

    Once loved, monolithic backbone routers will see an inevitable parting of ways between their data and control planes

    Ethio Telecom posts 14% rise in 1H as financial services drive growth 

    The telco’s Telebirr service proves popular as the telco shrugs off foreign investment hurdles for now