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| Nokia and eir to Extend IP Collaboration eir and Nokia announced the extension of its IP collaboration to support the evolving needs and expectations of its customers with access to world-class technology and connectivity solutions. The agreement will see eir introduce the latest 400/800GE IP backbone for larger capacity to meet future traffic growth and Nokia’s 7750 Service Router, powered by Nokia’s in-house routing silicon, FP5, for greater flexibility, power efficiency and security. |
| New IBM SkillsBuild Certificates to be Deployed in Community College Systems IBM announced two new IBM SkillsBuild certificates in cybersecurity and data analytics, which have been piloted and designed with community colleges. These new IBM SkillsBuild certificates will be available to students across the Alabama Community College System, Bay Area Community College Consortium, Colorado Community College System, and Louisiana Community and Technical College System this fall. |
| Nokia and Bharti Airtel Complete Successful Cloud RAN Trial Nokia announced that it has successfully completed its first 5G non-standalone Cloud RAN trial with Bharti Airtel in India. The project supports Airtel’s strategy of delivering a superior customer experience using high-performing networks. It is expected to deliver higher levels of service innovation, higher network automation, flexibility and efficient scaling of resources to support end-user services. |
| Caveonix Joins Wiz Integrations Caveonix announced its partnership with leading cloud security provider Wiz and is joining the Wiz Integration platform. This integration brings the power of Caveonix’s continuous compliance automation to the WIN partner ecosystem so that customers can seamlessly integrate Wiz into a compliance automation program with Caveonix. |
| SECOM Deploys Infinera XTM Series Infinera announced that SECOM is modernizing its middle-mile and business Ethernet access network using Infinera’s XTM Series optical transport solution to bring new multi-gigabit broadband services to previously underserved rural southern Colorado communities. SECOM’s enhanced network provides connectivity for thousands of customers, including homes, schools, libraries, government entities, telecoms, and businesses. |
| Keysight Introduces System Designer for PCIe Keysight announced System Designer for PCIe, a new product in the Advanced Design System product suite that supports simulation workflows based on industry standards for high-speed, high-frequency digital designs. System Designer for PCIe is an intelligent design environment for modeling and simulating the latest Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Gen5 and Gen6 systems. |
| AT&T to Open 100 Connected Learning Centers AT&T announced their plans to open at least 100 Connected Learning Centers by the end of 2027 and celebrates the landmark opening of the 50th CLC in Austin, TX. This milestone is part of the company’s $5 billion commitment to bridge the digital divide and to help 25 million people get and stay connected by 2030, as research shows tens of millions of Americans still lack access to wired or fixed wireless broadband connections. |
| Ciena Improves Nordic Broadband Ciena announced that Sodvin AS is leveraging Ciena’s broadband solution to improve the capacity and reach of its residential broadband services throughout Trondelag county, Norway. |
| FCC Approves Final Rules To Support Wi-Fi Hotspots The Federal Communications Commission announced that it has voted to approve final rules to support the students, school staff, and library patrons around the country who find themselves on the wrong side of the digital and educational divide. Now, schools and libraries will be able to utilize E-Rate resources to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots which will provide internet access for those individuals without a reliable connection at home. |
| L-com Releases USB Double-Stack Adapter Couplers and Cables L-com announced a new line of USB 3.0 double-stack adapter couplers and cables and USB 2.0 double-stack adapter couplers and cables. They allow you to double the number of USB ports in your rack, panel, or box, but without taking up more space. They also bring faster data transmission from USB 2.0 to match cutting-edge gear. |
| Commure Acquires Augmedix Augmedix announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Commure in an all-cash transaction that values Augmedix at approximately $139 million in equity value. |
| Union Wireless Partners with GOCare GOCare announced a strategic partnership with Union Wireless. This collaboration will advance digital customer engagement for Union Telephone Company/ Union Wireless subscribers through a robust strategy adding in Omni-channel flexibility for customer communications, advanced, integrated NPS and CSAT tools to accurately reflect voice of the customer initiatives all the while adding real-time alerts, enhancing interactions for both current and potential customers. |
