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NTT DOCOMO confirmed it new leadership team, with Kazuhiro Yoshizawa continuing in his roles as president, CEO, and Member of the Board of Directors. Hiroyasu Asami continues to lead the technical team in his roles as Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, and Member of the Board of Directors. Hiroshi Tsujigami […]
Venndor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 45.5% year over year in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), reaching $12.9 billion, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker. “Hyperscaler datacenter expansion and refresh continued to drive overall cloud IT […]
Altice Europe will sell off equity stakes in its tower infrastructure business in France an Portugal for EUR 2.5 billion in cash. The idea is to form two tower companies offering passive infrastructure and equipment in France and Portugal. Services will be available to all mobile network operators. Altice France and PT Portugal will enter […]
Nokia awarded a 5-year contract to HCL Technologies for outsourced IT management services. HCL will transform and modernize Nokia’s IT infrastructure & applications landscape. Specifically, HCL will transition services from four incumbent vendors to establish an integrated IT services delivery & design framework and will implement a transformation roadmap. The deal is intended to help […]
MTN South Africa, in partnership with Ericsson, demonstrated a 5G to a moving vehicle at the Gerotek testing facility in Pretoria. The test used 100MHz of spectrum in the 28GHz band to achieve more than 1.6Gbps and less than 5ms latency on the connection. The vehicle had a full obscured windscreen, requiring the driver to […]
EKINOPS reported strong sales momentum its FlexRate solutions that provide 100 Gbps and 200 Gbps services in the same compact module. The company cited double-digit growth for these next-generation service modules over four successive quarters since they were first delivered to customers in 2017. EKINOPS said the modules have been installed in over 15 new […]
Intelsat is partnering with with Globo, one of the largest broadcasters in Latin America, to demonstrate live 8K video transmissions in Brazil for the 2018 World Cup. The World Cup video is being shown at Rio’s innovative science museum, the Museu de Amanhã at a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels. The 8K signal will […]
More than 1,000 public safety agencies across 52 states and territories have joined FirstNet, nearly doubling the network’s adoption since April. FirstNet is the nationwide public safety communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders which is built with AT&T in a public-private partnership. “First responders across the country are saying ‘yes’ to THEIR network,” said […]
Red Hat reported revenue of $814 million for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2019 ended May 31, 2018, up 20% in USD year-over-year, or 17% measured in constant currency. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $712 million, up 19% in USD year-over-year, or 16% measured in constant currency. Subscription revenue in the quarter […]
Brian Krzanich resigned as Intel’s CEO and as a member of its board of directors because of a past consensual relationship with an Intel employee. Intel said it was recently informed of the relationship and that an investigation by internal and external counsel confirmed a violation of Intel’s non-fraternization policy. Intel’s board named Chief Financial […]
Frontier Communications announced that R. Perley McBride, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be resigning from the company for personal reasons. A search for his successor is underway. Frontier’s President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel J. McCarthy stated, “We announce Perley’s resignation with regret. He has been a major contributor to our […]
Almost exactly 8 years after signing a historic agreement with nbn Co Limited (NBN Co), the consortium established to design, build and operate Australia’s wholesale-only national broadband network (nbn), Telstra has just announced plans to spin-off its remaining fixed network infrastructure, including long-haul fibre, data centres, and subsea cables, into a separate company. The nbn […]
AT&T will launch NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) across the U.S. in early 2019 and across Mexico later in the year. AT&T, which launched its LTE-M network in Q2 2017, said NB-IoT will complement its existing service. Both NB-IoT and LTE-M are supported in licensed spectrum and with carrier-grade security. “We’ve seen global momentum for […]
