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BT Group plc published the following results for the full year to 31 March 2022: Revenue £20.9bn, down 2%, reflecting revenue decline in Enterprise and Global offset by growth in Openreach, with Consumer flat for the year and returning to growth in Q4; adjusted revenue down 2% Adjusted EBITDA £7.6bn, up 2%, with revenue decline […]
Telstra Wholesale is launching a new 5G service and a series of IOT products for Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) customers. The Telstra Wholesale 5G service will be available from July, initially reaching more than 75% of Australians. It will deliver Telstra Wholesale’s fastest-ever mobile speeds – up to 250 Mbps – and access to […]
Colt Technology Services has deployed Ribbon’s Microsoft-certified Session Border Controllers (SBCs) as part of its new Colt Intelligent Communications (CIC) with Cloud Session Border Controller offering across Japan. CIC is an enterprise solution integrating Microsoft’s cloud productivity applications with Colt’s voice and data networks to securely deliver superior collaboration experiences and business communications services. With […]
Vodafone Idea (Vi) will use Nokia’s DWDM solution in the access layer to upgrade its network to 5G for meeting future service capacity and reliability needs. Nokia said its 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) will enable Vi to cost-effectively and sustainably enhance network capacity by minimising operational expenditure with reduced power consumption and carbon footprint. […]
Nokia is partnering with Contela, a global technology vendor, to provide private 5G network solutions to Korean public sector organizations. Under the terms of the MoU, both companies will undertake marketing, sales and solutions convergence in private 5G networks. With this agreement, the companies will be able to offer local and customized solutions for Korean […]
DigitalBridge Group agreed to acquire Switch, a leading colocation data center operator, for $34.25 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $11 billion, including the assumption of debt. Switch, which was founded in 2000, operates SuperNAP data center campuses in Las Vegas, Reno, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company touts its high-resiliecy and […]
IBM plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on AWS. The companies said their strategic agreement will provide clients with quick and easy access to IBM Software that spans automation, data and AI, security and sustainability capabilities. The solution is built on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), […]
CoreSite announced a series of network service enhancements for its Open Cloud Exchange (OCX), including automating additional provisioning functionality within AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud and direct cloud-to-cloud communication capabilities on CoreSite’s fully managed virtual routers. Additional benefits Rapidly scale and deploy new applications across multiple U.S. markets using inter-market connectivity Improve network performance and […]
Intel introduced Project Amber, an independent trust authority in the form of an innovative service-based security implementation. Intel said the foundational basis of trust in a confidential computing environment is established via a process called attestation. The verification of this trustworthiness is a critical requirement for customers to protect their data and intellectual property as […]
DC BLOX unveiled plans for a new Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to anchor subsea cable systems connecting North America’s Southeast region with other continents. DC BLOX’s planned Myrtle Beach CLS is designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane, is engineered to Uptime Institute’s Tier III standards, and will be SOC […]
Orange France signed a five-year agreement with Ericsson for providing the monetization platform used by Orange France’s 5G subscribers. The cloud-native Ericsson Charging solution will serve nearly 28 million of Orange France’s customers, roamers-in and private mobile radio users and 20 million IoT devices based on a container-based deployment using Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution […]
AMD’s Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC is being used in multiple Evenstar radio units (RUs) projects The Evenstar program led by Meta Connectivity is a collaborative initiative between operators and technology partners to build adaptable, efficient, and metaverse-ready radio access network (RAN) reference designs for 4G and 5G networks in the Open RAN ecosystem. AMD says […]
Westfalen Weser Netz, a regional utility provider serving 736,000 customers in Germany, has deployed ADVA’s ALM fiber monitoring technology for precise, real-time insight into its regional metro network. The solution enables the municipal utility provider to instantly detect and rapidly repair fiber breaks with minimal disruption. “The ADVA ALM is helping us ensure excellent network […]
