Amid the 5G headlines, don’t forget the backhaul
September was a busy month for 5G and services are just around the corner from commercial launch. We saw new rules from the FCC aimed at accelerating small cell deployments and a number of ‘world...
View ArticleColt invests in Dublin with latest network expansion
Last week we announced significant investment in our network in Dublin, a city which has rapidly evolved into one of Europe’s key business hubs. The expansion will see more than 150km of additional...
View ArticleOn Demand and Dedicated Cloud Access services recognised at Network...
Colt has picked up two awards at the Network Transformation Awards, which took place in The Hague last night as part of SDN NFV World Congress 2018. Colt won two trophies in 2017 and repeated its...
View ArticleColt increases fibre capacity in Berlin
Last week we followed news of our expansion in Dublin, with plans for an expansion of the Colt IQ Network in Berlin, enabling digital transformation in the region through on-demand and high bandwidth...
View ArticleColt wins two awards at the 14th Global Carrier Awards
Last night Colt emerged as one of the winners at the 14th Global Carrier Awards, taking away two awards; Best Marketing Team and Best Voice Service Innovation – Mature Market. The judges noted that the...
View ArticleColt and Oracle: Improved customer engagement with cloud connectivity
Cloud adoption is critical to providing businesses with the agility they need in order to service the increasingly stringent and changeable demands of their customer base. In our digitally enabled...
View ArticleColt wins 5 awards at the MEF18 event in Los Angeles
Last night Colt were awarded with five accolades at the MEF18 event in Los Angeles. Colt walked away with wins in the following categories: Enterprise Application – Education, Enterprise Application –...
View ArticleColt wins the Cloud Infrastructure award at the WCA’s
Last week, Colt for Dedicated Cloud Access on Demand picked up the Cloud Infrastructure award at the 20th annual World Communication Awards. Colt’s Dedicated Cloud Access on Demand service provides...
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Colt, Semafone and PCI DSS compliance
Organisations taking payment information from customers must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), established to protect business and customer data. Yet it can appear...
View ArticleColt raises over €1 million for under-privileged children
This year Colt’s Charity Bike Ride hit an impressive milestone. Not only have thousands of kilometres been ridden for children in need, 2018 was the year that Colt cracked the million Euro fundraising...
View ArticleTrusting blockchain: The power of governance
2018 has well and truly been the year of blockchain. From news articles, to papers, to organisations trying to find ways in which this technology can transform how they do business. However, it is...
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The year that was 2018, and why we can’t wait to kick off 2019
The end of the year is nearly upon us and what a fantastic year it has been for Colt. Earlier in the year we shared our achievements up until July, and the last six months have been equally as exciting...
View ArticleThe new PCI DSS compliance regulations for phone-based payments
Last month the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) issued updated guidance for protecting phone-based payment card data. This comprehensive overhaul is the first update to the...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about encryption and GDPR
There’s a lot of mythology about encryption: that it’s highly complex to manage, that it will slow down dramatically application or network performance, that it’s ruinously expensive, and so on....
View ArticleLooking ahead to the next twelve months
A new year always holds so much promise, and from a telco perspective, I’m especially excited about 2019, for I believe that it will be the tipping point for significant developments with respect to...
View ArticleThe 5G hospital illustrates a changing business case for mobile networks
5G certainly isn’t short of potential. It starts with enhancements to how mobile broadband services are delivered but extends far beyond to connected devices, M2M applications, IOT and smart cities;...
View ArticleKicking off the year at PTC 2019
January is always a hectic time and it’s no different in the telecoms sector with many events kicking off the year. One of the biggest for Colt is the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), which...
View ArticleColt at Berlinale 2019
The curtain has come down after another exciting Berlinale International Film Festival. Since 2009, Colt has been a Digital Cinema Partner of the Berlinale, providing network services with high...
View ArticleMWC at a glance; are telcos ready for the 5G evolution?
The dust has settled on another Mobile World Congress (MWC) and what a brilliant event it was once again. Over 100,000 industry professionals descended on Barcelona in the last days of February for the...
View ArticleYou can’t have a first class cloud without a first class network
We are currently in the midst of a generational shift in computing architecture to the cloud. The ecosystem of IT suppliers which has existed in relative stability for a number of years is now in the...
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