Sunday, February 8, 2015

Blueprint: How Your Data Networks Can Sustainably Grow

by Thierry Klein, Network Energy Research Program Leader, Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent In a world where leaving the office at the end of the day without one of our devices is hardly imaginable, individuals have become reliant on the technology that keeps them connected during all parts of their waking life. As more and more consumer devices are added to the network, daily Internet traffic is growing dramatically. To put some concrete numbers behind...

BT's £12.5bn Acquisition of EE Builds Alliances

BT agreed to acquire EE for £12.5 billion (approximately US$19.04 billion), giving it the leading mobile network operator in the UK with 31 million customers (including 24.5m direct mobile customers and 834,000 are fixed broadband customers) and significantly expanding its over strategy. EE (everything Everywhere) is the company that runs the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK. The deal is structured as a combination of cash and new BT ordinary...