Italtel and Nearby Computing Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation with Advanced 5G, Edge Computing Solutions and Businesss Applications
Barcelona, May 29, 2024 – In a significant move that promises to revolutionize the telecommunications and enterprise sectors, Italtel, a multinational ICT company and renowned system integrator, has announced a strategic partnership with Nearby Computing, a leader in edge-to-cloud automation and orchestration platforms. This collaboration is set to fast-track the adoption of 5G solutions, private networks and edge computing, marking a significant milestone in the industry. Italtel, with its...
Hawaiian Telcom Selects Netcracker’s Next-Generation BSS Platform for Digital Transformation Program
WALTHAM, MA — May 29, 2024 — Netcracker Technology announced today that Hawaiian Telcom will utilize Netcracker Digital BSS, along with Support & Managed Services, as part of a broad digital transformation program to improve the customer experience, decrease manual business processes and provide greater integration for an in-house order entry system. Headquartered in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, Hawaiian Telcom delivers communications solutions – including high-speed Internet, video, voice, data...
Saudi Arabia Data Center Innovator Ezditek Appoints Stuart Manby as Chief Sales Officer
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 29, May 2024 – Ezditek, an innovator in data center and digital infrastructure services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has appointed Stuart Manby as Chief Sales Officer to position Ezditek for long-term growth on-the-ground across the KSA. Its core values are focused on delivering innovation and sustainability in KSA’s data center market. Ezditek is part of Ezdihar Holding Company, a multi-billion conglomerate with divisions focused on construction, real...
Raxio Strengthens Backbone of Africa’s Digital Economy with launch of Raxio Mozambique
Raxio Data Centres, the leading data centre operator with the widest footprint of carrier-neutral facilities in Africa, has announced the opening of Raxio Mozambique (Raxio MZ1). As the country’s first Tier III Uptime Certified data centre, Raxio MZ1 will be foundational in supporting the country’s growing digital economy and in helping meet the Government’s digital transformation agenda. It is also the latest in a series of data centre launches, as Raxio continues to build a pan-African...
Tunisie Telecom Selects Sparkle for a new International IP Transit Route to Europe
Rome/Tunis, 28 May 2024 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has signed an agreement with Tunisie Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia, to provide International IP Transit service leveraging on a new route from Sicily to Milan. A pioneer in the telecommunications sector in Tunisia, the global and convergent national operator Tunisie Telecom offers a wide range of services in the field of fixed and mobile...
Talking trends, opportunities, and industry challenges at Submarine Networks EMEA 2024
News On day one of Submarine Networks EMEA in London, the first keynote panel of the day addressed the trends, opportunities, and challenges for the global subsea cable market The panel, which was moderated by Gavin Tully – Managing Partner at Pioneer Consulting, was comprised of Artur Mendes, VP Sales at Angola Cables; Mei Han, Network Planning Manager at China Mobile International; Owen David Bryant, Head of Global Infrastructure at Vodafone; Keri Gilder, CEO of Colt Technology Services;...
SES launches in-flight connectivity services
Press Release SES has announced that it has reached agreements-in-principle with several regional satellite network operators to launch the SES Open Orbits™ Inflight Connectivity (IFC) Network to enable seamless connectivity services to airlines around the world. This fully interoperable Ka-band platform will combine the geostationary earth orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite networks of SES; NEO Space Group (NSG), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF);...
Virgin Media UK Reveals Impact of its Broadband Security Filters
Broadband ISP Virgin Media has today revealed that their online security services – ‘Essential Security‘ (included for free on their packages) and ‘Advanced Security’ (paid), have – between June 2022 to May 2023 – blocked 136 million unsafe or harmful websites, 800k virus, malware and spyware risks and secured 4.9 million banking and shopping transactions. Customers of the broadband service can typically choose from two security offerings, ‘Essential Security’ which comes with all broadband...
New 1.3Pbps Subsea Fibre Cable Planned Between UK and Europe
A new company called IOEMA Fibre has announced plans to build a new 1,371km long repeatered subsea fibre optic cable between the United Kingdom and several neighbouring countries in Europe, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway. The total “minimum” capacity of this will reach a blistering 1.3 Petabits per second! The project, which was announced this week in London during the Submarine Networks EMEA Conference, is said to have been in the planning stages since 2019, although...
Sky TV Closes Down SD Channels on Older UK Set Top Boxes
Time to upgrade. Customers of Sky UK’s older TV services and devices, specifically those that can only support the viewing of Standard Definition (SD) channels, are being given a last ditch encouragement to upgrade their set-top-boxes (STB) before they “lose access to all Sky channels” – starting from June 2024. The change reflects the fact that Sky is in the process of “changing how we deliver our TV services“, which in technical terms means they’re changing the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)...