Europe

Open RAN

What’s up with… Airspan, UK & US love-in, Plume

Digital Platforms & Services

Sachin Jogia to join Ofcom as Chief Technology Officer

Digital Platforms & Services

QTS Realty Trust to be acquired by Blackstone Funds in $10 billion transaction

Digital Platforms & Services

Colt strengthens its Strategy & Transformation function with team changes

AI, Analytics & Automation

Smart services leader Plume secures major partnership wins in Germany

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… TIM, Telefónica, cellular IoT

Access Evolution

Importance of connectivity soars during lockdown as new study shows UK renters ‘aren’t satisfied’ with their connections

Patrick Drahi, the owner, founder and President of Altice

Access Evolution

Drahi’s Altice grabs 12.1% chunk of BT

Access Evolution

What’s up with… SoftBank, ViaSat, Fortinet, Casa & Google

Access Evolution

European IoT spending to exceed $200 billion in 2021, according to IDC

Colt Technology Services (picture courtesy of Colt)

Sustainability

Colt joins UK "levelling up" initiative

TIM's test labs in Turin.

Open RAN

TIM launches Open RAN lab in Turin

Access Evolution

PEACE Cable and PCCW Global to leverage Infinera’s ICE6 for submarine cable system

Digital Platforms & Services

Aryaka activates EU-friendly Dublin services PoP to address growing customer demand

Access Evolution

ADVA launches TeraFlex CoreChannel for industry’s longest 800G reach

EXFO founder and Executive Chairman Germain Lamonde (left) with CEO Philippe Morin

AI, Analytics & Automation

What’s up with… EXFO, Open RAN tech priorities, mmWave in Europe, Orange

Chris Sims, BT’s managing director for its new SoHo unit

Digital Platforms & Services

BT to fire up new business unit to bag the SoHo market

Open Networking

TIP harnesses ADVA for successful trial of end-to-end open optical network

Open Networking

IP Infusion’s OcNOS optical transport solution validated by Turkcell in Telecom Infra Project trial

5G

What’s up with… Verizon, Cisco & AT&T, Orange

Sustainability

Cecilia Lundin, Executive Vice President, Head of People Experience & Culture, will be leaving Telia Company

Access Evolution

What’s up with… Ericsson & Orange, Nokia, Ciena

Open RAN

Vodafone boasts 5G Open RAN milestone with RIC evaluation

Street Hub. Source: BT

Sustainability

BT to roll out Street Hub 2.0, adds new partner