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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.

NEXCOM has partnered with ALTECH to enable Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) to deploy in an instant. In response to public calls, nearly 1,000 emergency trips have been made by vehicles equipped with NEXCOM and ALTECH's rugged mobile solutions, which provide geographic information, emergency communications, and incident management to support rapid response, safe practices, and operational efficiency for emergency medical services (EMS) and other first responders.

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.

Avaya has announced that Leeds Beckett University has upgraded its Fabric networking technology to provide ubiquitous Wi-Fi connectivity to all staff and students. Avaya's technology has enabled the university to increase the total number of access points from 800 to 1,800, giving network access to more than 25,000 students and 3,200 staff members anytime, anywhere on the 550,000-square-meter campus.

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.  

Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions announces to authorized managed service providers the distribution of F5 Networks' cloud service through registration in the F5 Cloud Licensing Program (CLP). Access to the program is available in Spain and 26 countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

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.

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.

Anritsu Corporation has partnered with NTT DOCOMO on power consumption verification testing for machine-type communication technologies used by IoT devices.

T-Systems has been awarded a framework contract for a joint pre-commercial provisioning (PCP) project, led by [Company Name], covering the design, prototyping, and pilot phase of the Helix Nebula Science Cloud. T-Systems, supported by its technology partner Huawei,

Infinera has announced a series of new platforms within its award-winning DTN-X Family, designed to power scalable cloud networks. With this announcement, Infinera is launching a new generation of Intelligent Transport Network architecture that combines the best of scalable web technologies with the best of telecom technologies, achieving a total cost of ownership (TCO) that is up to 50% lower than conventional networks.

Interoute has announced that it is offering two European connections to the new global submarine cable, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5), via France and Italy. Interoute will connect digital traffic from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to its pan-European network through its Point of Presence (PoP) in Marseille, France, and the OHM Data Center in Palermo, Sicily (where Interoute is located).

Colt Technology Services and AT&T are accelerating the deployment of software-defined networking (SDN) by creating and successfully testing a standard application programming interface (API) infrastructure. This will allow different SDN architectures from various vendors to operate together.

TE Connectivity (TE) has received approval from the Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC) for an IIC sensor-cloud connectivity testbed called "Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brown-field Sensors Testbed".

The acting Minister of Public Works, Rafael Catalá, and the presidents of Renfe and Telefónica de España, Pablo Vázquez and Luis Miguel Gilpérez, respectively, today presented PlayRenfe, the new pioneering platform for WiFi connectivity, on-demand content and access to a global offer of other products and services for Renfe customers on board its AVE trains.

With more than three months to go before ISE 2017 (Integrated Systems Europe) opens its doors, it has been confirmed as the largest exhibition in the event's 14-year history after an increase in exhibition space, exhibitors and aisles.

NI announces an early access technology platform for Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) as part of its ongoing commitment to support the development of new standard technologies for timing and communications.