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What’s next for enterprise connectivity? Graphiant, a start-up based in Silicon Valley, has just unveiled a new network edge service that promises to shake up the established framework of VPNs, including MPLS and SDWAN. In this video, we hear from Khalid Raza, founder and CEO of Graphiant, and who is widely regarded as a visionary […]
Comcast has begun a nationwide rollout of multi-gig Internet speeds with the goal of reaching more than 50 million homes and businesses before the end of 2025. As part of this initiative, Comcast is accelerating the transformation of its network to a virtualized cloud-based architecture that is fully prepared for 10G and DOCSIS 4.0. Under […]
ADVA introduced an outdoor 10G Carrier Ethernet edge demarcation device that complies with MEF 3.0 specifications The ADVA FSP 150-XO106 is compact and temperature-hardened, making it ideal for deployment in space-restricted locations and harsh outdoor conditions. Requiring no cabinet or cooling, it can be easily deployed on walls, poles and cell towers. The feature-rich solution […]
Intel and Broadcom hosted a cross-vendor Wi-Fi 7 demonstration that showed over-the-air speeds greater than 5 Gbps. The trial used an Intel Core processor-based laptop with a Wi-Fi 7 solution connected to a Broadcom Wi-Fi 7 access point. Wi-Fi 7 leverages new features including wider 320 MHz channels in unlicensed 6GHz spectrum, higher order 4K […]
II-VI (Nasdaq: IIVI) announced a corporate name change to Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR) and a new brand identity, following the successful completion of II-VI’s acquisition of Coherent, Inc., on July 1, 2022. “We chose the name Coherent because it has the universal meaning of ‘bringing things together,’ and an appeal that we believe will expand […]
Apple’s newest iPhone 14 models feature a new “Emergency SOS via satellite” capability delivered via Globalstar’s constellation of LEO satellites, which cover approximately 80% of the Earth’s surface. Designed for emergency communications when out of cellular or Wi-Fi range, the iPhone 14 user must have a clear view of the sky. Texting can take from […]
Molex introduced its pluggable module solution for co-packaged optics (CPO), which moves optical connections from the front panel to within the host system—right next to high-speed ICs. The new External Laser Source Interconnect System (ELSIS) is a complete system of cage, optical and electrical connectors with a pluggable module. “From high-speed networking chips to graphics […]
Mavenir and NEC (NEC) have deployed massive MIMO (mMIMO) on Orange’s 5G standalone (SA) experimental network in Chatillon near Paris. The deployment is part of the extension of project Pikeo – Orange’s cloud-based and fully automated 5G SA experimental network, also called Pikeo at this site. Mavenir’s cloud-native Open virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) […]
Cogent Communications agreed to acquire T-Mobile’s Wireline Business. In addition to the fiber network and related assets and customers, Cogent will acquire certain liabilities associated with the business. In addition, at the closing of the acquisition, the parties will enter into a separate agreement pursuant to which Cogent will offer IP transit services to T-Mobile […]
Intelsat General Communications LLC (IGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, has been selected by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for resilient, secure, on-demand communications in clear and contested environments across the globe. The service will leverage Intelsat’s GEO satellite fleet, combining multi-layered, Ku-band HTS coverage with wide and spot beams to bring […]
Intel named Shlomit Weiss as senior vice president and co-general manager (GM) of the Design Engineering Group (DEG), replacing senior vice president Sunil Shenoy, who will retire at the end of the year. Weiss will lead the company’s design, development, validation and manufacturing support of intellectual properties (IPs) and system-on-chips (SoCs), reporting directly to Intel […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce released its strategy for implementing the $50 billion CHIPS Act of 2022 program, which was signed by President Biden last month. Here are the highlights, The CHIPS Act of 2022 program has four primary goals : Establish and expand domestic production of leading edge semiconductors in the US, of which […]
Broadcom announced shipment of its Trident 4C Ethernet switch ASIC, a 12.8 terabits/second security switch capable of analyzing all traffic at line rate. Broadcom said its new switching ASIC is able to inspect 100 percent of the traffic, even at the extreme bandwidths found in network cores. Trident 4C integrates a purpose-built analytics engine capable […]
