NEC today revealed it has been chosen to build out one of the latest projects in transpacific connectivity. Seren Juno Network Co. Ltd has picked the Japanese giant to handle the heavy lifting on its planned JUNO cable system. … [visit site to read more]
Quantum Loophole is getting into the fiber business by building a loop of its own, or more accurately a metro fiber ring. To complement the company’s planned 2,100+ acre Quantum Frederick site in Maryland, they have broken ground on a 43-mile hyperscale fiber project. … [visit site to read more]
The 5G MEC Industry Summit at the Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week focuses on industry profound insights and successful experiences on multi-access edge computing from well-known analysts, operators and industries globally. You will learn the industry trends, key technologies and business success of 5G MEC…
The 5G MEC Industry Summit at the Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week focuses on industry profound insights and successful experiences on multi-access edge computing from well-known analysts, operators and industries globally. You will learn the industry trends, key technologies and business success of 5G MEC.
– 5G dedicated network deployment sees steady growth globally
– Hyper-distributed, fully-connected MEC enables new 5G businesses
– Successful 5G dedicated network practices in China can be used for global reference
Thank you for your ongoing support, and we look forward to seeing you at the event!
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Agenda: 21st July (GMT+8)
16:00-16:05: Unlock New Business Value with Ultra-Distributed, Fully Connected MEC – Leo Ma, President of Cloud Core Network Marketing Dept., Huawei
16:05-16:15: 5G and MEC to Unleash New Market Opportunities – Pablo Tomasi, Principal Analyst, Private Networks and Enterprise 5G, Omdia
16:15-16:25: PNI-NPN Fuels Dedicated Industry Network Deployment, Driving More B2B Success – Tan Feng, 5GtoB Product Director of Cloud Core Network, Huawei
16:25-16:35: China Unicom: 5G Dedicated Network Deployment Sees Steady Growth – Chen Dan, 5G Industry Director of Government and Enterprise Dept, China Unicom
16:35-16:45: Advance MEC Technology, Enable More Services with Ubiquitous Computing Power – Zhang Hao, Director of Network and IT Technology Research Dept., China Mobile Research Institute
16:45-16:55: China Telecom: 5G Fuels Industry Digitalization in the Greater Bay Area – Li Bin, Deputy Director of 5G Application Innovation Center, China Telecom Shenzhen
16:55-17:05: Guangdong Mobile: Innovative Practice of Mobile VPN – Shen Wenkai, Vice President of Planning and Construction Department, China Mobile Guangdong
17:05-17:15: Guangdong Unicom: Innovative Practice of Multi-Campus Private Network – Pan Guixin, Vice President of 5G Innovation Center, China Unicom Guangdong
17:15-17:25: Laying a 5G MEC Infrastructure Foundation That Converges OICT to Empower Industry Digital Transformation – Tong Hailan, Senior Director of 5G B2B Business, Zhejiang Mobile
17:25-17:35: 5G2B Business Strategy Sharing of UAE e& – Ayman Magdy Abousenna, Director of Mobile Broadband & 5G Planning, UAE e&
International service provider Sparkle has added another submarine cable to its assets in the Atlantic with the activation of spectrum capacity on the Monet submarine cable system connecting Brazil to the United States.
This means, Sparkle says, that it has increased the overall redundancy of its backbone, which now provides five diversified routes between North and South America thanks to extensive submarine infrastructure that includes three undersea ‘digital highways’: Monet and Seabras-1 in the Atlantic and Curie in the Pacific.
With the addition of Monet, Sparkle says it has also further enhanced its Tier-1 Seabone global IP transit service and its capacity solutions, catering for the huge data demand driven by new technologies, media platforms and cloud-based services.
This addition also means, Sparkle says, that it is continuing the expansion of its American fibre optic network, which now counts 56 points of presence across the US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, a capillary presence in Brazil and a new open landing and connectivity hub in Panama.
Sparkle describes itself as TIM Group’s global operator, first international service provider in Italy and among the top worldwide, with a proprietary backbone of more than 600,000 kilometres of fibre spanning from Europe to Africa, the Americas and Asia.
Monet is a new-generation cable spanning 10,556 kilometres. The Submarine Telecom Forum website describes it as a submarine cable system hooking up Boca Raton in Florida with Brazil’s Fortaleza and Santos, with six fibre pairs and a total design capacity of 64 Tbps.
It adds that the Monet consortium comprises of Google, Brazil’s Algar Telecom, Uruguay’s Antel, and Angola’s Angola Cables.
In a significant federal contract victory, Verizon yesterday announced a new contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Verizon Public Sector was awarded an Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task order to modernize and expand the FBI’s network infrastructure and the data and voice solutions that run upon it. … [visit site to read more]
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the activation of spectrum capacity on Monet submarine cable system connecting Brazil to the United States. With this addition…
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the activation of spectrum capacity on Monet submarine cable system connecting Brazil to the United States. With this addition, Sparkle enhances its regional backbone providing five diversified routes between North and South America.
