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Qualcomm Buys Arduino to Accelerate Edge AI Robotics

Tech News & Insight
October 10, 2025
Hema Kadia

Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino to anchor an end-to-end developer funnel from hobbyist prototypes to commercial robots and industrial IoT systems. As part of the announcement, Arduino introduced the Uno Q, a new board priced around $45–$55 featuring Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QRB2210 processor that runs Linux alongside Arduino tooling and supports vision workloads. By meeting developers at the prototyping bench and offering an upgrade path to production-grade SoCs and modules, Qualcomm aims to convert experimentation into long-term silicon design wins. The Arduino tie-up broadens access to Qualcomm compute for small teams while reinforcing an ecosystem play that spans on-device AI, connectivity, and lifecycle operations at the edge.

AT&T and Ericsson launches cloud-based IoT Marketplace

Tech News & Insight
October 8, 2025
Hema Kadia

The new AT&T IoT Marketplace turns complex IoT procurement and lifecycle management into a catalog-driven digital experience that aims to speed revenue and reduce operational friction for enterprises and partners. AT&T, working with Ericsson, introduced a digital eCommerce platform that unifies how IoT services are discovered, configured, contracted, provisioned, and billed. The Marketplace is powered by Ericsson’s Digital Experience Platform alongside its Catalogue Manager and Order Care components. AT&T reports it has cut the time it takes to order certain fleet management services from hours to minutes, an indicator of the step-change in operational efficiency the Marketplace is designed to deliver.

API, Assurance, IoT, Orchestration, Security
Azure, Devices, Discovery, Ericsson, Microsoft, TM Forum
Commerce, HealthCare, Manufacturing, Transportation

OpenAI Sora 2 AI Video Feed App

Tech News & Insight
September 30, 2025
Hema Kadia

OpenAI is reportedly preparing a standalone app for its next-gen video model, positioning AI-only short video as a consumer format in its own right. The app reportedly delivers a vertical feed with swipe navigation, reactions, and remixing familiar mechanics that lower friction for discovery and creation. Every clip is generated by Sora 2 rather than uploaded, with current limits around 10 seconds per video. A recommendation engine powers a personalized “For You” experience, aligning with how short-form attention is won and retained today. A notable feature is identity verification tied to likeness usage. Expect provenance signals and watermarking frameworks (for example, C2PA-style manifests) to become table stakes for platforms that remix human likeness at scale.

AI, Assurance, Monetization, Others
Azure, Chatgpt, Discovery, Google, GPU, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, OTT, Policy
Commerce

OpenAI agentic AI shopping challenges Google and Amazon

Tech News & Insight
September 30, 2025
Hema Kadia

ChatGPT users in the U.S. can now buy from Etsy sellers without leaving the conversation, with more than a million Shopify merchants “coming soon.” The feature, called Instant Checkout, is available to logged-in Free, Plus, and Pro users. It supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, Stripe, and credit cards. The flow is simple: ask for ideas, get curated products with images, prices, and reviews, tap Buy, confirm shipping and payment, and the merchant fulfills the order using its existing systems. Brands like Glossier, Skims, Spanx, and Vuori are expected to be part of the broader Shopify rollout.

AI, Monetization
AI Agents, Amazon, Apple, Chatgpt, Discovery, Google, LLM, Microsoft, Open Source, OpenAI, Perplexity, Policy
Commerce, Retail

Why 95% of GenAI Pilots Fail to Scale Across Industries, Including Telecom

Tech News & Insight
September 29, 2025
Hema Kadia

AI is everywhere in telecom, yet most pilots never make it into production because the industry’s data, tooling, and operating models are not ready for scaled automation. Recent industry research suggests that about 95% of AI pilots in telecom fail to scale beyond proofs of concept. Leaders are moving from pilots to platforms by embedding AI in the systems that run the business and anchoring every initiative to measurable outcomes. Telecom AI will not scale through pilots alone; it scales when embedded in the systems that run revenue, experience, and networks.

