To build state-of-the-art AI systems, you need a massive trove of data and a huge amount of computing power. Specifically, Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT are systems that are designed to leverage the power of this tech, and it’s already capable of impacting how people live and work.

The Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced a new licensing policy that will give easy local access to 5G spectrum for Internet service providers and innovative industries, as well as rural, remote and Indigenous communities.

According to the data released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the five countries most prepared to use and adopt technologies that are essential to the green tech transition are the United States, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Based on Lumen’s latest report detailing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigations in Q1 2023, 85% of the largest 1,000 DDoS attacks that the company mitigated targeted the telecommunications industry. In addition, more than 700,000 of the application requests blocked targeted telecom customers.

As a logical reaction to the potentially powerful capacity of artificial intelligence tools such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT to have a negative impact on societies and businesses, US regulators have taken up the task of establishing new rules governing such technologies.

The joint project "5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou" by Guangzhou Metro Group, China Mobile Guangzhou Branch and ZTE won "Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy" at the 2023 GLOMO Awards during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. As the first experimental application of 5G in the subway industry, this project builds a new application scenario of 5G technology in the subway field, creates a safe, accurate, collaborative and green subway service system with ubiquitous interconnection and holographic perception, and plays an exemplary role on 5G application research for subway passenger service and intelligent operation and maintenance.

Verizon Business announced the expansion of its BlueJeans Partner Program to customers in Latin America with new partners and expanded coverage across Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. This helps broaden the availability of the BlueJeans video collaboration and interactive livestreaming platform through the channel. 

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC Group) has appointed Anthony Yeung as Vice President – Corporate Business. He will lead the Group’s local ICT corporate business team, including development and implementation of business strategies to further spearhead and facilitate the growth of the business, leveraging HGC’s comprehensive digital infrastructure and solutions portfolio. In his new and elevated role, Anthony and his team will further empower the ICT business and take advantage of the Group’s digital capabilities to expand the market share and cater to the customers’ emerging needs for sophisticated and bespoke solutions in the fiercely competitive digital era.

NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, networking, and biometric solutions, announced Chris Jackson as its new President and CEO, effective in April 2023. He will also continue to hold his position as President and CEO of NEC Europe.

The future of telematics is here, whether in driving your personal vehicle or managing a whole fleet. Exciting areas of telematics innovation now include intelligence data, performance benchmarking and urban analytics for smart cities.