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Microsoft invests extra ZAR 5.4bn in South African cloud infrastructure

Automation/AI
The investment comes at a time when the market is awash with speculation on just how many billions Microsoft may have wound back on global data centre commitments
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MWC: Kyivstar expands Ukraine’s network resilience with Starlink D2D

Satellite
Kyivstar could one of first operators in Europe to offer a satellite direct-to-device service via Starlink later this year – DT to launch D2D service in Europe with Skylo by end of 2025
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As the RAN market declines, vendors turn focus to AI-RAN

5G & Beyond
Dell’Oro confirms RAN market hit its steepest decline in 20 years but vendors are hoping AI-RAN will revive the market’s fortunes
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MWC: Telefónica advances cloud for 5G RAN – the ‘final frontier’

RAN
Operator collaborated with Nokia and AWS to validate 5G Cloud RAN's performance, scalability and operational efficiency – work is ongoing
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MWC: Aduna adds 3 operators, Jio Platforms adds AI, global AI Alliance appeals

Automation/AI
Malaysia’s CelcomDigi joins Aduna, India’s Jio Platforms announces AI platform, while global alliance seeks more, diverse members
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MWC: Vodafone to create European satellite-to-mobile provider 

5G & Beyond
The operator has deepened its relationship with AST SpaceMobile and will create a jointly-owned European wholesale satellite service business
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MWC: Nokia powers up for AI-RAN push, military-grade 5G as Lundmark bows out

RAN
Nokia got the ball rolling with its Infinera deal officially complete and new partnerships in key growth areas of AI RAN and defence communications
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MWC: Telefónica partners TikTok and others to speed global rollout of Open APIs

Digital Platforms & APIs
The operating group's Chief Digital Officer announces agreements with techcos and institutions from around the world to expand the reach of Open Gateway APIs
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New international CEO for Orange Business, Leboucher to chair NGMN

CXO
Rob Willcock returns to Orange to head international business; Lauren Leboucher, Orange Group's CTO, becomes Chair of the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance
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Telenor and partners unveil ‘one-stop’ 5G test lab in Gothenburg

5G & Beyond
The aim is to help customers and partners in Sweden "revolutionize industrial operations with AI-driven predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring"
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MWC: Orange unveils “the future of connectivity”

Digital Platforms & APIs
Operator shows off AI use cases and announces API unit, Orange LiveNet, tasked with expanding its CAMARA-based API catalogue
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Aduna and Bridge Alliance partner on network APIs

5G & Beyond
MWC will confirm network API collaboration is accelerating as Orange launches new API business unit, LiveNet
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AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to offer network APIs via Aduna

Digital Platforms & APIs
The APIs will support Number Verification and SIM Swap, and be available nationwide in the US this year – and there is progress in Canada too
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Telefónica exits Argentina with €1.2bn while Murtra plans for Europe

Financial/Regulation
Argentina's President Milei slams Spanish operator group's sale of Argentinian opco while Telefónica's new Chair talks about building European resilience in uncertain times
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BT Global Fabric goes live with first service

Digital Platforms & APIs
Operator has customers' traffic running on NaaS platform which it claims is one of the largest in the world
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