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WAN performance and optimisation

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Global consortium launches ‘transformative’ subsea cable for African connectivity

  2Africa, one of the world’s largest subsea projects, will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Openreach taps Nokia to extend full-fibre network capacity

  Deal covers essential equipment to extend Gigabit fibre access network across UK

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  Nearly two-thirds of US small businesses to continue with remote working post-pandemic

  Survey reveals small businesses are having a big rethink on remote working as a fundamental business practice when the coronavirus pandemic has passed

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Multiple network outages costing enterprise businesses millions of pounds a year

  More than half of IT decision-makers and network managers globally say they have had four or more network outages lasting more than 30 minutes, costing between £250,000 and £5m in downtime

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  European network traffic volumes stabilising

  The updated summary report from body of European regulators for electronic communications on how network operators can cope with increased demand for network capacity finds that, by mid-May 2020, all is well

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Huawei: US using technological strengths to ‘crush’ companies outside its own borders

  Chinese tech giant hits back at White House decision to extend technology ban and says it will ultimately be self-harming

• May 15, 2020 15 May'20

  BT reported to be in talks to sell off Openreach to fund full-fibre roll-out

  Report suggests Openreach sale could raise £20bn as BT announces £12bn build programme to extend FTTP network

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Telcos’ enterprise ambitions at risk from private network operators, private spectrum

  Research finds a rising number of spectrum initiatives underpinning strong momentum for private cellular networks within enterprises

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  UK comms market set for shake-up as O2 and Virgin Media confirm merger

  Coming-together of leading fixed-mobile provider and cable network provider will create genuine competition to BT/EE

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Industry 4.0 transformation reaches communications inflection point

  Survey finds huge potential for investment in advance 4G and 5G technology among industrial organisations

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  T-Mobile US claims ‘significant’ 5G standalone architecture firsts

  US operator partners with comms technology leaders to achieve world’s first milestones for standalone architecture 5G

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Stark digital divide in US internet speed amid Covid-19 crisis

  Over a fifth of connections in lower income brackets in the US do not have ‘acceptable’ internet performance for work and school during the coronavirus lockdown, but ISPs’ expansion of available bandwidth for these communities noticeably improves ...

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Infovista claims SD-WAN implementation game changer with transparent hybrid technology

  Application-aware SD-WAN technology provider introduces additional capabilities to ‘dramatically’ simplify migration and hasten transition to software-defined networking

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  IT Priorities 2020: SD-WAN soars as collaboration and communications no longer on back burner

  At the start of the year, networking professionals looked likely to invest in monitoring, converged architectures and WAN technologies, while unified communications was in decline and collaboration of minimal interest

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Ericsson scores further 5G RAN win with True Corporation Thailand

  Thai comms operator engages the Swedish technology provider to enable smooth, fast and cost-effective 5G network evolution in three regions

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  Potential near £70bn boost to British economy from gigabit broadband

  Research shows that delivering ‘Gigabit Britain’ could provide over £50bn gross value added to the economy in five years, growing to £68.8bn in 2030, but suppliers warn that more must be done to turn broadband ambition into reality

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  Wireless stakeholders cheer ‘historic’ FCC Wi-Fi 6GHz spectrum allocation decision

  US broadcast and telecoms regulator confirms proposal lauded as a milestone moment that will no less than supercharge connectivity

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Cisco, Google Cloud plan application-centric multicloud networking fabric

  Tech giants unite to address current systems’ perceived lack of capability to signal service level requests dynamically and offer full WAN application integration with cloud workloads

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Application performance for remote workers becomes primary network issue for businesses

  When it comes to WAN, cost diminishes in importance, while dealing with complexity increases, as more firms spread reach to more locations

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: German networks take the extra strain from social distancing

  Network performance and customer experience monitoring firm finds German networks coping with masses of online home users despite some degradations since the start of social distancing and stay-at-home policies

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Covid-19 outbreak sees first-quarter revenues flatten for Huawei

  Chinese networking mega-firm endures tough first quarter, but pledges that it will ride out the coronavirus storm

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Collaboration and communications get richer as Covid-19 ushers in new working reality

  Covid-19 lockdowns bring about collective rethink in the way we work, with remote video becoming normalised and a potential change in the way effectiveness is measured

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Nuage Networks declares SD-WAN first for desktop, mobile and IoT devices

  Nokia subsidiary integrates Asavie SD Edge to allow enterprise IT managers to extend security policies beyond branch to mobile users and connected devices

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Orange expands mesh Wi-Fi into Belgium, reinforces marine service capabilities

  SoftAtHome’s mesh Wi-Fi now available for Orange Belgium customers while Orange ship begins undersea cabling survey work off coast of Sicily

