networks
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New locations in Guatemala and Mexico activated in response to growing demand of traffic between the U.S. and Central and South America -
Nokia has announced a breakthrough multi-access edge slicing innovation that will be showcased with e& at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona.
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Virgin Media O2’s (VMO2) plans to move into the fixed-line wholesale market by offering access to its fibre and cable networks to other providers “represents a direct challenge to BT’s Openreach unit”, according to Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight.
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Vodafone Idea will make significant investments to roll out its 5G network in India, Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the company said today.
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Juniper Networks has appointed Neil McRae, formerly of BT, as its chief network strategist.
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Telefónica has validated the integration of its network APIs with the pilot AWS Wavelength Zone at a Telefónica edge location in Madrid with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Forthcoming events
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Uzebkistan will benefit from advanced telecoms infrastructure as a result of a signed contract between Toyota Tsusho, Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ), NEC Corporation and NTT Com and local operator JSC Uzbektelecom.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), NEC Corporation and Rakuten Symphony have announced that their joint multi-vendor Open RAN deployment is entering the field phase, with the activation of the first live sites in VMO2’s commercial network.
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Swiss-based satellite company Astrocast has bought Netherlands rival Hiber for an undisclosed sum, in a deal that sees an extra €10.45 million invested in Astrocast.
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Orange is to build an end-to-end 5G network for a new Paris Métro line, 15 Sud.
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Colt has expanded its network into South Korea, launching PoPs in four major data centres across Seoul's metro.
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Algérie Telecom has built a nationwide IP metro commercial network to support demands for increased capacity as well as future needs driven by 5G and fibre services.
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UK tower company Cornerstone is partnering with Freshwave, owned by DigitalBridge, to build a small-cell network in London’s financial centre.
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Africa, much of South America, and all of Asia are still on the waiting list for coverage for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite service.
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Telefónica has marked the beginning of celebrating its 100th birthday by announcing a pact with OneWeb to provide satellite connectivity services across Europe and Latin America.
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Zayo Group has announced the final construction phase for three new 100% underground long-haul fibre routes connecting key US data and colocation markets.
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HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) has promoted Lee Kwan to chief network officer following the telco's integration of IT and related functions with the network engineering division.
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As announced during Capacity Europe, DE-CIX is launching a new service, FlexPOP, which is set to revolutionize how carriers can expand their on-net presence cost effectively. Capacity talked to DE-CIX’s Chief Operating Officer Ivo Ivanov about DE-CIX’s internationalization strategy, and offering added value for connected carriers with a first-of-its-kind Infrastructure-as-a-Service offer.
