Network management
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Vodafone has teamed up with quantum computing firm Orca Computing to explore potential uses of the technology to upgrade and extend fixed and mobile broadband connections. -
Zayo Europe has completed a new 100G wavelength route for infrastructure provider GNM, a project it claims was delivered in just five working days.
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Vodafone Qatar has signed a wide-ranging agreement with Nokia to modernise its national network infrastructure, aiming to boost 5G capacity, lower latency, and introduce greater automation across its operations.
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Charter’s planned $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications may mark the most consequential cable merger in years, but analysts suggest the deal is more about scale than sudden shifts in network strategy.
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Network services provider RETN has completed a full-scale deployment of 400GbE coherent pluggable optics across its Pan-Eurasian IP backbone, in what the company claims is one of the largest production-scale IP-over-DWDM (IPoDWDM) deployments to date.
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Great Plains Communications (GPC) has enlisted Ciena to use its optical networking, routing and switching technology to supercharge its network.
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TAWAL showcased what it claims is the world’s first single-chassis, multi-operator Open RAN deployment in a bid to address rising network rollout costs and vendor lock-in challenges.
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Opanga, a startup developing AI-powered network efficiency solutions, has secured investment to scale its efforts.
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Ericsson has launched a new wireless-first branch networking architecture aimed at helping enterprises manage increasingly AI-driven, distributed operations.
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Türk Telekom International (TTI) has integrated BroadForward's Signaling Transfer Point (STP) and Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) technologies to enhance its network infrastructure.
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Vodafone has joined an initiative aimed at using its mobile network to provide more accurate rain nowcasting.
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Deutsche Telekom has extended its strategic partnership with Google Cloud, with the pair working together on AI advancement and cloud integration across its network infrastructure.
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Vodafone Idea has picked Nokia to upgrade and expand its optical metro and circle networks across India.
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The long-running saga over who would acquire Crown Castle’s fibre assets recently came to a head after Zayo Group secured a $4.5 billion acquisition.
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Nvidia kicked off its annual GTC by doubling down on its industry-specific services, unveiling a trove of telco-specific AI offerings targeting AI agents, RAN, and 6G.
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Nokia has continued its shift toward digital infrastructure by securing projects with European hosting provider Hetzner and cloud infrastructure provider Worldstream.
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Global revenue from private cellular networks is set to more than double, reaching $12.2 billion by 2028 – an increase of 114% from 2025, despite sluggish market growth in recent years, according to new figures from Juniper Research.
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AT&T is working with Ciena to test ways to improve its network speeds, completing a 1.6 terabit-per-second single-carrier wavelength across 296 kilometres.
