GTT Communications is upgrading its fibre network across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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GlobeNet and Facebook have begun construction of the new submarine cable system that they announced in May.
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BringCom has completed its acquisition of Datanet in Uganda after receiving final approval from the Uganda Communications Commission.
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Telecom Argentina has announced that the ARBR submarine cable system between Argentina and Brazil (ARBR) will land in its cable landing station in Las Toninas.
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State-owned Indian operator BSNL has commissioned NEC Technologies India (NECTI) to create a submarine cable system connecting Chennai and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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Peru’s Fitel (Fondo de Inversion en Telecomunicaciones / Telecommunications Investment Fund) has awarded two additional regional telecommunications infrastructure projects to Gilat Satellite Networks.
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Sify Technologies has selected Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions to address rising customer demand and provide greater support for increasing data volumes, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud-based services and Big Data analytics.
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Brazilian utility firm Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (known locally as Cemig) has seen an unexpectedly high level of interest in its telecommunications assets, which it is planning to sell off to reduce its debt.
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Thai fixed-line provider TOT has launched a new gigabit broadband internet service that is powered by MaxLinear’s G.hn technology.
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Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has awarded Nokia a contract to modernise and optimise its IP and optical networks.
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FibreCo went live on its open access dark fibre link along the N3 from Johannesburg to Durban including the subsea cable landing stations of SEACOM and EASSy on the east coast.
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Angola Cables has added additional peering points at the several new locations internationally.
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The Monet Cable System connecting Boca Raton, Florida to both Fortaleza and Santos, Brazil, has been completed.
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Wholesale infrastructure provider GlobeNet is deploying a new 2,500 km submarine cable that will link Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires.
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C&W Networks has deployed Coriant’s mTera Universal Transport Platform in its Pan-Caribbean network.
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Angola Cables has implemented Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Spectrum Sharing capability to boost the amount of customised capacity that it can offer to its customers.
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As part of its West Africa expansion, MainOne has secured a licence to expand national and international connectivity services in Cote d’Ivoire.
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The Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.
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The pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has selected Metaswitch technology as the basis for its ambitious expansion plans.
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Bharti Airtel is to acquire the Indian leg of Gulf Bridge International's subsea data cabling network.
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Subtel, the Chilean telecommunications regulator, has issued two calls for tenders for extensions to its southern fibre network.
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Right across Africa, municipalities and national governments are looking to transform major urban areas into smart cities.
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PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, has agreed with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain a high speed submarine cable connecting the Indian Ocean Islands of Rodrigues and Mauritius which will vastly improve connectivity for Rodrigues.
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Indian ISP Spectra has selected Nokia's IP/MPLS routing and GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) fiber solutions to build out its network.
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Thailand’s telecom service revenues are set to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2017-22 driven by increased mobile and fixed broadband adoption.
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UAE-based telco du is collaborating with Cisco to build a future-proof network.
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Mobile and fixed line operator Sudatel Telecom Group and Liquid Telecom are to build new FTTH networks across Sudan.
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At MWC ADVA Optical Networking is hosting a joint demo with BT to showcase end-to-end, multi-layer transport network slicing and assurance.
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India’s Reliance Jio is reportedly gunning for the launch of FTTH (fibre to the home) broadband before the end of March.
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WorldLink, the largest ISP and network service operator in Nepal, has contracted Finland-headquartered Nokia to build the country's largest Fibre To The Home (FTTH) network.
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Idea Cellular, India’s third largest mobile operator and sixth-ranked in the world, is to upgrade its optical network with ECI.
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Fibre optic cable manufacturer AFL is moving into the Indian market via a new partnership with Bangalore-based start-up Citadel Intelligent Systems.
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Zong 4G has expanded its backbone transmission network from multiples of 10Gbps to 100Gbps to keep up with its fast rising subscriber base.
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Tunisie Telecom (TT) is leveraging Adtran’s solutions to deliver next-generation copper-based broadband services.


