Networking

[ad_1] (Image: MNF) Australian retail and wholesale voice-over-IP (VoIP) provider MNF Group has detailed its plans for the upcoming financial year, saying it will continue to push growth through geographic expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. Such expansion will be driven by its Global Wholesale segment, MNF said, as it invests ...

[ad_1] (Image: Southern Cross Cable Network) Southern Cross Cable Network has announced that it will commence construction of its $350 million submarine cable after completing a seafloor survey and discovering a more efficient route. According to Southern Cross, eight customers have already signed intent to use the cable, including the ...

[ad_1] Users sitting on the end of long copper runs could potentially be stuck with a connection incapable of hitting the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) mandated 25Mbps until well into the next decade. In response to Senate Estimates Questions on Notice, NBN said of all its fibre-to-the-node (FttN) connections, as ...

[ad_1] Microsoft has been noticeably mum about its roadmap for Skype for Business. (Image: Microsoft) But that silence may soon end, based on a list of sessions on Skype for Business that are slated for Microsoft’s Ignite conference for IT professionals in late September. According to those sessions, there is, ...

[ad_1] (Image: Vodafone) Vodafone has announced it will be entering the NBN market with a modem capable of using the telco’s 4G network for backup connectivity when waiting for the NBN to initially be connected, or when an NBN outage occurs. The backup connection will provide maximum speeds of 12/1Mbps, ...

[ad_1] Remote access software maker LogMeIn is acquiring Israeli software firm Nanorep for around $45 million. Nanorep’s platform uses AI and natural language processing technologies to build chatbots and virtual assistants for online customer service. Its pitch is that its tools are out-of-the-box and easy to use but also able ...

[ad_1] Ubiquiti Networks has unveiled a new UFiber GPON Platform consisting of UFiber optical line terminal (OLT) and the UFiber Nano G Optical Network Unit (ONU), which will allow ISP entrepreneurs to set up fiber networks more efficiently than ever before to compete in this fast-growing market. See also: Ten ...

[ad_1] On August 9, Singaporean National Day, Singtel is hoping to show off its new Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) infrastructure, which the telco touts as being able to boost data speeds by up to 200 percent at special events. Going with a trio of vendors — Ericsson, Huawei, and ZTE ...

[ad_1] Everyone has internet connection troubles some days. I’ve been a network administrator and have used the internet since the 1970s and I still have connection problems! Here are a few simple tips on curing these headaches. Check your local network Before checking your internet, check your local network. Many ...

[ad_1] Verizon on Tuesday announced it’s spending $225 million to purchase a high-capacity fiber network serving the Chicago market from the Colorado-based company WideOpenWest. The transaction should close early in the first quarter of 2018. It’s Verizon’s latest investment in the sort of multi-use fiber assets that can help it ...