MEF releases SDN/NFV certification
22 Jun 2018
MEF has announced the availability of the first operator-grade SDN/NFV professional certification.
Russia’s Sistema ‘loses $4bn’ as it sells remaining shares in RCom
22 Jun 2018
Russian industrial group Sistema has sold all its remaining shares in Reliance Communications of India, only weeks after being poised to buy the whole company.
Digicel confirms sale of 450 Caribbean towers as debts mount
22 Jun 2018
Digicel has confirmed reports that it is selling 450 towers across the Caribbean – but not the reported price, or that it plans to sell more assets over coming months.
US government lends $100m to Africell for network modernisation
22 Jun 2018
A US government agency has given Africell a $100 million loan to help modernise its mobile networks in Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
EdgeConneX expands cloud offerings with Oracle FastConnect
22 Jun 2018
EdgeConneX is set to offer dedicated and private access to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect from their Edge Data Centres (EDCs).
MNF begins SE Asia expansion with $1.5m Singapore acquisition
22 Jun 2018
Australian carrier MNF has spent $1.5 million on Singapore’s SuperInternet as the first part of a planned expansion into south-east Asia.
Australia awards A$136m subsea cable contract to Vocus
21 Jun 2018
Vocus Communications, the Australian operator, has won a A$136.6 million contract from the Australian government to build its new international subsea cable.
Rwanda launches $30m ICT fund
21 Jun 2018
The Government of Rwanda has launched a new $30 million (RWF25.4bn) ‘National Research and Innovation Fund’ aimed at boosting the country’s ICT sector.
Altice Europe raises €2.5bn by hiving off shares in tower companies
21 Jun 2018
Challenged fixed and mobile carrier Altice Europe is raising €2.5 billion in two separate deals to sell part of its mobile tower interests.
AT&T to deploy NB-IoT in US and Mexico by 2019
21 Jun 2018
AT&T will launch NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to complement its existing Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M) network in the US and Mexico by 2019.
Exclusive: Ireland’s €1.1bn national wholesale network to start building in September
21 Jun 2018
Work on building Ireland’s €1.1 billion wholesale national broadband network is expected to start in September.
Franchi to replace Weaver at 365 Data Centers
21 Jun 2018
365 Data Centers has announced the appointment of Tony Franchi as senior vice president of sales and marketing, replacing Steve Weaver on 31 July.
Ericsson at fault for Telstra Wholesale outage
21 Jun 2018
Ericsson has apologised for an 18 hour outage that affected Telstra’s wholesale operations, including ALDIMobile, Woolworths Mobile and Belong.
DE-CIX deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress 2 to meet soaring demand
20 Jun 2018
Internet exchange operator DE-CIX has deployed Infinera Cloud Xpress 2 to address soaring demand for internet exchange services in rapidly growing markets, including: New York City, Frankfurt and Dallas.
Telstra network to be 5G-ready by the first half of 2019
20 Jun 2018
Telstra has unveiled a number of new strategies as part of its Telstra22 plan, including its plan for 5G and creation of a new infrastructure business unit.