NEWS
Colt invests in Dublin fibre network
5 October 2018
Colt Technology Services is further extending its IQ Network in Dublin with more than 150km of additional fibre deployed in the city.
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NEWS
Colt appoints Keri Gilder as chief commercial officer
14 September 2018
London, UK – Colt Technology Services today has announced the appointment of Keri Gilder as chief commercial officer for the business. Keri forms part of the executive leadership team, reporting directly to Carl Grivner, Colt’s chief executive officer.
Keri will be instrumental in driving the company’s commercial strategy, leading global teams across sales, presales and marketing, as well as working closely with the wider organisation to ensure Colt delivers on its vision of being the most customer-oriented business in the industry.
PRODUCT
Ensemble launch allows service providers to roll out secure virtualised services at scale
14 September 2018
New from Ensemble, a division of ADVA, is an upgrade for the Ensemble suite network functions virtualisation (NFV) platform, which now features management and orchestration (MANO) capabilities, to help service providers roll out secure virtualised services at scale.
NEWS
Colt and PCCW Global demonstrate reduced inter-carrier settlement times with blockchain technology
20 March 2018
LONDON, UK – Colt Technology Services and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, have collaborated with Clear, a blockchain start-up company, to demonstrate that inter-carrier settlement times can be reduced from hours to minutes by blockchain technology.
FEATURE
Lighting up the metro dark fibre opportunity
13 November 2017
In 2017 many companies have been humiliated by ransomware attacks. Various global attacks have cost these firms large amounts of money, with FedEx being hit for $300 million and Reckitt Benckiser $100 million. That cost is a stark reminder of how important it is to ensure the security of mission-critical data – and, perhaps unexpectedly, has deep consequences for the fibre-optic communication industry. It’s one factor raising the value of installed fibre, influencing the fortunes of companies buying up older links and driving the deployment of new ones, especially in metropolitan areas.
Feature
Cost and compatibility can make a compelling case for pushing 100Gb/s bandwidth over a single optical channel, both as individual links and supporting 400Gb/s Ethernet, finds Andy Extance
Feature
Robin Mersh takes a look at how the industry is creating next-generation optical access fit for 5G
Feature
Technological advances to aid the increasing demand for bandwidth, on the path towards the terabit network, should lead to optical signals that are flexible and adaptive, like water, argues Dr Maxim Kuschnerov and Dr Yin Wang