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Fintech: a solution for exchange loss in UK-Ireland trade

UK trade with Ireland faced significant growth between 1999 and 2018 registering £ 2.9 billion and £13.5 billion respectively, according to a briefing paper Statistics on UK trade with Ireland published on January 14, 2020, by the House of Commons Library.  In 2018, Ireland was the UK’s 5th largest export market and the 10th largest […]

USMCA: an important agreement for Mexico 5G network.

On July 1, 2020, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a trade deal that replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA, comes into force. This agreement is crucial for the Mexican Telecom sector as it paves the way for Mexico to accelerate the deployment of the 5G network. The US and Canada have been working on […]

Coronavirus Second Wave: What to expect?

A Coronavirus second wave is not out of the question. Some speculate that it is inevitable in some areas, while others say that countries are already going through it. In all cases, what can individuals, governments, and businesses expect in the near future? From a more positive perspective, the world has learned a lot from […]

Eighty-Six Percent of Public Sector Decision Makers Believe their Organisations’ Productivity Depends on Network and Application Performance

LONDON, 1 JULY, 2020 – Riverbed® today launched its expanded ‘Rethink Possible: Visibility and Network Performance – The Pillars of Business Success’’ Study, focused on the public sector. The study revealed that 89% of IT decision makers (ITDMs) and 82% of business decision makers (BDMs) in the public sector believe productivity is reliant on effective […]

Amazon looks to self-driving future by acquiring Zoox

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Friday that it is buying self-driving technology company Zoox, which is developing an autonomous vehicle for a ride-hailing service that people would request on their phones. Seattle-based Amazon did not disclose how much it is paying for Zoox, which was founded six years ago in Foster City, California. Analysts […]

Huawei expecting green light for UK-based R&D facility

It seems that US sanctions will not stop Huawei from evolving in the International market. In the past few months, there was a debate about the company’s involvement in the UK 5G market. The debate raises cybersecurity concerns based on new Chinese legislation “China’s National Intelligence Law” adopted on June 28, 2017. Under this new […]

Germany's Wirecard: Missing accounts probably don't exist

BERLIN (AP) — German payment service provider Wirecard said Monday it has concluded that two accounts that were supposed to contain 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) probably don’t exist, deepening troubles that last week prompted the resignation of its chief executive. Wirecard AG was once regarded as a star of the growing financial technology sector, […]

Phoenix Tower International offers to buy Italy’s El Towers

On June 20, 2020, Phoenix Tower International– a wireless infrastructure provider that manages a portfolio of over 9,000 towers across the world, along with 80,000 other telecoms sites across 14 countries- has offered to buy El Towers for $615 million (550 million euros) according to Reuters. The largest private US-based wireless infrastructure group has entered […]

Netflix CEO to donate $120M to historically black colleges

By The Associated Press undefined Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating $120 million toward student scholarships at historically black colleges and universities. The couple is giving $40 million to each of three institutions: the United Negro College Fund, Spelman College and Morehouse College. The organizations said it is the largest […]

Disaggregated network for next generation technology

Mobile operators are now wondering how they can survive and exist in a 5G world without deploying disaggregated systems, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Analysys Mason. The company surveyed 60 mobile operators and, among the many conclusions, found that the vast majority, 85%, deem the use of disaggregated, multi-vendor, best-of-breed […]