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• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Webex and Google drive improved collaboration capabilities

  Collaboration arm of networking giant reveals enhanced relationship with IT behemoth centred on creating faster synergy offering seamless way to connect through meetings and messaging and to improve automotive meeting experiences

• 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

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Huawei: rethinking approaches to networks and computing is critical

  Comms tech giant Huawei kicks off 20th Global Analyst Summit affirming commitment to connectivity, computing, storage and cloud and how strategic objectives of industry should drive digital transformation

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Halfords tools up for consistent experiences with AI-driven wired and wireless access

  Motoring and cycling retailer reduces network-related trouble tickets and improves uptime in garages and stores after deploying artificial intelligence-driven network access

• March 31, 2023 31 Mar'23

  RDK, Telenet up the ante on Wi-Fi management and performance

  Boost to wireless comms as operator introduces smart Wi-Fi 6 pods and mesh technology combined with the latest modem, while technology consortium launches software component designed to unify residential Wi-Fi software

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  Colt expands Equinix on-demand partnership in Singapore, Hong Kong

  Digital infrastructure companies expand longstanding on-demand partnership in key Asian territories with software-driven connectivity

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  MWC 23: Beacon Wi-Fi 6E gateway shines for Nokia

  Addressing the widespread roll-out of gigabit fibre powered by XGS-PON, comms tech provider unveils its first gateway supporting Wi-Fi 6E to provide premium, high-performance Wi-Fi in the home using high-capacity mesh networking.

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  Aryaka brings managed SD-WAN and SASE to more markets, verticals

  Aryaka adds rich capabilities and innovations to accelerate the adoption of its cloud-based delivery for network and security services and to enable acceleration for improved application performance for increasingly hybrid workforces

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  UK’s MoJ publishes £165m WAN tender

  Ministry of Justice announces tender for wide-area network to deliver secure connectivity for authorised devices at key locations and those of its service recipients

• 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

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking

  Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  StarHub to undertake major network transformation

  Singapore telco StarHub is deploying a hybrid cloud architecture that will enable it to launch sovereign cloud services, among other capabilities

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Internet shutdowns cost global economy $24bn in 2022

  Deliberate disruption of people’s access to the internet by governments is having a substantial economic impact and contributing to a range of human rights abuses, primarily against protestors

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 networking stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories of 2022

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  CityFibre identifies massive economic gains for Cheltenham, Portsmouth areas through full fibre

  Leading independent gigabit broadband provider reveals positive economic and productivity impacts in Gloucestershire and south-coast cities where it has introduced full fibre, running to £145m and £335m respectively

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Agility, business more important than cost, network management for IT teams

  Cisco report finds new rules applying in a multicloud world, with IT decision-makers regarding security as the top networking challenge when managing distributed and hybrid workloads

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  FYUZ 2022: Telecom Infra Project, Intel launch metaverse mMIMO collaboration

  Global community designed to drive infrastructure services to advance global connectivity enters into partnership with chip giant

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  FYUZ 2022: Telecom Infra Project defines new approach to building fixed access networks

  Global community designed to drive infrastructure services to advance global connectivity establishes Open Fixed Access Networks sub-group – a collaboration between major industry operators to address the challenges of building and scaling access ...

• October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

  How Cloudflare is staying ahead of the curve

  Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince talks up what has changed since the company’s first business plan was written in 2009 and how it keeps pace with the fast-moving network security landscape

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  CGI gets ESA order to develop predictive routing tool for satellite constellations

  Tool will support increased need to equip satellite networks with software-defined networking to deliver simplified management, better end-to-end network automation support and streamlined delivery of network services

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  UK government presses on with new cyber rules for telcos

  Government has finalised new security rules for telecoms companies and will move to make them binding in the near future

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  Juniper unveils AI-driven switch and enhanced AIOps capabilities

  Network provider announces series of enterprise-grade wired access switches to connect to modern microservices cloud and artificial intelligence platform

• August 11, 2022 11 Aug'22

  Samsung, Kajeet collaborate to deliver smart private 5G network

  Wireless connectivity provider teams with mobile technologies and CE giant to bring together private 5G platform and 5G RAN innovations

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  Global SD-WAN becomes $3bn market for large multinational enterprises

  Research finds that despite affirms accelerating migration to software-defined wide area networking services, legacy multiprotocol label switching still dominates global enterprise networking

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business to provide dark fibre for all Proximity edge datacentres

  Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of Virgin Media O2 Business announces initiative with network of regional carrier-neutral edge datacentres to bolster customer choice for low-latency services across UK edge colocation portfolio

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Connexin extends gigabit proposition with Wisper Broadband acquisition

  As it continues to grow its fibre offering in the region, Hull-based IoT and digital infrastructure specialist undertakes buyout of local internet service provider

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Enterprise Wi-Fi 6E access points to more than treble by 2024

