Southern Cross and Ciena achieve world’s longest single-span submarine service Southern Cross Cables Limited today announced the launch of its Southern Cross NEXT (“NEXT”) cable, along with the implementation and testing of 400GbE services across the 15,840km network. In what is believed to be another world first for the longest…
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Rising network automation unlocks massive growth opportunities
Network automation enables all parts of the 5G network With the 5G network moving to the cloud, the network is now software-based and requires automation to succeed operationally and financially. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis finds that network automation enables all parts of the 5G network—the radio access network (RAN),…
Read MoreEY invests $US3m in Space Tech hub
Swinburne University of Technology provides access to the OzSTAR supercomputer EY Australia is pleased to announce the launch of a Space Tech hub with Swinburne University of Technology to lead one of the biggest transformations of our generation. The Space Tech hub was created after being awarded over $US3m from EY’s…
Read MoreSatellite broadband bandwidth to reach 335.6 Gbps
The number of SIOs will grow 10 per cent from 29,370 in 2021 to 47,908 in 2026. The main drivers of satellite broadband demand for capacity are both consumer internet access and enterprise connectivity requirements. The largest consumer internet demand will come from several markets in the region, including the…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s fixed communication service revenue to decline
At a CAGR of 1.4% by 2026. Fixed communication service revenue in South Korea is expected to decline from $6.5 billion in 2021 to $6.1 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.4%, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that this decrease…
Read MorePingPong deepens its partnership with JCB
PingPong will have established direct relationships with all six major international credit card networks. PingPong, a leading digital cross-border payment provider, recently entered a direct partnership with JCB, whereby its Hong Kong-based merchants will be able to receive online payments from JCB cardholders worldwide. With this latest agreement, PingPong will have…
Read MoreCyber actors exploit network providers and devices
This joint Cybersecurity Advisory was coauthored by the NSA. Summary This joint Cybersecurity Advisory describes the ways in which People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit publicly known vulnerabilities to establish a broad network of compromised infrastructure. These actors use the network to exploit a wide…
Read MoreFinance AI projects will be delayed or cancelled by 2024
Leading to a significant rise in the use of BPO providers. Half of current finance artificial intelligence (AI) deployments will be either delayed or cancelled by 2024, while the use of business process outsourcing (BPO) for AI will rise from 6 per cent to 40 per cent within two years,…
Read MoreAustralia and New Zealand broadband networks deliver similar download speeds
Upload speeds on both the 100/20 and Ultrafast speed tiers were also higher in New Zealand. New Zealand and Australian consumers on fibre to the premises connections receive very similar download speeds. The report also shows New Zealand has more consistent performance during the evening hours, but Australian consumers on…
Read MoreViettel doubles down on ransomeware protection
Object Lock enables users to create an immutable data backup copy. Vietnamese telco Viettel IDC has deployed Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage as the foundation for its storage service offerings, including Storage-as-a-Service, Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service. These services will bring the benefits of HyperStore’s public cloud-like flexibility, limitless scalability and fully…
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