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The final submarine segments have been completed on the Southern Cross NEXT system, which will provide 72 Tbps of capacity between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. After six years of planning and development, the Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable project has been granted Provisional Acceptance. The Southern Cross NEXT system includes 12 cable […]
Nokia has opened an Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab in Dallas, Texas. It will be staffed by U.S.-based specialists in cybersecurity and leverage the security research capabilities of Nokia Bell Labs. Nokia’s Dallas office also features the Executive Experience Center, Energy Innovation Center, O-RAN Collaboration and Testing Center, Cloud Collaboration Hub and […]
Telstra has named Noah Drake as President for the Americas, responsible for leading the company’s future direction within the region. Drake will oversee all sales and business operations, playing a key role in further expanding Telstra’s portfolio of technology solutions and continuing to accelerate strategic partnerships. Most recently, Drake led Telstra’s Customer Solutions and Architecture […]
Kontron Transportation has been awarded the Transilien SNCF Voyageurs Optical Transport Network (OTN) project to upgrade SNCF’s communications network. The project involves replacing obsolete WDM equipment in the Paris region with Ribbon’s WDM, including OTN switching technology, part of its IP Wave portfolio. The project includes: A multi-tier core-aggregation-access OTN switching architecture, based on Ribbon’s […]
NTT Corporation announced a realignment of its global businesses to better focus its human resources and market potential. Under the plan, NTT, Inc., a global holding company of the NTT group, and NTT Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT, Inc. will be combined with the global IT services and communications business, subsidiaries […]
In its 9th round of program funding, the FCC is authorizing $199,336,695 through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) for new broadband deployments in 26 states and the Northern Mariana Islands bringing service to over 230,000 locations. To date, the RDOF program has committed over $5.2 billion for broadband deployment to 3 million locations […]
by Jim Carroll The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft document concerning 5G cybersecurity capabilities. The publication describes a standalone 5G network that NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is constructing, largely for the purpose of demonstrating 5G cybersecurity capabilities in different situations. The network, which the NCCoE team is […]
DISH Network reported revenue totaling $4.33 billion for the quarter ending March 31, 2022, compared to $4.50 billion for the corresponding period in 2021. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $433 million for the first quarter 2022, compared to $630 million for the year-ago quarter.Diluted earnings per share were $0.68 for the first quarter, […]
Enterprise networks are continuing to ramp up spend on multi-cloud projects whether at the core or edge. But how to understand the return-on-investment (ROI)? Paul Parker-Johnson, Principal Analyst at ACG, discusses the latest trends at ONUG Spring 2022. https://youtu.be/QLXFNOJvk0s
On Friday, May 6, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the 45th mission for Starlink. The mission also marked the 12th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and now […]
viaPhoton, which supplies fiber connectivity solutions, expanded its capital base to $100 million as part of an $80 million transaction led by Trinity Capital, a leading provider of debt and equipment financing to growth stage companies. As part of the funding, Trinity will provide growth financing of up to $50 million. “Our customers want to […]
Lightpath opened an office in Midtown Manhattan, located at 24 West 40th Street, to house sales and customer service staff to directly support continued growth and operations in New York City, including on-going network expansions. Lightpath said it has accelerated its investment in the New York City market over the past year, doubling of the […]
ADVA is playing a key role in three research and development (R&D) projects funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and aimed at building future-proof secure communication networks based on quantum key distribution (QKD): The DemoQuanDT project – coordinated by Deutsche Telekom, the project will demonstrate secure quantum key exchange over a […]
