OeGIG secures €1bn from Allianz for fiber optic expansion in Austria
The fully-owned subsidiary of Allianz Group will use the investment to connect up to a million homes, particularly…
Cities
Vodafone expands full fibre broadband partnership in UK with CityFibre
12 Nov 21Under the expanded partnership, Vodafone will become the anchor customer of CityFibre throughout the UK
Bulk Fiber, WFN launch feasibility study for Leif Erikson cable project
11 Oct 21The Leif Erikson cable project to be laid between Norway and Canada is expected to be the first…
ST Engineering to acquire TransCore from Roper Technologies for $2.7bn
04 Oct 21The deal will help the Singapore-based engineering group to expedite its smart city growth
MetroWeather to support TruWeather in NASA SBIR project
30 Aug 21The partnership aims to establish the urban weather sensing infrastructure, which can be used for large-scale deployment of…
City of Melbourne trials Nokia’s AI technology to make city streets clean
12 Aug 21The trial involved leveraging an existing network of installed cameras as the internet of things (IoT) sensors to…
Lumen to sell ILEC business in 20 US states to Apollo for $7.5bn
04 Aug 21The deal will enable the telecommunications firm to sharpen its enterprise focus, drive growth on the Lumen Platform…
Billionaire Patrick Drahi takes 12% stake in UK’s BT Group
11 Jun 21The investment has been made by Drahi to support BT’s plans to build a nationwide fibre broadband network…
Google to lay Firmina subsea cable between US and Latin America
10 Jun 21Firmina to have 12 fibre pairs for carrying traffic between the two regions
Qualcomm to deploy C-V2X technology in Peachtree Corners, Georgia
03 Jun 21The technology will be used for supporting roadside infrastructure, traffic management, and road safety in the smart city