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Ericsson and M1 partner to deploy the new generation of 5G routers deliver higher quality network performance – this is part of M1 ’ s effort in Driving our company-wide 5G goals .”
Mika Heikkinen , Head of Product Line Transport , Ericsson , said : Ericsson is pleased to extend its partnership with M1 in the world ’ s first deployment of Router 6676 – an important step forward in their 5G agenda .”
Ericsson has been selected by leading
Southeast Asia operator M1 as a partner for modernizing its 4G / 5G mobile transport network with the world ’ s first deployment of its high-performing Ericsson Router 6676 .
Router 6676 is a high-capacity cell site router , designed to enable high-quality network performance in advanced 4G and
5G networks . It will prepare M1 with future 5G requirements of transport networks , including additional capacity , scalability , and responsiveness with features such as segment routing and higher density of 25G ports with 100G capability .
Denis Seek , Chief Technical Officer , M1 , said : “ With the new Router 6676 , M1 is set to
Vudoo , UTS in innovation partnership to unlock AI capabilities
Vudoo , a global interactive video and content commerce pioneer , and the University of Technology Sydney ’ s Data Science Institute will combine forces to develop an AI-based recommendation engine to derive deep insights on user consumption of video content .
Deriving deep insights from user behaviour based on interactive videos aims to better understand how customers interact with videos and develop strategies to unlock the value of data in Google ’ s BigQuery data warehouse based on six years ’ worth of data from Vudoo . The project is backed by a $ 50,000 Entrepreneurs ’ Programme federal grant secured by Vudoo – which will top-up an additional $ 96,000 to the research and development collaboration with UTS . Data used on the project is completely anonymised . brands get to outcomes faster based on the data we collect ,” said Nick Morgan , Vudoo CEO and founder .
According to Safa Ghannam and Professor Farookh Hussain , UTS School of Computer Science Research Fellow and Head of Software Engineering , respectively , the
project was timely with the adoption of AI and Machine Learning on the rise .
With vast expertise in data science , it was , they said , important UTS lead the way in finding practical applications for related research – partnering with innovative startups like Vudoo being an ‘ ideal way ’ to achieve this .
“ Ultimately , we want to unlock a powerful prediction and AI engine to help other
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