Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two disruptive technologies that are changing business, education, healthcare and finance in productive ways. Reports of the International Data Corporation (IDC) survey say that companies are already spending more on AI. Over half of the businesses have adopted AI in one form or other. To implement such powerful technologies and empower your business, these are the basic requirements. In order to be proactive in implementing these advanced technologies, we have to identify commonalities throughout the business.

AI is not anymore a tool of the media industry where it just serves to solve simple use cases with simple AI algorithms. "For example, in the communications sector, connecting everyone, connecting everything, everywhere, at any time, on demand, is an enormously complex task, with equally complex infrastructure and technology," says Todd Ashton(T.A), Head of Ericsson South and East Africa. T.A: As a multinational networking and telecommunications company, Artificial Intelligence is a vital skill domain and technology for creating business value in terms of improved performance, higher efficiency, enhanced customer experience as well as creating new business models and use cases for 5G, IoT and enterprises across Africa. AI and automation will help address the complexity of 5G networks, drive efficiencies and improve customer experience as well as open new revenue streams for communications service providers (CSPs). However, smarter, AI fueled networks will accelerate Africa's digital agenda, and drive the progress and prospects of 5G in Africa.

Collectively, we've moved from the telegraph, to the telephone, to the handheld cell phone, in less than 200 years. Since its inception, telecommunications has been the backbone of business around the world. As business and technology advances, telecommunications and communication service providers need to advance with it. This is not without the support of a multitude of startups offering new solutions. B-Yond is one of these startups, bringing modern-day solutions to communication service providers through artificial intelligence.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to provide funds up to $40 million over a three-year period for new research in data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to address the challenges associated with issues related to data production and management at DOE scientific user facilities. Dr. Chris Fall, Director of DOE's Office of Science, said: "Major scientific facilities at our DOE national laboratories are generating vast and growing amounts of data for researchers every day. Proposals are likely to cover a wide variety of different challenges, including extracting information from complex data sets, managing facility operations in real-time, and optimising experiments through the creation of virtual laboratory environments, among other topics. The funding opportunity focuses on 18 DOE Office of Science user facilities, comprising of particle accelerators, accelerator test facilities, x-ray light sources, neutron scattering sources, and nanoscale science research centres, overseen by three major programme offices: basic energy sciences, high energy physics, and nuclear physics. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, data volumes in mobile networks are increasing at an exceptional rate and mobile data traffic is expected to grow fourfold by 2025, reaching up to 160 exabytes per month.

Data volumes in mobile networks are increasing at an unprecedented rate. In our latest mobility report, we forecast that mobile data traffic will grow fourfold by 2025, reaching up to 160 exabytes (EB) per month. This is amazing of course and offers all kinds of opportunities for communications service providers, but there is also a potential downside to this rapid surge in data traffic: its impact on the energy consumption and carbon footprint of mobile networks. That's not the only downside for communications service providers, as it also raises a significant cost concern. As we found in our AI report, the demand to reduce operational costs already ranks among the top priorities for today's operators.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings in its Network Services portfolio, enabling communications service providers to secure always-on networks and deliver optimal user experiences. The two new portfolio additions -- Network Intelligence and Omni Network Channel – are part of Ericsson's Network Services offering. They employ AI, automation and predictive analytics to address the complex reality faced by communications service providers: exponential data growth and the continuous introduction of new technologies such as 5G, digital transformation, and scattered information sources and insights. Network Intelligence is an AI-driven preemptive support service that allows issues to be identified and resolved before they impact network performance. The service prevents critical outages and delivers the network stability needed for service continuity and optimal end-to-end performance. Ericsson research shows that Network Intelligence reduces critical incidents by up to 35 percent by carrying out selective data collection, and automatically resolves issues within an average of five minutes from data collection.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "5G Business Services Market by Enterprise, Industrial, and Government Segment Applications, Services, and Solutions 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report evaluates the 5G B2B market solutions for enterprise, industrial, and government users. It addresses specific opportunities such as 5G support of private wireless networks, WAN connectivity, and fixed wireless access for business. It also provides analysis for specific applications such as autonomous vehicles, telepresence, tele-robotics, video-related services, public safety and more. The report provides forecasts for both 5G revenue as well as user projections from 2019 to 2024.

After a failed $7 billion acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business five years back, Microsoft has announced a strategic collaboration with the Finnish company to accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). The new partnership brings together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia's expertise in mission-critical networking, to help enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs) transform their businesses. "Bringing together Microsoft's expertise in intelligent cloud solutions and Nokia's strength in building business and mission-critical networks will unlock new connectivity and automation scenarios," Jason Zander, executive vice president, Microsoft Azure, said in a statement on Tuesday. BT is the first global communications service provider to offer its enterprise customers a managed service that integrates Microsoft Azure cloud and Nokia SD-WAN solutions. "Together, we will accelerate the digital transformation journey towards Industry 4.0, driving economic growth and productivity for both enterprises and service providers," said Kathrin Buvac, President of Nokia Enterprise and Chief Strategy Officer.

Around the world, an enormous amount of money is being spent on bandwidth and network equipment as communications service providers (CSPs) strive to deliver optimal Quality of Experience (QoE) across a range of existing and planned services. During 2018, in the US alone, communication service providers' (CSP) broadband CAPEX rose more than $2.2B. Looking forward, McKinsey predicts that 5G will cause network TCO to grow by 60% between 2020 and 2025. Not all these numbers reflect pure bandwidth costs – but, clearly, an enormous amount of money is being spent on bandwidth and network equipment as CSPs work to deliver optimal Quality of Experience (QoE) across a range of existing and planned services. We surveyed CSPs about QoE, and their thoughts and our analysis appear in the Driving QoE Telco Smart Trends Report that was just published.

That's just one finding in a new Ericsson report – Supercharging customer experience through AI and automation – that shows AI and Automation in operations has moved from concept to operational reality in the boardrooms of communication service providers worldwide. The report outlines how operations executives are using AI and automation to drive business outcomes and capture opportunities but also how they address challenges such as improving net promotor score (NPS) – a clear indicator of a good consumer experience – and cost efficiency. Ericsson's research shows that most communication service providers are already working on AI and automation initiatives. However they say that technology alone is not enough – new skills and ways of working are required for service providers to become more digital. These organizational changes are at least as important as the technological aspects in a successful transformation to become more digital. Peter Laurin, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Managed Services, Ericsson, says: "The introduction of 5G and IoT, the explosion of connected devices and the battle to stay relevant have a profound impact on the ways in which networks and IT need to be operated.