Verizon smartphone users now consume 15.5 GB/month

In just five years, total mobile network traffic has skyrocketed 129%, according to Verizon’s inaugural Consumer Connections Report, which analyzes data that highlights consumers’ increased dependence upon connectivity by examining the most popular apps.Key findings include:City-level monthly mobile smartphone usage grew 34%, increasing from an average of 11.5GB per line in January 2022 to 15.5 GB per line in November 2023Home Internet subscribers...

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Verrus reimagines data centers for dynamic power loads

Verrus, a new company backed by Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, emerged from stealth to announce plans for next-generation data centers that address the systemic crisis in power consumption by "reimagining data center engineering from the ground up."Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) is an independent entity that emerged from Alphabet, the parent company of Google. SIP's anchor partners include the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)—a leading...

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Ciena doubles capacity for the SEA-ME-WE 4 subsea cable

 Ciena completed an upgrade to the SEA-ME-WE 4 (South East Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 4) subsea cable, enabling a capacity increase from 65Tb/s to 122Tb/s.Operated by a consortium of 16 telecom operators, SEA-ME-WE 4 is an approximately 18,800 km submarine cable connecting Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria, and France.The upgrade...

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Aryaka launches Unified SASE as a Service

 Aryaka introduced a Unified SASE as a Service that offers a unified single-pass architecture, a global private network backbone, and security, observability and application performance capabilities.Unified SASE as a Service ElementsAryaka’s Unified SASE as a Service converges and delivers four critical design elements:Aryaka OnePassTM Architecture enables distributed policy enforcement through a distributed data plane, unified control plane...

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Netnod deploys Adtran's optical pumping cesium atomic clock

 Netnod is leveraging Adtran's optical pumping cesium atomic clock technology to bring precise, reliable and assured timing to Sweden’s critical national infrastructure.Netnod, which is the leading provider of internet exchange, DNS and time services in the Nordics, is integrating Oscilloquartz super ePRC  across six key timing centers nationwide. The deployment includes the coreSync OSA 3300-HP, which boasts higher frequency stability...

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Digital Realty closes on $6.0 billion Green Bond

Digital Realty announced the full allocation of $6.0 billion in green bond, solidifying the company's spot as the largest US REIT issuer of green bonds. This marks the eighth bond allocation for Digital Realty since its first issuance in 2015. Digital Realty has significantly contributed to sustainability through its green bond offerings, financing over 130 global projects. These projects range from constructing certified sustainable data...

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BT highlights modernization efforts

BT is making significant moves to future-proof its operations and better serve its customers, say Kerry Small, COO of Product, in a blog posting. Here's a summary highlighting the major points of BT's modernization efforts:Digital Transformation at the Core: Emphasizes the importance of becoming a modern business that leverages technology to move away from old practices and towards newer, smarter ways of working, with the aim of future-proofing...

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Zayo adds ecurity Service Edge (SSE) capabilities

Zayo will offer Netskope’s Security Service Edge (SSE) capabilities to its Managed Edge portfolio to deliver  robust network protection and application performance from edge to core to cloud.In addition, Zayo has enhanced its software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) with co-hosted gateways that provide a direct, private, and secure link into the cloud, legacy network infrastructure, and all locations. With these enhancements, Zayo’s Managed Edge provides a complete, co-managed, end-to-end networking solution with comprehensive connectivity,...

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