Telecom operator Orange denies the sale of physical network
A France-based Telecom company, Orange S.A, announced that they won’t be selling their physical telecom networks.
Formerly known as France Telecom S.A, Orange S.A says it is not selling its physical telecom networks, as per Ramon Fernandez, the chief financial officer (CFO) of Orange.
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Broadcom launches four chips for Wi-Fi 7 access points
Broadcom introduced four chips for Wi-Fi 7 access points. According to the organisation, the chips deliver twice the speed of current Wi-Fi 6 and 6E access points.
Every new Wi-Fi protocol is tested and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The interest group has hundreds of members, including the wo... Read more
Aruba launches NetConductor, combination of VXLAN and NAC
Aruba introduces NetConductor. The solution allows Local Area Networks (LAN) to be scaled with configurations of choice, without ever interrupting the network.
NetConductor creates VXLANs (Virtual Extensible Local Area Networks). The virtual LAN is largely identical to the physical network, and ... Read more
UK and Japan agree to cooperate to reduce reliance on a small number of suppliers
In a new deal signed on Friday, the UK and Japan agreed to collaborate to expand the technologies on which telecom networks are built.
Julia Lopez, the UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure, and Yuji Sasaki, Japan’s vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, agreed ... Read more
Supply chain crunch affects mast rollout for Vodafone in Europe
The global supply chain crunch has affected almost every industry, including smartphones. Now, it affects the antennas that propagate the signals those phones need.
Vantage Towers AG, a unit spun out of Vodafone Group, makes mobile masts and has said its plans to build new towers are facing issu... Read more
Ericsson’s profits rise in response to increased demand for 5G network equipment
Ericsson reported on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings, which were above market estimates. The bottom line was pushed to new heights by a spike in telecom gear sales amid 5G rollouts across the globe. The push helped the Swedish company make up for the market share it lost in Mainland China.
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EE and Vodafone reintroduce roaming charges, Virgin Media O2 does not
Virgin Media O2 phone customers will not have to pay roaming charges this year, even after other carriers announced an extra fee. Two of the biggest networks in the UK, EE, and Vodafone, announced the reintroduction of roaming charges for customers travelling to Europe in January.
Three plans to... Read more
Google is building submarine cables that will connect Israel, southern Europe
Google has announced plans to build and operate two undersea cable systems that will connect the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia. One of the projects is the Blue Submarine Cable System which will tie Israel to Italy, Greece, and France.
The other has been dubbed the Raman Submarine Cab... Read more
IPv6 is still 5-10 years away from reaching ‘mainstream’ status
IPv6 is still anywhere from 5 years to a decade away from hitting the mainstream, according to Gartner. It will be a while before it can reach the plateau of productivity and remains a technology that is still being used by early adopters (early mainstream).
The analyst firm reported this in its... Read more
Orange announces 5G SA experimental cloud network
The project will be Europe's first 5G Stand Alone (SA) fully end-to-end cloud network.
European telco Orange announced this week that it will launch an experimental 5G network using a cloud-based open platform and artificial intelligence. The announcement comes as the EU telecom industry rushes ... Read more