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Building on a 30-year partnership, Vodafone New Zealand has agreed to extend Nokia’s Voice Core services to an additional one million subscribers across the country. Vodafone New Zealand is already using Nokia’s high-performance Voice Core services for one million subscribers. Nokia will also supply its NetAct application for network management and seamless daily network operations […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS)launched a private preview of Amazon EC2 R7iz instances powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, code-named Sapphire Rapids. R7iz instances deliver an all-core turbo frequency up to 3.9 gigahertz and AWS claim up to 20% higher performance over comparable high-frequency EC2 instances. Leveraging 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working with Intel to boost Telco adoption of cloud-native network solutions. AWS is planning to certify a specific set of use cases for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere on Intel Xeon scalable platforms. These platforms will be commercially available solutions from leading OEMs. As part of this effort, […]
BT Group announced a UK Cost of Living Pay Rise to all but the highest paid staff. The decision comes as the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Prospect are now recommending agreement to their members. Details of the Cost of Living Pay Rise are: £1,500 pay rise for all UK colleagues who currently earn £50,000 […]
Amazon Web Services has committed to become water positive (water+) by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations. The company also announced its 2021 global water use efficiency (WUE) metric of 0.25 liters of water per kilowatt-hour. The company said it will use sustainable water sources, such as recycled […]
Deutsche Glasfaser, which is building open FTTH networks in rural and suburban areas in Germany, announced a ten-year wholesale agreement with Vodafone. The contract offers Vodafone nationwide access to Deutsche Glasfaser’s FTTH network. Open access allows fiber optic customers to choose between different offers. Andreas Pfisterer, CEO of the Deutsche Glasfaser Group: “We are pleased […]
by Benedict Chua, Associate Editor Nokia inaugurated a research and development center focused on 5G and future 6G mobile network technology at its campus in Amador, Portugal. Nokia said the new facility will oversee the full cycle of embedded and real-time software development from early analysis to final delivery. It will bring together professionals from […]
Lightbits Labs, which offers high-performance Cloud Data Platform based on NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP) protocol, will be demonstrating its next-generation block storage for AWS at the AWS re:Invent Marketplace Pavilion that will run from November 28 to December 2. Lightbits will demonstrate how its technology, accelerated by Intel-based storage-optimized EC2 instances can accelerate analytics, high-performance […]
by Charles Thompson, Vice President, Service Assurance, Spirent Communications 5G brings incredible opportunity for communication service providers (CSPs), enterprises, and the broader digital ecosystem. By 2022, there were already 700 million 5G subscriptions across more than 70 countries—an explosion of devices that can take advantage of 5G density and performance. Even more exciting, the industry […]
OpenLight released its process design kit (PDK) for use with the Synopsys photonic IC design solution, and includes indium phosphide active optical elements on-chip that can be directly used by Synopsys OptoCompiler and simulated with the Synopsys OptSim photonic simulator, The PDK can be used to create PICs with optical amplifiers, on-chip lasers, and high-speed, […]
The FCC issued new rules prohibiting the importation or use of communications equipment and video surveillance systems produced by Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and Dahua Technology (and their subsidiaries and affiliates). The FCC said such equipment is deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security. “The FCC is […]
Optical transport equipment revenue declined 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. Supply of components continued to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market. “The main culprit for this market revenue decline was the lack of component supply needed to make […]
Preliminary findings suggest the slower momentum that characterized the Radio Access Network (RAN) market in the first half of 2022 extended into the third quarter. according to Dell’Oro Group. The data in the 3Q 2022 report indicate that the overall 2G-5G RAN market, declined year-over-year for a second consecutive quarter. “After four years of extraordinary […]
