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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted OVHcloud a €200 million credit facility devoted to investments in Europe. The credit facility is the Bank’s first financing operation for a pure cloud player, and will support the expansion of OVHcloud in Europe, where the group is positioning itself as the champion of users’ data sovereignty in […]
On Tuesday, November 22, SpaceX successfully launched the Eutelsat 10B satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The separation of the all-electric satellite occurred after a 37-minute flight and the spacecraft systems checkout was then successfully completed over a period of approximately […]
Orange Business Services is pursuing a global Telco Cloud strategy with major hubs now in 45 cities worldwide and soon expanding to the hundreds. Capabilities will include advanced services powered by Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) nodes, as well as hosting cloud-based solutions from multiple vendors. Here is an overview from Franck Morales, Vice President, Evolution […]
The management challenges of telco cloud, private 5G and edge compute depends on the complexity of the deployment and on the geographic footprint. Here’s a perspective from Paul Savill, Global Practice Leader of Networking & Edge Compute, Kyndryl. https://youtu.be/A0c-pSV6-Ps
Amazon Web Services officially opened Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, its second region in India. The new Hyderabad facility offers three Availability Zones. Hyderabad, an important talent hub for IT and entrepreneus, is the capital and largest city in the state of Telangana. AWS noted its ongoing expansion in India. The company first established a presence […]
Nxtra by Airtel, which is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has begun construction on a new hyper-scale data centre in Kolkata. The project aims to be the largest data center in east India when it enters service in 2024, representing an investment of Rs 600 Cr. The 25 MW facility in Kolkata at New Town […]
The OIF provided the following updates following its Q4 Technical and MA&E Committees Meeting, which were held in Hawaii and virtually November 1-3, 2022. New White Paper – Management of External Light Sources and Co-packaged Optical Engines Properly managing optical engines and external light sources requires an efficient system management architecture. A newly launched white […]
Ciena agreed to acquire Tibit Communications, a start-up based in Petaluma, California, focused on next-generation PON technologies. Ciena, which is Tibit’s largest investor and customer, will acquire the remaining shares of Tibit that it does not already own in a cash-free, debt-free transaction currently valued at approximately $210 million, with the merger consideration to be […]
Mavenir launched its Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), an integrated Software as a Service (SaaS) offering in the public cloud and offered in a pay-as-you-grow model. The service offers Application Programming Interface (API) enablers and turnkey applications to deliver a customer engagement and business messaging monetization solution for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Mavenir CPaaS […]
DigitalBridge Group has acquired an ownership stake in AIMS Group, a leading operator of highly-connected ecosystem-centric data centers based in Malaysia. The company’s Kuala Lumpur flagship Menara AIMS facility anchors the Malaysia Internet Exchange (MYIX). AIMS’ facilities provide highly inter-connected environments to a diverse customer base, comprising domestic and international telecommunications carriers, major enterprises, hyperscalers […]
Barbara G. Novick, co-founder and senior advisor at BlackRock Inc., was elected to Intel’s board of directors, effective Dec. 1, 2022. Novick will serve as an independent director and join the board’s Audit & Finance and Compensation committees. Novick, 62, co-founded BlackRock in 1988 and continued as its vice chairman until February 2021, when she […]
by Benedict Chua, Associate Editor Ericsson will open a 6G research centre in the UK as part of a multi-million-pound investment. The company said it will inves tens of millions of pounds (GBP) over the next 10 years in a UK-based program that will focus on 6G research and breakthrough innovations. Research areas will include […]
Airgain announced a multi-million dollar contract to supply its NimbeLink embedded modems to a leading manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to its expanding nationwide network. Airgain’s line of NimbeLink embedded modems are end-device certified, bypassing what is often months of delay and tens of thousands of dollars in cost required to certify a […]
