Global connectivity: Working together to bring more people online

This post announces new initiatives and partnerships to expand global internet connectivity. It details field trials for Terragraph technology in Budapest and Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Magyar Telekom and Telenor, respectively. It also highlights contributions to the TIP mmWave Networks project group and partnerships with Nokia, Intel, and Radwin for Terragraph-certified solutions. The post also announces the expansion of rural connectivity collaborations with Telefonica in Peru and new initiatives with Orange in Africa, focusing on OpenCellular deployments and new operating models for rural infrastructure. Additionally, it mentions trials of OpenCellular with BT, Nokia, and Cavium in Scotland, and with Vodacom in Africa, and Telenor in Pakistan. The use of machine learning-optimized population density maps for identifying deployment locations and data science methods for optimizing backhaul and access routes are also mentioned.