Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
SITA, the air transport industry IT specialist, and global communications provider, Orange Business Services – the former communications arm of SITA, have agreed to jointly build a global, high performance, managed cloud computing infrastructure and offering.
The new platform will see six seamlessly interconnected Tier III+ and Tier IV data centres in five continents, in Atlanta, [...]
Russia is reportedly prepared to build a subsea cable that will pipe electricity to power-stricken Japan following the devastating earthquake that damaged a major nuclear power plant in Fukushima and caused widespread panic in the region.
According to the voice of Russia report, the project to link the Russian island of Sakhalin to Hokkaido was unveiled [...]
PRESS RELEASE: CAMARILLO, Calif. – May 23, 2011 – Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, today announced an expansion of its energy-efficient SimpliPHY™ family of Gigabit Ethernet (GE) physical layer devices. With green features that reduce power consumption by [...]
Google’s Atlantic Wind Connection subsea power cable project to connect offshore wind farms will be allowed to generate a return of up to 12.59%, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
The project, featuring two parallel power cables extending out some 250 miles off the US east coast, is expected to harness wind energy from offshore turbines [...]
Ericsson has won a deal to supply its hybrid powered base stations for Digicel Pacific in Papua New Guinea. The company says that the solution will bring cellular access to rural regions in the country for the first time.
The solution, which combines solar panels, rechargeable batteries and diesel generators, will allow the operator to migrate [...]
ITU has taken a page out of Apple’s USB-based power plugs. According to the ITU, the new solution will feature a detachable cable with standardised end connectors that now support connection to many different devices, including all mobile phones and other handhelds.
By separating the power plug from the cable, the new system will also support [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]