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G-Core Labs has expanded its content data network (CDN) with new points of presence in Canada and Romania.
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It's full speed ahead for monetising immersive reality and smart speakers as new research points to a 105% increase in the value of digital content within five years.
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The global pandemic has accelerated the already massive demand for bandwidth as consumers intensified their use of streaming services and enterprises migrated to cloud collaboration platforms. This whitepaper outlines what strategies and technologies MNOs and telcos should consider to drive success in view of these latest capacity trends.
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Sofia, Bulgaria – 21st April 2021: Neterra, the independent global leaders in layer 1, 2 and 3 connectivity solutions, DDoS protection, and data centre & network services, has today launched its expanded Dedicated Internet Access service - a fully-committed and naturally more secure form of global connectivity to more than 180 countries.
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EdgeInfra founder and CEO Cara Mascini has joined Netflix as director of its Open Connect project.
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Ravindran Mahalingam, HGC's SVP of international business, looks at the evolution of digital and the boom of OTT services, especially within the Asia region where hundreds of millions are online and consuming digital ever more
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Comcast has reported the “best broadband results in [the] company’s history” during Q3, however the firm saw a decline across most revenues.
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Varnish Software has launched a 5G-ready content delivery network (CDN) with edge caching capabilities.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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A survey of more than 5,000 “ardent gamers” has concluded that carriers offering 5G networks could be in for a US$150 billion profit boost if they correctly capitalise on the cloud gaming market.
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AT&T, the second largest telecoms company in the US, saw revenues decline to US$41 billion in Q2 of this year as the Covid-19 pandemic impacted its media business.
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Laurinda Pang, president of international and global accounts management at CenturyLink, spoke about the ICT infrastructure industry's response to Covid-19 during the first edition of Critical Connections. Here, she tells Capacity where the post-pandemic growth opportunities lie and how ICT companies can assist enterprises around the world
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Josh Frydenberg says that the government is working on a new code of conduct that will force OTTs like Facebook and Google to pay for its content.
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Disney +, Disney’s much anticipated streaming service, launches today in Europe at a lower bandwidth consumption to help lower congestion on networks.
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Equinix has today announced the completion of its acquisition of three data centres from Axtel that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of Mexico.
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Vox has entered into a partnership with Angola Cables that will enhance its core network by attaining remote peering access to the undersea South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).
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Yotta Infrastructure is building the largest data centre in India, Yotta NM1, which is set to go live in January 2020.
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Akamai Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire Exceda, its largest channel partner in Latin America, in an all-cash deal – though the amount of cash has not been revealed.
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Cisco and Superloop have teamed up on two deployments of up to 400G on the INDIGO West cable, from Singapore to Australia, and the INDIGO Central cable, from Perth to Sydney.
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Eutelsat Communications has confirmed several changes to its executive committee and has invested in CDN supplier Broadpeak.
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YouTube co-founder Steve Chen speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the future of content and the important relationship between carriers and OTTs
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CenturyLink has entered into a global agreement with Streamroot, a provider of peer-to-peer networking solutions, to combine its solution with CenturyLink’s content delivery network (CDN).
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du has today announced a new video contribution partnership with Telstra to deliver secure MBC video content worldwide.
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Batelco has announced the launch of Global Zone, a carrier-neutral digital business platform based in a highly secure Tier III data centre.
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Ciena has launched its latest offering in coherent optics with WaveLogic 5, a technology that supports greater scale, programmability and intelligence from network edge to core.
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EdgeConneX has signed a deal to extend Hurricane Electric’s IP network connectivity across 10 of its markets in its North American footprint.
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Mobile gaming has become the largest segment of the global games market and capacity requirements are higher than ever. Edge computing is the key to success, writes Jason McGee-Abe
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Sparkle has launched a partnership with Italian-Swiss service provider Internet.One for the supply of international capacity to support the ONE.vision automated shooting system.
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Bahrain’s Batelco has enhanced its Gulf network by adding a new protected route over the network.
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NTT Communications has today announced the expansion of its Tier-1 global IP network with a new point of presence (PoP) in Toronto, Canada.