EET Spain has signed a European distribution agreement with LANCOM Systems, a leading European manufacturer of networking and security solutions for the public and private sectors. Its portfolio includes hardware (WAN, LAN, WLAN, firewalls), virtual network components, and cloud-based software-defined networking (SDN).

Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (hereinafter referred to as DOCOMO) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (hereinafter referred to as NTT) to conduct joint trials for practical applications of 6G. In these trials, the partners will utilize radio waves in the high-frequency range (sub-terahertz waves) of 100 GHz and 300 GHz for 6G applications, aiming to achieve high-speed communication technology with radio wave propagation unaffected by obstacles.

Excel Networking Solutions has appointed a new Country Manager for Iberia. Manuel Alcántara joined Excel in May 2022. Regarding Manuel's appointment, Nadeen Bilgin, Director of International Sales, commented: "I am delighted to have Manuel join the team. Manuel brings a wealth of experience in the data communications sector, having worked for Commscope, Nexans, and most recently, Legrand."

Nokia today announced a partnership with DOCOMO and NTT to define and develop key technologies for 6G. The collaboration will focus on two proof-of-concept projects for emerging 6G technologies: an AI-native air interface and sub-THz radio access. The goal is to demonstrate the increased performance of an AI-based 6G air interface compared to a conventional air interface, and to prove that high-speed data beamforming access can be achieved in a high-frequency 140 GHz band.

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections reached 13 million lines at the end of March 2022, according to telecommunications market data published by CNMCData. Monthly growth was 92,932 lines. Movistar accounts for 37.5% of all FTTH lines, with a total of 4.9 million. Year-on-year, compared to March 2021, there was a notable increase of 1.1 million FTTH lines versus a loss of 0.5 million DSL lines.

Clearfield, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Finnish company Nestor Cables Oy ("Nestor"), a developer and manufacturer of fiber optic cable solutions. The pending acquisition follows a long-standing and synergistic relationship between Clearfield and Nestor, which have worked together for more than a decade.

AVM expands its presence in Spain with the launch of its Premium Partner Program. This new channel program is aimed at select distributors and resellers seeking to enhance their market specialization and differentiation by selling the German company's routers, Wi-Fi repeaters, PLC adapters, and other networking products.

Fujitsu has signed a partnership agreement with Virtual Cable to offer packaged VDI solutions, which include its UDS Enterprise software and hardware from the Japanese manufacturer.

This alliance represents a significant boost for Modern Workplace solutions and desktop and application virtualization. The goal is to improve the experience of remote users and help companies meet the challenge of providing a remote workspace (home working), available 24/7 from any platform and anywhere, while ensuring maximum enterprise security.

Copper had its moment of glory in the late 19th century, when it outperformed all other metals (such as iron or aluminum) for carrying the first voice calls. Over the decades, it was repurposed to support the first internet connections. However, as the speed requirements of digital connections increased, copper cables became insufficient to support the new equipment.

Santiago Rey Requejo, CEO of Televés Corporation, led an internal celebration today, May 9th, to inaugurate the new Galileo corporate center, which will house the company's established business units. The event, attended by the nearly 60 employees relocating to the new center, included the unveiling of a commemorative plaque marking this milestone.

Interxion announces its entry into the Barcelona market with the acquisition of land to build a new data center. Interxion's position as a digital infrastructure provider in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula will be strengthened with this new location, which complements its existing facilities in Marseille, Athens, Zagreb, and Madrid.

Nokia has announced the successful completion of a network trial with TIM using Nokia's fifth-generation PSE-Vs super coherent optics. The trial demonstrated 600G transmission over a 1008 km live link on TIM's terrestrial backbone network in Italy. This trial sets new benchmarks for spectral efficiency in a real-world network and enables TIM to increase its optical network capacity and support 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400GE) services on its long-haul network.

Viavi Solutions Inc. today released new industry data revealing that the number of cities with 5G networks has now reached 1,947 worldwide. Despite the pandemic, 5G cities came online at a rate of nearly two per day, with 635 new 5G cities added in 2021, according to Viavi's new report, "The State of 5G," now in its sixth year.

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd announces a global alliance with Teldat and Check Point Software, through which the Spanish technology company has developed a new suite of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) tools designed to catalyze Zero Trust enterprise solutions in the cloud. This initiative is the first to leverage Teldat's cutting-edge SD-WAN-based SASE solution, developed in conjunction with Check Point Software.

Spain is one of the leading European countries in both coverage and penetration of FTTH fiber connections. But, in the shadow of this deployment (and the term is quite apt), there is another fiber network: the one known as dark fiber, which in Spain comprises almost two million kilometers of cabling.

Teldat is leveraging Google Cloud solutions to provide high-performance network connectivity and cybersecurity with a native Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture on Google Cloud services.

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections reached 12.8 million lines at the end of January 2022, according to telecommunications market data published by CNMCData. Monthly growth was 70,229 lines. Movistar accounts for 37.9% of all FTTH lines, with a total of 4.9 million. Year-on-year, compared to January 2021, the increase of 1.2 million FTTH lines stands out, while DSL lines decreased by 0.5 million.
 


HISPASAT has reached a collaboration agreement with AOTEC to promote satellite connectivity services in rural areas and boost the digital economy of small and medium-sized towns, thus giving them new tools in the fight against depopulation.

Teldat has become part of the Spanish hub Gaia-X, an initiative created to promote and support the competitiveness of the data economy and to be a forum for debate and proposals among the agents of the data sharing ecosystem at the national level.

Gaixa-X seeks to generate a stable and permanent collaboration framework to promote the sharing and safe, transparent and practical use of data in Spain, accompanying the alignment with the government's digitization guidelines and plans of various sectoral working groups.

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) and AVIXA announce the second edition of the AV Experience Zone, a four-day event taking place as part of ISE 2022 (FIRA de Barcelona, ​​May 10-13) designed to bring end customers in Spain closer to the professional audiovisual (AV) industry and integration companies.