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UK researchers have successfully conducted the country’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network. -
Samsung has partnered with KT to jointly research and develop next-generation tech to improve 6G signal quality.
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Colt Technology Services has successfully completed a trial of quantum-secured encryption across its fibre optical network.
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Legacy infrastructure is straining service providers financially and operationally, yet many remain hesitant to retire ageing systems like copper, 2G, and 3G, new research from TXO reveals.
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Global revenue from private cellular networks is set to more than double, reaching $12.2 billion by 2028 – an increase of 114% from 2025, despite sluggish market growth in recent years, according to new figures from Juniper Research.
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AT&T is working with Ciena to test ways to improve its network speeds, completing a 1.6 terabit-per-second single-carrier wavelength across 296 kilometres.
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Equinix is to build its third data centre in Mumbai, at a cost of more than US$86 million.
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One year on from its merger, Virgin Media O2 has revealed its customers have smashed previous data usage records – with 39 billion gigabytes of data used across their fixed and mobile networks since June 1, 2021.
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Cloud providers launched 18 new cloud regions last year, well above the average of 15 a year that they have achieved over the past 10 years.
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HGC Global Communications has established an agreement with Digital Realty to boost customers’ edge connectivity.
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Ethiopia’s Amhara Bank has signed an agreement with Ethio Telecom to use the incumbent operator’s data centres to improve service to customers.
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Two-thirds of telecoms companies are interested in non-traditional data sources and open banking.
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Analysis from GlobalData claims that initial public offerings (IPOs) in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) space increased 72% last year when compared to 2020.
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Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) reports that it exchanged over 26,85 exabytes of data in 2021, up 18% from 2020.
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DE-CIX has confirmed just how much data passed through its exchanges last year – and it comes as little surprise that the figure has set a new record.
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Kicking off the quarterly financials, Tata Communications and Syniverse have published their latest results over the last 24 hours.
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The French Space Agency (CNES) has chosen Orange Business Services to lead a consortium, including HPE, Scality and Tealenium, to create a new storage solution for its data.
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Cloud data management vendor Cohesity has appointed Kevin Delane as its new global chief revenue officer.
