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MainOne has unveiled its Cloud Connect service to enable enterprises to adopt cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region to public cloud service providers.
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Enterprise video conferencing provider Pexip has turned to Equinix to solve its multicloud connectivity needs and scale its global business, which saw growth of seven times its traffic peak in 2020.
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DC BLOX has opened a new multi-tenant data centre in South Carolina, USA.
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DISH is to turn to Equinix for its interconnection requirements as it builds out the first cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G network in the US.
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Nokia has been selected as the prime supplier by Arc Solutions to deliver a high-capacity data centre interconnection solution in the Middle East.
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Verizon is expanding its global automation capabilities in collaboration with data centre giant Equinix.
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Edge data centre company Cologix has expanded its global reach by partnering with Telstra with a new point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s TOR1 interconnection hub in Toronto, Canada.
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How is Orange revolutionising connectivity in Western Africa with Djoliba? Watch our On-Demand webinars to find out how the new network is reshaping connectivity in the region.
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Epsilon has partnered with Business Connexion (BCX), a South African technology company, to deliver high performance data centre interconnection (DCI) services for African enterprises.
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Nokia has won two contracts with China-based webscale giants to provide optical data centre interconnect (DCI) infrastructure, which the company said “consolidates our presence in the webscale market in China”.
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Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialling its Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa.
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Windstream Wholesale has signed its largest network capacity agreement to date with a major hyperscale customer.
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Epsilon has announced its strategic move into the enterprise market with its global, secure software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) as the key offering.
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Batelco and du have launched Arc, a new joint venture that aims to simplify intra-regional connectivity in the Middle East by providing interconnected data centre solutions.
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PCCW Global has appointed Ian Horowitz as an ecosystem partnerships director for the Americas.
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PCCW Global and NAVER Business Platform (NBP) have today announced a bilateral interconnect collaboration to deliver on-demand, private global connectivity.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network.
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Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a low-latency infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider for financial markets, is partnering with global managed hybrid IT solutions provider, NYI, to launch a new location in New York.
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A new agreement between Broadband Forum (BBF) and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is set to ease the path to automated and open virtualised access networks.
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PCCW Global and DCConnect have entered into a technology collaboration, enabling Console Connect and DCConnect customers to seamlessly leverage network services from either service provider.
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Megaport has announced the expansion of the service footprint and additional capabilities of its Megaport Cloud Router (MCR).
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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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BSO, an Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, has announced that it has become an official Google Cloud Partner Interconnect provider.
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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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Hurricane Electric has expanded its internet routing and access strategy with a new point of presence (PoP) at 910Telecom in Denver, Colorado.
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Mobileum has entered into a partnership with wholesale telecoms platform provider Linxa to extend the market reach of their respective product portfolios.
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A new rebranded company, TOMIA, has launched after the successful merger of analytics firm Telarix and roaming and settlement company Starhome Mach.
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Verizon has boosted its cloud offering by expanding its Secure Cloud Interconnect service to allow customers private connections to Alibaba Cloud.
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LinkBermuda has announced the completion of its recent MPLS and Internet Infrastructure upgrade.
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PCCW Global has established an on-demand, direct and automated connection service to Alibaba Cloud Express Connect through its Console Connect arm.
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NTT Com is set to expand the interconnection of its Nexcenter data centres in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, to enable client companies to connect with cloud and content services more flexibly than ever before.
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PCCW Global has agreed a partnership with data centre and cloud firm TierPoint to offer US-based enterprises access to what they claim is the world’s first software-defined interconnection platform.
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Surging demand from enterprises for direct interconnections in North America has led to Megaport seeing an 80% growth in recurring revenue in the region over the last six months, the carrier has revealed.
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The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced a new partnership with the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX), as it joins LINX’s IXP Reseller Partner Programme.
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Total sales of equipment for the data centre interconnect (DCI) market is set to grow by 85% over the next five years, according to a report from the Dell'Oro Group.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved LeoSat's new low earth orbit satellite constellation, which will provide the first backbone in space specifically designed for global business
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Digital Realty has opened a new facility in Australia and bought land for another new, neighbouring site, bringing its total investment in the country to A$1 billion.
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Interconnect voice management company Global Convergence Solutions (GCS) has launched a stand-alone application to help carriers improve the way they manage vendor rate administration.
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Asteroid and NAPAfrica have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing African Internet interconnection.
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Equinix has unveiled plans to expand its international business exchange data centre in the Australian city of Perth, with an $11m investment adding around 40% of additional space.
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Zayo Group has completed its longhaul dark fibre route between Los Angeles and Dallas, introduced diverse wavelengths and secured multiple dark fibre anchor tenants.