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27 September, 2021

Orange announces the landing of a new transatlantic submarine cable on the Gironde coast in France

This weekend Orange landed the “AMITIE” submarine telecommunications cable on a beach in the commune of Le Porge, near Bordeaux (Gironde). After two initial attempts were aborted due to unfavorable weather, the better conditions today allowed us to land the cable using an innovative technical process that protects the environment (horizontal directional drilling), a huge technological challenge that was successfully pulled off by the deployment teams. Orange is a partner in this 6,800 km state-of-the-art cable project, which will connect the state of Massachusetts (USA), Le Porge (France) and Bude (UK). Commissioning is scheduled for early 2022.

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30 July, 2021

Lumen launches new on-net subsea fibre route between U.S. and France

In the wake of COVID-19, almost 70% of organisations using cloud services say they plan to increase their cloud spending. This is creating a spike in the demand for cloud connectivity services and data worldwide. The need for international bandwidth is already more than doubling every two years, with internet growth increasing rapidly on all continents.

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26 July, 2021

Quickchannel confirms sharp increase in livestream viewership figures

Quickchannel has released user statistics based on the performance of its own online streaming and recording platform, confirming what most users may have guessed, a surge in video and streaming usage throughout 2020 and 2021.

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14 July, 2021

What did covid-19 do to the plan for fair tech?

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted more than ever that it’s only fair that everyone has access to technology and connectivity. During this period, it has been those with access to high-speed internet connections that have been better equipped to continue their lives during lockdowns.

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06 July, 2021

Telecom sector to benefit from B2B Telecom & Datacom marketplace

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent difficulty of doing business in person has led to significant growth in vertical marketplaces as doubts about their effectiveness have proven baseless, according to telecom & datacom marketplace Twoosk.

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01 July, 2021

How the pandemic has impacted CSPs across different vertical markets

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on countries around the world and, even with the successful vaccination roll out, regions are still moving in and out of lockdowns, says Stephen Dallas, AVP of EMEA, A10 Networks. Containment measures have, as you would expect, caused a substantial drop in business activity across Europe, especially in contact-intensive sectors.

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30 June, 2021

Why 5G and the secondary device market are crucial to COVID-19 recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic confirmed just how dependent we are on connectivity. Overnight, everyday life transformed with economies around the world depending on speed and reliability to support the new remote ways for conducting business, education, healthcare and communication.

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17 June, 2021

Life after lockdown: Meeting new digital expectations

With vaccines making progress around the world and with infections dropping, COVID-19 lockdowns are expected to soon ease. Yet as official restrictions and guidelines change, says Huw Owen, head of EMEA and APJ at Couchbase, the new stay-at-home lifestyles we’ve cultivated won’t disappear so quickly.

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18 May, 2021

What does the future hold for the CSPs keeping the world connected during COVID-19?

The extraordinary value of digital communications has never been more apparent than during the past year. As COVID-19 swept the planet, businesses and individuals switched almost overnight to remote working, relying more than ever before on digital channels to stay productive, informed, connected, and entertained. (more…)

28 April, 2021

CSPs: Don’t let IPv4 exhaustion stop your growth

As rural broadband initiatives help bridge the digital divide, communications service providers (CSPs) have a wealth of opportunities to add subscribers, expand territory, and grow their business. However, Adrian Taylor, regional VP at A10 Networks says they will first need to address the challenges posed by IPv4 exhaustion and its impact on the cost of new subscriber IP addresses. (more…)

News tagged: COVID-19

Orange announces the landing of a new transatlantic submarine cable on the Gironde coast in France

Lumen launches new on-net subsea fibre route between U.S. and France

Quickchannel confirms sharp increase in livestream viewership figures

What did covid-19 do to the plan for fair tech?

Telecom sector to benefit from B2B Telecom & Datacom marketplace

How the pandemic has impacted CSPs across different vertical markets

Why 5G and the secondary device market are crucial to COVID-19 recovery

Life after lockdown: Meeting new digital expectations

What does the future hold for the CSPs keeping the world connected during COVID-19?

CSPs: Don’t let IPv4 exhaustion stop your growth

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