Lumen Technologies (Lumen)
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AT&T has reportedly held talks about acquiring Lumen Technologies’ consumer fibre assets in a deal potentially worth $5.5 billion. -
Here are some news stories from this week you might have missed.
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Lumen has continued its partnership spree with big-name vendors, striking a deal with Google Cloud to power AIOps and data insight solutions across its network.
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
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Colt Technology Services has announced an expansion of its high bandwidth IP transit to new European cities.
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Lumen Technologies (Lumen) has appointed Dave Ward as its new chief technology officer.
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Lumen Technologies is to sell its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) business across 20 states, to funds managed by Apollo Global Management (Apollo Funds) for $7.5 billion.
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Lumen Technologies is to use Google’s Dunant transatlantic subsea cable to connect Virginia to France.
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Lumen Technologies is selling off its Latin American business for US$2.7 billion, the company announced this morning.
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Lumen Technologies has expanded its network in three European countries: France, Switzerland and Spain.
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In a survey of top companies in our industry, Alan Burkitt-Gray finds only one – Colt – with a majority of women in the management team. Some are all men
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A new satellite communications project is to use quantum encryption from the start, to protect customers’ data.
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Serbia, the US and China are the countries hosting the most command and control (C2) attacks, according to the latest research from Lumen.
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The Global Leaders’ Forum has played a key role in enabling the industry to work together to allow business to carry on through the Covid-19 pandemic. GLF chair Laurinda Pang tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how they did it, and what’s next
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Section, the edge as-a-service provider, has closed a $12 million series B funding round to help increase the reach of its data network services.
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Lumen Technologies has appointed Annette Murphy as managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Lumen Technologies has named Ian Cunningham as its new VP of sales and customer success for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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IBM confirms the launch of IBM Cloud Satellite enabling the availability of its hybrid cloud across multiple environments, on any cloud, on premises or at the edge.
