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Serverfarm, a privately-owned data center developer and operator, has acquired the 305 Satellite Blvd data center complex in Suwanee, Georgia. The data center encompasses 153,000 square feet and has significant fiber and network access. Financial terms were not disclosed. Serverfarm now has over 1 million square feet of data center space in seven North American […]
by Ludovico Fassati, Head of IoT for Vodafone Americas IoT will drive business transformation Companies that have adopted IoT see the technology as mission critical to their business. These companies are leading the way when it comes to digital transformation initiatives. According to Vodafone’s 2017/18 IoT Barometer, 74% of companies that have adopted IoT agree […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm, the fastest growing mobile operator in the world and which is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, agreed to acquire specified assets of Reliance Communications Limited and its affiliates. The sale includes assets under four categories – Towers, Optic Fiber Cable Network, Spectrum and Media Convergence Nodes, specifically: 122.4 MHz of 4G […]
Huawei expects its revenue for 2017 to show a 15% year-over-year increase, its slowest rate of growth since 2013, according to a New Year’s message to staff posted by Huawei rotating CEO Ken Hu. Hu cited fluctuations in telco investment cycles but said the overall business remains strong. Huawei’s final revenue figure for 2017 should […]
CenturyLink announced the appointments of Gaurav Chand as executive vice president – marketing and of Shaun Andrews as executive vice president – product management. Both report to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey. Previously, Chand served as the global senior vice president, marketing – infrastructure solutions group for Dell EMC. Andrews was previously the senior vice […]
The 3GPP initiative officially approved the 5G New Radio (NR) specifications. Balazs Berenyi, 3GPP RAN Chair, described the approval as “an impressive achievement in a remarkably short time, with credit due particularly to the Working Groups.” At Mobile World Congress 2017 in February, major mobile network operators and vendors issued a call to accelerate the […]
Iliad, the fully-integrated operator in France with nearly 20 million subscribers, has agreed to acquire eir, the Irish telecommunications and broadband carrier, for approximately €3.5 billion. eir, which was formerly the state-owned telecom monopoly in Ireland until 1999 (Telecom Eireann), is currently owned by an investor group including Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C, Davidson Kempner Capital […]
In recognition of the new tax reform legislation, AT&T announced plans to boost its 2018 CAPEX by $1 billion and to pay a special $1,000 bonus to more than 200,000 of its U.S. employees — all union-represented, non-management and front-line managers. “Congress, working closely with the President, took a monumental step to bring taxes paid […]
by David Messina, CMO, Docker Prediction #1: The next big security breach will be foiled by containers As we witnessed with the Equifax breach in early September, data breaches can place personal data at risk and in doing so, erode consumer confidence. But what if you could prevent a major breach by simply placing the […]
Following the passage of the tax reform legislation, Comcast announced plans to increase its capital expenditures and to issue $1,000 bonuses to more than one hundred thousand eligible frontline and non-executive employees. Comcast said it now plans to spend “well in excess of $50 billion over the next five years investing in infrastructure to radically […]
Vodafone UK is conducting a trial of pre-standard 5G using 3.5 GHz spectrum in central London. The testing is carried out in partnership with Ericsson and King’s College London. The trial includes both indoor and outdoor configurations using MIMO, beamforming, beam tracking, and other advanced technologies. Vodafone UK Head of Networks Kye Prigg said: “We’re […]
Fyusion, a start-up based in San Francisco, announced $22 million in Series B funding for its work in 3D computer vision and machine learning. Fyusion’s mission is “to pioneer real-time visual understanding of the physical world using any camera though with a focus on Android & iOS devices.” The technology creates immersive, interactive 3D images […]
Anodot, a start-up based in Ra’anana, Israel with offices in Sunnyvale, California announced $23 million in Series B funding for its AI-powered analytics. Anodot’s AI-powered analytics tracks and correlates massive volumes of business and technical data in real time to identify business incidents, such as e-commerce glitches. The company recently achieved Amazon Web Services’ Machine […]
