AWS Launches Contact Center Service

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) introduced Amazon Connect, a self-service, cloud-based contact center service with no up-front costs, long-term commitment or infrastructure. The service is based on the same contact center technology used by Amazon customer service associates, who are handling millions of customer conversations.  Customers pay by the minute for Amazon Connect usage plus any associated telephony services. AWS said its service...

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Powers Samsung Galaxy 8

Qualcomm confirmed that its Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform will power the new Samsung Galaxy S8 in select regions. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, will be the first commercial SoC manufactured using 10nm FinFET technology/ The chip integrates the Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, enabling the Galaxy S8 to support Gigabit LTE where available. The 835 is roughly 35 percent smaller in package size and consumes roughly 25 percent less power compared...

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China Telco Data for Feb 2017 and Market Update - Part 4

Baidu, the No. 1 Chinese Internet search services provider Baidu is the third ranked Chinese Internet company by capitalisation but its sales have stalled; results for 5 calendar years 2011 to 15 (RMB millions): 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 ($) Total revenue 14501 22306 31944 49052 66,382 10248 Cost of revenues 3897 6449 11,472 18,885; 27,458; 4,239 SG&A: 1,693 2,501 5,174 10,382 17,076 2,636 ...

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Extreme to Acquire Brocade's Switching Business for $55 Million

Extreme Networks agreed to acquire Brocade Communications Systems' data center switching, routing, and analytics business from Broadcom following Broadcom's acquisition of Brocade. The deal is valued at $55 million in cash, consisting of $35 million at closing and $20 million in deferred payments, as well as additional potential performance based payments to Broadcom, to be paid over a five-year term. The sale is contingent on Broadcom closing its...

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NEC and Netcracker support NTT Network Slicing Trial

NEC and Netcracker Technology have announced their participation in a trial with NTT to support the NetroSphere Concept for developing future communication networks. The NetroSphere Concept is designed to enable the construction of a flexible, cost-effective network with the ability to respond to the needs of both end customers and service providers. The trial with NEC and Netcracker, hosted by NTT, verified the network slicing technology that will...

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Three Group Picks Cisco Jasper for Enterprise IoT

Three Group, a part of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison serving over 90 million customers worldwide, announced a partnership with Cisco Jasper designed to extend the group's capabilities in the global Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. Through the agreement, from mid-2017 enterprise customers of Three Group seeking to launch IoT services will be able to utilise Cisco Jasper's connectivity management platform, Control Center....

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Internet Society: 56 Cases of Deliberate Government Shutdowns 2016

The Internet Society said there were 56 documented cases in 2016 where governments issued orders to temporarily shut down or restrict access to Internet services, often during elections, demonstrations or periods of social unrest. This compares to 15 such cases in 2015. “Before they take action, we are calling policymakers to think twice: Internet shutdowns and content filtering are not the answer,” said Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director for...

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Intel Appoints Aicha Evans as Chief Strategy Officer

Intel appointed Aicha S. Evans as chief strategy officer, responsible for long-term strategy to transform from a PC-centric company to a data-centric company, as well as leading rapid decision making and company-wide execution of the strategy. Evans is an Intel senior vice president and has been responsible for wireless communications for the past nine years. Most recently, she was the general manager of the Communication and Devices Group. Evans...

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EXFO Names New CEO

EXFO announced the appointment of Philippe Morin as CEO, replacing Germain Lamonde, the company’s founder, who will continue to serve as Executive Chairman. Morin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and became EXFO’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) in November 2015, leading the company’s global sales, go-to-market and product management initiatives. Before joining EXFO, Morin was Senior Vice-President of Worldwide...

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Telekom Austria A1 Demos XG-FAST at 10G with Nokia

Telekom Austria Group subsidiary A1, which serves the Austrian market, announced a recent demonstration carried out with partner Nokia in the city of Vienna during which transmission rates of more than 10 Gbit/s were achieved over installed copper cable in A1's fixed line network. A1 noted that the record speed was made possible leveraging an advance in the existing copper-based G.fast technology, specifically XG-FAST. The recent test conducted...

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Update on the telecommunications market in Poland, the EU's sixth largest economy - Part 2

Update on the telecommunications market in Poland, the EU's sixth largest economy - Part 2 Recent major Polish regulatory announcements Court rejects Polkomtel appeal against award of frequencies to T-Mobile and P4 In September 2016 an administrative court in Warsaw dismissed an appeal by Polkomtel against decisions by the UKE regulator over the award of frequencies in the band 1800 MHz to the operators P4 and T-Mobile Poland in the 2013...

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NFWare Targets Virtualised Networking Software

NFWare, a developer of network software designed to enable processing of traffic at the speeds of dedicated hardware using standard x86 servers, a.  Founded in 2014 by Alexander Britkin, current CEO, lead developers Igor Ryzhov and Pavel Ivashchenko and Ruslan Smelyanskiy as a spin-off start-up from non-profit organisation Applied Research Center for Computer Networks (ARCCN) based in Moscow, with offices in Russia, Spain and Silicon Valley b. ...

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