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In the wake of a vote by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), BT confirmed that it will not raise the pay increase it implemented in April and will instead brace itself for industrial action. At a press conference today (30th June), the CWU – the union for all BT Group employees – announced that on […]
Alphawave IP is opening a new office in Ottawa, Ontario – expanding its North American presence in the country’s key technology hub. The new office, which is located in the Kanata North technology park, is expected to hold over 100 employees across all departments and roles by the end of the year, more than double […]
China Unicom Beijing is deploying Huawei’s new extremely-large antenna array (ELAA) architecture at over 1,000 sites around the outskirts of Beijing. The giant antenna arrays, which are called “metaverse-ready active antenna units – MetaAAUs”, double the scale of arrays compared with the previous-generation AAU. Huawei says the increased size results in extended coverage because channel […]
The Broadband Forum released two documents to help reduce the time and cost associated with onboarding new Optical Network Unit (ONU) vendors: Broadband Forum’s TR-451 ‘vOMCI Specification’ and MR-451 ‘ONU Management using Virtualized OMCI’ have armed operators with more choice in how they create, activate, and maintain services associated with ONUs. Previously, the management cycle […]
Digital Realty launched ServiceFabric, an interconnectivity solution and orchestration platform positioned as the industry’s largest open fabric-of-fabrics. ServiceFabric Connect, which was developed in-house, is an orchestration platform available to Digital Realty customers immediately in 61 sites and 32 metro markets worldwide. The platform pulls together network and cloud connectivity elements from multiple sources, including those […]
The O-RAN ALLIANCE released a new set of 52 specifications for open and intelligent RAN, as the first batch of the O-RAN Release 003 specifications. Among them there are 12 new titles including use cases for Massive MIMO and the R1 interface, E2 interface testing, O2dms interface, Acceleration Abstraction Layer, outdoor macro cell HW, and […]
The Ethernet Switch Data Center market is forecast to grow at a nearly double-digit CAGR between 2021 and 2026, approaching $100 billion in cumulative spending over the next five years, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group. 400 Gbps and higher speeds are forecast to comprise half of the spending, with 800 Gbps surpassing […]
Oracle has formed a partnership with Claro to jointly offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services to public and private sector organizations and enterprises in Colombia. Claro will become the host partner for an Oracle Cloud region in Colombia, which will enable Claro to offer OCI platform services along with professional and managed services to help […]
Telstra has completed the acquisition of Digicel Pacific Limited, which operates in six markets in the South Pacific including Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga and Nauru. The transaction values Digicel Pacific at up to US$ 1.85 billion, inclusive of a three year, US$ 250 million earn-out, equating to approximately 8.3 times DPL’s […]
The Ethernet Alliance announced its 2022 Board of Directors: Peter Jones, Cisco Systems, Inc. – Chair and Board of Directors Chris Lyon, Amphenol Corporation – President and Board of Directors Jeffery Maki, Juniper Networks, Inc. – Treasurer and Board of Directors Carl Wilson, Intel Corporation – Secretary and Board of Directors David J. Rodgers, EXFO […]
Alaska Communications is using Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical platform powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme programmable 800G technology to upgrade capacity between core sites, including across submarine links. They are also utilizing a variety of Ciena’s Routing and Switching platforms (8180, 5171, 5170, 3928) to deploy 1Gbps-10Gbps 5G mobile backhaul services, as well as 8180 […]
This 47-page white paper from the Consortium for On-board Optics (COBO) describes configuration options for switch components utilizing on-board optics or co-packaged optics. The paper, which represents the work of 56 companies over 2 years review design options available to accommodate compact MDIs and external laser sources, considering their impact on optical signal, thermal, and […]
Juniper Networks introduced its EX4100 series enterprise-grade wired access switches powered by its Mist AI. The new EX4100, which is the latest addition to the Juniper’s EX Switching portfolio, is optimized for simplicity and scale with native cloud-based operations for all enterprise access layer switching environments, including campus fabric architectures. Mist AI expedites deployment times […]
