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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
UK government gigabit broadband scheme nears half a million new premises benchmark
UK government celebrates reaching gigabit broadband services deployment milestone as part of its ambitious target over the lifetime of parliament
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August 06, 2020
06
Aug'20
Bandwidth Inc wraps up Ribbon deal to boost home network capacity for AWS
Session border controller software edition deployed on AWS to enable enterprise communications company’s customers to improve home working with no disruptions to network performance
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August 05, 2020
05
Aug'20
Virgin brings gigabit speeds to Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford
Cable provider extends gigabit broadband footprint to more than 12 million homes with coverage in Scotland’s largest urban conurbation and West Yorkshire twin cities
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August 05, 2020
05
Aug'20
Inside Juniper’s radical IT transformation
Western Australia’s aged care provider Juniper embarked on an aggressive strategy to completely transform its IT operations in just two years
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Tata Communications unveils new secure digital experience
Global digital ecosystem enabler Tata aims to allow businesses to adapt to the realities of enterprise transformation, workforce mobility and consumer experience in the new digital-first environment
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Liverpool scores win with 5G health and social care project
Quality of Mersey is not strained in mobile health communications solutions, with a further £4.3m for 5G-based health and social care innovation to provide safe, free and accessible connectivity to services including health, social care and education
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Application monitoring, video games dominate internet traffic in first half of 2020
Increased focus on digital presence during lockdown likely to have prompted companies to invest more in ensuring and measuring application uptime and enhancing customer experience
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
BT takes Covid-19 hit but claims strong first quarter
Comms provider warns of further impact from pandemic in future quarters as a result of insolvency, slower decision-making by larger customers and lower usage across businesses
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
UK households suffer as online problems disrupt work during lockdown
Quadient urges broadband and mobile providers to focus on customer service as UK ranks connectivity as more essential than gas, banking or council services
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
UK rural full-fibre broadband network expanded further
Over three million more homes and businesses in rural areas of the UK given the opportunity to get ultra-reliable, gigabit-ready, full-fibre broadband by mid-2020s
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
£400m full-fibre broadband expansion as Warburg Pincus, DTCP take control of Community Fibre
Expansion of full-fibre network across London will deliver up to 10Gbps of broadband to a million households and businesses
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
US Cellular taps Nokia, Ericsson to build out 5G infrastructure
Scandinavian comms tech suppliers on board to support US’s fourth largest telco’s journey to next-generation services
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Google Cloud announces Grace Hopper subsea cable
IT giant connects up first new undersea cable of its kind since 2003 to connect UK, US and Spain
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
MainOne West African submarine cable implements Infinera to boost spectrum capacity
Comms tech provider works with global operator to optimise performance on undersea cable serving as West African backbone network for Orange’s international connectivity in Africa
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Telekom Slovenije introduces 5G
Slovenia’s leading telco unveils the first in a number of phases in its evolution towards next-gen communications
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Aryaka, Check Point announce global managed security partnership
Cloud-first-managed wide area network provider and threat prevention specialist collaborate to produce integrated security and SD-WAN-as-a-service solution
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
Verizon completes long-haul 800Gbps single-wavelength fibre data session
US comms giant sends 800Gbps across long-distance fibre in preparation for significant increase in amount of data from enterprise and consumer 5G applications
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Masergy expands SD-WAN portfolio with SASE, added analytics
With the addition of SD-WAN Secure, software-defined network and cloud platform claims to be the sole source of a single, unified SD-WAN solution
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
A1, Telstra tap Nokia to enhance 5G evolution and pilot network slicing
Self-organising network software deployed to boost automation of leading Australian comms operator’s wide radio access networks as it continues its evolution towards 5G services
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Cloudflare apologises for major net outage
Incident from network engineering team’s routine router configuration update work sees major outage on backbone leading to drops in internet services in Europe, US and Latin America
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Global business leaders comfortable if not fully prepared for large-scale shift to remote work
Riverbed survey shows new technology investments are expected to enhance corporate performance and wellness as employees increasingly work from anywhere and employers adopt hybrid working models
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
More than 90% of UK’s fixed lines meet the challenges of working from home
Study from network benchmarking firm Umlaut reveals that despite fears over whether UK networks could cope with mass remote working, only very few fixed-connection users faced limitations
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
NS1 closes $40m series D round to fund connected economy tech
Multimillion-dollar funding round set to accelerate innovation in modern application and access network solutions that power the connected economy
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
Warning over security holes in fake Cisco kit
Two counterfeit Cisco Catalyst 2960-X switches were only found after a software update caused them to stop working
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
Huawei technology banned from UK national comms infrastructure
After NCSC advice, and accepting billions in cost and a significant delay to 5G roll-out, UK government takes decision to remove so-called high-risk tech supplier’s 5G products from mobile network, and begins assessment of risk to fixed fibre nets
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July 10, 2020
10
Jul'20
UK mobile operators warn removing Huawei tech would cost ‘low billions’ and take five years
Vodafone and BT warn parliamentary committee of serious potential effects on cost, network service availability and 5G roll-out of removing Huawei tech from networks
