by Pivot
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Taara One Step Closer to Optics Without Fiber, Says Google
To date, telecommunications networks using light to transmit data relied on fiber to carry and direct that light. X — a division of Google, not the social media platform — says that the next iteration…
Google Cloud Looks at Four Ways That AI Helps Providers
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers communications service providers (CSP) vast improvements in many areas of their businesses, but at this point is at “a particularly interesting crossroads,” according to a Mobile World Congress 2025 blog post…
Google Interview: The Promise of Agentic AI for Broadband Providers
“With [generative and agentic] AI, you have access to more real-time data than any person can handle, and because you can process that you can discover new things and solve problems that are too complicated…
Google In Talks to Acquire Cloud Security Firm Wiz for $23B
Google is in talks to acquire Wiz, a cybersecurity start-up, according to several major news outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNN, and the New York Times. The Google acquisition would be their largest…
Google Cloud Brings Generative AI to Motorola Phones
Are smartphones becoming smarter? Apparently so, as evidenced by an announcement this week from Motorola and Google Cloud about incorporating generative AI in Motorola mobile phones. The multi-year agreement between the companies will bring generative…
Verizon Exec Answers Questions re: Being a Google Gold VPP Peering Provider
Google has named Verizon Business a Verified Peering Provider (VPP). Verizon Business Vice President of Technology Enablement Steve Szabo answered questions from Telecompetitor about what that means for the company. Now that it has VPP…
AT&T to Spend $20M on Satellite-to-Cellphone Service, Joins Google in AST Investment
AT&T has committed to spending $20 million with satellite-to-cellphone provider AST SpaceMobile, subject to certain conditions, as part of a deal through which AT&T also will invest in the company. AT&T’s investment was not revealed,…
Lumen ExaSwitch Rethinks Hyperscale Interconnection with Google, Microsoft
A new offering from Lumen, dubbed ExaSwitch, offers a new approach to interconnecting hyperscale internet entities. As Lumen Chief Technology Officer Andrew Dugan explained in an interview with Telecompetitor, the offering enables hyperscalers to connect…
New Google Cloud Products Target Telecom Provider Digital Transformation
Google Cloud has introduced three products – Telecom Network Automation, Telecom Data Fabric and Telecom Subscriber Insights – that aim to help communications service providers digitize their networks and increase revenues. Google Cloud also said…
Ericsson, Google Showcase Personal and Business Slices on a Single Device
Ericsson and Google have demonstrated network slicing on Android 13-based devices in which enterprise and consumer use cases are supported. In addition, the demonstration showed what Ericsson says is the first time that a slice…
Behind the Largest FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund Library Award
The largest Emergency Connectivity Fund library award — $30 million — went to Harris County Public Library in Harris County, Texas. T-Mobile and Google are working with the library to provide county residents with 15,000…
Verizon, Google Put Glasses on BlueJeans for Remote Workers
Verizon and Google are working together to create flexible, hands free, immersive and mobile video conferencing environments. The offering combines Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 (EE2) glasses and Pixel 6 5G mobile hotspots with Verizon’s…
