Huawei Signs with the Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins have signed Huawei Enterprise USA as a multi-year team sponsor and “Official Technology Partner.” The two organizations will jointly participate in marketing and also explore additional technology solutions to enhance the game day experience for Redskins fans. This represents the first major sports sponsorship for Huawei in the U.S. As part of the deal, Huawei Enterprise will be providing a Wi-Fi network for the Suite Level...

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RagingWire to Double its Ashburn Data Center Campus

RagingWire Data Centers will begin construction on a 140,000 sq. ft. data center facility with 14MW of highly available power as part of its Ashburn, Virginia campus. The addition is a two-story building that nearly doubles the size of RagingWire’s Ashburn, Virginia campus to 290,000 sq. ft.. RagingWire opened its first data center in Ashburn, Virginia in July 2012, a 150,000 sq. ft. facility called VA1, and has purchased 78 acres of land in...

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Ericsson Sees Q3 Sales Growth from LTE in Asia

Ericsson reported Q3 2014 sales of SEK 57.6 billion (US$7.94 billion), a growth of 9% YoY and 5% QoQ. Sales for comparable units, adjusted for currency, grew by 3% YoY and 2% QoQ. The company said sales growth was mainly driven by the Middle East, China, India and Russia, but was partly offset by lower sales in North America. Some highlights: Gross margin increased YoY to 35.2% (32.0%), driven by improved business mix, higher IPR revenues and...

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Equinix Activates AWS Direct Connect from German Data Centers

Equinix began offering Amazon Web Services(AWS) Direct Connect cloud service from its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in Germany. Equinix operates data centers in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich, for a total of 51,000+ square meters (548,760+ square feet) of colocation space in country. The Equinix Frankfurt campus includes five Equinix IBX data centers, which are linked via Metro Connect fiber to enable the AWS Direct Connect...

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Frontier Completes $2B Acquisition of AT&T's Wireline Net in CT

Frontier Communications completed its previously announced $2 billion acquisition of AT&T’s wireline business, statewide fiber network, and U-verse operations in Connecticut.  As part of the acquisition, Frontier also acquired AT&T’s DISH satellite TV customers in Connecticut.  “Frontier is excited to offer our products and services to customers in our home state,” said Maggie Wilderotter, Frontier’s Chairman and Chief Executive...

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IBM to Open SoftLayer Cloud Center in Paris

IBM is preparing to open a new SoftLayer cloud center in Paris, France, before the end of this year. IBM Cloud will also provide cloud infrastructure services for customers and companies in France that require in-country data residency. SoftLayer cloud centers are already operational in London and Amsterdam. The new facility in Paris is part of a new 15 cloud center expansion and a $1.2 billion investment by IBM Cloud to grow its cloud presence...

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T-Mobile Netherlands Picks Mavenir for IMS Core

T-Mobile Netherlands has selected Mavenir Systems' IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core networking solution. “Mavenir’s solution simplifies IMS network deployments by providing a complete end to end suite of IMS applications and functions on a single, common platform. We provide the flexibility and innovation to accelerate time to market and lower total cost of ownership by minimizing network impacts, reducing complexity and harmonizing the architecture,”...

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Juniper Disappointed in Q3 Results

Juniper Networks' net revenues for the third quarter of 2014 decreased 5% year-over-year and decreased 8% sequentially to $1,126 million. Juniper's operating margin for the third quarter of 2014 increased to 15.3% on a GAAP basis, including a $15 million benefit from restructuring and other charges, from 9.4% in the second quarter of 2014, and increased from 12.2% in the third quarter of 2013. Juniper posted GAAP net income of $103.6 million, or...

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Juniper's Board Approves $1.1B Increase to Capital Return Plan

Juniper Networks' Board of Directors approved an increase to the share repurchase authorization by $1.1 billion. For the first nine months of 2014, $1.75 billion of share repurchases have been already executed. The company intends to repurchase an additional $1.5 billion in aggregate share repurchases before end of Q2 2015. The Company is on track to return a total of $4.1 billion to shareholders over a 3-year period (2014 - 2016). The new capital...

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