Today saw the official launch of the Baltic Highway, a state-of-the-art data transmission network connecting Tallinn (Estonia) and Frankfurt (Germany) via Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Warsaw (Poland), and Berlin (Germany). The 3,000-kilometer fiber optic network is distinguished by its reliability, low latency of 35 milliseconds, 100G capacity per channel, and total throughput of 9.6 Tbit/s.

Infinera and Telstra announce the successful demonstration of next-generation super-channel submarine technology, which is expected to increase the capacity of a single fiber by 50%.

D-Link has announced the appointment of Antonio Navarro as Managing Director for Spain and Portugal. Navarro, who previously held the position of Sales and Marketing Director for the Iberian region, is expanding his responsibilities to face a year full of professional challenges.

Location-based services, social networks as user registration credentials between companies that provide guest access, or Hotspot 2.0 roaming consortia have been some of the most talked-about Wi-Fi trends during 2014.

NetComm Wireless Limited has announced a distribution agreement with SPHINX Computer Vertriebs GmbH, one of Europe's largest distributors for data communications, to deploy a range of machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless products for key vertical markets, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing, security, traffic systems, rail and marine.

The discussions and conversations that took place this year in Doha (Qatar) will continue next year in Europe, as the ITU announced today that its next ITU Telecom World 2015 event will take place from October 12 to 15 in Budapest (Hungary).

According to the fourth and final IoT study by Sogeti's VINT laboratory, the Internet of Things (IoT) will generate a business volume of 596 billion euros worldwide in 2022.

Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) are working on an R&D project to develop a communication system through visible light capable of incorporating audio description and subtitling information for people with disabilities.

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next-generation Wi-Fi experience, has published a report on the Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by global research company Maravedis-Rethink.

Guillaume Collet, Vice President of the Spanish association, comments on the presentations made during the first online Profibus / Profinet /IO Link congress held a few days ago.

Monday 's session was dedicated to the presentation of the association, with the participation of the international president of the association, Karsten Schneider, and the national president, Ignacio Alvarez, where the following were presented:

TeamQuest has announced the results of its Global IT Management Survey, which provides insights into how IT processes are maturing in corporations worldwide. More than 400 IT professionals from 10 countries participated in the study conducted by Kelton Research.

TE Connectivity Ltd. (TE) has announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of Xiamen Electric Equipment Co., Ltd. ("Delixing") and Xiamen SIBAS Connectors Co., Ltd. ("Sibas").

CeBIT will kick off again next March 2015, from Monday the 16th to Friday the 20th of March (the days of celebration have been changed from Tuesday to Saturday), with the best forecasts to surpass the more than 3,400 exhibitors from more than 70 countries (55% non-German) who presented their latest innovations in the IT sector at the last edition held in 2014.

The objectives of this course, which will be held on December 13th and 14th in Valencia, are to learn the safe work procedures for splicing and connecting optical fibers, to understand the different types of optical fibers and the verification procedures for these and other types of connections.

Infinera is sponsoring the webinar "Light on the Chip: The Future of Photonic Integration," on December 10, 2014. The seminar looks back at ten years of network transport solutions based on PICs (commercial photonic integrated circuits), in anticipation of the United Nations International Year of Light in 2015.

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) has successfully completed pre-commercial practical trials of the first pre-5G massive 3D/MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) base stations in collaboration with China Mobile, boosting the rollout of this next-generation technology.

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands and the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) have reported to the journal Nature Photonics the successful transmission of 255 Tbps over multi-core optical fiber.

The ZigBee Alliance is holding a free webinar on December 2nd about the new ZigBee 3.0 standard for the Internet of Things.

The ZigBee® Alliance, a non-profit association of organizations that create open, global standards defining the Internet of Things for use in consumer, commercial, and industrial applications, has announced the unification of its market-leading wireless standards into a single standard called ZigBee 3.0.

As a result of this agreement, ZTE will establish in the Basque Country the headquarters of the company dedicated to providing services for all of Southern Europe, from which it will serve telecommunications operators in Spain, Portugal and the rest of the southern countries of the continent.