Cloud

Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards winners 2020

3h | Natalie Bannerman

The thirteen winners of the 2020 Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards have been named.

Nokia signs 5G deal to become BT’s “largest infrastructure partner”

9h | Melanie Mingas

Finish manufacturer Nokia has extended its longstanding partnership with BT to become the operator’s largest infrastructure and equipment provider.

Azure for Operators launches as Microsoft faces global outage

9h | Melanie Mingas

Microsoft it taking the rough with the smooth this week as it announced the launch of Azure for Operators, while tackling a major global outage.

Cable One takes $570m minority stake in Mega Broadband Investments

9h | Melanie Mingas

US broadband communications provider Cable One (NYSE: CABO) has bought a 45% stake in Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC (MBI) in a US$574.1 million all cash deal.

AT&T selects DriveNets Network Cloud for its next-gen core

10h | Natalie Bannerman

Networking software company DriveNets confirms that its DriveNets Network Cloud is providing the software-based core routing solution for AT&T’s US backbone.

Talking about latency and diversity with EllaLink’s CEO

28 September 2020 | Sponsored Q&A

EllaLink network assures the lowest latency between Europe & Latin America.

Amazon enters the cloud gaming space with Luna

28 September 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Amazon has launched its new cloud gaming service called Amazon Luna.

GTT appoints Tom Homer to lead EMEA sales operations

28 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

Cloud networking provider GTT Communications Inc (NYSE: GTT) has appointed former Telstra and GCX executive Tom Homer to head its sales and client services operation for the Europe and Middle East and Africa region (EMEA).

KKR backs RIL’s retail vision as Jio takes to the skies

28 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

KKR has made a second investment in a Reliance Industries’ company, this time backing the firm’s retail subsidiary in return for a 1.28% equity stake.

NEQSOL moves to protect Digital Silk Way investments

28 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The parent company of Georgia’s Caucasus Online has told media that it has submitted a new offer to the national regulator as it works to settle the ongoing dispute over ownership.

SDS inks SEK 7.5m deal with global telco

28 September 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Swedish software company Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS) has received an order worth SEK 7.5 million from an unnamed telecom operator group.

Covid-19 boosts shift to hosted and cloud collaboration solutions

28 September 2020 | Abigail Opiah

Spending on UC collaboration tools grew 7% from the second quarter of 2019, reaching over $12 billion, according to new Q2 data from Synergy Research Group.