Airtel and Jio join the bid for Aircel’s assets

21 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have bid to buy the tower and fibre assets of struggling Indian operator Aircel.

Viasat signs agreement with Intelisys to expand its internet service

21 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Viasat, a satellite communications company, has signed Intelisys, a technology service distributor, as its latest master agent partner offering Viasat’s business internet services.

MainOne picks TE SubCom to extend its subsea cable to francophone region

21 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

TE SubCom has been selected by MainOne to extend its submarine cable system into West Africa’s francophone (French-speaking countries) region with two additional branches connecting Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire.

Facing the big five g

21 September 2018 | Jon Baldry

With the recent release of latest 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standards and the first true 5G networks potentially coming on stream in 2018, 5G-Ready transport networks continue to evolve into semi-unmapped territory. The forthcoming generation is not a forklift replacement so much as an extension and evolution of existing 4G mobile transport infrastructure – but “let’s wait and see” is not an option.

Vodafone UK moving services to SDN core in readiness for 5G launch in 2019 

20 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Vodafone has launched its own converged core network across the UK, with 4,000 access nodes and 1,800 points of presence (PoPs).

GlobeNet opens Fortaleza central interconnection point

20 September 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

GlobeNet has announced its new central interconnection point at the Fortaleza internet exchange point (IXP) is open for business.

PCCW Global launches managed SD-WAN enterprise service

20 September 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, has launched a new global software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service to enterprises across 80 countries.

Nuage Networks launches SD-WAN 2.0

20 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Nokia has unveiled the latest release of the Nuage Networks virtualised network services (VNS) platform.

Cerberus to acquire TE SubCom for $325m

20 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

TE SubCom, the subsea cable division of TE Connectivity, is to be acquired by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management (Cerberus) for $325 million in cash.  

Telia Carrier partners TierPoint to offer Cloud Connect services

20 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Telia Carrier and TierPoint have entered into a partnership that will see Telia Carrier offer its Cloud Connect service across 25 TierPoint facilities in the US.

Sparkle strengthens Asian hub with new PoP in Singapore

19 September 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

Sparkle has strengthened its Asian Hub with a new multi-service point of presence (PoP) in Singapore.

Flexenclosure wins two APAC cable landing station orders

19 September 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

Flexenclosure has received an order from Interchange for two eCentre cable landing stations, to be deployed in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands early next year.