DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - The Telecoms & Connectivity Channel
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Telstra expands Aura Network with launch of Perth-Sydney route
As Telstra continues to build out its planned 14,000km fiber network
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AT&T to combine Forged Fiber 37, Gigapower into one JV
Carrier continues towards its 60 million buildout target
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Virgin Media O2 slams BT's planned acquisition of TalkTalk, amid CMA's probe into Nexfibre-Netomnia takeover
The telco says the BT deal "has all the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as a rescue deal in the public interest"
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Telus, AST SpaceMobile carry out D2D test in Canada
The duo completed their first satellite-to-smartphone integration test on Telus' network
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Virgin Media O2 launches 5G Standalone service in Bristol, UK
As carrier further expands 5G+ footprint
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Lumos snaps up Allo Fiber's Joplin, Missouri, fiber network
The acquisition will bolster T-Mobile's fiber footprint as part of its JV
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Malaysia's DNB secures $1.27bn in funding for next phase of 5G rollout
Comes shortly after the DNB activated more spectrum to expand 5G footprint
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Investment firm Forum Markets partners with Edge Node for US compute roll-out
JV taking on data center capacity in Dallas and North Carolina, deploying capacity at Texas cell tower
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Ericsson Italy in redundancy volte face as its halts Genoa downsizing
U-turn comes after intervention from Giorgia Meloni herself
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HPE to be connectivity provider role at next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland
Will deploy Self-Driving Network to provide an up to par experience
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BT to scoop up TalkTalk as part of rescue deal
Struggling network has been seeking a buyer for a while
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Qualcomm and Huawei sign multi-year patent license agreement spanning 5G, compute, AI, and networking technologies
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed
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Rightfiber finalizes acquisition of Fastwyre's Nebraska business
Firm was only formed last month
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AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon-led satellite JV is official, gains temporary leader
The chess game continues
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ESA picks neXat, Telesat, & Colt for $1.68m Cableshield to backup subsea cable infrastructure
ESA to finance emergency data rerouting system via satellite in the event of subsea cable failure
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Medusa subsea cable system expands to Jordan, partners with NaiTel
System to connect to Coral Bridge cable
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Amazon secures Uzbekistan’s Uztelecom as partner for Amazon Leo satellite service
Uztelecom to resell Amazon Leo services, use satellite company to connect remote regions
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Australian telcos activate temporary disaster roaming agreement
The service went live today and will enable customers to switch to alternative carrier during severe weather events
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European Space Agency taps OVHcloud and CGI for Earth observation system
Digital EO will provide Earth observation data to scientists, public bodies, businesses, and citizens
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Russian drones enter into Moldovan airspace, collides with comms tower
After the collision the drone exploded
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Climber Protection Group obtains federal-recognized 501(c)(3) status
The group seeks to represent telecom tower climbers in the US
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Data center in Kyiv, Ukraine, suffers "critical damage" and goes offline after Russian bomb attack
Moscow continues to target digital infrastructure
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Creditors sue Optimum, Patrick Drahi over its US restructuring
A complaint was filed in court this week
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Xantaro Group names Christian Werner as CEO
Replaces Martin Czermin in the role
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SoftBank closes DigitalBridge acquisition
Digital infrastructure investor taken private, de-lists from NYSE
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Eurofiber and Delft Networks deploy dark-fiber between Rotterdam and Delft for quantum
The companies have deployed the entanglement-ready dark fiber connecting Delft and Rotterdam in a closed loop configuration
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Comcast deploys fiber sensing tech to monitor network in real-time
The technology uses fiber lines to detect and pinpoint activity along Comcast's network
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FCC tells Verizon it needs more time to review carrier's copper retirement proposals
Verizon must wait to find out if it can decommission copper services in portions of nine states