In what could be construed as further evidence that its Windows Phone strategy is going less than swimmingly, Nokia has halved the price of its flagship Lumia 900 handset in the U.S. to $49.99 (when part of a two-year service contract), reports Reuters. The Lumia 900 was launched with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) in the U.S. in April. (See AT&T's Nokia Lumia Drops LTE to $100 and Euronews: Nokia Hit by Lumia 900 Glitch.)
euNetworks Group Ltd. has switched on an 8.8-Terabyte link between Dublin to London, thus serving the growing number of multinationals that have set up data-center operations in and around the Irish capital. The connection runs over the CeltixConnect subsea network that links Ireland to the U.K. (See euNetworks Deploys Dublin-London Link.)
Fujitsu has lit additional 100Gbit/s capacity on the U.K. fiber network it uses to offer managed services to British enterprises. The IT services and network infrastructure specialist uses ADVA Optical Networking 's Agile Core platform to offer its Managed Wavelength Service. (See Fujitsu UK Adds More 100G and ADVA in for the Long Haul With 100G.)