networks
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Nokia will team with Perfectum in Uzbekistan to build a nationwide 5G standalone (SA) network in the country.
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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
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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).
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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.
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Telecom vendor Ekinops has completed its €10 million acquisition of an optical transport network technology from Brazilian optical manufacturer Padtec.
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Data centres for the 5G era will be small and installed at the edge of networks so they can deliver content efficiently. Josh Snowhorn, founder of EdgeMicro, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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If there is a back door. No one’s been able to find one in Huawei’s kit, but Alan Burkitt-Gray asks if we’re taking the wrong approach to network security.
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T-Mobile for Business will sell the first asset tracking solution, Roambee BeeAware, on a Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network in the US.
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NTT Ltd has chosen London as its headquarters due to the city's "global" status in the centre of the EMEA region and a "limited" impact by Brexit, one of its 19 new global leadership executives has revealed.
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The Office of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and its member states in the Asia-Pacific region have gone live on the PCCW Global’s Common aeRonautical Virtual (CRV) private network.
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Nokia’s end-to-end solution has been chosen by Taiwan Star Telecom (TST) to prepare it for 5G migration and expand the coverage and capacity of the regional MNO’s LTE network to support subscriber growth.
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Vodafone has switched on its 5G network in seven cities across the UK and has claimed to be the nation's first provider to offer 5G roaming in four European countries over the summer.
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Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube, explained how the video sharing platform has revolutionised content creation to a packed ITW audience during the opening keynote on June 23.
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ETSI NFV, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s industry specification group for network function virtualisation, has announced enhancements to the system and designed new features to support 5G networks.
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SK Telecom has signed agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung Electronics in order to jointly research and develop advanced 5G and 6G mobile network technologies.