Telefónica España and Alcatel-Lucent have announced the first live network link running at 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps and 400 Gbps using the France-based vendor’s agile optical network technology.
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Global fibre market grows by a fifth
- 16 April 2013
Fibre deployments have grown by over a fifth in the last 12 months as superfast broadband and IPTV continue their upward spiral.
Portugal Telecom signs software defined networking deal with NEC
- 16 April 2013
Portugal Telecom has signed a deal with NEC that will see the two firms collaborate on software defined networking (SDN) and virtualisation technology for data centres and carrier networks.
UK regulator intervenes with “fundamental restructuring of call charging”
- 15 April 2013
Operators in the UK will have 18 months to introduce new measures designed to tackle consumer confusion over “non-geographic” telephone numbers, Ofcom has announced.
Brussels clears Virgin Media acquisition by Liberty Global
- 15 April 2013
The European Commission has cleared Liberty Global’s €17.2 billion acquisition of UK operator Virgin Media.
O2 launches Refresh tariff enabling customers to swap phones mid-contract
- 12 April 2013
UK mobile operator O2 has unveiled a new tariff that decouples the cost of a mobile phone from the cost of calls, texts and data.
Vendor-backed OpenDaylight Project aims to accelerate SDN adoption
- 12 April 2013
A new open source framework supported by vendors including Ericsson has been launched to accelerate the adoption of software-defined networking.
Mozilla CEO steps down as Firefox company “pivots to mobile”
- 11 April 2013
The head of Mozilla is leaving the nonprofit organisation behind the Firefox OS after just two and a half years in charge.
KPN's €3bn share sale approved, as operator shuffles board
- 11 April 2013
KPN says its shareholders have approved a €3 billion share sale as the operator looks to invest in its operations and reduce net debt.
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