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Four mobile operators – Celcom Axiata Bhd, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YES), and Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM – agreed to take up equity stakes in Malaysials Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB). The deal paves the way for DNB to accelerate deployment of the 5G network and infrastructure, with a target of 80% […]
Arista Networks reported Q3 revenue of $1.177 billion, an increase of 11.9% compared to the second quarter of 2022, and an increase of 57.2% from the third quarter of 2021. GAAP gross margin was 60.3%, compared to GAAP gross margin of 61.2% in the second quarter of 2022 and 63.9% in the third quarter of […]
Far North Fiber, an international consortium consisting of Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital and Japan’s ARTERIA Networks Corporation, is moving ahead with plans for a 17,000 km Trans-Arctic Fiber cable connecting Japan, North America, and Ireland and Scandinavia. Far North Fiber estimates the system will be ready for service by the end of […]
Last week, Telecom Egypt’s CEO and Managing Director, Adel Hamed, along with Egyptian government officials officially inaugurated “Red2Med,” a new submarine and terrestrial cable running from the Ras Ghareb landing point in the Red Sea to the landing station in Port Said in the Mediterranean Sea through Internet Corridor of Egypt (ICE). Red2Med is composed […]
TAWAL, the leading Saudi ICT Infrastructure company, will provide ICT infrastructure for King Abdullah Economic City. These solutions will improve the efficiency of KAEC’s telecommunications network through the application of best practices and international standards. Under the stipulations of the strategic agreement, TAWAL will acquire all the towers owned by the city, as well as […]
Quebecor, Rogers Communications, and Shaw Communications issued the following statement late last week after a mediation session as part of Canada’s Competition Tribunal process failed to reach an agreement that would allow the Rogers + Shaw merger to proceed: ““The mediation did not yield a negotiated settlement. We are disappointed with this outcome and believe […]
Cinchy, a start-up based in Toronto, raised US$14.5 million in Series B financing, for its data fabric and data mesh solutions for enterprises. “Our mission is to liberate and harness the power of data, giving it back to teams and organizations to accelerate digital transformation and growth,” said Dan DeMers, CEO and co-founder of Cinchy. […]
Rambus posted Q3 GAAP revenue of $112.2 million, with licensing billings at $62.2 million, product at was $58.6 million, and contract and other revenue of $23.7 million. The company also generated $80 million in cash provided by operating activities in the third quarter. “Rambus had an excellent performance in the third quarter, exceeding guidance and […]
Edgecore Networks and Orange delivered the first disaggregated switch composed of Edgecore hardware and Orange network operating system based on SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) open source community. Orange selected Edgecore switches to deliver connectivity for its hundreds of access Points of Presence (PoP). These locations provide 1G, 10G, and 100G access […]
During the recent Grand Prix Season Singapore 2022 (GPSS 2022) in October, Singtel employed Ericsson’s Dynamic Radio Resource Partitioning feature to deliver end-to-end network slicing in a live 5G Standalone network to power 5G experiences and festivities along the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Network slicing creates a logically separated, self-contained slice of the network, offering […]
https://youtu.be/NohRra-rkvI Join us on a 1-mile walk around central San Jose, California to discuss some of the big trends around Telco Cloud and Edge while enjoying the scenery. Our topics: 01:31 Are you seeing real deployments at the edge? 2:07 Who are the main players that we are talking about? 2:53 The Sustainability imperative 4:09 […]
EE, part of the BT Group, has begun deployment of Ericsson’s ultra-lightweight radios to deliver improved 5G energy efficiency and network performance across the UK. EE’s first deployments of the equipment are in London, with sites in Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Belfast to follow this year. The improved technology will be expanded to more urban […]
Earlier this month, the Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) inaugurated a ground station at its Oberpfaffenhofen site to test optical satellite links. “In the future, it will become increasingly important to efficiently network satellites with each other and to exchange data securely and […]
