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19 April, 2021

Podcast: Real world tech: Edge AI drives car-making, healthcare and retail

Artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge is changing healthcare, retail and Audi cars, as Intel’s IoT Group vice president, John Healy tells Jeremy Cowan and George Malim. It’s cutting auto safety inspection costs in half, speeding life-saving cancer diagnoses, and creating Covid-safe shopping in Latin America. Plus we learn how chipmakers globally are tackling supply problems that have halted vehicle production. The semiconductor industry is facing an “awakening”, says Healy, as it shape-shifts to meet “insatiable demand” for silicone. Finally, we hear which African country is a leader in satellite cartography, and how Amazon is playing games with its warehouse staff.

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09 September, 2020

Increasing trust and simplifying verification for voice, text, and data

Today, billions of people are connected across voice, text and data communication channels every single day. The speed and convenience of the internet and wireless alone is unparalleled compared to any point in human history. Yet despite the ubiquity of mobile devices and computers, formidable challenges remain, says Paul Eccles, director of business development for iconectiv. (more…)

08 September, 2020

Transforma Insights creates advisory board to exchange industry views

Transforma Insights, advisors on the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and Digital Transformation, has announced the formation of an Advisory Board, drawing on a range of voices from across the technology sector.

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05 April, 2019

Too early to get carried away with 5G in industry, and tough times for telecoms analysts

(A WEEK IN TELCO IT):  5G – there seems to be no getting away from it. Just as it was at MWC19 in Barcelona, 5G has been one of the main topics of conversation at Hannover Messe (April 1-5, 2019) in Germany this week. As Jeremy Cowan reports, “The world’s biggest trade show devoted to industrial technology” has been focusing on how 5G is set to change industry. (more…)

10 January, 2018

Can CSPs survive without radically changing their marketing, IT and HR models?

This time last year Gartner predicted that CMOs would be spending more than CIOs in 2017. Was the prediction right, asks Steve Collins, a partner at CVM people.

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04 December, 2017

How to build the next generation of telecoms sales leaders

As the consumer communications service provider (CSP) market reaches saturation point, industry executives are seeking new strategies to drive business growth, writes Russell Palmer, the director of Communications & Media Industry Solutions at Pegasystems. Millions of homes are equipped with fast broadband and streaming devices, with customers using their mobiles to access content on the go, 24/7. So, in a bid to keep driving business growth and hit their sales targets, communication service provider executives are turning their attention to business accounts – and it seems to be paying off.

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02 October, 2017

Why apprenticeships are essential for the future of our industry

We are facing a digital skills crisis, writes Crissi Williams, the chief executive of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP). The ICT skills gap is widening in an industry which is constantly evolving and developing. Pressure is increasing from customers for new services and technology, and our industry is struggling to meet the demand with skilled professionals on tap.

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24 May, 2017

How technology has humanised the recruitment process for CSPs

About twenty-five years ago when I was a young, bright-eyed corporate recruiter in the telecoms industry, I never thought I’d be talking about robots and their place in the world of talent acquisition, writes Darcy Wells, the head of solution design at Alexander Mann Solution. Of course, I also never thought that my cell phone would also be my Walkman, my camera, my calendar and, for good measure, would make restaurant reservations for me. (more…)

22 February, 2017

Pentland to chair Mobileum Scientific Advisory Board

Alex “Sandy” Pentland will take up the role of chair on Mobileum’s Scientific Advisory Board. Declared “one of the world’s 7 most powerful data scientists” by Forbes, Pentland is one of the most-cited computational scientists in the world. (more…)

20 January, 2017

Magnus Møller Petersen joins Sicap as executive vice president of sales and marketing

Customer experience management and device interaction software provider Sicap has appointed Magnus Møller Petersen to lead its sales and marketing efforts. Møller Petersen previously worked for Spirent Communications where he was the chief sales officer and headed the international sales team of the business units, Tweakker and Mobilethink, which were taken over by Spirent in 2014. He will report to Sicap’s chief executive, Markus Doetsch, who was appointed in September 2016 when previous chief executive Thomas Vontz stepped down because of ill health. (more…)