Kalaam Telecom Group, a leading managed solutions provider for businesses across GCC and international markets, has announced the launch of Kalaam Network Optical Transit (KNOT), a new fibre-optic terrestrial international cable system that enhances regional and international connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The KNOT terrestrial Fibre-optic cable system will span over […]
As new technologies continue to proliferate, growing impetus has been placed on utilising full-fibre technology by service providers and governments to provide high-speed broadband for homes and businesses. Rolling out FTTH technology is no longer a choice but a necessity to connect the rural communities. Ralf Gorontzi, Managing Director for Emtelle GmbH, explains why Deutsche […]
Nextgenaccess, a UK provider of custom and wholesale full fibre network infrastructure, has announced the completion and immediate availability of a new 67km-high capacity carrier-neutral fibre network. Connecting Bradley Stoke in Bristol to Next Generation Data’s (NGD) hyperscale data centre near Newport in South Wales, the joint initiative between Nextgenaccess and NGD utilised DPA/PIA code […]
Cables to be laid in eight Italian regions to address the COVID-19 emergency. TIM and Infratel Italia, the in-house company of Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development, are accelerating the development of ultrabroadband in Italy to address the COVID-19 emergency, adding further impetus to cabling programmes leading to the ‘switch on’ of all the infrastructure to access […]
Nokia has announced it is expanding its fibre access portfolio to include new solutions and innovations that will enable service providers to deliver a gigabit experience to everyone, sooner. The enhanced portfolio includes a new Lightspan MF access node designed for the 5G era, a new Beacon 6 in-home gateway that supports 5G mobile data […]
Nexans, one of the worldwide leaders in cables and cabling systems, has announced the launch of ultra-low loss performance for multimode MTP connectivity. New high-speed protocols for multimode resulted in a reduction of optical budgets. With normal off-the-shelf cabling products data centre managers and designers would face limitations when designing new facilities or upgrading existing […]
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system has been upgraded to accelerate and strengthen connectivity between businesses in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. Using Ciena’s submarine network solution, the upgrade allows EIG to utilise flexible, express wavelengths, also known as optical bypass, to reduce operational costs as well as space and […]
Kuwait based telecommunications company Zain Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commercial Bank of Kuwait to provide cloud solutions and data centre services Kuwait based telecommunications company Zain Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commercial Bank of Kuwait to provide cloud solutions and data centre services to aid the […]
Following strong regional performance in 2019 and in anticipation of continued business momentum in the Middle East – fuelled by growing connectivity requirements, mega projects and events – R&M has announced the inauguration of a new regional headquarters in Dubai. The company has also announced its expansion into a new supply chain facility, a move […]
Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), the globally active Swiss developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, presents its market outlook for 2020. Nabil Khalil, Executive Vice-President of R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa, provides us with his insights. Until relatively recently, the public, data centre and LAN cabling segments existed side by side […]
