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Freedom Photonics announced its aura single mode diode laser amplifier achieved >10 watts optical power amplification at 1550nm with nearly perfect beam quality. Dr. Jenna Campbell, Director of High Power Laser Engineering at Freedom Photonics, gave an invited paper at the 2022 International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) stating, “Freedom Photonics’ 1550 nm aura diode laser […]
The FCC granted SpaceX authority to construct, deploy, and operate up to 7,500 satellites operating at altitudes of 525, 530, and 535 km and inclinations of 53, 43, and 33 degrees, respectively, using frequencies in the Ku- and Ka-band. The FCC defered a decision on the full SpaceX Gen2 Starlink application, which envisions up to […]
Australia’s NBN Co has selected Nokia’s next-generation fiber broadband technology to deploy on the nbn network beginning in 2023. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal will see nbn deploy Nokia’s latest MF series Optical Line Terminals (MF-14) and the Altiplano Access Controller for delivering higher capacity broadband technologies, such as XGS PON, 25GS PON, […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded nine grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). These new grants, totaling more than $73 million, bring the total of the program to $1.655 billion awarded to 121 Tribal entities. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the […]
Green, the leading Swiss data center operator, completed a refinancing package valued at CHF 480 million (approximately US$512.3 million) from leading international and Swiss banks. Green, which is owned by InfraVia Capital Partners, said the deal will fund the expansion of its current capacity from 33MW to 81MW through the construction of additional capacity in […]
Freedom Photonics announced its “aura” single mode diode laser amplifier achieved >10 watts optical power amplification at 1550nm with nearly perfect beam quality. Dr. Jenna Campbell, Director of High Power Laser Engineering at Freedom Photonics, gave an invited paper at the 2022 International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) stating, “Freedom Photonics’ 1550 nm aura diode laser […]
PsiQuantum, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, has developed a technique it claims to be 50X more efficient in the run-time efficiency of compiled applications in fault-tolerant quantum computers. The company says its technique specifically targets algorithms for error-corrected quantum computers, as opposed to non-error-corrected NISQ systems. ‘Active volume compilation’ reduces the time taken […]
Ribbon Communications has appointed Dan Redington as Executive Vice President of Sales for the Americas region, reporting to Ribbon’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Bruce McClelland. Dan will succeed Steven Bruny who will retire in early 2023. Redington has more than 30 years’ experience leading sales and technical professionals and working with fixed and mobile […]
ADVA expanded its uCPE solution with Ensemble Cloudlet, a new software set to help enterprises harness edge computing. The software enables CSPs to offer customers an edge cloud with localized control. ADVA says it Ensemble Cloudlet can manage tens of thousands of edge clouds to host customer IT workloads, opening up a wealth of new […]
Orange will accelerate efforts to reduce energy consumption across its European footprint. IT and networks represent around 85% of the Group’s energy requirements, with the remaining 15% being concentrated on buildings, shops and vehicles. The company said it is working to deploy the latest generation of equipment, in particular 5G with energy-optimization features, as well […]
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector, which is informally known as Team Telecom, is advising the FCC to deny a cable-landing license application to modify the ARCOS-1 Cable System to include a new authorized landing point in Cojimar, Cuba. The license would […]
STACK Infrastructure commenced construction on its latest hyperscale campus in the center of Prince William County in Northern Virginia. Delivery of the first building on the campus is targeted for Q1 2024. The project is STACK’s seventh data center campuses in Northern Virginia. The new 40-acre site will add nearly 100MW of committed and scalable […]
Marvell is providing its OCTEON DPU technology to augment Nokia’s 5G “Powered by ReefShark” chipset processing portfolio for 5G radio access and transport systems. The companies have worked closely on the new OCTEON 10 Data Processing Unit (DPU), which augments the ReefShark family with 5G transport built on 5nm processor and hardware acceleration technology. Ari […]
