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IP Infusion released its OcNOS 6 networking software targeting a wide range of telecom use cases. New features in OcNOS 6: Scalable software for Terabit switching bandwidth. Enhanced Timing & Synchronization, which reduces costs by eliminating external timing equipment. Segment Routing improves routing performance for broadband aggregation. Robust Layer 2 protection switching for Carrier Ethernet […]
Lumen Technologies mitigated a 1.06 Tbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)attack that was part of a larger campaign targeting a single victim. The incident was one of the largest DDoS attacks experienced by Lumen to date. Size was not the only notable element of the failed attack; it was also part of a larger campaign […]
Driven by SmartNICs, the Ethernet Controller and Adapter market is expected to reach $5 Billion in 2026, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Server network connectivity will transition to higher speeds, with 100 Gbps and higher-speed ports accounting for 44 percent of the shipments in five years. “We predict Smart NICs will account […]
TPG Telecom Group (TPG), Australia’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is leveraging the Adtran second generation Gigabit Gfast fiber extension portfolio to upgrade existing broadband services to Gigabit speeds and attract new subscribers. Adtran is enabling TPG to rapidly roll out Gigabit broadband services to more than 230,000 premises and over 2,000 buildings across Eastern Australia. TPG […]
The overall market for enterprise wireless LAN equipment is expected to exceed $10 billion by 2026, and see a healthy CAGR over the next five years, according to Dell’Oro Group. However, enterprise Wireless LAN backlogs will balloon to over 100 percent of revenues in 2022, leaving companies to get inventive in their search for Wi-Fi […]
by James E. Carroll President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which aims to onshore domestic manufacturing of semiconductors and to substantially increase government funding for science and technology development programs, including the networking and telecommunications fields. The legislation provides $54.2 billion in total appropriations for CHIPS and Public Wireless Supply Chain […]
by James E. Carroll América Móvil completed the spin-off of its telecommunications towers and other associated infrastructure in certain Latin America countries into a new, independent company called Sitios Latinoamérica, S.A.B. de C.V. Sitios Latam is a Mexican company, independent from AMX’s management and capital structure. Its business focuses on the construction, operation and marketing […]
Citing inflation and other macroeconomic and societal pressure, Türk Telekom Group reported a balanced financial performance in the second quarter, with consolidated revenues increasing by 31.2% YoY to TL 10.7 billion. EBITDA rose to TL 4.4 billion with an EBITDA margin of 41.0%. Net income of TL 1.4 billion grew by 9.4% YoY. Net Debt/EBITDA […]
Global data center capex is on track to reach $377 billion by 2026, with the hyperscale cloud service providers accounting for more than half the market total, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. “The data center of the future will continue to evolve, with new accelerated computing architectures on the horizon enabling AI […]
Kajeet, which specializes in private wireless and managed IoT connectivity solutions, will become an authorized distributor of Samsung’s private RAN solutions in the U.S. The collaboration matches Kajeet’s Smart Private 5G Platform with Samsung’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) solutions. Samsung’s CBRS products to be deployed by Kajeet include its Massive MIMO 64T64R macro cell […]
Airspan Networks reported revenue of $46.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, up 25% sequentially from first quarter 2022, and up 12% year-over-year. Gross margin was 40.1% compared to 32.1% in first quarter 2022, and 45.7% in second quarter 2021. There was a net loss of $21.0 million, compared to a net […]
SpaceX launched 52 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22 and now two Starlink missions. The mission was SpaceX’s 55th Starlink mission to date. It was SpaceX’s first Starlink mission in August and 21st Starlink mission […]
by James E. Carroll GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Technologies announced a semiconductor manufacturing deal that extends through 2028. Specifically, the manufacturing agreement extends QGT’s U.S. based collaboration with GF in FinFET for 5G transceivers, Wi-Fi, Automotive and IoT connectivity. The companies said their partnership secures wafer supply and commitments to support U.S.-based manufacturing through capacity expansion […]