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July 10, 2020
10
Jul'20
Nearly half of employed in UK worked remotely in April 2020
Covid-19 drives upsurge in home working in UK, and of those who did some work remotely, around a third worked fewer hours than usual and the same percentage worked longer hours
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Orange, Nokia claim first successful trial of next-gen optical technology
Next-generation optoelectronics technology designed to allow tripling of total transported capacity on long-haul links
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
SD-WAN goes mainstream in remote work surge but network visibility, security are concerns
Survey reveals effect of Covid-19 in what is said to be an age of dynamic disruption, with full sight of traffic activity across much more distributed infrastructure a key priority
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
Orange Wholesale unveils eSIM first for France
Global telco ups the ante in French operator wholesale market by partnering with Prixtel to enable customers to download electronic SIM card to latest smartphones
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July 03, 2020
03
Jul'20
Three counts on Amdocs to support enterprise business expansion
UK telco taps comms platforms and services technology provider to create modern solutions to challenge rivals and meet the evolving needs of UK businesses
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Optimised network infrastructure, visibility, experience management form next frontier in business
Business leaders, C-suite and IT decision-makers must come together to ensure that they invest in the right infrastructure or they will face business failure, says Riverbed report
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June 30, 2020
30
Jun'20
Alibaba Cloud comes together with Aryaka for global, fully managed SD-WAN
Cloud-first WAN company claims to provide Chinese cloud giant with superior application performance to enterprise customers worldwide
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June 26, 2020
26
Jun'20
Ford gets into gear with Vodafone 5G for future-proof electric vehicle production
Global automotive giant gains funding to implement and develop the potential of 5G in electric vehicle manufacturing processes in particular as regards cross-site connectivity
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June 26, 2020
26
Jun'20
Huawei gets green light for UK development centre
Chinese telecoms equipment provider sets out plans to build an optoelectronics R&D and manufacturing centre in the heart of Silicon Fen
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June 26, 2020
26
Jun'20
95% of North American CIOs report remote work issues during lockdown
Employee password lockouts and inability to access on-premise applications were among the top challenges faced by CIOs in keeping remote workers up and running during lockdown
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June 26, 2020
26
Jun'20
Enterprises in rural Wales to gain added fibre as voucher scheme doubles in value
Vouchers subsidise the cost for rural homes and businesses to install next-generation, gigabit-capable broadband
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June 25, 2020
25
Jun'20
Nokia takes O-RAN leap with 5G AirScale Cloud commercialisation
RAN product designed to help operators generate revenue from 5G services, enable flexible end-to-end network slicing and meet IoT technology and business requirements
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June 23, 2020
23
Jun'20
Home workers report concerns regarding network capacity shortages
With networks becoming an increasingly critical part of business operations, network intelligence platform provider finds 65% of networking professionals felt extremely or somewhat concerned about their organisation’s network capacity during ...
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June 23, 2020
23
Jun'20
Nokia claims US live C-band network demo first
Ahead of the expected US spectrum auction in December 2020, Nokia completes first successful US-based 5G trial in C-band
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June 19, 2020
19
Jun'20
Cisco makes statement of intent for ‘new normal’ networking priorities
Networking technology giant adds new capabilities across its intent-based networking portfolio to give customers greater control, security, insights to drive better digital experiences.
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June 16, 2020
16
Jun'20
UK network resilience improves during Covid-19 lockdown
UK’s fixed networks handling increased traffic well since lockdown, but customer experience is somewhat affected, especially when connected via Wi-Fi, on several days starting 20 March 2020
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June 15, 2020
15
Jun'20
New Zealand schools to get Wi-Fi 6 in connectivity boost
More than 2,000 schools across New Zealand will be among the first in the country to enjoy the improved coverage and access speeds of Wi-Fi 6
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June 15, 2020
15
Jun'20
UK government to investigate water and energy networks to deliver nationwide gigabit broadband
Existing utility pipelines to be examined as way to accelerate national fibre infrastructure roll-out, but critics voice concern about broadband strategy fixating on fibre
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June 08, 2020
08
Jun'20
South Korea takes global 5G leadership
Initial Omdia market assessment shows home of Samsung as the world’s powerhouse for establishing and commercialising 5G networks
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June 05, 2020
05
Jun'20
Gamgee and QuantWiFi announce managed Wi-Fi strategic partnership
Network technology providers Gamgee and QuantWiFi team up to develop solutions ensuring Wi-Fi for a growing number of consumers whose network experience has become more crucial than ever
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June 05, 2020
05
Jun'20
Global enterprise WLAN market dips in first quarter of 2020
Consumer market buoyed but Covid-19 lockdowns blow headwind into enterprise sector for worldwide wireless local area network market for the first quarter of 2020
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June 04, 2020
04
Jun'20
UK employees complain of lacking tools to work at home effectively
Even though employees expect to continue working remotely for the foreseeable future, a significant proportion of teleworkers lack access to the required technological equipment
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May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Qualcomm aims to tap into Wi-Fi 6E with ‘world’s most advanced’ mobile wireless portfolio
Hot on the heels of FCC action described as milestone and watershed moment for innovation that will supercharge connectivity, wireless processor giant aims to cash in on new wireless standard
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May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Cisco eyes up ThousandEyes purchase
Networking giant says acquisition of internet and cloud intelligence platform provider will enhance its network performance and monitoring capabilities across the enterprise and into the cloud