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Nokia Upgrades Bouygues Telecom’s IP Network for Increased Capacity and

Energy Efficiency

Nokia expands its long-term relationship with Bouygues Telecom future-ready 800GE capability will also accelerate Bouygues
by supplying its market-leading FP5-based IP routers to modernize Telecom’s ability to scale and sustainably meet future traffic
the operator’s IP core network and expand the capacity of its growth. Nokia’s system design innovation ensures an easy
security gateway solutions. Nokia’s solution includes its 7750 upgrade to FP5 from the existing FP4 platform, extending the
Service Router (SR) platform, which is powered by its ground- network life of deployed systems while scaling capacity. Nokia will
breaking FP5 routing silicon. The FP5, a key part of Bouygues also evolve Bouygues Telecom’s existing Nokia security gateway
Telecom’s selection, is a significant enabler for building higher- services by deploying its FP5 powered, SR-1 routers and the 7750
capacity IP networks that are more energy efficient. The FP5’s Extended Services Appliance (ESA) to meet the increased capacity
and scalability demands of mobile broadband services. Jean-Paul
ARZEL, Chief Technology Officer at Bouygues Telecom, said: “We
have had a long relationship with Nokia, and we were looking for
a reliable future-ready solution to help us evolve our IP network to
match our growing customer base. The upgrade of our IP network
with FP5 will allow us to balance capacity and sustainability to
deliver the best customer experience.” Frédéric Bénéteau, Vice
President, West and Central Europe Market Unit at Nokia, said: “We
are delighted to extend our relationship with Bouygues Telecom to
support its strategic priorities. Nokia’s IP routing solutions offer
best-in-class scalability, efficiency and security, enabling Bouygues
Telecom to confidently manage their growth initiatives as they
continue delivering the exceptional experience their customers
count on both now and in the future.”

PCCW Fiber Stake Attracts Interest from UAE

Investor

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) of the United Arab Emirates from Bloomberg valued the bid at around USD1 billion, but added
(UAE) is considering making a bid for a significant minority stake in that other Middle Eastern and Chinese investors were also lined up
the fibre-optic business of Hong Kong-based group PCCW. A report as potential buyers.

Tech Mahindra Launches a Global Crowdsourcing
Platform, Populii

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, models with the help of a qualified workforce and flexible crowd
consulting, and business re-engineering solutions, announced delivery models, enabling businesses to access a pool of skilled
the launch of Populii, a crowdsourcing platform that enables gig talent for a quick ramp-up. Populii will operate with three customer-
workers to collaborate with leading organizations through micro centric principles – Advise, Annotate, and Acquire, which will help
jobs requiring human-in-the-loop services. The platform will create enterprises scan seamlessly and accelerate product development:
flexible work opportunities for the gig workforce while equipping • Advise from Tech Mahindra experts with extensive domain
businesses with reliable data from trained and qualified candidates knowledge and specialised skills across industry verticals
to build competitive AI algorithms. Populii will create extensive • Annotation will be quicker because of the ability to leverage
opportunities for gig job seekers around data management, Tech Mahindra’s proven training models that offer high-quality
microtasks, and user studies with industry-leading enterprises. machine-learning datasets
Gig jobs on Populii will include content rating, data collection, data • Acquisition of multiple data types such as image, text, video, and
transcription, and data annotation of multiple data types. It will also speech in over 80+ languages
support enterprises in creating production-grade machine-learning Birendra Sen, Business Head, Business Process Services,
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