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by Stephanie Sculley, Head of Analytics Practice, Advanced Consulting Services West at Nokia Today’s networks are complex to say the least. Because of that, it can be difficult to determine the underlying cause of an issue that’s hindering the customer experience. For some communications service providers (CSPs), chasing the wrong suspect can result in wasted […]
Verizon activated its first Ericsson virtualized cell site (also referred to as Ericsson Cloud RAN), with support from Intel and RedHat providing the processing and cloud-native orchestration functions. Ericsson provided its commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution, consisting of a virtualized Central Unit (vCU), a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU), and radio units. This software-based 5G Cloud […]
Total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market increased to $4.7 B in 3Q 2022, up 17 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Spending on PON equipment continues to fuel the overall market, with revenue for PON OLTs breaking last quarter’s record of $1.3 B in the quarter. “Thanks […]
Growth in North America and the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) regions continued accelerating in 3Q 2022 leading the worldwide Service Provider (SP) Router and Aggregation Switch market 5 percent year-over-year growth, according to Dell’Oro Group. “North America’s continued upward trend in 3Q22 was driven by SPs upgrading networks to gain the advantages of 400 […]
Marvell Technology has begun sampling a 5nm 1.6T Ethernet PHY with 100G I/O capability, featuring built-in Media Access Control security (MACsec) and full support for Precision Time Protocol (PTP). MACsec allows data center operators to enable hardware-based link-layer security and PTP enables Ethernet networks to support ultra-reliable timing- critical services. The X9340P and the previously […]
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Board of Directors appointed Matt Murphy as its new chair. Matt Murphy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marvell Technology. He has led the company since joining in July 2016 and also serves as a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to joining Marvell, Matt worked for Maxim […]
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contracts to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Support Services, Microsoft, and Oracle. JWCC is a multiple-award contract vehicle that will provide the DoD the opportunity to acquire commercial cloud capabilities and services directly from the commercial Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) at the speed of […]
by James E. Carroll The governments of the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement expressing their commitment to ensuring the security and resilience of telecommunications networks, including by fostering a diverse supply chain and influencing the development of future telecommunications technologies such as 6G. The four nations further announced […]
Marvell Technology has begun sampling its Spica Gen2 800Gbps PAM4 electro-optics platform. The highly integrated Spica Gen2 platform is built on advanced 5nm process technology with companion transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and driver to deliver power savings and advance the transition to 800Gbps networking inside the data center. Key features of Spica Gen2 include: Support for […]
Ciena reported revenue of $971.0 million for its fiscal fourth quarter ended October 29, 2022, as compared to $1.04 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter 2021. Ciena’s GAAP net income for the fiscal fourth quarter 2022 was $57.6 million, or $0.39 per diluted common share, which compares to a GAAP net income of $103.5 million, […]
Broadcom reported Q4 revenue of $8.930 billion, up 21% from $7.407 billion for the same period a year earlier. Earnings per common share – diluted amounted to $7.83, compared with $4.45 a year earlier. Semiconductor solution sales amounted to $7.092 billlion compared with $5.634 billion a year earlier Infrastructure software sales amounted to $1.838 billion […]
SpaceX launched 40 OneWeb satellites to low-Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida using a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission added 40 satellites to OneWeb’s 648 LEO satellite fleet, almost 80% of its first-generation constellation that will deliver global wholesale connectivity for its partners. This milestone mission marks OneWeb’s first time launching from Florida, […]
Société du Grand Paris (SGP) has selected Nokia’s 5G-ready IP/MPLS multiservice, mobile core and radio access network (RAN) solutions to support the implementation of four automated train lines that link 200 kilometers of Paris and up to two million passengers a day. The Grand Paris Express, the future metro of Greater Paris, is the largest […]
