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• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Tata, Fortinet to offer managed services for Microsoft Azure virtual WAN

  Firms launch one of the first industry offerings of native hybrid SD-WAN coupled with traffic steering and security protection for the Azure cloud

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  CityFibre appoints chief delivery officer

  Alternative UK wholesale fibre provider appoints new network delivery chief to ensure roll-out of programme to bring gigabit broadband to the UK

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Vodafone calls up Google Cloud for digital transformation platform

  Vodafone is using Google Cloud to create products and services based on deeper customer insight to engage customers with better, more personalised support

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  How Nicigas is disrupting Japan’s gas market with IoT

  Japanese energy retailer Nicigas is deploying 850,000 IoT devices to convert traditional gas meters into smart meters to unlock consumption data amid efforts to shake up the utilities industry

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Extreme stretches datacentre fabric with added automation

  As the battle for the datacentre becomes much more than speeds and feeds, Extreme Networks announces new capabilities for its Fabric Automation software

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Gigabit internet now available to one in 20 globally

  5G starts eating into fibre as 5% of the global population gain access to gigabit networks

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Ryanair checks in Vodafone for business-class infrastructure

  Budget airline gets upgrade in Vodafone Business communication technology infrastructure to support 300 sites and 153 million passengers across 40 countries

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  Trade associations dial down anger on Labour’s broadband plans

  Anger at the Labour Party’s proposals on full-fibre broadband have persisted, but more nuanced views have emerged from fibre associations

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Investec Bank cashes in on WAN acceleration

  Investec Bank turns to WAN acceleration to cut down distributed database response times and ensure that more traders can go online and earn more money

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Failure to assess cloud network architectures affecting service performance

  The second annual ‘Cloud performance benchmark report’ from ThousandEyes notes the need for businesses to make rigorous assessments of underlying network architectures in cloud service acquisition

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Nextgenaccess gains 20-year rights to run full fibre alongside HS1 track

  Broadband infrastructure provider will deploy high-capacity 432 Fibre System between Stratford in London and Eurotunnel in Folkestone

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  London 5G operators make mixed start to service lives

  London 5G networks are not yet cutting the mustard in terms of consistency and reliability of performance

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  University Hospitals Birmingham demos UK’s first remote 5G-powered diagnostic procedure

  NHS trust uses BT 5G network to deliver medical services to a 5G-connected ambulance, combining virtual, augmented and robotic technology

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Google Cloud introduces holistic cloud network monitoring

  Spotting a gap in holistic network management in today’s multicloud business environments, Google Cloud introduces its Network Intelligence Centre

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Industry questions viability of Labour plan to offer free full-fibre broadband to all UK homes

  Uproar in tech sector as Labour proposes to part-nationalise BT and offer free full-fibre broadband to all individuals and businesses by 2030 if successful in General Election

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Booming broadband drives EU cable to new highs

  Record revenue fuelled by continued growth in cable revenue generating units, says European broadband cable yearbook

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Uploadcare gets $1.7m cash investment to expand CDN

  Funding will help bi-directional CDN technology provider to accelerate content delivery speed, reduce internet traffic volume and acquire Blinkloader content optimisation platform

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Synchronoss joins US big four operators in cross-carrier messaging initiative

  Joint venture aims to deliver advanced mobile messaging experience across suppliers’ mobile networks

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Enterprises begin mandating open APIs as part of RFPs

  Back-office implementations see increased demand for native support for TM Forum’s Open APIs, boosting interoperability and helping service providers improve agility and reduce IT integration and maintenance costs

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Mist gets into gear with first self-driving network for the enterprise

  Mist Systems has launched what it claims as the world’s first AI-driven self-driving network for the enterprise, allowing business users to streamline IT operations, simplify troubleshooting across wired/wireless domains and deliver optimised ...

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Subs spike sees growth return to Vodafone UK

  Vodafone UK is claiming its best-ever quarter for new customers, with more than 500,000 additions in the three months ending 30 September

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  German telcos team to combat mobile dead spots

  Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone have entered into a co-operation for mobile network expansion to extend coverage throughout Germany

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Vodafone inks network deal with Openreach to expand FTTP in UK

  First phase of network expansion aims to give users download speeds of up to 900Mbps in 15 UK towns and cities

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Swisscom takes step towards nationwide 5G coverage

  Telco deploys spectrum-sharing technology to help realise its goal of reaching 90% 5G coverage of Switzerland by end of this year

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Zain taps Ericsson for 5G network

  Zain commissions Ericsson for 5G technology to meet growing data traffic demands and deliver high-quality mobile broadband and fixed wireless experiences, encompassing new business in the automotive, health and energy sectors

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  5G to be first mobile generation to have bigger impact on enterprises than consumers

