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• AT&T mucks about with WarnerMedia some more

  05-03-2019 18:19
  AT&T has finally got the US government off its back, but now the challenge of making a success of its mega-acquisition really begins.
  Last week an appeal from the US Department of Justice to reverse the acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T, which completed in the middle of last year, was rejected and the DoJ decided not to appeal, so that seems to be the last of the US governmental opposition to it. Now we get to the small matter of absorbing a massive media company into an even bigger tel
  
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• Huawei fightback aided by China’s mastery of 5G

  05-03-2019 18:18
  The same reason why US targeted telecoms group also puts it in a strong position
  
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• Sterlite Tech unveils TruRibbon™ – Ribbon Reinvented, a fully backward compatible cable built for high-capacity networks

  05-03-2019 18:00
  This disruptive solution enables optimization for first-time-right splicing, bringing tremendous time and cost savings, while enabling massive connectivity San Diego, USA and Pune, India – March 5, 2019: Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global data network solutions company, today announced the launch of TruRibbon™ – Ribbon Reinvented at the Optical Networking and Communication Conference (#OFC2019), happening at California. TruRibbon™ is a fully backward comp
  
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• Ciena bags 20.5% growth perhaps thanks to Huawei dilemma

  05-03-2019 16:20
  Optical networking company Ciena posted positive results for the first quarter of 2019, with total revenues of $778.5 million beating analyst expectations.
  There have been whispers in corners of various conferences that a Huawei ban could benefit some, and it may well be having a positive impact for Ciena. While there are numerous other companies which would compete with Huawei in the optical equipment segment, with Ciena one of the few ‘pure-play’ companies it might have a more nota
  
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• USB4 specification unveiled, featuring Intel Thunderbolt 3

  05-03-2019 15:17
  The next generation USB standard will be based on Intel’s Thunderbolt protocols, as well as be backward compatible with earlier generations of USB.
  Intel earlier announced that its upcoming 10nm processor will be the first to integrate Thunderbolt 3, and it has already been supported by both Windows 10 and macOS. According to the latest announcements from both Intel and the industry association and standardisation body USB Promoter Group, Intel has made the Thunderbolt 3 specifications ava
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER Cube Optics honored with award in 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews Program

  05-03-2019 15:16
  HUBER+SUHNER Cube Optics, the global supplier of efficient optical access solutions, today announced it has been recognised in the 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews program for its CUBO Mini 100G Optical Multi-Purpose Tool.The CUBO Mini 100G product is a compact, stand-alone optical demarcation device for 100G solving a multitude of challenges. Taking advantage of the wide variety of 100G QSFP28 transceivers and covering different distances up to 25km, the solution has two QSFP28 slots implement
  
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• A10 Networks Delivers Industry-leading 500 Gbps Thunder DDoS Defence System

  05-03-2019 14:10
  Thunder Threat Protection System (TPS) Gives Service Providers the Highest Performance DDoS Defence in Compact, Reliable Form FactorTheale, UK. – 5th March 2019 – A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), today announced a new capacity enhancement to its Thunder® 14045 TPS, which delivers industry-leading attack traffic mitigation capabilities. This capacity gain provides the highest performance available in the market with 500 Gbps of defence in one appliance. The smaller form factor reduces t
  
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• UK Government says company boards still don’t get cyber-security

  05-03-2019 13:15
  The UK Government has released its 2019 ‘Cyber Governance Health Check’ which claims only 16% of executives have an understanding of cyber-security threats.
  It might sound like the beat of an old drum, but eventually management teams will get the idea. Each week new reports emerge suggesting security is an under-appreciated and under-funded aspect of the digital economy, and this week the Government is throwing its own arguments forward. This report measured the attitudes of the FTSE
  
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• The lost history of a mosaic in Victoria

  05-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A small side street near Victoria contains a mosaic that people will tell you is an old advert for the Victor Talking Machine Company. They are wrong.It certainly spells out Victor, and the Victor Talking Machine Company was a very well known gramphone and music company. However, no matter how many references I found supporting the claim that the mosaic was related to the gramphone company, it felt wrong.
  In part thanks to the fact that Victor is far better known by its logo which is today quite
  
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• Huawei hopes to seduce Europe with new transparency centre

  05-03-2019 12:31
  Huawei’s counter-strategy is becoming clearer with a move to ingratiate itself to European regulators and operators.
  Today the embattled Chinese kit vendor opened a new cyber security transparency centre in Brussels. It dragged a bunch of regulators, operators, other companies, media, the GSMA and even the World Economic Forum to the opening ceremony in a clear bid to demonstrate to the whole of Europe how clean its hands are on the matter of security.
  “Trust needs to be based on fac
  
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• FCC and Oval Office locking horns over 5G

  05-03-2019 12:20
  The FCC originally looked like a diligent foot-soldier for the President, but with the nationalised 5G infrastructure argument seemingly emerging again, heads are set to butt.
  Reports have been emerging in various corners that the White House is revisiting plans to develop a nationalised 5G network, a plan originally raised in January 2018 to keep the US at the front of the technology arms race. The plan was shot-down back then, and the FCC has already raised set the tone of resistance through s
  
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• Steam train for South-East London secures funding

