Exclusive: trade organisations checking if US embargo will lock Huawei out of events  

5h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Industry organisations and trade associations are consulting their lawyers about the long-term implications of the US Huawei embargo on their activities and events.

KPN sells data centre subsidiary in strategic drive

18h | Laurence Doe

Royal KPN N.V. (KPN) has agreed to sell its data centre subsidiary NLDC to a fund managed by DWS, a global infrastructure investment manager, for an undisclosed amount.

ZTE ‘will reveal source code’ as it opens Rome cyber centre

19h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Chinese vendor ZTE has taken one of its boldest steps yet to restore its reputation – by opening cyber security laboratories in Nanjing and Rome.

Fast 5G ‘will cover 97% of US population by 2022’, promises T-Mobile as FCC backs $146bn deal

20h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could now go ahead in weeks after the US regulator extracted a deal to guarantee widespread mobile broadband coverage across the country by 2022.

Breathe again until August, commerce secretary Ross tells Huawei and users

21h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The US government has relaxed its embargo on Huawei until 18 August, easing the restrictions on US-based companies – including rural operators plus Google and chip maker..

Aryaka funding rises higher with Goldman Sachs

23h | Laurence Doe

Aryaka has closed a $50 million Series F round of funding led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing.

StarHub partners ngena for enterprise SD-WAN solution

23h | Natalie Bannerman

StarHub has launched a new software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution through its partnership with the Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance (ngena).

NBTC confirms conditions for 700MHz auction

20 May 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand’s telecoms and broadcasting regulator has completed its terms for the 700MHz auction.

Hardware and software vendors ‘stop supplying Huawei’ after US embargo

20 May 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

A number of software and hardware vendors have stopped supplying Huawei following the US government’s embargo imposed on the company last week.

United Fiber & Data rolls out fibre-optic network from NYC to Ashburn

20 May 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

United Fiber & Data (UFD) has completed its fibre-optic network connecting New York City to Ashburn, Virginia.

H5 Data Centers expands Seattle network

20 May 2019 | Laurence Doe

H5 Data Centers, a US collocation and wholesale data centre provider, has announced the network expansion of Wave Business to its Seattle data centre.

Why Enterprises are joining IXPs as part of their digital transformation strategy

20 May 2019 | Delphine Masciopinto

For most corporate enterprises, the pursuit of digital transformation is driven by the need to continuously improve operational agility and efficiency so that they can better serve existing customers and open-up new opportunities for growth.