Park Place Technologies, a leading global data centre and networking optimisation firm, has recently acquired Protec IT-Solutions, an IT services provider based in Limburg, Germany. Established in 2016, Protec IT-Solutions supports some of the largest businesses in Germany and has earned a strong reputation for providing comprehensive and customer-oriented TPM services to thousands of end-user clients. […]

Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, has announced its first live commercial 400 Gbps Ethernet (GE) Trans-Atlantic service from London to New York for Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network built to support scientific research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science and managed by the Lawrence Berkeley […]

STL, a leading optical and digital solutions company, has announced that it has developed its slimmest fibre yet – a 180 micron optical fibre. This fibre enables the smallest diameters in cables with the highest fibre densities. STL showcased a next-generation microcable with 288 fibres capable of being deployed in 8 mm ducts, at FTTH Conference 2023, in Madrid, Spain. STL […]

Vodafone Qatar has announced that, in collaboration with Nokia, it has powered Msheireb Smart City with cutting-edge fibre technology that delivers hyper speeds of up to 25 Gbps and will extend the collaboration to demonstrate speeds of up to 100 Gbps, using a Nokia Bell Labs prototype in the near future. With the roll-out of […]

Siemon, announced its new ultra-low-loss singlemode MTP cabling system exhibits considerable margin over IEEE 400 Gigabit channel limits as proven through third-party testing. Intertek Testing Services, a global leader in the testing, inspection, and certification of products, tested Siemon’s new singlemode ultra-low-loss MTP cabling system in IEEE 802.3bs 400GBASE-DR4 and IEEE 802.3cu 400GBASE-FR4 400 Gigabit […]

Zayo Group Holdings, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, has announced the fastest direct network route connecting Manchester to New York with its new transatlantic route. The route provides a direct subsea cable route to North America that avoids backhauling to global Internet hubs in London and Paris, reducing transatlantic latency and enabling a better […]

To better understand how business leaders view and value their enterprise network, Aruba surveyed 200 UK-based international business decision-makers.  According to research released by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, one-in-four (25%) business leaders admit to having only a functional or limited understanding of the enterprise network – resulting in a potentially dangerous disconnect around Digital Transformation […]

Arelion has announced the provision of a new PoP (Point of Presence) at the DC Tower Data Centre in Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital city. As part of the company’s commitment to the region, this will be the second Arelion PoP in Prague. Supporting current and future growth in traffic, the new PoP provides direct […]

As Barcelona becomes an increasingly strategic hub for the terrestrial and subsea cable networks connecting our digital lives, Equinix, a digital infrastructure company, is building its second data centre in the metro.   The new site will serve as a strategic connection point for data communications between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with Barcelona quickly […]

GTT Communications, a leading global provider of managed network and security services to multinational organisations, has announced an expanded partnership with Ziply Fiber, a provider of fibre networks purpose-built for the Internet, to establish a new network Point-of-Presence (PoP) to serve the fast-growing data centre market in Portland, Oregon. The new PoP is providing an […]