Category: Local area networks and wide area networks

September 18, 2023

Swedish vendor Ericsson said it has successfully carried out tests on Malaysia’s 5G network deployed by Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) for what it claimed to be the first implementation and validation in Southeast Asia of Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability (RedCap) […]

September 13, 2023

The long tail of national regulation on ‘vertical’ private 5G spectrum continues to wag, in a slightly inconsistent manner. Swiss telecoms regulator BAKOM has announced it will open the 3400-3500 MHz (3.4-3.5 GHz) band for enterprises to deploy private 5G […]

September 8, 2023

Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star reported. The official said that the current 5G adoption rate in Malaysia was 4.2%, despite […]

September 7, 2023

Nokia has deployed a private LTE network for US port operator Husky Terminal and Stevedoring, based at the Port of Tacoma in Washington, in the northwest of the US. The new network, running in CBRS spectrum, covers around 115 acres, […]

July 31, 2023

Cisco and Qwilt today announced that they are working with Fastweb, one of Italy’s leading telecommunications operators, to bring their joint Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution, based on Open Caching, to the Italian market. The new solution will enable Fastweb […]

July 25, 2023

One subsea cable, one DAS deployment, one SASE expansion, and one IoT M&A: The Atlantic Ocean officially recently got a big new subsea cable up and running. According to Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft, and Vodafone, the Amitié cable has been […]

July 24, 2023

The optical industry’s job is never done, as there is always a need for more speed and bandwidth. I remember clearly when Infinera burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s with new Indium Phosphide technology and photonic integrated circuits to […]

July 19, 2023

What do you get when you pair an edge data center platform with a cable operator’s depth? Well, we may find out before long as Vapor IO and Comcast are teaming up in two major metro areas to demonstrate the […]

July 10, 2023

euNetworks revealed a continent-wide transport win over in Europe this morning, taking advantage of the reach they have steadily built themselves over the last decade. Inter.link will be leveraging their infrastructure in a big way as it ramps up its […]

July 6, 2023

The joint research team of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor JeongHo Kwak at the DGIST and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jihwan Choi at the KAIST have proposed a novel network slicing planning and handover technique applicable to next-generation low-Earth orbit […]

July 5, 2023

Pavlov Media is expanding construction of their fiber-optic network within Savoy, IL. Pavlov Media’s subsidiary, Campus Communication Group (CCG), will be drilling a fiber-optic installation on 101 Windsor Road, Savoy, IL, to deliver Pavlov Media’s fiber-optic Internet to businesses in […]

June 29, 2023

One of the bigger infrastructure deals of the year has officially closed, and six familiar brands have been replaced by just one. Following BAI Communications’ purchase of ZenFi, the company has rolled ZenFi, Mobilitie, BAI Communications, Signal Point Systems, Transit […]

June 28, 2023

Multiple items with a regional focus to catch up with from the infrastructure space: Veea says that Trilogy Networks has incorporated its connectivity and edge computing platform into its FarmGrid platform up in North Dakota. The move is in support […]

June 20, 2023

123Net and Peninsula Fiber Networks will be teaming up for a substantial middle mile effort up in the Great Lakes region. The NTIA has awarded federal dollars for the Infrastructure for Michigan’s Peninsula and Critical Crossings (IMPACC) project, with PFN […]

June 15, 2023

There was a bit of interesting consolidation in southeastern Europe this morning. EXA Infrastructure is continuing its infrastructure investment with a bit of the inorganic variety. They are acquiring Univerzalne Telekomunikacije, a.k.a. Unitel. Unitel operates out of Croatia in the […]

June 14, 2023

Two bits of news from EMEA and Asia, and one from the border of hyperscale and network operators: Sparkle has sold some interesting infrastructure to Kush Investments. The UAE-based investment firm is tapping Sparkle for a virtual fiber solution from […]

May 31, 2023

Three expansion projects of US local and regional interest and one new subsea landing item from the southeast: Mobilitie, which will soon be called Boldyn Networks, will be deploying a 5G event network down in Tennessee. The DAS buildout will […]

May 24, 2023

There was a bit of consolidation in the last mile yesterday in the northeast. Archtop Fiber says it has entered into a stock purchase agreement with Momentum Telecom to acquire Warwick Valley Telephone (WVT), continuing their regional expansion in upstate […]

May 4, 2023

The global network operator Arelion continues to invest in its North American footprint, adding diversity and depth to the company’s offerings. Yesterday they revealed plans to launch of a new fiber route between Denver and the San Francisco Bay Area. […]

May 2, 2023

Combining the ultrafast, nationwide T-Mobile network with Mobi’s groundbreaking work with WG2, AWS, TNS, and Federated Wireless, Mobi is able to deliver “big wireless provider” innovation across Hawaiʻi and now, even beyond — even as a “small[er] wireless provider.” Mobi […]