Australia's nbn Looks to Complete Network by 2020

Australia's nbn is on track to complete its network build by 2020 by which time it should have 8 million premises connected, according to nbn's newly released its Corporate Plan 2017. “We’ve had a terrific 2016 financial year, exceeding the company’s key targets set by the Board," stated nbn CEO Bill Morrow. “During the year we completed the Multi-Technology Mix (MTM) by introducing three new products to market: Fibre-to-the-Node, the Sky Muster™...

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Nokia 4.5G Pro Promises Gigabit Downlink Speed

Nokia has defined a "4.5G Pro" step as an intermediary point on the path to 5G. Nokia 4.5G Pro, will be powered by the Nokia AirScale radio portfolio, promises major increases in LTE capacity, coverage and speed, including ten times the speeds of initial 4G networks. Nokia said this new LTE performance tier will make it possible for operators to offer gigabit peak data rates. Nokia 4.5G Pro will leverage extended carrier aggregation techniques...

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Is the Axiata Group of Malaysia just a smaller version of Singtel? --Part 1

--------- Preamble  Malaysia-based Axiata is an intriguing telecommunications company very similar in its structure and focus to Singtel but about half the size and which seems to fly below the radar in terms of international interest in the company.  Axiata operates in about ten Asian countries and specifically has controlling interests in mobile operators in Malaysia...

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Eutelsat/Facebook AMOS-6 Satellite Destroyed on Launch Pad

SpaceX suffered a launch pad anomaly during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral, Florida, leading to the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket and the destruction of its payload, Eutelsat's AMOS-6 satellite. AMOS-6 was a Ka-band geostationary satellite configured with high gain spot beams for covering large parts of West, EAast and Southern Africa. The satellite was designed for community and Direct-to-User Internet access using affordable, off-the-shelf...

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Ciena Posts Revenue of $670.6 Million

Ciena reported revenue of $670.6 million for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2016, compared to $602.9 million for the fiscal third quarter 2015. GAAP net income for the fiscal third quarter 2016 was $33.5 million, or $0.23 per diluted common share, which compares to a GAAP net income of $23.6 million, or $0.19 per diluted common share, for the fiscal third quarter 2015. “We posted strong results on all financial operating metrics in our...

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Head of Nokia Technologies Steps Down

Ramzi Haidamus, President of Nokia Technologies and a member of the company's Group Leadership Team, has resigned. Nokia Group Leadership Team now consists of the following members: Rajeev Suri, Timo Ihamuotila, Samih Elhage, Federico Guillén, Basil Alwan, Bhaskar Gorti, Hans-Jürgen Bill, Kathrin Buvac, Ashish Chowdhary, Barry French, Marc Rouanne and Maria Varsellona. Brad Rodrigues, currently head of strategy and business development in Nokia...

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