According to estimates from Nokia Siemens Networks, GSM subscriptions supporting machine-to-machine (M2M) applications are expected to reach 1 billion by 2015. This increase in the use of GSM networks to support automated communication between devices and applications will make signaling capacity, traffic management, and quality of service (QoS) important issues for operators.

Australian air navigation service provider Airservices Australia has awarded Indra the contract to modernize the network of radar surveillance stations that support en-route aircraft movements in the eastern part of the country. The contract, with a 54-month execution period, is valued at 38 million Australian dollars (AUD).

Motorola Solutions , through its partner Telefónica Soluciones de Informática y Comunicaciones, has been awarded the contract to increase the number of mobile terminals used by Correos (the Spanish postal service). This is the third contract of its kind: 2,000 units were supplied in 2006 for USES (Special Services Unit) personnel, and this was subsequently increased by another 8,340 units in 2008 for urban delivery units.

Rohde & Schwarz has released new software for coverage testing using its R&S ETL TV analyzer. Many digital broadcast network operators already use the ETL analyzer for the installation and maintenance of their transmitters.

The Portuguese telecommunications company has awarded Quark the engineering project for its new Data Center Campus in the city of Covilhã. For this project, the Spanish consultancy will collaborate with the Portuguese engineering firm Protermia.

Brand-Rex has been selected to supply the high-speed copper and fiber cabling for the expansion of supermarket giant Morrisons' data center at its Bradford headquarters. The state-of-the-art structured cabling system was designed and installed by Express Data.

Eurofiber has selected an end-to-end digital optical network from Infinera for its backbone network spanning the Netherlands and Belgium. Eurofiber deployed a combined DTN-ATN network from Infinera due to the speed, reliability, and ease of operation of the Infinera solution.

With reference to June 7, 2010, Infinera has increased its leading position in the North American long-distance network market, and has achieved for the first time the second position worldwide in the long-distance optical network market, demonstrating its continued growth and reach in the global market.