USA
-
The US has plans to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) US$6.6 billion in grants and up to $5 billion in loans to help the company build factories in Arizona.
-
This week, the UK and US signed a ‘landmark’ deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
-
The UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together to test advanced AI.
-
The AT&T data breach, which affected 73 million customers is a “wake-up call for the telecom industry to keep up with the times”.
-
Despite the sanctions imposed on two Chinese nationals and a company on Monday, it is essential for the UK and the US to remain vigilant about cybersecurity threats.
-
The Biden administration has agreed to give intel up to US$8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for chip plants in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon.
Forthcoming events
-
Nokia’s exit from TD Tech, a wireless technology firm jointly controlled by Huawei comes as no surprise according to Paolo Pescatore, TMT analyst at PP Foresight.
-
The Biden-Harris Administration is issuing a “landmark” National Spectrum Strategy aimed at freeing up additional wireless spectrum for advanced technology needs.
-
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun plans to reinstate net neutrality rules that were rescinded under then-President Donald Trump in 2018.
-
Capacity caught up with Ashley Haghighi, a senior in engineering, who attended Datacloud USA as part of the Broadgroup Talent in Tech initiative.
-
Hydrogen and nuclear-powered data centres are a distinct possibility for the future.
-
Microsoft has won its court case against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), potentially clearing the way to acquire Activision in a deal worth US$68.7 billion.
-
After US$700 million was announced by the Biden administration to connect people in rural areas in the US, more investment needs to fall into the hands of wireless infrastructure providers.
-
Colt will expand its US capabilities with the connection of a new data centre and subsea cable landing station (CLS), NJFX, in New Jersey, US to its Colt IQ Network.
-
Arelion has deployed a new fully diverse, high-capacity route from Reston, VA down the US East Coast.
-
Verizon has signed an agreement with Vertical Bridge to build cell towers across the US, expanding the operator’s 4G and 5G Ultra Wideband services.
-
Huawei is launching its own enterprise IT management software that will reduce its reliance on foreign-sourced tech.
-
The US Marine Corps has awarded a contract to provide end-to-end satellite communications to Viasat, the company that is in the process of merging with Inmarsat.
-
The US federal government is planning to invest US$1.5 billion to help rural carriers replace Huawei equipment and boost Open RAN adoption.
-
Four leading English-speaking economies have aligned their strategies for secure mobile infrastructure, continuing from the 5G era into 6G.
-
Grover, a subscription provider for consumer tech has launched its own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) for tech rental customers in the US.
-
Spectrum Enterprise has announced the availability of ultra-high 100Gbps speed data services across its national fibre network for a range of data transport solutions.
-
Arelion has launched two new fully diverse routes from the US into Monterrey, Mexico.
-
Gold Data will build the first cable system in the Gulf of Mexico, connecting Miami in Florida with strategic points in Mexico City, Cancun and Queretaro.
-
US enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services grew 30% in 2022, according to Q3 data from Synergy Research Group.
-
DataBank has announced the opening of its latest Salt Lake City data centre, SLC6 – Granite Point.
-
AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a US$23 million fine after attempting to bribe a politician in the state.
-
IBM’s plans to invest US$20 billion in New York’s Hudson Valley region over the next decade has been praised by US President Joe Biden.
-
SES has launched two new satellites for new spectrum for broadcast services in the US, to help 5G operators expand their own services.
-
Verizon and Ericsson will build a private 5G network in an aircraft hangar on Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam after the former was awarded US$11.5 by the US Department of Defense (DoD).
-
The US government is giving the Alaska Telephone Company US$33 million to expand fibre connectivity in rural south-east Alaska.
-
Multiple production companies have hit Verizon, AT&T and Comcast with copyright lawsuits for failing to stop movie piracy.
-
T-Mobile has sold its wireline business to Cogent Communications for an initial US$1 but will take a US$1 billion charge on the deal.
-
T-Mobile paid US$303.4 million to secure the majority of the 2.5GHz spectrum on offer in latest 5G auction in the US.
-
Nokia says it is leading 6G conversation in the US after revealing that it expects the technology to arrive by 2030.
-
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has signed a US$30 billion partnership agreement with Intel to fund its under-construction semi-conductor fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona.
-
Verizon says a recent service outage in Florida was caused by a cut in a fibre optic during overnight construction work.
-
Google Fiber will bring its high-speed internet service to several cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada as it expands its network.
-
US President Joe Biden has signed a bill that will see the investment of billions of dollars into the country’s semiconductor industry.
-
Alaska Communications will provide home internet to educators, students and families in 10 villages in the Lower Yukon School District (LYSD) using hybrid satellite technology.
-
Verizon will work with the FBI in a US$400 million Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order to help meet increasing demands for data bandwidth around the world.
-
This year will see Chinese and North American mobile operators at their peak for buying radio access network (RAN) equipment, says a report today.