Fibre

DZS acquires optical networking provider Optelian

22 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

DZS, a provider of mobile transport, broadband access and enterprise networking solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Optelian, an optical networking solution provider based in Canada.

PTC’s "New Realities" panel turns political

21 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

The PTC 2021 conference keynote talks OTTs, Trump and politics.

China Mobile and Mobily work with Nokia on industry firsts

21 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Nokia has confirmed two technological firsts in recent days following collaborations with China Mobile (CMCC) and Saudi Arabia's Mobily.

Telecoms engineer and politician to run French regulator

21 January 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The French Senate and the National Assembly have separately approved the nomination of Laure de la Raudière to head the country’s telecoms regulator.

Cloud-native networks "ready for mainstream"

20 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

RtBrick has declared cloud-native networks as "ready for the mainstream" after it partnered with Deutsche Telekom to connect the first live customer to a disaggregated broadband network.

Sweden concludes 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz band auction

20 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Sweden has concluded its 5G auction raising SEK 2,317,000,006 (US$276.8 million) and awarding spectrum to all four bidders.

Samsung’s Lee sentenced to 30 months for bribery

20 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, has been sentenced to a 30-month (two and a half year) prison term by a High Court in South Korea.

Starks backed by US civil rights group for FCC chairman seat

19 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Geoffrey Starks, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has been backed by a racial justice group for the role of chairman of the FCC.

China greenlights Cisco and Acacia deal

19 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Cisco and Acacia Communications have been granted conditional approval of its merger from China’s antitrust regulator.

Comviva unveils digital services delivery platform

19 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Comviva has launched a "futuristic platform" it said can support telcos to leverage the business opportunities in digital, "without exposing them to risks or escalating costs".

Asian connectivity moves East

19 January 2021 | Paul Abfalter, Head of Global Wholesale, Telstra

The year 2020 brought enormous and unexpected change across the globe, and across our telecommunications networks.

Open RAN ‘immature’, experts tell UK politicians in security enquiry

18 January 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The UK mobile telecoms industry will continue to rely on the Ericsson-Nokia duopoly and the open-source equipment industry is still some years from maturity.