Press Releases

RUNCORN, UK – ITS Technology Group has today announced that it has launched Connected Business Services. This new scheme has been designed to make access to broadband more affordable for SMEs that lie within the reach of its networks, as well as give them access to IT managed services.

ITS has already connected more than 1.8K digitally deprived small businesses located on business parks, as well as in rural and urban areas, and one of the common barriers to entry is the cost of the £2,650 connection fee itself.

ESPOO, FINLAND -- Nokia announced today that it has satisfied all of the material conditions to the filing of its public exchange offer ("Exchange Offer") for Alcatel-Lucent. This follows the decision by the French Ministry of Economy (MINEFI) to approve the proposed transaction today.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN -- Swedish broadband equipment vendor PacketFront Network Products AB changes name to Waystream. At the same time the company announces new board members, Peter Kopelman is appointed new chairman of the board and Heléne Köhler as new board member. The name change is an important milestone in preparation for the international expansion.

PRYSMIAN’S CABLES WILL ENABLE THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO BUILD A NATIONAL NETWORK USING A MIX OF ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES

MILAN, ITALY -- Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been recently awarded nbn’s “Supplier of the Year” for 2015 on the occasion of nbn’s strategic supplier summit.

Prysmian makes and supplies the optical ribbon integral to nbn’s national network and was recently awarded exclusive supply of all of nbn’s copper cable requirements.

BRUSSELS -- The FTTH Council Europe is pleased to announce that it will make a donation to the global initiative "CoderDojo" at the FTTH Conference 2016 to be held in Luxembourg on 16-18 February 2016.

SUFFOLK, UK -- Global data centre & network Infrastructure education specialists, CNet Training, are expanding their teams even further with the addition of two new Business Development Executives and a further Instructor.

SUNNYVALE, CA - Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced the appointment of Rajal M. Patel to the board of directors of Infinera, effective September 17, 2015.

SUNNYVALE, CA - Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), the world leader in optical transceiver technology, today announced that it has received the 2015 Excellence in Delivery and Flexibility Award from Cisco®.