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Network routing and switching

• November 24, 2023 24 Nov'23

  APAC organisations warm to microsegmentation

  Nearly two-thirds of organisations in the APAC region see microsegmentation as a way to protect their IT assets, but lack the skills to deploy the technology

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  Ericsson RAN unveils transport automaton network controller

  Comms tech provider’s transport network performance enhanced with AI-powered service, pinpointing degradations and capacity utilisation issues and providing insights on how to optimise overall network performance

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Telenet taps Ciena to light up network upgrade across Belgium

  Belgium’s largest provider of cable broadband services announces deployment of optical, network management technology and software to support growing demand for data services and future-proof metro expansion

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Cisco expands full-stack observability ecosystem

  Networking giant adds seven new partner modules to observability ecosystem around business insights, SAP visibility, networking, machine learning operations, service level objectives and sustainability

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Nexfibre unveils UK roll-out plan

  Latest player in UK’s rapidly growing gigabit market reveals progress taken in developing full-fibre footprint and planned build locations for 2024, as well as commitment to creating added competitive choice

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  LigaT selects Nokia to power IP core, transport network across Portugal

  Deal provides LigaT a 400GE-capable network architecture with capacity, flexibility and reduced power consumption to deliver the best possible experience to its customers in Portugal

• October 26, 2023 26 Oct'23

  IS-Wireless deploys private 5G at Riga Technical University

  5G and 4G radio-access network solutions provider sets up 5G Open RAN laboratory at Riga Technical University to deliver a network for educational purposes and extended research

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  NTT DATA and IP Infusion partner to accelerate network disaggregation

  Global digital business and IT services firm teams with global systems integrator to bring scalable, and choice-filled disaggregation solutions under umbrella of Telecom Infra Project with the aim to expand broad connectivity.

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Singtel NaaS offering to ease hybrid network management

  Singtel CUBΣ is touted to make it easier for enterprises to manage, scale and automate deployment of networking resources in a hybrid network environment

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Nokia claims to ‘redefine’ IP access, aggregation and edge cloud with next-gen routers

  Leading comms tech provider launches 7730 Service Interconnect router platforms boasting ‘revolutionary’ approach to delivering the power and benefits of service routing into IP access and aggregation networks

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Wi-Fi 7 to play fundamental role in transforming work

  Study from wireless technology trade association shows latest version of Wi-Fi standard will enable enterprise, Industry 4.0, medical, smart city and other applications that are impractical or impossible with wired and other wireless technologies

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Networking tech firms scrum down for Rugby World Cup

  Leading communications providers look to form off-pitch connectivity spine of team with infrastructures using advanced networking and mixed reality technologies at pinnacle of world rugby

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  How Netskope is driving growth in APAC

  Netskope is growing at over 50% year on year in the Asia-Pacific region, but the single-vendor SASE supplier is not limiting its customers to its own offerings

• September 01, 2023 01 Sep'23

  Threat actors exploiting unpatched Juniper Networks devices

  A series of vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks firewalls and switches appear to be being exploited in the wild to enable remote code execution, with thousands of devices thought to be exposed

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  R&M expands industrial networking application portfolio

  Swiss cabling specialist expands portfolio to support network solutions for mining, municipal utilities, power plants, transport systems and construction

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  More Aussie apartments to get high-speed fibre

  NBN will enter into Area Switch Agreements with corporate bodies to deliver high-speed fibre to some 700,000 apartments across Australia

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Nokia, Nomios Group to triple capacity for GÉANT European research network

  10-year frame agreement pegs comms provider as sole IP critical-network provider for massive backbone network migration to deliver capacity to support long-term scientific collaboration

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Two million more Australian households ready to upgrade to nbn 

  Australia’s national broadband network on track to enable up to 10 million premises, or up to 90% of homes and businesses, to access wholesale download speeds of 500Mbps to near 1Gbps by the end of 2025

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Telia president and CEO Allison Kirkby to take over as BT chief executive

  CEO of leading Baltics and Nordics telco to take the reins at BT Group in early 2024, offering support for current business strategy and next phase of development

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Attention-seeking KillNet hacktivists becoming more dangerous

  The KillNet DDoS gang seems to be becoming more dangerous, but its primary goal remains to create a lot of noise and draw media attention, according to latest analysis

• July 18, 2023 18 Jul'23

  Fibre glides past two-thirds of global broadband subscriptions in Q1 2023

  Updated analysis of trends in global and regional broadband subscriptions and technology adoption in first three months of year reveals robust growth in high-speed broadband offerings such as FTTH/B

• July 14, 2023 14 Jul'23

  Fast-moving BT driving UK fibre deployment

  Analysis by leading financial ratings firm shows how UK fibre landscape has changed, emphasising how BT is driving pace of deployment while altnets are still deploying despite higher interest rates and inflation

• July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23

  RETN unveils new low latency London to Paris connectivity

  International network services provider uses CrossChannel subsea cable to launch new low latency network route between London and Paris with a length of 550km

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market

  The joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  Cisco looks to strengthen network assurance with intent to acquire SamKnows

  Networking technology and services giant announces intent to acquire UK-based internet performance monitoring platform to extend its ThousandEyes network assessment stack to remote and hybrid workers

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Dubai Smart IoT unclear on deadline, but not ambition

