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Networking hardware

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Fibre broadband network reaches half of Scotland 

  UK’s leading broadband provider says research shows gigabit digital upgrade could generate £4bn for Scottish economy and help to reverse depopulation

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  IOWN sets focus on go-to-market, proof of concept optical in 2025

  Next-gen networking project reveals focus for 2025, including early adoption use cases, go-to-market activities and wider industry collaboration

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  DriveNets, Fujitsu, UfiSpace join forces to support optical net development

  Consortium of optical technology providers come together to accelerate open network roll-outs and support NTT-driven next-generation optical network infrastructure programme, testing and certification of multiple products

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  Openreach nears million mark in copper stop sell scheme

  UK’s largest telco reveals extent of progress in network transformation programme to make full-fibre network available to more than 14 million homes and businesses by the end of 2027

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  UK’s altnets further fibre roll-out

  UK’s leading and second-leading alternative broadband providers report strong end of year for fibre network deployment

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  EXA enters into agreement to acquire Aqua Comms

  Dedicated digital infrastructure provider acquires subsea service provider Aqua Comms

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  Smart metering reaches 20 million premises across Britain

  UK-wide smart metering network is now connected to more than 20 million homes and small businesses, reaching more than 33 million smart meters, as part of a plan to deliver meaningful benefits to Britain and its energy consumers

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Global IT spending to soar in 2025

  S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Nexfibre calls for regulatory action on Openreach’s broadband overreach

  UK fibre provider publishes report urging regulatory consistency for broadband industry, including maintaining restrictions on market leader to avoid ‘harming investment, innovation and the progress’ of full-fibre roll-out

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  CityFibre, nexfibre accelerate roll-out of UK gigabit project

  VMO2 joint venture claims to reach key milestone in its mission of delivering full-fibre network to previously underserved UK areas faster than any other operator while UK’s largest independent provider kicks off work in East and West Sussex

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Gramedia speeds up inventory checks with RFID

  Indonesian bookstore giant has sped up inventory checks, minimised shrinkage and improved customer experience with RFID-powered checkout kiosks and exit gates

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy upgrades core network infrastructure

  ‘Landmark’ project sees AI-native networking company facilitate a network upgrade for the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy to support the advancement of new radio astronomy research by delivering ten times more compute power

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  Openreach taps Nokia to introduce intent-based fibre networking in UK

  Open access platform designed to accelerate fibre broadband services for UK homes and businesses enabling operator to simplify operations and reduce support systems complexity

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Nokia and stc conclude 1Tbps datacentre connectivity test

  Global comms tech provider and telco reveal Middle East’s first ever terabit long-haul field trial of network to support growing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications such as AI, cloud services and next-generation digital innovations

• January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

  Openreach hits full-fibre tipping point

  UK’s leading broadband provider now has gigabit services available to half of all UK homes and businesses, with more than 4.3 million in rural and hard-to-reach areas, and stays on track to reach 30 million by the end of 2030

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Project Gigabit lit up in South Wiltshire

  First customer connected in Dorset by local and independent broadband provider under UK government’s £5bn infrastructure scheme

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Nscale unveils IP network offering to support AI workloads

  IP network designed to support growing global demand for AI-driven applications, which consume massive amounts of data

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  ITU launches advisory body to support submarine comms cable resilience

  Alliance created with mission statement that strengthening resilience of submarine cable networks – such as recently damaged C-Lion1 – is key to digital connectivity and economies

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  Verizon reports 1.6 Tbps data transmission field trial

  Optical technology provider reveals successful data transmission test using coherent service to move data at almost two terabits per second in live fibre network on a single-carrier wavelength

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Manufacturing industry at crossroads in AI adoption

  Report warns that Britain’s manufacturers are at risk of missing out on innovation and productivity gains due to a lack of confidence in digital technologies and AI

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  5G, AI reshape mobile trade-ins in record-breaking Q3

  Latest quarterly analysis from business services company finds that for the first time, 5G devices have become the top turned-in models for Android and Apple

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Networks lagging in compute tech evolution, says HPE

  As AI brings about unprecedented transformation, leading network firm plots course to offer viable infrastructure for businesses to gain competitive edge

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Virgin Media O2 streamlines fixed and mobile service delivery

  UK operator claims major milestone in its long-term network evolution strategy by switching on Converged Interconnect Network to rationalise and enhance service delivery

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  IOWN furthers pace of next-gen optical net development

  Next-gen networking project reveals proof of concepts encompassing transforming infrastructure through innovations centred on an APN, spatial experiences with communication technologies, real-time, long-distance connectivity in manufacturing and ...

