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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Lumen Technologies a task order worth more than $1.2 billion to deliver a fully integrated wide area data transport service with secure remote access, contact center and cloud connectivity solutions to more than 9,500 USDA locations across the country and abroad. “One of America’s largest cabinet agencies […]
Gogo Business Aviation has completed a seven-tower 5G testbed as part of the deployment of its nationwide 5G Air-to-Ground (ATG) network. Gogo’s 5G ATG network is powered by Airspan’s OpenRANGE Air5G Sub-6 GHZ Radio Unit (RU) macros, fully virtualized OpenRANGE vCU (Centralized Unit) and vDU (Distributed Unit) software, and massive MIMO antennas. Gogo said it […]
SES confirmed that its satellite connectivity has has enabled Digicel Tonga to restore vital communications with the outside world following the Hunga Tonga- Ha’apai volcano eruption that sent tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean. First international calls service from Tongatapu provided by Digicel has been up since Wednesday, with both SES and Digicel teams working […]
Padtec is launching a new service for network operators that covers the supervision and monitoring of optical fibers. “By choosing this service model, the provider can focus on its operation, direct investments to strategic areas and worry about what really matters: the growth of its business”, comments Carlos Raimar, Padtec’s CEO. “With an investment compatible […]
Keysight Technologies added an integrated test package to the IxNetwork Ethernet test solution that enables manufacturers to ensure that chipsets and devices are in compliance with the Avnu Alliance base time sensitive networking (TSN) test plan for IEEE 802.1AS-2020, the standard for the transport of timing over local area networks. The Avnu tests are designed […]
Telia Carrier, which operates the leading global Internet backbone, AS1299, has adopted a new name and brand — Arelion. The rebranding comes roughly a year after Polhem Infra, a private investment firm based in Sweden, acquired Telia Carrier from the Telia Company for SEK 9,450 million (US$1.055 billion). The business became a fully-independent company in […]
Orange connected its 6 millionth fiber customer in France this week. 2021 was an exceptional year for Orange in terms of fiber deployment. At the end of 2021, using its own funds and in partnership with local authorities, Orange had deployed fiber to 63% of the 29 million premises eligible for FttH in France. With […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it has now cleared 62% of the U.S. commercial airplane fleet to perform low-visibility landings at airports where wireless companies deployed 5G C-band. The FAA early Wednesday cleared another three altimeters. Airplane models with one of the five cleared altimeters include some Boeing 717, 737, 747, 757, 767, […]
AT&T began activating 5G in C-Band spectrum in limited parts of 8 metro areas across the U.S.: Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Miami. AT&T customers will see a “5G+” indicator on their device if connected to either C-Band or mmWave spectrum). AT&T is currently offering 17 C-Band-capable devices. https://about.att.com/innovationblog/2022/connectivity.html AT&T and […]
Verizon activated C-band spectrum to boost its 5G Ultra Wideband network, which is now available to more than 100 million people in 1,700-plus cities around the nation. “This massive launch will put incredible speeds, reliability and security in the hands of our customers and amplifies our offering of reliable home and business broadband options to […]
DataBank, a provider of enterprise-class colocation, interconnection and managed cloud services, agreed to acquire four existing data centers in the Houston, Texas metro area from CyrusOne for $670 million. The transaction positions DataBank as the largest independent data center provider in Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest metro area. The Houston facilities encompass more than 300,000 square […]
The slow uptake of 5G Standalone networks reduces Mobile Core Network (MCN) growth, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group, which is now forecasting worldwide MCN 5-year growth at a 3 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR). “The cumulative revenue forecast for the period 2022 to 2026 is over $50 billion. The overall revenues […]
Keysight Technologies, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, demonstrated data throughput speeds in the uplink of 3.5 Gbps using 5G new radio dual connectivity (NR-DC) with mmWave carrier aggregation (CA). The milestone was achieved by combining Keysight’s 5G Protocol R&D Toolset and 2D multi-probe anechoic (MPAC) over-the-air (OTA) test chamber with a Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF […]
