By Kelly Hill Viavi Solutions is expanding its relationship with Italian wholesale fiber company Open Fiber, which has plans for a major fiber expansion and aims to provide “100 per cent ultra-broadband coverage with gigabit speeds for the whole of Italy,” according to a release. Open Fiber says that it...

By Pie Kamau The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has engaged Lleida.net, to send all its registered electronic communications. The agreement, which takes effect immediately, is part of the company's growing expansion plan in Africa. CEO and Founder, Lleida.net, Sisco Sapena: "Nigeria is the most important market in the region, where...

By Mike Robuck                  Ericsson teamed with Intel to push the envelope on cloud RAN and network virtualisation developments by launching a joint tech hub in the US. The areas of focus for the Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub currently include power management and performance as well as work on cloud RAN containerised...

By Isaac K. Kassouwi Egypt wants to leverage digital tools for its socio-economic development. For that purpose, it can rely on its multiple foreign partners, who will help build the infrastructure required. The first phase of Orange Egypt’s NAC data center will be delivered next June. The information was disclosed,...

By Paige Minemyer                   Humana's CenterWell and Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe are teaming for a second joint venture focused on value-based primary care. Through the venture, the two partners will deploy US$1.2 billion to develop 100 new senior-focused primary care clinics between 2023 and 2025, and then operate these locations...

By Jonathan Easton Upstart NFL-rival the XFL has boosted its chances of success the third time around by securing a global rights deal with Disney. The deal will see Disney own the exclusive global broadcast rights for all the league’s matches per season from 2023-27. The mouse house has said...

Shaype (formerly Hay as a Service) has announced it is working with the Commonwealth Bank’s venture-scaler, x15ventures, to deliver Kit, a kid’s money app which includes a virtual account and VISA prepaid card. Shaype’s powerful and flexible embedded financial services platform is a third-party technology provider to x15ventures and is...

By Peter Cohen Ericsson and Intel announced a new collaboration already underway in Ericsson’s Santa Clara, California facilities called the Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub. It’s there that research and development teams from both organizations are focusing efforts on the energy efficiency and network performance of cloud-based Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions...

By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, USA AMD  and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated have announced a collaboration to optimize the Qualcomm® FastConnect™ connectivity system for AMD Ryzen™ processor-based computing platforms, starting with AMD Ryzen™ PRO 6000 Series processors and the Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6900 system. With the FastConnect...

Dreams, the financial wellbeing platform and leader in engagement banking solutions has today announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard to focus on delivering a suite of sustainable banking products for financial institutions designed to empower individuals to change their behaviour for the better and take high-impact climate action. With the...