Chris Donkin

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry awarded upto $2.1 million to Rakuten Symphony to partly fund open RAN tests in Ukraine.

Saudi Arabian operator Mobily revealed early-stage talks are underway over a potential sale of its towers to infrastructure company Tawal, confirming media reports last week claiming a big money deal could be in the offing.

NTT Docomo Business kicked-off a trial of using a combination of robots, IoT and AI to conduct physical inspections.

AT&T talked-up an expected boost in 5G capacity across the US from a freshly completed $23 billion acquisition of spectrum assets from EchoStar , highlighting an enhanced ability to meet emerging AI use cases.

BMW Group handed Qualcomm Technologies a long-term deal to be the lead supplier of chips for its digital cockpit and next generation automated and assisted driving systems.

Vodafone Group completed the purchase of CK Hutchison’s 49% stake in UK joint venture VodafoneThree for £4.3 billion.

Samsung Electronics’ booked a Q2 operating loss in its mobile division due to elevated costs, as the company reaped rewards from memory sales.

Alibaba bolstered its AI play with the launch of a model it describes as its most powerful yet, alongside opening a workplace platform for public tests.

Telecom Italia outlined several measures it expects to help towards achieving emission reduction targets in the years to 2050.

The World Bank Group backed the potential of low-cost AI tools to make a significant impact to what it terms developing economies.