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Editorial Manager’s Eye, by Anthony Weaver, Editorial Manager Connect-World publications.
Welcome to the Connect-World C-digest, which provides a summary of the key events and news items that have recently caught my eye as Editorial Manager.
Events
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PTC Hawaii
15-18 January 2023 |
One of the telecommunications industry’s largest conferences, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC), took place in Hawaii between 15-18 January 2023. The event was attended by a team of sector experts from Ocean Specialists Inc. (OSI) led by the longtime Director of Network Operations and now company President Perry Wright. He was accompanied by Dave Willoughby, Managing Director of Operations and Tony Mosley, Director of Business Development.
The team engaged in a long overdue in-person visit with clients and industry colleagues to discuss the current subsea industry trends and share insights as to how global networks evolve in a post-pandemic world. The industry faces several significant challenges, including the deceleration of subsea investments by Hyperscale after 2024 and the continued downward pricing pressure as more network routes overlap and offer alternate connectivity to many more locations globally. The industry will continue to face outages to the average of one cut every three days on all routes as supply chain fundamentals rebound post pandemic, meaning more transshipments throughout network choke points more anchor drags and fishing aggregation devices (FADS) deployed for subsea cables to contend with on the ocean floor. A cable repair industry in high demand and dogged by slow permitting processes will restrict maintenance operations.
Assessing dilemmas and identifying suitable solution has been the mainstay of PTC since its inception over 30 years ago, when a group of telecommunications carriers decided to bring the industry together to manage accounting rates and satellite connections for the voice industry. It’s a brave new world and there is no shortage of challenge or uncertainty—but a professional community that prides itself on leveraging present-day technological advances to propose real-world solutions for tomorrow wouldn’t have it any other way!
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| Device manufacturers turn to talent acquisition and cross-platform software development tools to fuel productivity
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| Research from Qt reveals over a third (38%) of connected device manufacturers are experiencing delays in time-to-market, while 48% have been forced to raise prices
Espoo, Finland; 31st January 2023 – Device manufacturers...
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| Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise hosts global partners at 2023 virtual conference |
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| Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of communications, cloud and networking solutions tailored to customers’ industries, is hosting its global partner conference on... |
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| Time to stop the COVID blame game – how the best service providers adapted their customer comms during the pandemic |
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| Three years to the day since Covid-19 was classified as an international public health emergency, new research from Paragon Customer Communications, a provider of customer communications, business services and... |
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| Business leaders do not trust each others’ climate claims
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| Three quarters of business leaders do not believe their peers’ ESG reporting, according to a new study, showing that a lack of industry trust and verifiable data is driving scepticism.
Most business leaders (76%) in major industries doubt... |
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| 5G IoT Connections to Surpass 100 Million for First Time Globally by 2026; Achieving 1,100% Growth Over Three Years
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| A new study from Juniper Research has found that 5G IoT (Internet of Things) connections will reach 116 million globally by 2026; rising from just 17 million in 2023. It predicts that the healthcare sector and smart city services will drive this 1,100% growth over the next three years.
The comprehensive research examined 5G adoption... |
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| AI platforms are vital in stopping SMEs from lagging behind |
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| AI platforms are vital in stopping SMEs from lagging behind in terms of technological advancements, and are vital to... |
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| América Móvil and Telxius to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through next-generation submarine cable |
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| América Móvil and Telxius are once again collaborating to boost communication services in the Americas by deploying a brand new submarine cable. • The new system´s initial capacity is 190 Tbps from Guatemala to the United States. • The submarine cable will be ready to operate in 2025. The supply... |
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| 6G – What Are The Important Technological Developments To Watch? |
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| While 5G mmWave has yet to take off, 6G research has already begun. But what exactly is 6G, and what are the emerging areas to watch?
This article will provide a high-level overview... |
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