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    Sonatel launches Orange 5G in Senegal 

    Orange money and network upgrades to 4G are both boosting subscriber numbers as well

    Cellnex to offload Irish unit to Phoenix for €971m

    This week the towerco reported a 16% rise in annual revenues to €4 billion and ended the year with €20bn debt

    Vodafone, Intel extend Open RAN R&D to commercialise 5G

    The two have stepped up with work on AI algorithms at Vodafone’s innovation centre in Spain, working with the Telecommunication Institute of University of Málaga

    Cellnex reports flat net loss for FY2023 as asset sales ramp up 

    The result adds pressure on the infrastructure group to continue exploring asset sales to cut debt

    FCC waves through 6GHz Wi-Fi automated spectrum management 

    While all eyes are on MWC, the US regulator has approved seven companies’ automated frequency coordination systems, and this could be a model for other spectrum sharing licences worldwide

    MWC: GSMA activates Shields to combat climate threat 

    GSMA launches new recycled network equipment commerce platform, or an open-for-business gateway initiative

    solutions by stc signs an Open RAN agreement with Mavenir

    They plan to launch Saudi Arabia’s first commercial Open RAN infrastructure in 2024

    MWC: Big name vendors, cloudcos and operators launch AI-RAN Alliance  

    Another MWC, another forum – it’s traditional. This one aims to spur R&D for AI for "the most underutilised infrastructure"

    Samsung gets real about artificial intelligence at MWC 

    At a pre-event analyst get together the vendor said Shannon’s limit will limit gains from deploying AI

    Globalstar launches XCOM RAN solution it said provides 4x capacity of 5G  

    Company thinks the service, coupled with its global terrestrial Band 53 holdings, is going to steal 5G private network market share

    Turkcell partners to boost edge content delivery

    Working with Qwilt and Cisco, it wants to improve streaming quality and data delivery for its 38.2m mobile and 3.1m fixed broadband subscribers

    Turkcell calls on Mavenir’s CI/CD tech for VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling

    The vendor has a slew of contracts in the Middle East, and central Europe; teams up with Qualcomm on high density Open vRAN

    Nokia and Nvidia partner to bring AI into cloud RAN 

    Nokia is using the partnership to extend its anyRAN concept by embedding AI into its mobile network portfolio

    Vodafone deploys UK Open RAN model in Romania 

    The operator likes the Samsung, Dell and Wind River combination so much it is taking them on tour

    Nokia trials multi-access edge slicing with e& 

    The UAE operator will be able to use it to offer new premium slicing services across 5G, fixed wireless and fixed access on all devices