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Stonehenge Telecom to acquire Supranetcom and Annecto

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Stonehenge Telecom has entered into two definitive agreements to acquire France’s Supranetcom and the UK’s Annecto Telecom.

Vodafone Qatar criticises negativity surrounding dumb pipes

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT

Speaking at the Spotlight on Middle East conference session at International Telecoms Week (ITW) in Chiacgo, John Maguire, head of wholesale services at Vodafone Qatar, criticised the negativity surrounding the term dumb pipes.

Hutchison launches Blue City interconnection platform

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Hutchison Telecommunications has launched a neutral interconnection platform at ITW through its subsidiary, NextGen MultiMedia.

TI Sparkle extends partnership with Keynote SIGOS

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:47:00 GMT

Telecom Italia Sparkle has extended its partnership with mobile professional services company Keynote SIGOS.

TeliaSonera to build and operate European network for Facebook

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:00 GMT

TeliaSonera believes the integration between carriers and content providers is a natural progression, following the company’s announcement that it will build a pan-European managed optical network for Facebook.

Ciena partners with Perseus Telecom

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:00 GMT

Ciena has announced it is to build a low latency network between the US and Europe for Perseus Telecom.

Zayo upgrades Chicago to Seattle route

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:00 GMT

Zayo said its decision to upgrade its only east to west route from Chicago to Seattle was an easy decision for the company given the increasing demand for east to west coast connectivity in the US.

Hibernia steps up New York to Iceland project

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:00 GMT

Hibernia Atlantic’s planned connection between New York and Iceland could be the “catalyst for the usage of Iceland as a provider of data centre space”, according to Mike Saunders, VP of business development at the company.

Telecom Italia Sparkle and iBasis partner for IPX interconnection

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Telecom Italia Sparkle and iBasis have signed an IPX interconnection agreement to support voice, LTE signaling and GRX traffic.

Global Capacity and Telx join forces for pricing platform

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:00 GMT

Global Capacity has announced a partnership with Telx to provide its One Marketplace Access Exchange functionality within the Telx Connect Marketplace.

Sidera extends low-latency network from New York to Toronto and London

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:06:00 GMT

Sidera Networks has today announced the availability of low-latency connectivity from the New York metro market to Toronto and London.

ITW founders reveal strategy towards a sustainable and profitable future

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The founding members of ITW have revealed a new strategy designed to help carriers worldwide build towards a sustainable and profitable future. The strategy, which was produced by key figures from the wholesale telecoms industry, is designed to support the carrier industry as its moves ever closer to an IP-based era. The full strategy from the ITW founders can be found exclusively below:

Telefónica report decline in Q1 2012 results

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:41:00 GMT

Telefónica reported a significant decline in profit within its Q1 profit as the company’s domestic business again came under fire.

Friday Network News: May 11

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:02:00 GMT

Capacity brings you the latest network news. If you have network developments you'd like us to share, please email robert.anderson@capacitymedia.com or tweet us @capacitymag.

Natural disasters: the road to recovery

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:28:00 GMT

A simple case of more wires?

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:14:00 GMT

Guest commentary from James Crowe, CEO of Level 3 Communications, on the practical solution to the wireless spectrum shortage.

KPN says it is undervalued by AM offer

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Dutch carrier KPN has said that it considers América Móvil’s (AM) offer to increase its stake in KPN to 28% at eight euros per share, to substantially undervalue the company.

Are UK networks ready for a “summer of sports on steroids”?

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:32:00 GMT

Ciena upgrades CWW European route to 100G

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:04:00 GMT

Ciena has upgraded Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s (CWW) 2,800km London to Monaco route to 100Gbps.

AT&T to launch home automation services

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT

AT&T has announced plans to launch home automation and professionally monitored security services across the US through the AT&T Digital Life brand.

CWW shareholder doubt could jeopardise sale to Vodafone

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:07:00 GMT

A major shareholder of CWW appears to be refusing to back the company’s proposed £1 billion sale to Vodafone raising doubts that the deal will be completed.

Friday Network News: May 4

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:08:00 GMT

Capacity brings you the latest network news. If you have network developments you'd like us to share, please email robert.anderson@capacitymedia.com or tweet us @capacitymag.

Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia sign MoU

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Australian operators Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) have signed a binding MoU to share 3G and 4G mobile sites.

Sidera to finalise Pac-Asia route this month

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:23:00 GMT

Sidera Networks president Clint Heiden has confirmed to Capacity that he expects to finalise the company’s Pac-Asia route and a secondary route to Brazil at this year’s ITW.

Equinix to acquire Asia Tone assets for $230.5 million

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:10:00 GMT

Data centre provider Equinix has entered into an agreement to acquire five data centres, one disaster recovery centre and one data centre under construction from Asia Tone, in a $230.5 million cash deal.

WACS launch date announced

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:53:00 GMT

The WACS cable system, which links Southern Africa, West Africa and Europe is due to go live on May 11, according to the cable’s management committee.

LightSquared given lifeline

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Satellite spectrum company LightSquared has been granted a one week extension to covenants owed on its $1.6 billion debt that expired yesterday.

Decision reached on $1 billion Telcel fine

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:50:00 GMT

Mexico’s competition watchdog has said that it has reached a decision on whether to uphold a fine of almost $1 billion against Carlos Slim’s Mexican mobile operator, Telcel.

Batelco still looking at Indian investment

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:41:00 GMT

Bahraini telecoms company Batelco has said it may re-enter the Indians telecoms market by investing in an existing operating company.

Telenor writes off Uninor

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:38:00 GMT

Following speculation last week that it would leave the Indian market, Norwegian carrier Telenor has decided to write off the remaining value of its stake in joint venture Uninor, amounting to $680.9 million in fixed and intangible assets.