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Light Reading is a standalone B2B digital media platform that delivers daily news, insights, and analysis for the worldwide communications networking and services sector. With a wide-ranging audience and a strong reputation, we are the top source for telecom, mobile, and cable network operators, as well as cloud service providers and the businesses that create and offer technology, applications, and professional services. Light Reading boasts more than 500,000 qualified registered users, our websites receive over 1.3 million page views each month, and we distribute newsletters to 220,000 subscribers who have opted in.

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Archtop Fiber commences 'ConnectAll' build in New York

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Nicole Ferraro

This week in broadband builds: Archtop Fiber breaks ground on municipal network in Sullivan County, New York; GoNetspeed to start construction in East Haven, Connecticut; AT&T extends fiber in rural Mississippi – and more. Nicole Ferraro, Editor, host of 'The Divide' podcastAt a GlanceAT&T extends fiber in rural MississippiGoNetspeed grows in ConnecticutConsolidated's Fidium Fiber launches in Old Orchard BeachThe Buildout is a column from Light Reading tracking broadband network deployments.
BT and Vodafone tech bosses troubled by dark side of AI

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Iain Morris

AI is giving rise to new and more sophisticated security threats, say BT's Howard Watson and Vodafone's Scott Petty, and there is concern about its impact on jobs. It is mid-morning at BT's headquarters, and an unscheduled Teams call is made by someone who appears to be Allison Kirkby, the UK telco's CEO, to one of her senior employees. The Scottish accent bears the same timbre. On screen, Kirkby's shoulder-length blonde hair sways convincingly as she tilts her head.
EU's legal bigwig tells Google to cough up

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Kyivstar tests direct-to-cell services with Starlink; Vodafone lines up new CFO; Free turns to wind power; synchronization sans satellites. The EU Court of Justice's Advocate General has upheld the €4 billion (US$4.6 billion) mega-fine that the court first imposed on Google for abuse of market dominance in 2018, dismissing an appeal against the fine from the search giant.
The data center space race has begun

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Robert Clark

As data center energy demand soars, startups are plotting their way into space-based computing with its promise of low-cost power and cooling. Space data centers have become a hot concept, attracting cash and mounting investor interest. Among those drawn to the emerging sector are former chief Googler Eric Schmidt and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos along with a clutch of startups and governments in the US, Europe and China.
Kyivstar to build LLM for Ukraine

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: European telcos make their mobile operations greener; Nokia invites you to feel its fabric; Proximus appoints new CEO; KPN invests in ElevenLabs. Kyvistar, the Ukrainian operator owned by VEON, has combined with Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation to create the country's first national large language model (LLM) trained on Ukrainian-language data.
Escape from AI proves impossible at TM Forum bash in new 'code red'

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Iain Morris

Enthusiasm for artificial intelligence in telecom hit fever pitch at Digital Transformation World's giant greenhouse in Copenhagen. What could possibly go wrong? Sweat trickled down the necks of the ageing executives gathered inside the Bella Center, a giant greenhouse in Copenhagen, landscape-gardened by the TM Forum for its annual Digital Transformation World (DTW) event. Last year's keynote presentations took place in a darkened auditorium to the side.
Nokia foresees highly autonomous networks as soon as 2026

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Iain Morris

Networks that require minimal human input may take shape from next year, according to Nokia's Rahgav Sahgal. The ability to drive a car may in future seem as quaint as operating a handloom does now. Everyone who enters a vehicle will conceivably do so as a passenger whose active role is limited to specifying the destination. A fully autonomous, self-driving car should be capable of the rest. The same is true of the telecom network.
Elisa goes deeper into Google Cloud for AI-driven network operations

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Paul Rainford

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sweden's military joins NorthStar 5G program; Guillén set to leave Nokia; Sky and friends combine on streaming-ads platform. Elisa, the go-ahead Finnish operator, is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud in order to implement what it describes as AI-driven autonomous network operations.
SKT reopens doors to new customers after massive data breach

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Gigi Onag

SKT has started accepting new customers but is limiting new subscriptions to eSIM sign-ups while the operator continues to prioritize replacing existing customers' USIM cards. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACSK Telecom has resumed accepting new subscribers after more than a 40-day suspension following a massive data breach that compromised the information of 27 million international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) records.
Ericsson goes mad for AI amid fears about jobs and Big Tech power

1 week ago | lightreading.com | Iain Morris

Ericsson's portfolio of business and operational support systems has been given a comprehensive AI makeover thanks partly to AWS. Alexander the Great was an early pioneer of intent-based operations. Around 330BC, the Macedonian ruler conquered lands stretching from Greece to India with an army of about 50,000 human agents. His genius lay partly in his ability to give unambiguous orders or prompts, clearly specifying the desired outcome (rout these bothersome Persians), to a well-structured model.