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Telstra and Microsoft announced a five-year agreement that significantly expands their existing strategic partnership. The arrangement is believed to be one of the largest partnerships Microsoft has established with a telecommunications provider globally. Telstra to become Microsoft’s largest supplier of its network capacity requirements on terrestrial fibre in Australia. Microsoft will become an anchor […]
by Benedict Chua, Associate Editor The U.S. Department of Defense has kicked off an Innovate Beyond 5G (IB5G) Program to foster collaborative partnerships with industry and academia for 5G-to-NextG wireless technologies. 3 main projects are highlighted: Open6G — a new industry-university cooperative effort that aims to jumpstart 6G systems research on open radio access networks […]
NEO Semiconductor introducted its X-DRAM, a new class of memory promising improvements over conventional DRAM by lowering the power consumption and increasing the performance. Specifically, the X-DRAM architecture lowers refresh power by 85% and activation latency by 50%. The company says its X-DRAM is compatible with current DRAM manufacturing technologies, processes, structures, and dies. X-DRAM […]
Bharti Airtel awarded its first 5G contract in the country to Ericsson. Airtel will deploy power-efficient 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) products and solutions from the Ericsson Radio System and Ericsson microwave mobile transport solutions. Ericsson will provide 5G connectivity in 12 circles (geographical regions in India) for Bharti Airtel. Deployments are to get underway […]
Orange Egypt selected Nokia to modernize its SDM network over the next 5 years. Nokia’s 3GPP-compliant SDM solution includes Nokia Registers – Home Subscriber Server, Home Location Register and One-NDS (Network Directory Server), plus 5G’s Unified Data Management and Authorization Server Function. Together the components will allow Orange Egypt to better manage subscriber data across […]
Qualcomm has entered into a multi-year sponsorship deal with Manchester United. Financial terms were not disclosed. In addition to promotions for Manchester United fans at Old Trafford and around the world, Qualcomm Technologies will advise Manchester United on planned improvements to mobile connectivity. Victoria Timpson, CEO Alliances and Partnerships at Manchester United, said: “Snapdragon platforms […]
Lumen Technologies is now offering symmetrical 8 Gbps broadband over its Quantum Fiber residential and small business service. Lumen is using XGS-PON technology. The 8 Gbps tier is available to select residents and small businesses in cities near Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle, with more cities to come. “Technology is evolving and so is Lumen […]
Keysight Technologies and Nokia demonstrate the first public 800GE test, validating the readiness of next-generation optics for service providers and network operators. The readiness testing was conducted at Nokia’s private SReXperts customer event in Madrid in June 2022, and included Keysight’s AresONE 800GE Layer 1-3 800GE line rate test platform and the Nokia 7750 Service […]
At this week’s Flash Memory Summit 2022, Samsung announced its ‘Memory-semantic SSD’, which combines the benefits of storage and DRAM memory. Leveraging Compute Express Link (CXL) interconnect technology and a built-in DRAM cache, Memory-semantic SSDs can achieve up to a 20x improvement in both random read speed and latency when used in AI and ML […]
Bharti Airtel awarded a multi-year contract to Nokia for 5G radio access network (RAN) deployment. The companies said the contract represents approximately a 45% share of Bharti’s planned 5G RAN rollout. Nokia has been a supplier to Bharti for the past 18 years. Under this contract, Nokia will provide equipment from itsAirScale portfolio, including modular […]
ADTRAN reported Q2 revenue of $172.0 million, net income of $2.1 million and earnings per share of $0.04. Non-GAAP net income was $9.7 million and non-GAAP earnings per share was $0.19. ADTRAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Stanton stated, “We had a strong Q2 fueled by the growing demand for our fiber broadband platforms. […]
A10 Networks reported revenue of $68.0 million, up 14.9% year-over-year. GAAP gross margin was 80.2%. GAAP net income was $10.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared with GAAP net income of $6.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2021. Revenue growth was led by a 33.7% increase in the […]
DISH Network revenue of $523 million for the second quarter 2022, compared to $671 million for the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per share were $0.82 for the second quarter, compared to $1.06 per share during the same period in 2021. Some highlights: Net pay-TV subscribers decreased approximately 257,000 in the second quarter, compared to a […]
