Nokia has announced the launch of its new end-to-end split network functionality for 4G and 5G New Radio (NR), becoming the first vendor to offer this capability. The solution will support 4G and 5G device connectivity across the split network to applications running in public and private clouds and will be available this summer.

Keysight Technologies, Inc., together with Riscure, a provider of security tools, services, and training for connected devices, have announced a collaboration to advance the development of secure and resilient 5G services, devices, and networks. This integrated ecosystem will be progressively supported by sophisticated security testing solutions to safeguard operational activities and protect data shared among businesses, government organizations, and customers.

According to a report published by Dell'Oro Group, the Mobile Core Network (MCN) market expanded for the second consecutive year and approached $8 billion in 2019. Ericsson, Huawei, and Nokia ranked as the top three vendors.

Morocco's Ministry of Industry and Trade has outsourced the control of industrial product imports. As of February 1, 2020, this control will be carried out by three certification bodies: Bureau Veritas, Applusfomento, and TÜV Rheinland.

By 2023, 5G networks will support more than 10% of all mobile connections globally. The average 5G speed will be 575 megabits per second, 13 times faster than the average mobile connection. With optimized performance, 5G will provide more dynamic mobile infrastructure for AI and emerging IoT applications, including autonomous vehicles, smart cities, connected healthcare, and immersive video, among others.

GTD Spain has begun deploying two submarine fiber optic cables that will connect Tarifa with Benitez Beach, and La Línea with Ribera Beach. The system has a ring topology that will be completed in Ceuta, complemented by a 12-km terrestrial network.

The Galician Textile Industry Confederation (COINTEGA – Textile and Fashion Cluster) and the Galician startup Bionix Supplychain Technologies will launch a demonstration center for RFID technologies. The aim is to showcase and make available to companies the advantages that this technology offers for supply chain management.

Orange and Nokia have completed a standalone 5G data call using commercial equipment on a virtualized native core network architecture in Nokia's cloud and Mediatek terminals compliant with version 15 of the 3GPP standard. 

Nokia has been selected by Orange France to evolve its mobile access network towards 5G.

Nokia will provide Orange, for a large part of France, with a range of products and services from its end-to-end 5G portfolio, including RAN (Single Radio Access Network) technology, advanced automation tools, a state-of-the-art network management solution and associated professional services.

Indra has opened a radar factory in Spain where equipment will be produced for both civilian and military use.

The COFITEL Group announces that, following the launch of a new production and logistics center at the OPTRAL Platform in Fraga (Huesca), it will benefit from a larger stock of optical cables and, consequently, will be able to further reduce delivery times.

As the world moves further into 2020, organizations will increasingly abandon the enterprise-versus-cloud debate that has dominated executive conversations in recent years in favor of hybrid architectures that incorporate public and private cloud models and position assets around a reconfigured core.

Rockwell Automation has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israel-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience delivering cybersecurity services. Avnet offers a comprehensive suite of IT/OT solutions and services, ranging from assessments, penetration testing, network and security solutions, and training, to converged managed IT/OT services.

In December 2015, Leviton acquired Brand-Rex, merging two leading network and cable connectivity companies. In 2018, Brand-Rex adopted Leviton as its trading name, although the legal entity remained Brand-Rex Ltd. Today, Leviton announced that the legal name Brand-Rex Limited has been changed to Leviton Manufacturing UK Limited. The names of its other European subsidiaries and divisions have also been changed.

The European Union has subsidized a total of 167 Catalan municipalities with 2,505,000 euros - 15,000 euros per municipality - in the three aid packages included in the European initiative WIFI4EU, which establishes the obligation, in 2020, for EU public spaces to have free quality WiFi.

Indra has signed a contract with the American company Lockheed Martin to supply the main elements of the AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Arrays) radar antenna for anti-aircraft surveillance in the S band of the future F110, one of the sensors that will make this frigate one of the most advanced of its class in the world.

Are you ready to test and analyze next-generation PON technologies? The Tracespan NG-PON ONT Emulator is the world's first ONT emulator. On December 11, 2019, at 4 PM, Tracespan will host a webinar where Oded Hadass will explain how to tackle the new challenges of testing OLTs for 10G PONs.

According to research by Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI), gigabit internet is now available to approximately 354 million people in 51 countries, representing 5% or one in every 20 people of the world's population. The United States leads the world in gigabit internet access, with 68.5 million people having access, an increase of 4 million since August 2018. Since last year, China has surpassed South Korea as the country with the second-highest gigabit internet availability.

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Fiber to the home (FTTH) continues its upward trend, surpassing 9.6 million lines in August, with a monthly increase of nearly 112,000 lines. Movistar accounts for 44% of all FTTH lines, with a total of 4.2 million. Year-on-year, compared to August 2018, the increase of 1.8 million FTTH lines stands out, contrasting with the loss of 1.2 million DSL lines.