Broadcom has finally achieved completion on its acquisition of Brocade. Announced in November 2016, this deal has finally completed. Brocade disposed of various units, such as the vRouter team to…
Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm
Having announced a move of their headquarters to the US, Broadcom is now targeting another chipmaker for a takeover. Even with the Brocade deal stuck in CIFUS negotiations, they are…
President Trump announces Broadcom HQ relocation back to the US
An effort is being made to move forward on the Broadcom and Brocade deal, currently stuck in negotiations with CIFUS. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan yesterday met US President, Donald Trump, in…
SEA-US cable ready for service, allowing trans-Pacific growth
Hawaiian Telcom has announced that the SEA-US cable system is ready for service. The cable was built and delivered in less than 3 years since its announcement. With traffic growth…
AAE-1 now in service links Asia, Africa and Europe
AAE-1 is the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 consortium that manages the largest cable system launched this decade. It provides links to the major regions. The cable will offer a minimum design capacity of…
Vocus buys NextGen for fibre backhaul in Australia
Australia's Vocus Communications has just completed the acquisition of NextGen's network assets. (Vocus and NextGen - Better Together). The deal is worth AU$861mn (according to ZDNet, Vocus completes AU$861m acquisition of…
NEC to construct SEA-US cable system
Hawaiian Telcom announces that it has partnered with NEC, and others, to deliver a 20Tb/s 15,000km long cable system. This will link the continental US to Hawaii, and then onwards…