  Wi-Fi 6E market set to flourish in next two years thanks to innovation and prospect of greatly improved throughput and latency rates

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  A1 Telekom Austria offers VMware SD-WAN

  Covering Seven Sites in the CEE Area, leading telco teams with IT services provider to offer a new range managed software-defined wide area network services

• June 06, 2022 06 Jun'22

  Micron to deploy mmWave in Singapore fab

  The US chipmaker is leveraging Singtel’s 5G mmWave connectivity to roll out a range of Industry 4.0 applications at its cleanroom in Singapore

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  Executive interview: Jeetu Patel, general manager of collaboration and security, Cisco

  Anyone with an idea can help solve a problem if geography and distance don’t matter when bringing in talent, says Cisco’s collaboration and security chief

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Edge computing is critical enabler of transition to digital-first connected operations

  Research reveals drivers of edge computing deployments, challenges and solutions for maintaining resilience, connectivity and supporting digital-first connected operations that are secure, reliable, resilient and sustainable

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Alef announces mobile enterprise network in 60 minutes without 5G

  Mobile network-as-a-service provider claims a new category in wireless networking, allowing enterprises to create a private mobile network inside a firewall within an hour without 5G or knowledge of 3GPP standards

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  PassiveLogic to get more active in smart building tech with $15m funding

  Global alternative asset manager partners with provider of autonomous building systems and foundation technology for smart cities to bring the first general-purpose autonomous platform to the building market

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Connectivity network operator 01T unveils high-capacity Global Network Exchange

  Network operator claims revolution in edge networking, planned to provide multi-services with simplicity and optimised connectivity built for agile, secure and high-capacity data transfer

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Nasstar appointed to run new secure network on behalf of UK MoD

  New SD-WAN developed for facilities management services provider as it works with Ministry of Defence to support applications ensuring secure connection to public and private cloud

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Entain bets on Syntropy to improve global network performance in sports gaming

  Self-described ‘transformative Web3 connectivity company’ lands contract with sports betting and gaming giant to deploy global relay network with its decentralised autonomous routing protocol to connect global datacentres

• April 04, 2022 04 Apr'22

  Nour Global deploys SD-WAN for agile, bespoke networking for MENA enterprises

  Global connectivity and ICT service provider launches multi-supplier software-defined wide area network to create what it says will be a bespoke networking service for enterprises across the Middle East and North Africa

• March 21, 2022 21 Mar'22

  Schneider Electric, NTT team to trial private wireless network in IoT environments

  Combined capabilities from global technology services firm and energy management and automation tech provider aim to enable a secure and on-premise end-to-end digital platform that supports different industries with the benefits of private 5G

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Orange Business Services and Fortinet seal SASE partnership

  Business services division of telco inks partnership with cyber security firm to gain differentiation for secure access service edge solution based on cloud-native technologies and using a dedicated global IP backbone to deliver expanded on-demand ...

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  CityFibre deploys 100th fibre exchange to power full-fibre roll-out

  Century up for fibre exchange (FEX) deployments for UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform, enabling the delivery of live gigabit broadband services to the first 4.8 million premises of its eight million roll-out

• March 02, 2022 02 Mar'22

  MWC 2022: AT&T looks to the cloud to gain edge in 5G

  Leading US network provider reaches out to communications industry ecosystem to strengthen next-generation infrastructure offer, encompassing edge and private networking, cloud and 5G massive MIMO technology

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Dell makes push to simplify and accelerate modern, open telco deployments

  IT giant announces validated designs for telecommunications edge and core to offer more choice and speed for network modernisation

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  KDDI further extends 5G Open RAN network with Wind River virtualised base station

  Japanese operator advances base stations within next-generation infrastructure, delivering open radio network access in commercial deployment

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Singtel’s Paragon platform to ease edge computing deployments

  Singtel’s new software platform is touted to make it easier for enterprises to deploy edge computing applications on its multi-access edge computing platform

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Samsung, KDDI claim world’s first 5G SA O-RAN site powered by vRAN

  Japanese and Korean partners accelerate deployment of standalone 5G sites by simplifying and automating process of building out network infrastructure using virtualised RAN technology

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  New consultation on legal direction to restrict use of Huawei in UK telecoms networks

  UK government is consulting on its proposed legal instruments to mandate the removal of all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by the end of 2027

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Stadium trial is latest success in 5G Vista project

  Multi-supplier project to explore valuable commercial opportunities of 5G technologies announces successful trial at a live football match

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Vodafone UK to deploy Oracle tech to support 5G standalone network core

  Leading UK operator taps IT giant for cloud-native network policy solution to help accelerate new 5G services and get 5G offerings into the hands of customers more quickly

• February 07, 2022 07 Feb'22

  Broadband Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance join forces to ensure smoother path to connected device management

  Alliance between and global Wi-Fi adoption body designed to ensure that operators worldwide will benefit from the latest USP and TR-181 releases that enable an enhanced customer experience