Telefónica Opens Massive Alcalá Data Center - Phase 1

Telefónica inaugurated the first phase of its massive Alcalá Data Centre project outside of Madrid, which aims to be one of the largest Tier IV data centers in Europe and the world. The first phase, which is now operational, is a new building measuring 24,700 m2, with seven IT rooms covering an area of 682 m2 each. The complete project, which will progress gradually, will cover a total area of 65,700 m2 (over 700,000 square feet) and include a...

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Telefónica Sells 40% Stake in Central American Operations

Telefónica will sell a 40% equity stake in its operations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI) for US$500 million. The deal also includes the payment of an additional amount of up to US$72 million based on the operational performance of the aforementioned assets in the coming years.  The implied multiple for the total amount of the transaction means 6.5 times EBITDA 2012 of the companies...

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HP Unveils SDN Data Center Core Switches, NFV Router

HP introduced a series of software-defined network (SDN) data center switches that deliver advanced automation capabilities and scalability for bandwidth-intensive applications such as Hadoop.  The new offerings the HP FlexFabric 12900, an OpenFlow-enabled core switch capable of scaling to meet the demands of increasing virtualized workloads. HP said its FlexNetwork architecture, powered by the new switches, deliver two times greater scalability...

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HP Forms New Converged Systems Group and HP Servers Group

HP is establishing a new Converged Systems business unit to deliver purpose-built technology for social, cloud, mobile and big data solutions. The HP Converged Systems business unit will extend the portfolio of converged application appliances that fuse infrastructure, applications and productivity tools into a single system. This includes appliance systems for Apache Hadoop, HP Vertica, SAP HANA and HP CloudSystem. The new business will be led...

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WSJ: Obama to Nominate Wheeler as Next FCC Chairman

Major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, reported that President Obama is set to nominate Tom Wheeler as the next Chairman of the FCC, replacing Julius Genachowski, who recently stepped down. Tom Wheeler served as President of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) from 1979 to 1984 and was later CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) until 2004. He is currently Managing Director of Core Capital Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. with approximately $350...

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Verizon to Invest $100 Million in Fuel Cells & Solar Power

Verizon plans to spend $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project to help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. The project aims to generate more than 70 million kilowatt hours per year of green energy. Specifically, Verizon has selected ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, distributed power systems, to install PureCell Model 400 fuel cell systems at Verizon sites in California, New Jersey and New York....

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ALU Selected for 100G Bay of Bengal Undersea Cable

A consortium composed of Vodafone Group, Dialog Axiata, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), Reliance Jio Infocomm, Omantel and Telekom Malaysia, selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy a new 100G submarine cable system connecting Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) cable system will have landing points in Barka (Oman), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Mumbai and Chennai (India),...

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Telstra Tests Ericsson's 1 Tbps Optical Transmission

Telstra has successfully tested Ericsson's terabit optical transmission technology over its real network. Ericsson has announced it will provide Telstra with the SPO 1400, the latest packet optical transport platform (POTP) for the metro and the MHL 3000 for long-haul applications with 100Gbps service support. The trial tested a 1Tbps line card in the MHL 3000. "This has been over two years in the making, and our teams have collaboratively...

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Cavium Posts 4.8% Sequential Sales Increase in Q1, Net Loss of $3.2M

Cavium reported Q1 2013 revenue of $69.5 million, a 4.8% sequential increase from the $66.4 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2012. Net loss (GAAP) was $3.2 million, or $(0.06) per diluted share compared to $78.8 million, or $(1.56) per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012. http://www.cavium.co...

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