Connectivity

29 July, 2021

Vianet selects DZS fibre-to-the-home solutions to deliver powerful broadband to rural Ontario

DZS, a global provider of optical and packet-based mobile transport, broadband connectivity and software defined networking solutions, announced that Vianet, a Sudbury, Ontario-based communications service provider, has selected its fibre-to-the-home technology to bring high-capacity broadband access networks to hundreds of residents of the Township of Carling, a traditionally underserved rural community in northern Ontario, Canada.

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27 July, 2021

Virgin Media O2 selects Ericsson 5G core to power standalone network deployment

Ericsson has been selected by Virgin Media O2 to deploy cloud native, container-based dual-mode 5G Standalone Core on cloud infrastructure in the UK, paving the way for Virgin Media O2 to deliver ultra-fast connectivity to consumers and develop advanced enterprise use cases.

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23 July, 2021

Lumen expands its fibre network in Europe

As the 4th Industrial Revolution continues to accelerate business demand for high-speed broadband and presence in the cloud, Lumen Technologies has expanded its fibre network infrastructure in Europe, strengthening its service capabilities in France, Switzerland and Spain.

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23 July, 2021

Vodafone Spain acquires 2X10 Mhz of spectrum to expand 5G services

Vodafone Spain has acquired 2×10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band from the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation for €350 million (reserve price for the acquired block).

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21 July, 2021

Rising demand sees Vodafone expand narrowband IoT coverage to reach 98% of UK geography

Vodafone has doubled the number of sites in its Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Vodafone NB-IoT coverage now reaches 98% of the UK geography.

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20 July, 2021

Farmbot launches next generation satellite monitor

Farmbot, a provider of remote monitoring solutions for Australian agriculture, has launched its next generation satellite monitor which enables two-way communication between farm infrastructure and farmers via satellite connectivity.

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20 July, 2021

The ‘branch of one’ and the new enterprise edge

The pandemic forced organisations everywhere to come up with rapid solutions to unforeseen challenges. In particular, says Guy Matthews, editor of NetReporter, they were tasked almost overnight with finding ways of supporting hundreds or perhaps thousands of remote workers — the so-called ‘branch of one’. This required an architecture able to extend enterprise class networks to remote and mobile employees.

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19 July, 2021

Security and device on-boarding woes fail to stop enterprises raising IoT spend

We all know about the predictions for multiple billions of “things” being connected over the next few years, but are Internet of Things (IoT) networks delivering what they promised? Here, business technology journalist Antony Savvas considers some new research.

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16 July, 2021

Leverage private networks to accelerate business development

The concept of private networks has been there for quite some time. Private networks are usually preferred by businesses and various types of private organisations to protect the data and information that they store and handle.

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15 July, 2021

Is Wi-Fi 6E the future of connected business?

Even with the pandemic, the sprint from wires to Wi-Fi has continued at pace, and with good reason. As businesses speed up their transition to the cloud, increase their use of bandwidth-devouring video and battle a rocketing number of devices the demand for Wi-Fi connectivity has risen drastically.

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