  05-03-2019 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A steam train service is coming to South-East London after they organisers secured the necessary funding to complete a new railway line.
  The new railway will be a restoration of an old line long since removed that used to carry coal to a Victorian steam pumping station at Crossness. The pumping station is also being restored to its original Victorian ornate glory, and reopens later this month following an asbestos scare in 2017.A separate project, the Royal Arsenal Narrow Gauge (RANG) railway ai
  
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• Source Photonics Demonstrates Multi-Vendor Interoperability of Latest 400G and 100G PAM4 Technologies at OFC 2019

  05-03-2019 10:49
  San Diego, CA – March 5, 2019 – Source Photonics, a leading vendor of optical connectivity products for Access and Datacom applications, today announced it will demonstrate the interoperability of its latest 400G and 100G PAM4 based transceivers with industry partners at OFC 2019 from March 5-7. Successful interoperability between optical transceivers and hosts is crucial to rolling out the next higher data rate connectivity. Multiple demonstrations at Source Photonics booth #4021 an
  
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• Source Photonics Unveils Industry’s First 400G QSFP-DD ER8 Supporting Up To 40km Reach at OFC 2019

  05-03-2019 10:47
  San Diego, CA – March 5, 2019 – Source Photonics, which previously led the market introduction of 100G LR4 in QSFP28 form factor that enabled the deployment of 100G solution within datacenters, now unveils the industry’s first 400G QSFP-DD ER8 supporting up to 40km reach at the OFC show in San Diego, CA. A live 400G traffic demonstration of 400G QSFP-DD ER8 over 40km single mode fiber, leveraging Source Photonics’ unique compact TOSA/ROSA design, can...Source: RealWire
  
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• WatchGuard Expands Secure Wi-Fi Portfolio with 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Point

  05-03-2019 10:40
  With WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, new access point offers fast, reliable, secure Wi-Fi and location analytics for restaurants, medical offices, retail branches and distributed enterprises 5 March 2019 – WatchGuard® Technologies has unveiled a new secure, 802.11ac Wave 2 access point (AP). The latest in its family of secure Wi-Fi products, the AP125 offers major performance improvements over Wave 1 APs, giving midsize and distributed organisations secure, enterprise-grade wireless networks w
  
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• More problems for London Overound’s Gospel Oak to Barking line

  05-03-2019 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a couple of weeks time, services on the troubled Gospel Oak to Barking section of the London Overground are set to get even worse.
  This is because the new Class 710 electric trains that should have been delivered a year ago, are still not ready for passenger service and the last of the old diesel trains being used on the line are needed elsewhere in the country.
  From Monday 18 March, services on the Gospel Oak to Barking line will switch from a 2-car train every 15 minutes to 4-car trains eve
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of abandoned London Underground tunnels

  05-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Transport Museum is announcing a fresh batch of tours of the Hidden parts of the London Underground once again.
  For the first time, Hidden London is also bringing some movie magic to its historic Aldwych disused station tours with a complimentary film screening of the award-winning film Darkest Hour (2017). Film fans will also have the chance to walk in the footsteps of James Bond during the Charing Cross tour and complimentary Skyfall (2012) screening.
  Alongside these new screenings, other
  
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• Data survey suggests UK consumers should be more price savvy

  05-03-2019 07:53
  Cable.co.uk has released data which suggests the UK is 136th in the world for affordability when it comes to mobile data plans.
  Data is increasingly running our lives and while many might feel they have struck the right balance between quantity and affordability this survey suggests otherwise. After comparing 6,313 mobile data plans in 230 countries, the UK ranks at 136 worldwide, and in the bottom half of the table for Europe.
  “When looking at the UK compared to our European and EU counte
  
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• The US strategy is not the best way to deal with Huawei

  05-03-2019 06:00
  The Chinese telecoms company has made strenuous efforts to adapt to global norms
  
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• SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom sign 5G MoU to fast track network rollout

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Korean telecoms giant SK Telecom has signed a 5G network development agreement with pan-European telco, Deutsche Telekom, to speed up the rollout of next generation mobile networks in Germany and Korea…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SK Telecom and Deutsch Telekom sign 5G MoU to fast track network rollout

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Korean telecoms giant SK Telecom has signed a 5G network development agreement with pan-European telco, Deutsche Telekom, to speed up the rollout of next generation mobile networks in Germany and Korea…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia wins another 5G network deal in the US

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Nokia has won a major deal with US Cellular to provide end to end 5G technology, software and service solutions for its North American networks.  The deal will allow US Cellular to improve its consumer offering as well as significantly bolster its exposure to the enterprise market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liquid Telecom appoints new CEO to oversee Uganda expansion

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Pan-African telco, Liquid Telecom, has appointed a new CEO to head up its operations in Uganda. Dennis Keko Kahindi took up the reins at Liquid Telcom Uganda with effect of the 1st of March 2019 and will be responsible for accelerating the company&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: We have to collaborate on 5G security, no single government or telco can prosper alone

  05-03-2019 01:00
  The international telecoms community needs a single, clear, codified set of technical standards to govern 5G network security, according to Huawei’s rotating chairman, Ken Hu.Speaking at the opening of Huawei’s new Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels on Tuesday, Hu said that the industry desperately needed to standardise its security certification process, to make it easier for operators to rollout their 5G networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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