| Spirent Adds CNF Resiliency Testing to Landslide Solution Spirent announced the addition of cloud-native function resiliency testing to its Spirent Landslide solution to continuously test the impact of CNF performance on the delivery of 5G Standalone services. |
| Vodafone Extends Car Internet Service To 10 New Markets Across Europe Vodafone Business announced that it has extended its pan-European Internet in the Car service to a further ten countries, bringing the total number of countries where motor manufacturers can now offer vehicles with reliable and secure internet to 32. |
| Bell Canada And ServiceNow Announce Expanded Multi-year Strategic Agreement Bell Canada and ServiceNow announced a multi year strategic agreement to accelerate Bell's transformation to meet the growing customer demand for tech services and digital media. The renewed commitment makes Bell one of ServiceNow’s largest communications customers with a first of its kind collaboration in Canada. |
| Mistral AI and NVIDIA Unveil Mistral NeMo 12B Mistral AI and NVIDIA announced a new state-of-the-art language model, Mistral NeMo 12B, that developers can easily customize and deploy for enterprise applications supporting chatbots, multilingual tasks, coding and summarization. |
| Telxius Upgrades Its Global Network to 400G With Juniper Networks Juniper Networks announced that Telxius is scaling its core and edge network infrastructure to 400G with a Converged Optical Routing Architecture provided by Juniper Networks. This will enable a simplified network capacity expansion and efficient delivery of enhanced connectivity to metro networks and data center interconnects. It provides connectivity across distances of around 100 km to points of presence across Telxius’ global footprint in Spain, the Americas, and wider Europe. |
| telMAX uses Adtran Mosaic CP With GLDS BroadHub Adtran announced that telMAX is leveraging its scalable, programmable fiber access technology as it extends its high-speed broadband services to many more communities. The Canadian service provider is harnessing Adtran’s Mosaic CP microservices platform integrated with GLDS BroadHub subscriber management platform to enable rapid, cost-effective expansion of its network. |
| Kandji Raises $100M in Capital Kandji announced that it has raised $100 million in capital from General Catalyst, with $50 million allocated to equity financing for its Series D, and $50 million for go-to-market investment. This latest round brings Kandji’s valuation to $850 million. Deep Nishar from General Catalyst will join the company’s Board of Directors. |
| Mimecast Unveils Human Risk Management Platform Mimecast announced its Human Risk Management platform, marking an important and eagerly anticipated milestone in advancing toward the next generation of cybersecurity. In response to customer and market demand for a more effective means of mitigating risk brought on by employee mistakes and user errors, Mimecast has charted a new path forward by developing a connected HRM platform. |
| Kyivstar Invests in Energy Resilience and Preparedness for Ukraine Networks VEON announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Kyivstar continues to invest in resilient connectivity for Ukraine, with plans to deploy and additional 848 industrial generators and 61,766 batteries to enable service continuity during the extended blackouts caused by attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. |
| Vodafone Business to Extend Unified Communications Platform Vodafone Business announced that together with its strategic partner RingCentral is now offering its cloud-based unified communications-as-a-Service platform, combining voice calling, video conferencing and instant messaging, in 20 countries globally with plans to extend it to more than 30 markets during early 2025. |
| Keysight Expands Modular Photovoltaic Emulation Platform Keysight Technologies announced that they have expanded the MP4300A Series Modular Solar Array Simulator with two new mainframe and module models, delivering total power up to 8.4-kW in a 2U footprint. The SAS solution is a six-channel modular platform that emulates the behavior of photovoltaic segments and simulates all conditions a craft or satellite will encounter in space with high fidelity. |
| National Defense Organization Awards Contract to Gilat Gilat Satellite Networks announced that a National Defense Organization awarded a multi-year contract for over $5M to one of the company’s US-based subsidiaries, DataPath Inc. to upgrade their DKET terminals, transportable SATCOM network hubs. |
| Huawei to Transform 100 Villages in Zambia Huawei announced that they have signed an MoU with the Government of Zambia to construct 100 smart villages in the country Zambia. This exciting development was announced at the launch of the country’s first Smart Village: Muchila, in Namwala District, Southern Province. |
