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Red Hat named Matt Hicks as its president and chief executive officer, replacing Paul Cormier, who will serve as chairman of Red Hat. Hicks previously served as Red Hat’s executive vice president of Products and Technologies, where was responsible for the entirety of Red Hat’s product strategy and engineering. Notably, under Hicks’ leadership, Red Hat’s […]
Zayo activated its new Zeus subsea route connecting Lowestoft, UK and Zandvoort, Netherlands. At 192 fibres, Zeus contains the highest fibre count connecting the UK and mainland Europe — the most dense, deeply-buried and robust cable available in the North Sea. Zayo utilized Ultra Low Loss (ULL) optical fibres, so wavelength throughput on a single […]
Ericsson, Thales, and Qualcomm Technologies will conduct smartphone-use-case-focused testing and validation of 5G non-terrestrial networks (5G NTN). The goal of the testing will be to validate various technology components needed to enable 5G non-terrestrial networks, including a 5G smartphone, satellite payload and 5G network pieces on the ground. The benefits of 5G connectivity via low […]
Nokia has been selected to lead 6G-ANNA, a German national-funded 6G lighthouse project. Nokia will collaborate with the 29 partners in 6G-ANNA to lead and drive 6G research and standardization. In particular, Nokia will work closely with the consortium, which includes partners from industry, subject matter experts, start-ups, research institutes and distinguished universities in Germany.Within […]
STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries agreed to create a new, jointly-operated 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility adjacent to ST’s existing 300mm facility in Crolles, France. This facility is targeted to ramp at full capacity by 2026, with up to 620,000 300mm wafer per year production at full build-out (~42% ST and ~58% GF). The new facility will support […]
Thomas H. Krause, President of the Broadcom Software Group, will step down to pursue another role at a privately held enterprise software company. Hock E. Tan, Broadcom’s President and CEO, will immediately assume Krause’s responsibilities, and the position of President of Broadcom Software Group will be eliminated. In addition, the Broadcom announced that Charlie B. […]
Ekinops reported Q2 2022 revenue s consolidated revenue stood at €35.5m, vs. €27.6m a year earlier. At constant scope and exchange rates, quarterly growth stood at +24%. Over H1 2022, revenue amounted to €63.3 million, vs. €50.8 million in H1 2021, an increase of €12.5m. This solid level reflects robust growth of +25% relative to […]
Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, will acquire an ownership interest of approximately 29% in American Tower’s U.S. data center business as part of a new long-term strategic partnership. The partnership will be realized through an investment in common equity and mandatorily convertible preferred equity, in a transaction valued […]
StratCap, which is a privately-held, global alternative investment firm, completed the acquisition of approximately $151 million of essential digital infrastructure assets since the beginning of 2022. The acquisitions include eighteen cell towers that were purchased for approximately $30.3 million and are located in California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Connecticut. In addition, the company […]
AT&T Mexico is collaborating with Nokia on 5G and has selected the company as a strategic partner for AT&T Mexico’s 5G Innovation Lab. Under the deal, Nokia will provide equipment from its 5G AirScale RAN portfolio, powered by its latest ReefShark System-on-Chip chipset. Nicole Rodriguez, CTO at AT&T Mexico, said: “We are committed to providing […]
Farice reached a sales agrement with Far North Digital (FND) for fiber connectivity between Japan and Iceland via Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable and FND’s planned Arctic cable. Construction is currently underway for Farice’s IRIS Subsea Telecoms Cable System from Iceland to Galway, Ireland. The system is planned for service early 2023. The FND fiber […]
Rogers experienced a widespread network outage beginning on Friday morning and impacting Quebec and Ontario primarily, as well as other linked services nationwide. The Rogers outage led to cascading effects at banks, credit card processing, and online businesses. On Saturday, Rogers reported service restoration to the majority of its users. Tony Staffieri, the president and […]
StratCap Data Centers has acquired a triple net leased data center in Jacksonville, Florida. Financial terms and name of the seller were not disclosed. StratCap said the 25,600 square foot facility is fully leased to a major telecommunications carrier and serves as one of the company’s wireless communications switching centers. The facility includes a cell […]