  GSMA Intelligence report says 5G could see private enterprise networks explode and become a competition battleground between telcos and cloud companies within five years

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  Qualcomm eyes up slice of $13.2tn 5G sales enablement market

  At the end of its financial year, mobile chip giant Qualcomm sets its sights firmly on profiting from a 5G economy which it believes will generate more than $10tn in sales enablement by 2035

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Orange begins 5G services with roll-out in Romania

  Orange Group joins the 5G service provider roster, with offer in Romania said to be capable of delivering internet download speeds of up to 1.2Gbps and average download speeds of 600Mbps

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Community Fibre lights up south London gigabit broadband

  Fibre-to-the-home provider Community Fibre has teamed with cloud and IT services provider Glemnet to bring unprecedented gigabit speed broadband to customers in south London

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  O2 5G gears up to power driverless cars in London

  UK telco reveals 5G network support for trials of driverless vehicles and smart transport systems on the streets of London

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Nokia and Microsoft announce tech partnership

  IT behemoth Microsoft and comms technology provider Nokia forge first joint solutions, to enable communications service providers and enterprises to accelerate digital transformation

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Gigabit broadband to transform working lives across Europe

  Report from economist Oxera predicts that many social and economic benefits will result from the widespread roll-out of gigabit broadband, as increased connectivity changes the way people interact with each other

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Huawei ‘in Europe, for Europe’ to unplug bottlenecks towards the intelligent world

  Chinese comms infrastructure giant dismisses external “pressures” and sets out its strategy to make breakthroughs and deliver the all-connected intelligent world based on 5G, IoT and AI

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  General Election sees UK government defer ‘high-risk’ 5G tech supplier review

  Decision on allowing so-called high-risk suppliers access to the UK’s market for 5G infrastructure delayed due to 12 December poll

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Big three make big switch on for 5G in China

  The largest 5G roll out to date takes place as China gives official authorisation to deploy services as China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom switch on offers at the same time

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  5G core tech leadership race a close-run thing

  What is said to be the first competitive landscape assessment of the 5G Mobile Core arena shows the market is still very much up for grabs

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  UK government demands Ofcom boosts broadband development

  In a UK legal and regulatory first, UK government constructs priorities for telecoms regulator Ofcom, principally regarding the roll-out nationwide of gigabit-speed broadband

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  SK continues transition away from mobile dominance

  SK Telecom has shown an annual increase in its mobile communications business revenues for the first time in eight quarters, as it carries on with its plan to transform into a global “new” ICT company

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  BT network investments dig into half-year profits

  The need for speed, and the need to lay down and connect high-speed broadband and fibre, has put a break on the financial performance of BT over the first six months of its fiscal year

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Apple finds good fit in wearables and services in fourth quarter

  Consumer electronics giant sees marked pivot from products to services in quarterly results

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Li-Fi takes to the skies with Oledcomm

  Oledcomm claims a world’s first in equipping an Airbus commercial flight with Li-Fi connectivity technology

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  FCC guns for Huawei, ZTE in US comms network protection proposal

  US comms regulator proposes regulations that could see technology from Chinese suppliers such as ZTE and Huawei removed from US comms networks

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Cisco connects Canary Wharf for Wi-Fi 6 ‘seamless’ roaming

  OpenRoaming will allow devices to connect automatically to Wi-Fi and seamlessly roam from one hotspot to another

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Openreach: momentum needed now to hit all IP UK network target

  Openreach says time is very much of the essence if it is to meet its 2025 target of upgrading the UK’s comms infrastructure to a full fibre and All-IP technologies

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Europe, MENA and enterprise adds colour to modest Orange Q3

  Solid commercial performance in France, Africa and the Middle East, as well as increased revenues from the Europe and enterprise segments, are drivers for modest profit and revenue growth for Orange

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  AT&T puts major acquisitions on hold for three years after mixed Q3

  Acquisitions on hold at AT&T after third quarter growing strategic and managed business services, US wireless and IP broadband are offset by declines in revenues from legacy wireline services, recently acquired WarnerMedia assets and domestic video

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  Eutelsat launches satellite-based IoT connectivity service

  Satellite operator aims to address connectivity challenges of industries ranging from retail, banking and security to energy, mining and agriculture

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  London announces £10m cash injection for full-fibre connectivity

  New fibre-optic cabling scheme will use Tube network and public buildings to create a fibre backbone across the capital

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  IT professionals question networks’ readiness to support digital strategies

  Cisco’s Global Networking Trends report shows there’s a long way to go for today’s networks to meet the demands of the emerging digital era

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Global broadband market sees fibre push

  Trend towards fibre and dropping copper for broadband links continues in second quarter, but at a slower rate