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Wipro will launch a new dedicated VMware-focused business aligned to Wipro’s broader strategy of driving growth through strategic partnerships. The unit will focus on the power of Wipro FullStride Cloud Services’ in-depth expertise across industries along with VMware Cross-Cloud services to help enterprises drive enhanced agility, speed, and innovation. The goal will be to streamline […]
Keysight Technologies announced a new set of USB 80Gbps test solutions to ensure compliance with the specifications implemented by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) standard. Highlights: D9050USBC USB 80Gbps Transmitter Test (Tx) Software that rapidly and easily tests, debugs, and characterizes complex USB4 designs N5991U42A USB 80Gbps Receiver Compliance (Rx) Test Software automates complex stress […]
Lumentum reported net revenue for its fiscal first quarter of 2023 of $506.8 million, with GAAP net loss of $0.4 million, or $0.01 loss per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2022 was $422.1 million, with GAAP net income of $34.7 million, or $0.49 per diluted share. Net revenue for the […]
Citing growth in demand from network operators and internet content providers (ICPs), ADVA reported record Q3 2022 revenues of EUR 179.6 million, an increase of 8.0% from EUR 166.3 million in Q2 2022 and a considerable increase of 18.3% compared to EUR 151.8 million in Q3 2021. Pro forma gross profit in Q3 2022 reached […]
GlobalFoundries reported record revenue of $2.1 billion for Q3 2022, up 22% year-over-year. There was record adjusted EBITDA of $793 million. “In the third quarter, the GF team continued to execute on its commitments to customers and shareholders despite ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges,” said CEO Dr. Thomas Caulfield. “300mm-equivalent wafer shipments of 637 thousand […]
Windstream Wholesale, Colt, and Aqua Comms announced wave connectivity from the United States to Europe with roundtrip latency of less than 100ms with no frame loss. Originating in Chicago on Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON), the 100G Waves test traveled to New York and across the Atlantic to London, England, utilizing Aqua Comms’ subsea […]
WIOCC, a leading provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, will activate a fiber pair on the new Equiano submarine cable system. WIOCC is deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Solution, which leverages the 6500 Reconfigurable Line System (RLS), WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller. Ciena Services is providing […]
Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing a 1-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) eighth-generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) targeted at next-gen enterprise servers and automotive applications. The new V-NAND boasts the industry’s highest bit density and also features the highest storage capacity (1 Tb) to date, enabling larger storage space in next-generation enterprise server systems worldwide. Samsung […]
Ericsson achieved a peak data rate of more than 1Gbps for a single user device in a recent 5G Standalone (SA) field trial over a live Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) multi-operator, neutral-host capable network at the company’s North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. Key results of the field trial included: Single CBRS user connection […]
Rakuten Symphony will deliver Juniper Networks’ RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) as part of the Symworld Platform. The Symworld Platform embedded with Juniper’s RIC comes with the first Symworld application purchased, similar to iOS embedded with any iPhone, and supports any third-party application. This collaboration is part of a broader partnership that includes Juniper’s cloud-native routing […]
CoreWeave, a specialized cloud provider built for large-scale GPU-accelerated workloads, is among the first to offer cloud instances with NVIDIA HGX H100 supercomputing. NVIDIA claims its HGX H100 enables up to seven times better efficiency in high-performance computing (HPC) applications, up to nine times faster AI training on the largest models and up to 30 […]
José María Álvarez-Pallete López, CEO of Telefónica Group, has been appointed as Chair of GSMA’s Board of Directors. Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel Group, was named Deputy Chair. The GSMA elected the following Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 term (in alphabetical order): Carlos M. Jarque, Executive Director, International Relations, Government & Corporate Affairs, […]
SWISSto12 won a contract to produce the Intelsat 45 satellite (IS-45), which will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers. Intelsat 45 is scheduled for launch in 2025. This makes Intelsat the first commercial customer for SWISSto12’s HummingSat geostationary (GEO) telecommunications product. HummingSats are just […]
