(Telecompaper) NEC has announced the launch of an 80 km range optical transceiver capable of bi-directional 25 Gbps speeds… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/nec-launches-25-gbps-sfp-optical-transceiver-with-80-km-range–1549376

(Telecompaper) Russian operator MTS plans to invest RUB 6.5 billion in development of its data centre infrastructure, reports Interfax.ru citing Igor Zarubinsky, the head of MTS Web Services Cloud… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-to-invest-rub-65-bln-in-data-centres–1549267

(Telecompaper) Russian national operator Rostelecom has signed a cooperation agreement with the gaming group Lesta to work together on developing the local video-gaming market and creating new gaming content… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/rostelecom-lesta-to-cooperate-on-gaming-development–1549262

(Telecompaper) Polish ISP Beskid Media, which operates in the Lesser Poland region, has announced that its fibre network broadband user base has exceeded the threshold of 45,000… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/isp-beskid-media-reports-45000-broadband-subscribers-on-fibre-network–1549245

(Telecompaper) Meta has announced plans to launch subscription for no ads for Facebook and Instagram users in the UK in the coming weeks… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/meta-praises-uk-pro-growth-model-as-it-launches-subscription-for-no-ads–1549265

(Telecompaper) Fore Freedom, a Dutch provider of fibre connections for business parks, is expanding its portfolio with the new services VoIP, managed routers and 4G-back-up… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fore-freedom-expands-services-with-voip-managed-routers-and-4g-backup–1549259

(Telecompaper) ATX Networks said it has sold a deployment of its Areca-branded hybrid supercapacitor to US operator Astound… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/astound-picks-atxs-areca-hybrid-supercapacitors-to-provide-energy-resiliency–1549252

(Telecompaper) Tech Mahindra has announced a multi-year strategic pact with AMD brokering access to silicon processing capacity in data centres for Mahindra’s… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/tech-mahindra-brings-amd-chips-to-enterprise-cloud-focused-cloud-blazetech-offering–1549248

(Telecompaper) Asus said reservations for its new handheld gaming device based on Microsoft’s Xbox software are now being taken from consumers in over 40 territories globally… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/asus-says-pre-orders-for-xbox-rog-handhelds-now-available-in-dozens-of-markets–1549235

(Telecompaper) A new all-party parliamentary group (APPG) has been set up in the UK to represent the interests of online content creators and influencers, reports BBC News… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/uk-parliament-sets-up-cross-party-group-for-online-content-creators–1549244