5G, AI, API, Assurance, Automation, IoT, Network Slicing, RAN, Security
America, Discovery, Europe, Fiber, GDPR, GenAI, Investment, Policy, Streaming, TM Forum, Vodafone
Telecom

Zayo and Equinix Launch an AI Infrastructure Blueprint

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

AI now depends as much on the network and interconnection layer as it does on GPUs, and this blueprint turns that reality into a repeatable design. Training has concentrated in a few massive regions, while inference is exploding at the edge and in enterprise colocation sites, creating a scale challenge the industry hasn’t codified until now. Zayo and Equinix are proposing a common model that aligns high-capacity transport, neutral interconnection hubs, and specialized training and inference data centers. The aim is to shorten time to market for AI services by providing reference designs that reduce trial-and-error across L1–L3, interconnection, and traffic engineering.

AI, API
Discovery, Fiber, GenAI, GPU, Policy, Signal

Malaysia telcos federate GSMA Open Gateway Number Verification API

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

Malaysia’s five mobile operators will federate a GSMA Open Gateway API to give banks and online retailers a consistent, cross-network tool to fight account takeovers and digital identity theft. CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia, and YTL Communications plan to provide federated access to the GSMA Open Gateway Number Verification API, based on the CAMARA standard. The API verifies a user’s mobile number against real-time network attributes, offering a more secure, low-friction alternative to SMS one-time passwords. Network-anchored verification provides silent, possession-based authentication that reduces user friction and closes common OTP exploits. Developers can integrate once and reach all participating Malaysian networks while each operator retains control of data, policy, and monetization.

API, Monetization, Orchestration, Security
CAMARA, CelcomDigi, Discovery, Ericsson, GSMA, Maxis, Policy, Singtel, SMS, Telekom Malaysia
Commerce

Cable Industry Economic Impact 2024: $568.7B and 1.3M Jobs

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

In 2024, the U.S. cable sector generated $568.7 billion in total economic output and supported 1.3 million jobs across the country. This footprint spans broadband networks, video programming, construction, manufacturing, and a broad vendor ecosystem. It underscores why cable remains a central pillar of America’s connectivity and media economy even as consumption shifts to IP and streaming. Cable broadband providers—led by Comcast, Charter Communications (Spectrum), Cox, Altice USA (Optimum), Mediacom, Cable One (Sparklight), and WOW!—accounted for $366 billion in total economic impact and nearly 888,000 jobs.

5G, AI, Assurance, Automation, FWA, SASE, SD-WAN, Security, Sustainability
Altice, America, Broadband, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Discovery, Disney, Fiber, Gaming, Investment, MVNO, NCTA, Partnerships, Policy, SaaS, Spectrum, Streaming, T-Mobile, Verizon
Construction, Manufacturing, Public sector

ChatGPT Pulse: OpenAI’s Proactive AI Morning Briefs

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new capability that assembles personalized morning briefs and agendas without a prompt, indicating a clear shift from reactive chat to proactive, task-oriented assistance. Pulse generates five to ten concise reports while you sleep, then packages them as interactive cards inside ChatGPT. Each card contains an AI-generated summary with source links, and users can drill down, ask follow-up questions, or request new briefs. Beyond public web content, Pulse can tap ChatGPT Connectors, such as Gmail and Google Calendar -to highlight priority emails, synthesize threads, and build agendas from upcoming events. If ChatGPT memory is enabled, Pulse weaves in user preferences and past context to tailor briefs.

AI, Monetization
Chatgpt, Data Center, Devices, Discovery, GDPR, Google, OpenAI, Oracle, Partnerships, Softbank

Google Mixboard: AI Mood Boards in Public Beta

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

Google Labs has launched Mixboard, an AI-powered concepting board that turns text prompts and images into editable visual mood boards now available in U.S. public beta. Mixboard gives users an open canvas to generate, arrange, and iterate on visual ideas, from home decor and event themes to product inspiration and DIY projects. You can start from a text prompt or prebuilt boards, pull in your own images, create new visuals with generative AI, and refine them using natural-language edits. Mixboard signals how fast multimodal AI is moving from chat to visual ideation, with implications for search, commerce, and collaborative workflows.

5G, AI, Monetization
Devices, Discovery, GenAI, Google, GPU, Policy, Startups
Commerce, Retail, Telecom

Charter’s Bold Streaming Bundle Strategy to Combat Cord-Cutting in 2025

News
October 21, 2024
Hema Kadia

Charter Communications is taking bold steps to address the ongoing challenge of cord-cutting. By integrating streaming services like Peacock, Max, and Discovery+ into its cable packages at no additional cost, Charter aims to retain existing subscribers and attract new customers. This strategy is set to expand further in 2025 as Charter plans to offer over 10 streaming services in its TV bundles.