Telco & CSP

Updates from telecom network operators and communications service providers, from network roll-outs to service innovations

Access Evolution

IDNet joins CityFibre’s Full Fibre networks in Derby, Cambridge, Leicester and Peterborough

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with... Orange, Telefónica, NTT DOCOMO, LinkedIn

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Cloud

The cost of cloud at the edge of reason

Security

BT spies new cyber opportunities with ‘Eagle-i’ platform

Open RAN

What’s up with... Dell, Visible, Vodafone Idea

Access Evolution

Inmarsat claims IoT is poised to trump cloud

Digital Platforms & Services

Telefónica Tech and Atrebo will digitize 200,000 telecommunications infrastructures with blockchain technology

Satellite

SoftBank, MOL and e5 Lab Start Joint Studies for Next-generation Maritime High-speed Satellite Communications

Sustainability

Accedian, Bain & Company, Colt, Rostelecom and Telia participate in TM Forum’s Pilot of Inclusion and Diversity Score to drive top talent to telecoms

Access Evolution

i3D.net responds to global online gaming boom with ADVA’s TeraFlex

AI, Analytics & Automation

What’s up with... Plume, Telenet, Deutsche Telekom, Apple

Access Evolution

Telstra deploys Infinera’s Coherent 800G solution across dispersion-managed subsea cable

Access Evolution

Waseela Brings Wireless Gigabit Connectivity to the Middle East with the ADTRAN Fixed Wireless Solution

Digital Platforms & Services

KPN turns to Oracle to modernize operations

Sustainability

Orange and Nokia develop the use of refurbished equipment in network infrastructures

Edge

Bridge Alliance and TM Forum partner to simplify adoption of edge computing for global telecom industry

Access Evolution

Bulk Fiber Networks and WFN Strategies, LLC announce commencement of Leif Erikson cable project

The Berlin SD-RAN Open RAN Trial network architecture: Image courtesy of the ONF.

Open RAN

What’s up with... Deutsche Telekom & ONF, Google Cloud, DISH & Spirent

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5G

Money, money, money: welcome to multi-currency 5G

Open RAN

ONF and Deutsche Telekom demonstrate fully disaggregated Open RAN with Open RIC Platform

Access Evolution

Aberdeen to Stavanger: CityFibre’s local network build passes 500km milestone

Digital Platforms & Services

University of Suffolk and BT team up to open new £10m research and engineering facility

Digital Platforms & Services

Paltel Group upgrades network infrastructure with Juniper Networks for a superior user experience

Digital Platforms & Services

Next generation 5G-oriented core networks drive evolution of telco cloud-native technology