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Cologix and Bandwidth IG have partnered to introduce dark fiber connectivity in Silicon Valley, specifically at Cologix's SV1 digital edge data center. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with a high-capacity network that offers speed, reliability, and scalability. With the increasing demand for AI applications in the region, Bandwidth IG's dark fiber solutions will offer secure and seamless connectivity between facilities and providers. In other news, T-Mobile has won the bid to appeal a class action lawsuit seeking to undo its $26 billion merger with Sprint. The lawsuit claims that the merger reduced competition and resulted in higher costs for wireless service for AT&T and Verizon subscribers. [Extracted from the article]

Adani Wilmar, the maker of Fortune brand edible oils, plans to aggressively expand its business in the food and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. The company aims to double its revenue in the next 3-4 years through both organic and inorganic growth opportunities. Adani Wilmar is particularly interested in acquiring regional branded staples, such as spices, as it sees them as a natural extension to its business. The company believes that regional brands may not have the same expansion capabilities as national players, making them potential acquisition targets. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the potential 6.2 billion dollars "bandwidth opportunity" within data centers driven by the Artificial intelligence boom, benefiting companies like Corning, Coherent, and Lumentum, as they anticipate the need for a "second optical network" to support Artificial intelligence.

Colt Technology Services has expanded its high bandwidth IP Transit to new European cities as part of its global network investment. The company has added new 400 Gigabit per second IP Transit ports in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, and Paris, in addition to its previous investment in 400G IP ports in Marseille, Oslo, Prague, Sofia, Stockholm, and Zurich. This expansion is in response to the increasing demand for fast and low latency internet infrastructure as businesses and economies develop connected digital services and applications. Colt's acquisition of Lumen EMEA in November 2023 has made it the owner of the EMEA part of AS3356, the largest Internet backbone globally. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces that Nokia has secured a pan-Indian deal from Bharti Airtel to implement a next-gen optical transport network, significantly boosting the telecom company's bandwidth.

The article announces Pulsant's plan to invest an additional 4.5 million British Pound in its Manchester data centre, focusing on expanding Data Hall 4 to enhance edge computing capabilities and provide high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity for local businesses.

Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has upgraded its 4G network in four circles, including Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, and Haryana. This upgrade involves refarming and upgrading its existing spectrum portfolio to provide a better network experience and faster speeds for digital services. In Kerala, Vi has deployed the 900 MHz band at over 950 sites and is enhancing LTE 2100 and LTE 1800. In Punjab, Vi has upgraded 4G spectrum bandwidth in LTE 2500 and is also enhancing LTE 2100 and LTE 1800. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Information Technology company Infosys' rollout of Private Fifth Generation (5G) as a Service, a customized solution that offers high bandwidth, low latency, and reliable wireless connectivity to accelerate business value for enterprise clients worldwide.

The article reports that Ookla, the global leader in fixed broadband and mobile network testing applications, has awarded Vi as the Fastest Mobile Network in India basis the Speedtest Intelligence data for Q1-Q2 2021. It presents views of Doug Suttles, chief executive officer (CEO) of Ookla, on Speedtest Awards, presented by Ookla, are reserved for an elite delegation of network operators that have delivered exceptional internet performance and coverage within a market.

The article focuses on the recommendation by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) regarding incremental spectrum usage charges, stating that they should only be applied to frequency bands shared among telecom operators, rather than the entire spectrum held by them.

The article discusses that the Assam government will buy 30 Gbps bandwidth from Bangladesh and the India's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will export the bandwidth.

The article reports on the extension of the due date for telecom companies to pay for their broadband spectrum allocated by the Indian Department of Telecommunications to August 17, 2022 on account of bank holiday on August 16 in the state of Maharashtra.

The article reports that a better indoor 5G coverage will be provided by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. to its consumers in metro cities through the 700 MHz spectrum.

The article discusses that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday recommended various enabling measures to promote the use of satellite connectivity for low bitrate applications and IoT devices but refrained from suggesting any method for spectrum allocation for such services.

The article reports that Global satellite players including OneWeb, Hughes, Amazon and Viasat amongst others want India to allow direct, long-term bandwidth capacity leasing pacts with foreign satellite operators, cut customs duties on satellite gear and lower the applicable spectrum usage charges.

The article offers information on the Bryan Cunningham, executive director of UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute, states there are bandwidth limitations and security issues that Orange County's business community deal with when they tell employees to set up shop at home. INSET: Tips for Computer Use During Coronavirus Pandemic.

