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On Wednesday, May 18, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the 48th Starlink mission. This was the fifth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, and now two Starlink missions. […]
The Broadband Forum published Release 5.0 of its Open Broadband – Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) open-source project. The OB-BAA specifies Northbound Interfaces (NBI), Core Components and Southbound Adaptation Interfaces (SAI) for functions associated with access network devices that have been virtualized, facilitating co-existence and seamless migration. Release 5.0 offers new functionality to identify and authenticate […]
Alibaba Cloud opened its third data center in Germany. The new facility, which is located in Frankfurt, offers a range of cloud computing products ranging from storage, network to database. It also features free cooling operation via dry coolers – using naturally cool ambient air instead of mechanical refrigeration. In addition, the datacenter is committed […]
The SEA-H2X Consortium, which consists of China Mobile International, China Unicom Global, Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, and PPTEL SEA H2X Sdn. Bhd, announced plans for a new submarine cable system that will connect Hong Kong SAR China, Hainan China, Philippines, Thailand, East Malaysia and Singapore, with options to extend to Vietnam, Cambodia, West […]
Ericsson and Intel are opening a tech hub in Silicon Valley to focus on the benefits that Ericsson Cloud RAN and Intel technology can bring to improving energy efficiency and network performance, reducing time to market, and monetizing new business opportunities such as enterprise applications. Called Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub, the center is based in Ericsson’s […]
NASA has awarded the Cybersecurity and Privacy Enterprise Solutions and Services (CyPrESS) contract to Booz Allen Hamilton of McLean, Virginia. CyPrESS is a cost plus award fee core and hybrid indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a total potential value of $622.5 million. The period of performance includes a base period that begins May 31, 2022, and runs […]
Keysight Technologies, reported revenue of $1.35 billion for its second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2022, upt 11 percent compared with $1.22 billion last year, or 12 percent on a core basis, which excludes the impact of foreign currency changes and revenue associated with businesses acquired or divested within the last twelve months. GAAP net […]
Eridan, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $46 million in financing for its MIRACLE RF Front End Module. Eridan has built a direct polar transmitter in gallium nitride and silicon, which promises: 10x less input power to provide the same coverage 60-100x reduction in power consumption in sparsely-populated areas, due to improved spatial […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo kicked off the Internet for All initiative, which will invest $45 billion under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden earlier this year. The goal of the Internet for All initiative is to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for everyone in America by the end of the decade. […]
Funding applications will be open from June 21, 2022 until September 30, 2022 for the $1 billion available under the Middle Mile (MM) Program, as included under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Middle mile infrastructure broadly refers to the mid-section of Internet infrastructure connecting local broadband network to major carriers. Grants can be used for the […]
Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and refining catalysts, has selected NTT Ltd. to deploy a pilot private LTE/5G and Wi-Fi network at Albemarle’s lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The network will enable engineers to connect with technicians for remote site surveys and assists. Previously, it was […]
Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services reached $1.566 billion in 2021, an increase of 1.6% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects worldwide spending on telecom and pay TV services to increase by 1.4% in 2022 and reach a total of $1,588 […]
Nokia and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are now operating a private 5G installation supporting a connected digital microbrewery. It utilizes a cloud-based digital twin of an actual brewery to optimize the brewing process. UTS’s Industry 4.0 Nano-Brewery, is part of its new Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Data Science testbed developed at the UTS […]
