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Telstra has named Steve Mundt as Vice President of Enterprise and Technology for the Americas, responsible for direct sales and new business development across the region. Mundt most recently was Global Account Director for Media and Technology at Telstra. Prior to joining Telstra in 2017, he held sales and business development roles at global technology […]
Telstra is upgrading its optical network interface for its IP routers and switches from 100 GE to a 400 GE. The deployment on Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform will initially be used for Telstra’s Internet traffic and broadband connectivity. Iskra Nikolova, Telstra Executive for Network and Infrastructure, says: “We’re seeing traffic demands for mobile and fixed […]
OMERS Infrastructure agreed to acquire over 1,230 mobile towers and rooftop sites from TPG Telecom Limited for an enterprise value of A$950 million. Once the deal is complete, OMERS Infrastructure will become the largest independent tower company in Australia. Under the terms of the acquisition, TPG has entered into a 20-year contract to use the […]
AustralianSuper, which is the largest Australian superannuation and pension fund, and Singtel-owned Australia Tower Network (ATN) have agreed to acquire Axicom, one of Australia’s leading providers of telecommunications tower infrastructure, for A$3.58 billion. Axicom owns and operates approximately 2,000 telecommunication sites located in metro and outer-metro locations across all eight states and territories and major […]
Ericsson’s Cloud RAN offering has passed the independent Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS) audit, making it fully compliant with the security requirements defined by global standards organizations 3GPP and GSMA. NESAS was introduced in recent years to provide a common security assurance framework for secure product development and product lifecycle processes across the mobile […]
GTT Communications completed the sale of its infrastructure division to I Squared Capital. The division consists of a pan-European, North American, and subsea fiber network and data center assets and associated infrastructure services provided to customers. The deal was first announced in October 2020. “This is a major milestone for GTT as we move away […]
Telstra InfraCo, the new business unit with the Telstra Group that operates the company’s passive and physical infrastructure assets (ducts, fibre, data centres, subsea cables and exchanges) has begun offering a Dark Fibre service for the first time – a significant milestone in Telstra’s T22 transformation. Fibre optic cables are made up of hundreds, sometimes […]
Southern Cross Cable Limited selected Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme submarine solution for its upcoming NEXT submarine cable across the Pacific. The NEXT system will leverage Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme to seamlessly mesh the new system into the current Southern Cross network fabric while supporting higher connectivity services and a fully integrated eco-system. “Today’s work from home […]
Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will leverage SES Networks’ O3b satellite service to improve communications between Nukunonu of Tokelau, Kiritimati Island of Kiribati and the rest of the world as it upgrades the undersea Southern Cross cable network. Specifically, SES’s O3b constellation of medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites will be used to connect remote stations […]
Citing difficulties stemming from the Australian bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, Telstra a 5.9 percent drop in FY20 income to AUS$26.2 billion. NPAT decreased 14.4 percent to $1.8 billion. Reported EBITDA was $8.9 billion. After adjusting for lease accounting on a like-for-like basis, EBITDA decreased 0.3 percent to $8.4 billion. CEO Andrew Penn said: “2020 […]
Telstra has now upgraded its 5G radio access network (RAN) coverage footprint across Australia, connecting a Cloud Native 5G Core network to handle new 5G Standalone traffic. Ericsson is Telstra’s lead vendor. 5G Standalone means that Telstra already has the capability to run 5G independent of existing 4G network technology. 5G SA devices are expected […]
Southern Cross Cable connected the first single-wavelength 800G across a live production network using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics. Specifically, the new 800G channel speed ran error-free on Southern Cross’ live production network between two large, global data centers on the U.S. West Coast and demonstrated record-breaking spectral efficiencies. Ciena said Southern Cross […]
Telstra reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining the largest subsea cable network in the Asia Pacific region by announcing its first large capacity purchase on the new-generation New Cross Pacific (NCP) cable, and a further investment in the Faster cable. The 13,000-km New Cross Pacific Cable System offers landing points in China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and […]
Telstra announced the following new topline organisational structure and leadership team led by current CEO Andrew Penn: Michael Ebeid joins Telstra to run the Enterprise team servicing Australian and international business and government customers. Vicki Brady will continue to lead Consumer & Small Business designing digitally-led propositions. Nikos Katinakis joins Telstra in mid-October to lead […]
Telstra launched its new SDN-based PEN Exchange and PEN Marketplace — two new enhancements to its global Software Defined Networking solution, enabling organisations to identify and connect their network circuits on-demand with other PEN customers. The two new enhancements were designed to satisfy customers’ growing needs for secure, high bandwidth on-demand, and built on the […]
