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Mavenir is introducing a portfolio of O-RAN compliant Radio Units (RUs) spanning micro, macro, millimeter wave (mmWave) and massive MIMO (mMIMO) deployments. The products will be showcased at the upcoming Mobile World Congress. The Mavenir OpenBeam radio portfolio covers a wide range of spectrum, both licensed and unlicensed. Mavenir is offering open interfaces and O-RAN […]
Viavi Solutions announced extensions to its Open RAN test suite, including: RIC Test. TeraVM RIC Test validates the performance of the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) when presented with a wide range of RAN scenarios, tests the functionality of rApps and xApps, and provides the means to generate the data needed to train AI models. Test […]
MaxLinear introduced a fully integrated System on Chip (SoC) for 4G/5G Open RAN (Radio Access Network) radio units (RU) including in Macro, Massive MIMO, and Small Cell applications. MaxLinear’s Sierra integrates the following sub-systems into a single chip: RF Transceiver supporting up to 8 transmitters, 8 receivers, and 2 feedback receivers Digital Front End (DFE), […]
NeoPhotonics has begun sampling its Open ZR+ QSFP-DD transceivers. The Open ZR+ version of NeoPhotonic’s QSFP-DD uses the Marvell Deneb Coherent DSP (CDSP) to incorporate industry-standard Open Forward Error Correction (OFEC). NeoPhotonics said that by using OFEC, the rOSNR capability of its transceivers is improved beyond traditional 400ZR CFEC, allowing for multiple span coverage in […]
Ahead of MWC 2022, Shahid Ahmed, Group EVP, New Ventures and Innovation at NTT, shares the biggest misconception about private 5G. https://youtu.be/RUvwfouROc4
OIF will host the following demonstrations at this year’s OFC 2022 in San Diego, March 8-10, 2022. Industry experts will also present updates on OIF’s current work in many critical areas, including 400ZR/800ZR and electrical rates. 400ZR Demo – the first-ever public multivendor 400ZR consists of a full implementation of 400GE across an 80km, DWDM […]
Meta announced plans for a new data center in Kuna, Idaho. This will be Meta’s 15th data center in the United States and 19th worldwide. The company estimates its investment in the project at $800 million. Kuna is a town of approximately 24,000 located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of downtown Boise, the state capital […]
Radio Access Network (RAN) growth slowed somewhat in the fourth quarter, though this was not enough to change the full-year picture, according to Dell’Oro Group. Total 2G-5G RAN revenues, excluding services, increased at a double-digit rate for a second consecutive year, propelling worldwide RAN to approach $40B to $45B. “The RAN market continues to show […]
Intelsat emerged from its financial restructuring process as a private company. The Plan of Reorganization, supported by all creditor groups and confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on December 16, 2021, has reduced the Company’s debt by more than half, from approximately $16 billion to $7 billion. In connection with emergence, Intelsat obtained $6.7 billion in […]
Infinera is rolling out a performance-optimized configuration of its 1.6T (2 x 800G) ICE6 coherent optical engine. Infinera’s ICE6 Turbo, which is produced in Infinera’s in-house, U.S.-based fabrication center, is the industry’s first coherent optical solution that can operate above 100 Gbaud. This enables network operators to support 4 x 400 GbE services using a […]
The Open Eye Consortium (Open Eye MSA) released two specifications: 100 Gbps per lane, long reach, single-mode specification – targeted for 4×100 Gbps WDM modules for three kilometers reach applications (400G-FR4-3). The specification enables the use of analog-based and DSP technologies to deliver lower cost, lower power and lower latency optical modules to address growing […]
MEF announced the launch of the LSO Marketplace, a set of resources designed to accelerate the evaluation and implementation of MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs for automating service provider and enterprise business transactions. MEF also announced availability of the Celine LSO API Framework release, which adds a new service provisioning developer guide and features […]
Dell Technologies is introducing new telecommunications solutions and services to bolster the open telecom ecosystem and help communications service providers (CSPs) migrate to open, cloud-native networks. The announcement centers on its Dell Telecom Cloud Foundation, Dell Open RAN Accelerator and new telecom solutions and lab capabilities. Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation is a turnkey, end-to-end network […]