Monet is a new generation cable spanning 10,556 km and connecting Boca Raton, Florida, to both Fortaleza and Sao Paulo in Brazil. With the new cable, Sparkle increases the overall redundancy of its backbone that now provides five diversified routes between North and South America thanks to its extensive submarine infrastructure that includes three undersea “digital highways”: Monet and Seabras-1 in the Atlantic and Curie in the Pacific.
With the addition of Monet to its assets in the Atlantic, Sparkle further enhances its Tier-1 Seabone global IP transit service and its capacity solutions, catering the huge data demand driven by new technologies, media platforms and cloud-based services that require omnipresent internet connectivity.
With Monet, Sparkle continues the expansion of its American fiber optic network, which now counts 56 Points of Presence across US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, a capillary presence in Brazil and a new open landing and connectivity hub in Panama.
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Today, Belgian operator Telenet has announced a new agreement with utility company Fluvius to form a joint venture (JV) to deploy full fibre throughout Flanders.
Telenet will own 66.8% of the JV, while Fluvius will own the remaining 33.2%.
The JV, with the working title of NetCo, will focus on combining the partners hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network infrastructure and upgrading it to full fibre, aiming to reach 78% of their combined footprint in Flanders by 2038. In some areas, NetCo will instead be upgrading the HFC network with DOCSIS technology…
Today, Belgian operator Telenet has announced a new agreement with utility company Fluvius to form a joint venture (JV) to deploy full fibre throughout Flanders.
Telenet will own 66.8% of the JV, while Fluvius will own the remaining 33.2%.
The JV, with the working title of NetCo, will focus on combining the partners hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network infrastructure and upgrading it to full fibre, aiming to reach 78% of their combined footprint in Flanders by 2038. In some areas, NetCo will instead be upgrading the HFC network with DOCSIS technology, with the ultimate goal being to ensure that all customers have access to gigabit-capable broadband.
“Using a mixture of both HFC and fiber technologies, we have a roadmap to offer all our customers speeds of 10 Gbps. With Fluvius as a strong partner, we will continue to develop our HFC infrastructure and implement as well new fiber technology, mainly in the last parts of our network, from the street into the homes,” explained Telenet’s CEO John Porter.
A fibre-focussed tie-up between the two companies has been in discussion since at least Junee 2020, not long after Fluvius launched its first pilot fibre network in 2019.
Fluvius is the Belgian grid operator for electricity and natural gas in Flanders, as well as owning and operating a wholesale full fibre network in the region. Telenet is already a key customer for Fluvius, already provides services over Fluvius’s existing network.
However, the partners stated that they are open to further expanding the JV’s membership with new strategic or financial partners for the JV.
Fibre JVs are becoming hugely popular in Belgium. Proximus, for example, has already formed two such companies targeting medium-population areas: Fiberklaar, covering Flanders, and Unifiber, covering Wallonia. According to the operator, the two JVs have already partnered with 37 internet service providers, with more discussions currently underway.
Regardless of the investment structure, it is clear that Belgium needs all the help it can get when it comes to putting fibre into the ground. The nation currently has one of the worst levels of FTTH penetration in all of Europe, with only around 17% of homes having access to fibre. As a result, the operators and the government have been rapidly scaling up their rollout efforts in the past two years, with Belgium today seeing the fastest fibre deployment rate in Europe.
Beyond its fiberisation efforts, Telenet is also advancing its mobile ambitions. Last month, Telenet secured 5G spectrum in the 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, and 3.5 GHz bands at the national spectrum auction, spending €264.3 million.
Telenet first launched commercial 5G back in December 2021 using temporary 5G spectrum allocated by the regulator.
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The capital venture building units of Globe Telecom and Ayala Corp have partnered up to explore new opportunities in a bid to expand digital solution ecosystems.
Globe Capital Venture Holdings which trades as 917 Ventures partnered with Ayala Corp subsidiary AC Ventures to fund the research, development and launch of 917 Venture business projects.
Since starting operation in 2019, 917 Ventures spun-off nine new companies including medical platform HealthNow and online grocer PureGo. The success was attributed to the use of Globe Telecom’s data, customer base, distribution points, enterprise partners, marketing and execution capability, and capital.
The latest announcement is a broadening of prior agreements which now encompasses Ayala’s wider businesses including real estate, banking, power, healthcare and logistics.
“We can leverage the ecosystem and network advantage that they (AC Ventures) provide to solve the pain points of consumers and businesses. Through digital solutions, we can help pave the way and deliver indelible value to the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region, » said 917Ventures managing director Vince Yamat.
Ayala CFO and AC Ventures President and CEO Alberto de Larrazaba added: « The accelerated growth of digital adoption has become ingrained in many Filipinos who have quickly transitioned how they work, study, play, and access basic services.
“Ayala intends to participate in this multi-decade transformation by contributing to the research and development and incubation of disruptive solutions across different consumer touchpoints in our portfolio. With its strong track record of developing startups to achieve scale and profitability, we believe that 917Ventures is the natural vehicle for Ayala’s digital ventures. »
