Eurona has joined forces with Intelsat to improve bandwidth for satellite internet connections in Europe and Africa, its main markets. Specifically, the two technology companies have reached an agreement whereby Eurona, through its recently acquired subsidiary Quantis Global, will use the Intelsat EpicNG high-throughput satellite (HTS) platform to enhance the performance of its broadband services.

Telefónica has announced its collaboration with Huawei in virtualized environments. The two companies are building a large-scale vEPC (virtual Evolved Packet Core) network, a virtualized packet core for LTE networks and a framework for providing converged voice and data services over 4G LTE networks, in Latin America and Europe.

According to a statement from the Europa Press agency, Telefónica will invest 800 million euros in Castilla y León over the next four years, which is 33 percent more than in the previous period (2013-2016).

Tempel Group has just concluded its annual sales convention, for which representatives from the company's three business areas—Electrical and Electronic Devices, Engineering, and Industrial Batteries—were convened at the headquarters to discuss the results of the 2016 fiscal year and communicate the strategy to be followed throughout 2017.

Fluke Networks has appointed Eric Conley as vice president and general manager. Conley, formerly vice president and general manager of Fluke Biomedical, has taken the helm at Fluke Networks, a division of Fluke Electronics Corporation.

The Official Journal of the European Union published the Construction Products Regulation on June 10, 2016, with the aim of defining the fire behavior properties of communication cables.

Siemens and the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) have created a pioneering laboratory to improve, boost, and protect Spanish industry. The laboratory will be located in León and will serve as a testing ground for developing cybersecurity tools, procedures, and controls.

ZTE Corporation has become a member of the Automotive Association 5G (5GAA), which will make it easier for ZTE to collaborate with industry partners to promote the smart internet for vehicles.

OVH has chosen the outskirts of London to install the first of its three planned data centers across the English Channel. The building acquired by OVH, located less than half a millisecond from the London Point of Presence (PoP), has direct connections to Gravelines (and from there to Roubaix and Paris), Amsterdam (and from there to Brussels and Frankfurt), Montreal, and New York, via the fiber optic network deployed worldwide by the group.

ZTE Corporation has announced that it is working with Telefónica to build a large-scale virtual IMS network in Latin America. This network will cover seven Latin American countries (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Uruguay), offering voice over LTE (VoLTE) and voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services to Telefónica customers.

Ericsson and SK Telecom have announced plans to conduct interoperability trials and over-the-air field trials based on the 5G New Radio (NR) standards being developed based on the 3GPP specifications.

By connecting 80,000 homes with 1 Gig fiber optic services, Gagnaveita Reykjavikur has helped Iceland achieve the status of number one country in the world when it comes to the percentage of homes directly connected to fiber optics (75%). 

Abentel, a subsidiary of Abengoa, has today signed an agreement to transfer activities, under which Abentel's assets, projects and employees will be transferred to Ericsson, further enhancing its comprehensive end-to-end fiber optic service offering.

Silicon Valley-based Collinear Networks, Inc. (Collinear), announces a 2.5-year collaboration with Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed Martin) to advance its plan to commercialize a high-capacity wireless transmission technology for telecom network operators.  

In order to respond to changing traffic demands, Telefónica will upgrade this critical network in Spain with the Cisco ASR 9000 platform and IOS XR software, which will allow it to evolve towards a next-generation infrastructure to manage this dynamic environment.

Premier Farnell has signed a new worldwide franchise agreement with Sierra Wireless, offering access to the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of 2G, 3G, and 4G embedded modules and gateways.

Software AG announces the acquisition of Zementis, a San Diego (California)-based company specializing in software for “Deep Learning”, a key capability in Machine Learning, Data Science and a fundamental technological element for the development of Artificial Intelligence.

A new broadband fund of at least €500 million has been announced today to help create an inclusive Gigabit Society for Europe and prevent a new Gigabit split from the outset.

ZTE Corporation has announced the successful completion of live Pre5G Massive MIMO trials with Telefónica, one of the world's largest operators. The trial, which took place in Madrid, is the first Pre5G Massive MIMO trial conducted by Telefónica in Europe.

Arrow Electronics has announced a new agreement with Vodafone. Arrow will market Vodafone's IoT services as part of its eVolve IoT offering.