Verizon to unleash personal AI assistant for SMBs

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: US operator Verizon targeted small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with an AI digital assistant to help them provide customers with information. Scott Lawrence, SVP and chief product officer for Verizon Business (pictured, centre), explained the Verizon Digital Assistant uses conversational generative AI (genAI) on SMS. “Think of this as kind of an on-ramp … Leer más

SoftBank embraces AI RAN to kick-start innovation

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: SoftBank Corp shifted attention from open RAN to adding AI to a network running base stations which are software-ready to boost performance and spectrum efficiency. Ryuji Wakikawa, head of the company’s Research Institute of Advanced Technology, told Mobile World Live recent demonstrations using AI RAN showed about a 20 per cent … Leer más

Disinformation expert calls for smart regulation

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: Rules governing content platforms should be built in a way which encourages providers to be more engaged with the process of tackling online disinformation, an expert in the sector argued. During a keynote on conspiracy theories and distribution of harmful content online, Ross Frenett, founder and CEO of specialist technology developer … Leer más

CaixaBank y Microsoft buscan mujeres estudiantes de grados STEM

Los Premios WONNOW, impulsados por ambas entidades, promueven y visibilizan el talento femenino en las áreas STEM: Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas. Estos galardones son una oportunidad para todas aquellas estudiantes de grado STEM que quieran tener su primera experiencia laboral en CaixaBank y recibir mentoría de la mano de profesionales de Microsoft. CaixaBank y … Leer más

Microsoft lanza dos nuevos agentes de ventas en Microsoft 365 Copilot para impulsar la efectividad de los equipos comerciales

Los nuevos agentes de ventas, impulsados por Inteligencia Artificial, están diseñados para ayudar a los profesionales a cerrar más ventas y hacerlo de forma más rápida. El agente de Desarrollo de Ventas tiene como objetivo convertir contactos en clientes potenciales calificados, mientras que el agente de Chat de ventas proporciona conclusiones de alto valor a … Leer más

Mistral CEO stresses need for Europe to step up on AI

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch called on Europe to become increasingly competitive in AI, claiming the industry had received a wake-up call to reduce reliance on US technology and build local infrastructure. In Tuesday’s opening keynote, the French start-up’s co-founder emphasised that European enterprises are re-evaluating their reliance on US technology … Leer más

Orange, Eutelsat ready African satellite broadband

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: Orange Africa and Middle East and Eutelsat partnered to provide satellite broadband connectivity across isolated areas of the region, a move the operator pitched as addressing a digital divide and improving inclusion. The service will use Eutelsat’s geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) Konnect satellite, with Jordan, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and the Democratic … Leer más

Proximus, Nokia forge enterprise API pact

LIVE FROM MWC25 BARCELONA: Proximus Global chief product officer Christophe van de Weyer hailed the potential of a freshly minted network API deal with Nokia to bolster its existing work with enterprise service developers, as the pair committed to an arrangement focused on financial and healthcare opportunities. The operator’s current APIs will be exposed on … Leer más