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At the Furukawa Summit 2017 held in Brazil, Furukawa Electric announced a $150 million investment over two years to expand its production of optical fibers and optical cables, primarily in the United States and Europe, through its subsidiary OFS.

QNAP announces it is enhancing its advanced replacement guarantees in Spain and Portugal. Optional advanced replacement certificates in Iberia will apply to Enterprise models and select SMB High models and are covered by local partner Anovo, which operates in Spain and mainland Portugal. This guarantees exchange within one business day after the RMA is confirmed by the QNAP Helpdesk team.

Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business division of Arrow Electronics Inc., has launched its "Things Evolved: IoT Innovator" program, which aims to develop the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and facilitate its partners' access to the IoT market.

Claranet has announced the acquisition of three service providers: UK-based Sec-1, France-based Oxalide, and Portugal-based ITEN Solutions, operations that expand its service offering.

Colt Technology Services has opened a Point of Presence (PoP) at Interxion's MRS1 data center in Marseille. MRS1 is an increasingly important hub for operators and organizations seeking a high-bandwidth connection point in Europe, due to the arrival of several major submarine cables to the facility from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Viavi Solutions today released the results of its 10th annual global State of the Network study. This year's report focuses on security threats, which may explain the highest participation rate in the study's history. The survey included 1,035 CIOs, IT managers, and network engineers worldwide.

At AT&T, we believe the network of the future will focus on the complete connection experience, not just faster speeds. We call this new platform AT&T Network 3.0 Indigo (Indigo). It's a data-driven, software-defined network (SDN) that also includes ultrafast internet speeds.

AT&T* expects its 2017 capital expenditures to be in the range of $22 billion, bringing the total to more than $40 billion over two years. More than 40 percent of that two-year total will be used to help AT&T expand and enhance its enterprise portfolio of smart, agile, mobile, and integrated solutions worldwide.

Cavium, Inc. has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an initiative founded by Facebook, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others, which encourages the adoption of an open approach to global networks.

Equinsa announces its promotion for Fluke Networks Versiv equipment. By purchasing one of the Versiv kits specified in the promotion, the customer will receive a second main unit and a fiber optic camera, valued at over €3,000.

Eurona, through its recently incorporated subsidiary Quantis, has entered the maritime sector by securing contracts worth 1.1 million euros to provide satellite internet to passenger ferries, merchant ships, yachts, fishing vessels and even boats that carry out maritime rescue work in the Mediterranean, as reported to the Alternative Stock Market (MAB).

Keysight Technologies, Inc. will showcase its latest software-based design and testing solutions for LTE-A, 5G, IoT and Connected Vehicle technologies at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 27 to March 2.

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.

Level 3 Comunicações do Brasil Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of Level 3 Communications, Inc., has been awarded ISO 27001 certification for compliance with the Information Security Management System for services provided in its data centers in Cotia/SP and Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. 

Synology held its Synology 2017 event, where the company announced the redefinition of the term "NAS" (Network-Attached Storage) towards the concept of 'Networking, Application and Storage' for its future innovation strategy.

Eurosol Global Transfer has entrusted Fibernet with creating the TransferZero service in a private cloud environment. The initial requirements demanded the creation of a web and database environment to support the project.

AIM Photonics and Infinera have announced that Infinera has become the newest member of AIM Photonics, demonstrating continued support for the Rochester-based initiative. Infinera will play a key role within the institute, providing access to its industry-leading indium phosphide (InP) photonics technology and establishing access to InP-based Foundry Wafer technology for AIM.

Belden Inc. will highlight the company's ongoing development of products and technologies to build the automation networks of tomorrow at SPS/IPC/Drives 2016 in Nuremberg.

Infinera, a provider of smart transport networks, has launched a new partner program to simplify the delivery of innovative optical network technology to end users facing increasing bandwidth demands.

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