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Texas has hosted NASAs Mission Control since 1965. And going still further back, the annals of UFO lore record an apparent Aurora, Texas, interstellar crash in 1897. Now, it is to Texas that Elon Musks SpaceX moves its Starlink broadband satellite factory and deep-space rocket operations, which go to Austin and Boca Chica, respectively. Texas, we have lift-off: Its been confirmed that Starlink will be based in Texas, while Elon Musk tries to rename Boca Chica as Starbase. The Skylinks the limit...

Research shows one-third of enterprises experienced unauthorized cloud access, and another 19% are unsure if unauthorized cloud access occurred.

Recent results from Zoom only serve to illustrate how important videoconferencing software has become during the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike its competitors, Zoom has also joined the elite group of companies whose name has now become a verb. Of course, competitors in this field are not sitting still, as already remarked by Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Susannah Streeter. Indeed, Microsoft has also been doing pretty well from the rising demand for digital services during the pandemic. Microsoft...

Theres plenty of talk about how edge computing could eventually change the very nature of the Internets architecture by rerouting data traffic through smaller, local computing facilities instead of massive, far-flung data centers. Doing so, according to proponents, could give Internet services cat-like response times. Already some massive telecom players have been investing in this opportunity. For example, AT&T and Verizon have begun lighting up public edge computing services with the likes of...

News Wire Feed Light Reading 3/3/2021 SILICON VALLEY, Calif. – MATRIXX Software, the global leader in 5G monetization solutions, announced they have been selected by Telefónica Germany/O2 as their monetization partner in the setup of its new, lean IT architecture. Telefónica Germany/O2 will deploy the MATRIXX Digital Commerce Platform, including its Cloud Native CCS, for 4G/5G/Fixed monetization of consumer and enterprise services. "The MATRIXX...

From a broad point of view, next-generation access network activity slowed for many cable operators in 2020 as they focused on splitting nodes and adding capacity to existing network gear to keep up with the traffic surge fueled by the pandemic. However, Comcast said its work around network virtualization and the use of new AI and machine learning techniques that optimize and enhance the performance of the access network accelerated over the past year. "We have not slowed down anything … We h...

News Wire Feed Light Reading 3/2/2021 LOWELL, Mass. – NetNumber, a leading provider of telecom software infrastructure and data services, announced today it has entered into agreements to acquire SiRRAN Communications Ltd and TD-Mobile AG. SiRRAN Communications Ltd provides mobile core network products and services for private networks, and portable, secure communications infrastructure. TD-Mobile AG, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), pro...

Ligados Doug Smith addresses questions on how the companys L-band spectrum might aid C-band auction winners, and whether he has fielded any purchase inquiries.

News Wire Feed Light Reading 3/1/2021 LOS ANGELES – Boingo Wireless, Inc. ("Boingo" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: WIFI), the leading distributed antenna system ("DAS") and Wi-Fi provider that serves carriers, consumers, property owners and advertisers worldwide, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger to be acquired by an affiliate of Digital Colony Management, LLC ("Digital Colony"). Upon completion of the...

Internet-from-space service Starlink will see its speeds double this year, says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Its average speed will reach approximately 300 megabits per second, with its latency dropping to around 20 milliseconds "later this year," he said in a Twitter exchange. Ultimately, says the company, speeds will hit 10 gigabits per second. Full speed ahead: SpaceX Falcon 9 take off carrying Starlink satellite payload – according to a Tweet from Elon Musk, Starlink speeds are doubling. The sat...