The article informs that Satcom Industry Association, in a letter to Telecom Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw, expressed serious concerns on recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to include bands in the proposed 5G spectrum auction.

The article informs that Broadband, and WiFi players will shortly write to the government, pointing out that the Digital Communications Commission's recent decision backing allocation of premium E band airwaves exclusively to mobile carriers.

Cites ten challenges for universities and colleges in improving information technology for the next 10 years. Reliability of wireless networks; Need for packet shapers managing bandwidth; Increase in the demand for distance education; Management of data for fund raising purposes.

The article reports views of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on auctioning of all available spectrum to make the bandwidth prices reasonable in India.

The article reports that Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has recently removed technical barriers that inhibited satellite service speeds, antenna sizes and usage of spectrum bands and host of artificial barriers to speeds and bandwidth usage.

The article reports on the struggle by Internet service providers in India to provide faster speed and better bandwidth for secure and seamless data transfer.

The article discusses that Astrome, a women-led startup, has developed an innovative wireless product to offer fibre-like bandwidth at minimal cost of fibre.

The article reports on the 2nd annual School IT Survey conducted by "eSchool News," SchoolDude.com Inc. and the Consortium for School Networking. According to the survey of more than 600 school district leaders and technology administrators in the U.S., there is a ratio almost 500 computers users to 1 total information technology (IT) staff in schools. The survey also found that funds and escalating bandwidths are two of the key challenges affecting IT needs of schools. It also revealed that almost half of schools do not have software-based help desk.

The article looks at the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet phone service Skype. Steven G. Sloan, an information-technology consultant at San Jose State University, uses the free Internet telephone service to make long-distance telephone calls and to send instant messages to colleagues around the world. However, San Jose University administrators wanted to ban Skype from the campus network because of concerns about security and bandwidth. Administrators say that the technical aspects that make Skype effective also make it dangerous and potentially crippling to a university's network bandwidth. According to Rodney J. Petersen, a security-policy analyst at Educause, Skype is a promising educational tool and universities should not ban it without good cause.

The article discusses a plan of the Department of Telecommunications of reverse auction model to sale a bandwidth for meeting fiscal needs without increasing financial stress of mobile phone operators.

The article discusses need to process the data at the edge locally in order to send mushrooming volumes of increasingly high bandwidth data to centres far away for artificial intelligence engines to crunch for applications like video analytics to detect unsafe practices in COVID-19 pandemic.

The article presents the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to allow free bandwidth in the 3500 Mhz spectrum band meant for the fifth-generation or 5G-based services for wireline connectivity.

The article reports that work from home (WFH) gains ground following the outbreak of Covid-19, home broadband users are upgrading to higher bandwidth speeds as operators gear up to support an expected surge in data traffic.

In this article, the author discusses "emotional bandwidth" which in her context is the factor which determines family size and thereby translates to having enough patience and humanity to give to another child, and also offers information on an essay written by Sara Petersen.

The article reports on mobile technology and its transformation of access to medical care in India. It mentions the increase in the number of smartphone users in the country and decline in the prices of bandwidth indicating the delivery of essential services which can contribute to the promotion of mobile healthcare. An overview of physicians in the nation is also presented.

The article reports on why 4G Internet network's download speeds in India is three times below global average.

The article reports that chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh, India, has said that infrastructure issues around bandwidth availability for payments prove to be a hurdle for digital India push.

The article reports that Opera Max, data compression virtual private network (VPN) application by Opera has highest number of users from India which helps people conserve data bandwidth by compressing the amount of data used in each task like web browsing, watching YouTube videos.

The article reports that the submarine cable system owned by the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) will handle bandwidth demand across its landing points such as Barka, Oman and Mumbai, India; and mentions role of telecommunication firms like Reliance Jio to maintain the BBG cable system.

The article discusses Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) investing to build an international submarine cable system, Asia Africa Europe (AAE-1) to meet Pakistan's communication requirements. The undersea cable system will add bandwidth, trigger development and provide connectivity across Asian, African and European nations.

The article discusses the U.S. government's methods for allowing rights to use the electromagnetic spectrum in the U.S. in order to provide cell phone service as of June 4, 2013. Topics addressed include a lack of government profits made from a lottery drawing for parts of the spectrum, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (F.C.C.) plans to auction a low-frequency portion of the spectrum, and the relation of the action to competition in the cell phone industry.

The article reports that the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, Wisconsin has upgraded the campus' Internet connection from 300 megabits per second to 1,000 megabits per second to respond the demand for high bandwidth.