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: European network traffic curves flatten but security issues increase

  Nokia research finds networks are taking the strain despite a huge increase in upstream traffic during the day from videoconferencing and downstream during weekends from video-on-demand

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Omdia: New norm for working set to have ‘dramatic’ implications for collaboration industry

  Analyst recalibrates expectations for collaboration and conferencing tools, forecasting transformational upsurge in use that could change the world of work, with home broadband being a business lifeblood

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Cato Networks seals significant investment to take SASE forward

  More validation for secure access service edge solutions as SD-WAN provider scoops cash injection

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Ofcom relaxes ISPs’ broadband obligations

  UK comms regulator loosens operating guidelines on broadband operators to prevent driving additional traffic to call centres and not punish inability to meet repair targets

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Huawei extols 2019 as ‘extraordinary’ year

  Despite political challenges across the world restricting use of its technology, Chinese comms tech giant posts strong yearly increase in sales and profit

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Teleworking drives new application usage growth for Comcast

  Largest network operator in US issues assurance that huge shift in usage patterns and extra demands on home networks are well within infrastructure’s capability

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Smartphone production to plummet 20%, over $25bn lost in roaming revenue

  Two studies reveal the huge hit on the mobile device and service industry that is likely to be caused by the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Virgin finds new data trends as it creates 500 contact centre jobs

  Cable network provider issues assurance on the resilience of its infrastructure, which is under unprecedented strain from domestic users, and beefs up service staffing

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Viavi upgrades platform tools to manage remote network performance

  Redesigned Observer platform achieves 60Gbps packet capture rate and has beefed up security to deal with increased challenges

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Amdocs launches HoMeOS and becomes Veego strategic partner and investor

  Leading provider of communications and media software launches home broadband management and makes strategic investment in Israeli AI startup

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  ETSI unveils augmented reality framework

  Industry specification group on augmented reality develops new specification to enable multi-supplier ecosystem for industry and consumers

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Global VPN deployments rocket since 11 March

  Business virtual private network uptake has taken off over the past 10 days as global workforces become vastly more distributed

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: BT reassures UK of network’s resilience

  Just a week after issuing assurances that its network was capable of dealing with the added load from vastly increased numbers of people working from home, BT issues further details on infrastructure resiliency

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  EU telecoms operators granted permission for ‘fair’ management of online traffic

  EC and BEREC allow telcos unprecedented network traffic control to mitigate the effects of network congestion due to the massive increase in home working caused by the coronavirus

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  Netflix downscales content resolution to ease strain on EU networks

  European Commission asks premier subscription video-on-demand service provider Netflix to lower quality of films to take strain from loaded EU networks

• March 19, 2020 19 Mar'20

  WBA assumes control of OpenRoaming standard

  Association set up to enable collaboration between service providers, technology companies and organisations in wireless industry to manage Cisco-produced technology for seamless Wi-Fi onboarding

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Operators plan to cope with increased overheads

  There are conflicting views from Spain and the UK over how ready home networks are to cope with extra overheads, as populations are told to work from home

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Ofcom reveals UK 5G mobile airwaves auction rules

  UK comms regulator announces plans to auction two bands of spectrum to boost mobile broadband and 5G, but is criticised for missing opportunity

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Modest Q4 growth for worldwide enterprise WLAN Market

  Wi-Fi 6 gives current and potential boost to enterprise sector in overall disappointing WLAN market in the fourth quarter of 2019

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Benelux organisations and budgets focused on digital transformation

  IT leaders in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg expect bigger budgets this year, with spending on digital transformation projects and related technologies being prioritised

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  Elisa to pull plug on 3G network in 2023

  Final countdown starts for third-generation mobile communications in Finland, with capacity to be used for 5G services

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  APAC remains hotbed for digital transformation

  Nearly half of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region see digital transformation as their top priority, followed by cloud infrastructure deployment and artificial intelligence, survey finds

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory taps Verizon to explore 5G potential

  Comms giant links up with science and technology research body to explore opportunities for 5G to impact national security, energy efficiency and advance science in the US

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  IT Priorities 2020: IP network investments top priority for Middle East IT leaders

  IT leaders in the Middle East expect to see increased spending on IP networks as digital transformation continues across the region

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  Coronavirus, global economic slowdown to cap 5G smartphone sales in 2020

  First half of 2020 will likely be much weaker than expected for the 5G smartphone market, but a strong bounce-back is possible in second half of the year if the coronavirus spread is brought under control

• February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20

  Cloud and 5G to drive SD-WAN adoption in APAC, says Silver Peak

  Cloud migration and 5G services will boost the uptake of SD-WAN in a region where some markets are still in the early adopter phase