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  UK fibre providers struggle to meet rising demands

  Research from field service management software provider warns of growing pressures as digital transformation becomes essential for altnets to stay competitive in cut-throat market

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Connexin completes ‘significant’ first stage of Project Gigabit contract

  Digital service and smart technology provider fulfils initial part of £58m contract in national £5bn broadband scheme providing gigabit connectivity to over 34,000 rural homes in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

• November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24

  How AI is impacting global connectivity

  Jürgen Hatheier, international CTO of Ciena, discusses the role of connectivity in the age of artificial intelligence and how the company is helping service providers navigate this transformative period

• October 28, 2024 28 Oct'24

  Tokyo University of Science sets pace in neural networks on edge IoT

  Researchers in educational establishment propose a novel magnetic random access memory-based architecture that uses spintronics to realise smaller, more efficient AI-capable circuits for internet of things

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  Sipartech ups infrastructure resilience, quality through submarine net

  Mediterranean submarine cable by Medloop France and GeoMesh Extreme service strengthen pan-European terrestrial and undersea infrastructure for enterprises

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  Telstra claims comms record for speed, distances over single optical channel

  Australia-based global operator teams with optical tech company and global comms provider to achieve 1.6Tbps throughput over a single optical channel covering 700km

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  HPE sharpens edge computing with ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server

  Server engineered for diverse edge locations is said to ensure high performance for environments that generate demanding workloads such as in stores, clinics, banks and factory lines

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown

  Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system

  Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal

• August 07, 2024 07 Aug'24

  Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division

  Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand

• July 09, 2024 09 Jul'24

  Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks

  China’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert

• July 08, 2024 08 Jul'24

  Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT

  More cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning

• July 01, 2024 01 Jul'24

  Nokia to acquire Infinera in $2.3bn deal

  Nokia sees acquisition of open optical networking solutions provider to increase scale in optical networks business

• June 06, 2024 06 Jun'24

  Nvidia sees massive datacentre compute growth, says networking is next

  After posting revenues of $19.4bn in its datacentre business, Nvidia is now looking to revolutionise ethernet interconnects

• May 28, 2024 28 May'24

  Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop

  At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner

• May 24, 2024 24 May'24

  AI, automation, private networks top UK enterprise tech agenda

  Survey examining technology agenda for UK enterprises highlights that business priorities over the next 12 months include increasing sales, reducing operating costs, and growth via new business areas or geographies

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter

  With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack

• April 11, 2024 11 Apr'24

  TIP creates user group to tap into neutral host business model

  Trade association created to accelerate pace of innovation in worldwide mobile and fixed telecoms industries launches new chapter looking to address need for more efficient, less costly and sustainable infrastructure

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing

  An emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Qt Group teams with Qualcomm to streamline industrial IoT UI

  Product development lifecycle software provider partners with mobile processor platform giant to reduce time-to-market for IoT manufacturers

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Embedded World 2024: Edge AI to transform industry

  Keynote from global chip manufacturer says rapid developments in both artificial intelligence and edge computing are setting new standards, with real-time performance, data security and customisation as critical reasons for growth

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  GTC 2024: Storage suppliers queue up to ride the Nvidia AI wave

  Storage supplier announcements at Nvdia conference centre on infrastructure integration, tackling the GPU I/O bottleneck and AI hallucinations by running Nvidia NeMo and NIM microservices

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Nationwide building society falls victim to IT outage

  Nationwide joins McDonald’s, Greggs, Sainsbury’s and Tesco as the fifth major high street name to experience an IT service outage in the space of a week

• March 21, 2024 21 Mar'24

  Three UK sees top-line revenue growth but first EBIT loss since 2010

  UK mobile network operator reports earnings loss for the first time since 2010 but growth in certain customer segments driven by business-to-business, 5G, home broadband and Smarty service

• March 15, 2024 15 Mar'24

  Global McDonalds IT outage result of third-party error

  An IT outage that forced McDonald's to temporarily shutter thousands of restaurants has been blamed on a configuration error by a third-party supplier, but there is no suspicion of foul play

• March 13, 2024 13 Mar'24

  SEA-ME-WE 4 doubles undersea capacity with optical link

  Optical communications technology provider Ciena doubles capacity of undersea cable links covering South/Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe to 122Tbps