  While the Dubai Smart IoT strategy reads like any other ambitious – and equally ambiguous – plan for the overhaul of a gulf state economy, there is still a clear message that the country is serious about technology

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Alkira introduces extranet as a service

  Provider of cloud networking as a service unveils infrastructure designed to enable third parties to securely connect to critical business applications 

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  Webex widens US government portfolio with contact centre, calling

  Webex Contact Center Enterprise for Government expanded to include Webex Calling, providing a single offer for calling, messaging and meetings that complies with key US government standard

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  BT begins roll-out of Digital Voice across UK East Midlands

  Latest part of incumbent telco’s strategy to evolve national communications network sees new voice offering deployed

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  DE-CIX switches on Internet Exchange in Finland

  Comms tech provider celebrates 10 years of partnership with Internet Exchange operator and home to leading carrier and datacentre neutral interconnection ecosystem

• May 25, 2023 25 May'23

  Ofcom gives approval to BT full-fibre broadband pricing

  UK’s independent full-fibre providers express disappointment that after a new probe, national comms regulator gives green light to incumbent telco’s new pricing structure for wholesale broadband gigabit services

• May 22, 2023 22 May'23

  Telstra makes 400Gbps services available through key Australian city routes

  Wholesale division of Australia-based global telco offers customers ability to use 400Gbps wavelength services after enhancements made to advanced, high-bandwidth optical infrastructure based on optical technology

• May 19, 2023 19 May'23

  ‘Dramatic’ shift in global broadband usage trends

  Quarterly survey from network improvement services provider unearths broadband first: usage-based consumption on par with flat-rate use

• May 15, 2023 15 May'23

  DE-CIX teams with Connected Nation, Newby Ventures to close digital divide in US

  Strategic partnership with non-profit organisations designed to enable operator of internet exchanges in smaller cities and rural areas to significantly improve regional online performance

• May 12, 2023 12 May'23

  Cisco accelerates observability strategy with customer digital experience monitoring

  Bi-directional integration between network giant’s AppDynamics solution and network intelligence provider aims to close network observability gaps with rapid actionable recommendations and insights

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Aqua Comms unveils 400GE transatlantic service for Energy Sciences Network

  Anticipating a flood of data beneath the waves, Dublin-based subsea connectivity provider provides London to New York infrastructure for high-performance network built to support scientific research

• May 10, 2023 10 May'23

  UK full-fibre furthers pace of roll-out in first quarter of 2023

  Quarterly assessment of UK fixed broadband industry shows full-fibre rolls across UK at a fast clip over the first three months of 2023, but local authorities in remote and rural areas still lack access to gigabit

• May 10, 2023 10 May'23

  MPLS and SD-WAN fail to meet needs of modern enterprise

  Study from network architect argues modern uses cases have broken the network edge, with both traditional topology and much-touted software-defined replacement not cutting it

• May 05, 2023 05 May'23

  IT Priorities 2023: Distributed IT and hybrid work drive adoption of new networks

  Research shows security continues to dominate networking needs, along with the need to support users wherever they are, with firms more than ready to invest in future of work initiatives

• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  UK full-fibre boost as Openreach expands, Gigaclear claims rural altnet leadership

  Operators at both ends of the corporate scale make notable advances in their respective roll-outs of gigabit connectivity in the UK

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Cisco urges users to keep its network hardware up-to-date

  In the wake of a campaign of threat activity targeting a six-year-old Cisco router vulnerability, the networking giant has warned users to be on high alert and update their hardware

• April 14, 2023 14 Apr'23

  RAI Amsterdam deploys Wi-Fi 6, OpenRoaming to enhance conferencing experiences

  OpenRoaming technology sees deployment in one of Europe’s largest exhibition facilities to connect delegates, exhibitors and attendees automatically and secure Wi-Fi with faster attach rates

• April 11, 2023 11 Apr'23

  Far North Fiber plots route for pan-Arctic connectivity

  Route study begins to define the fastest and most secure route for Submarine cable system directly connecting Japan, North America, and Ireland and Scandinavia through Arctic region

• April 11, 2023 11 Apr'23

  UK broadband industry to see huge increases in tariffs in April 2023

  Days after regulator begins scheme to make service switching easier, majority of UK’s largest broadband providers announce double-digit price increases in April 2023 leading to calls that UK broadband is broken.

• April 03, 2023 03 Apr'23

  Failure to enforce faster broadband switching deadline could see £1.85bn loss

  Uswitch study highlights biggest barriers to switching broadband providers and warns delay in One Touch Switch deadline could mean UK broadband customers miss out of upwards of £1.85bn in savings

• March 24, 2023 24 Mar'23

  Canarie chooses Nokia for sole IP router provider for research network backbone

  Deployment of Nokia’s router aims to deliver unmatched performance and reliability in ultra high-capacity backbone network for Canadian research in climate science, clean energy, medicine and cyber security

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  Neos Networks to enable Oxfordshire gigabit smart county ambitions

  Leading fibre connectivity supplier reveals role in project designed to deliver gigabit broadband upgrades for more than 175 public sector sites across Oxfordshire by the end of 2023

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  Telent completes communications systems upgrades at HS1 railway stations

  Telent designs and installs data network and management system at four international stations

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Private mobile networks hit accelerator in 2022

  Driven by North America and Europe, but with Asia-Pacific expected to catch up soon, private mobile network market defies tough economic climate and shows robust growth over the course of 2022

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

  The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices