India's second biggest operator, Bharti Airtel, says it has implemented one of the world’s newest photonic infrastructure designs from Ciena.

Johnson Administration strives to speed up OpenRAN deployment at the same time as eradicating Huawei kit from UK networks.

IDC finds investment in cloud infra rose to $15.1 billion (€12.65 billion) in Q1 compared to $13.5 billion in the same period last year.

Their aim is to make the benefits of 5G private networks available more easily, quickly and simply to industry and enterprises generally.

The operator says this includes mobile and fixed networks, data centres, retail premises and offices.

The consulting firm specialises in multi-cloud services and is a Google Cloud Premier Partner for Southern Europe.

Microsoft will acquire AT&T’s network cloud technology and talent, which it will incorporate into Azure for Operators.

The unit is drawing on experience in the NTT group, which is running some Open RAN sites in its 5G network in Japan.

As competiton in telecoms cloud intensifies, the Financial Times reports the 2015 truce between Microsoft and Google is at an end*.

The experimental network will launch in Lannion, Brittany, in July and will act as a blue-print for future network development.

The deployment is at the Schneider Electric plant at Le Vaudreuil, France.

Separately, Telefónica Tech has teamed up with IBM to offer AI- and blockchain-driven solutions to public and private enterprises.

Their aim is to speed the digital transformation of industry by bringing IoT specialists together under one umbrella.

The operator is experimenting with partners in the O-RAN Town of Neubrandenburg (pictured) ahead of mass Open RAN roll out.