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The FCC is ready to authorize $791,604,299 through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to six providers to fund new broadband deployments to over 350,000 estimated locations in 19 states. The top three states receiving funding include Illinois, $212 million, Arizona, $140 million, and Iowa, $113 million. “This funding will connect more households throughout the […]
The U.S. government has imposed an export restriction on NVIDIA’s A100 and forthcoming H100 integrated circuits to China (including Hong Kong) and Russia. The license restriction also covers NVIDIA’s DGX or any other systems which incorporate A100 or H100 integrated circuits, as well as any future NVIDIA integrated circuit achieving both peak performance and chip-to-chip […]
There were about 6.1 billion unique mobile subscribers at the close of Q2 2022, of which 690 million were 5G subscriptions, according to a recent update to the Ericsson Mobility Report. Allowing for multiple subscriptions per user, there are now 8.3 billion mobile subscriptions globally. Among other statistics, the Q2 2022 update also reports: Mobile […]
American Tower and Verizon Communications signed a new overarching lease agreement, facilitating Verizon’s on-going 5G network deployment across American Tower’s extensive U.S. portfolio of communications sites. The companies said the deal provides a simplified and efficient leasing process through a contractual framework that will drive mutual growth and value over a multi-year period. “This agreement […]
Qwilt announced a non-exclusive partnership with Bharti Airtel to improve the quality of live streaming, video-on-demand (VoD) and all other media delivery to its over 400 million subscribers throughout India. The partnership sees Airtel launch its own content delivery service, Airtel Cloud’s Edge CDN, across India based on Qwilt’s technology and become the largest service […]
Renesas Electronics agreed to acquire Steradian Semiconductors Private Limited, a fabless semiconductor company based in Bengaluru, India, that provides 4D imaging radar solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed of the an all-cash transaction. Founded in 2016 as a start-up company, Steradian has extensive expertise in radar technology. Operating in the 76-81 GHz band, Steradian’s powerful […]
IQM Quantum Computers is collaborating with QphoX, a start-up based in The Netherlands, to develop an optical interface for scaling quantum computers. IQM provides on-premises quantum computers for supercomputing data centres and research labs and offers full access to its hardware. IQM delivers these machines as a full-stack system integrator with its own quantum processors […]
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will begin sampling its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of optical-fiber communication systems on October 1. The company says its device was designed to respond to the shift from 100 Gbps to 400 Gbps. Its new tunable laser can be integrated into optical transceivers. https://www.MitsubishiElectric.com/semiconductors/ Mitsubishi samples 50Gbps […]
Nutanix reported revenue of $385.5 million for its fourth quarter ended July 31, 2022, down 1% from a year earlier. Full year revenue amounted to $1.58 billion, up 13% from the preceding year. Annual Contract Value (ACV) billings for Q4 was $193.2 million, up 10% compared to a year earlier. “Our fourth quarter capped […]
On Tuesday, August 30, SpaceX launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 7th flight for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and now five Starlink missions. The mission was SpaceX’s 58th Starlink […]
At its annual conference in San Francisco this week, VMware announced a set of networking and security innovations centered around the “multi-cloud universe,” including the release of vSphere 8 and vSAN 8, its flagship compute and storage solutions. “Whether you’re a challenger born in the cloud or an established player, the ultimate destination for customers […]
Lumen Technologies launched an all-digital experience for the purchase, configuration and management of enterprise SASE. The Lumen Marketplace now allows enterprise to learn about SASE, select from multiple vendors, and purchase a solution based on their needs. Customers have the option to manage their own SASE solution, or have Lumen fully manage the deployment, implementation, […]
Corning will build a new cable manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona, based on a long-term relationship with AT&T. The new facility, located in the Greater Phoenix region, will add approximately 250 jobs and is expected to open in 2024. It will be the industry’s western-most U.S. manufacturing site for optical cable – allowing Corning to […]
