Xicoia, the AI talent studio – founded by Particle6 CEO Eline van der Velden – has appointed former Prime Video executive Mark Whelan as Head of Strategy and Operations. Whelan will work directly with CEO and creative lead Van der Velden to scale the studio’s ambitious vision – beginning with the rapid expansion of AI […]
Samsung Electronics has announced the successful completion of a multi-cell test at its R&D centre, combining Samsung’s virtualised RAN (vRAN) software with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform. The test validates the performance of this integrated solution in a realistic network environment, marking a key step toward commercial deployment. Samsung will feature this milestone at Mobile World […]
NTT DATA, a specialist in AI, digital business and technology services, and Ericsson have announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise adoption of private 5G and unlock advanced edge AI and physical AI use cases. As organisations look to embed intelligence at the edge across global operations, the partnership will enable AI-driven, outcome-focused transformation. By […]
Plume Design, the global technology platform trusted by more than 450 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across 58 countries, has announced a major evolution of its platform, delivering the only open, vendor-agnostic carrier-grade Agentic AI orchestration platform for ISP networks and operations. Open by design, the enhanced Plume Platform now autonomously monitors network conditions, diagnoses issues […]
The 7th edition of Altman Solon’s Global Sports Survey finds the sports sector entering a new growth cycle, supported by strong industry confidence and changing fan viewing behavior. The study includes input from 250 senior global sports executives and a survey of 6,000 sports fans across the US, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France. Industry […]
Kantar Media, a specialist in audience measurement, has announced its new brand identity, Fifty5Blue. The rebrand follows the company’s separation from Kantar Group and its acquisition by H.I.G. Capital in August 2025. Fifty5Blue is focused on helping advertisers, agencies, media owners and social platforms make better decisions on both their content and advertising strategies and […]
Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is helping Samsung Electronics to bring entertainment experiences enabled by AI to Samsung smart TV users worldwide. Grounded by Gracenote metadata, Samsung will deliver advanced search capabilities enabling users to find precisely the TV shows, movies and sports programmes they want through more intuitive, conversational interactions. In […]
Samsung Electronics and Orange Group have announced an expanded partnership, entering the next phase of their virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN projects in Europe. Building on successful pilots completed since 2023, the companies have agreed to extend the number of vRAN and Open RAN sites in 2026. With the seamless integration of Samsung’s vRAN […]
AWS has announced AWS Elemental Inference, a fully managed AI service that automatically transforms and maximises live and on-demand video broadcasts to engage audiences and generate revenue. At launch, AWS Elemental Inference will enable video customers to adapt video content into vertical formats optimised for mobile and social platforms in real 9 and streamers can […]
Investments in transformative technologies are continuing to grow among enterprises, with analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) leading the way across all sectors. Sixty-six per cent of enterprise respondents are either currently investing in agentic AI (34 per cent) or planning to invest during the coming year (32 per cent), and several profound shifts are reshaping […]