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Guavus acquires SQLstream for real-time streaming analytics

Guavus has acquired SQLstream, a real-time streaming analytics start-up based in San Francisco. Financial terms were not disclosed. SQLstream offers suite of high-performance, low-latency, and low-cost edge data collection and smart mediation products. The solutions are used for real-time data quality assurance and competitive price optimization, real-time travel-time services integrating sensors with smartphone applications, traffic […]

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Zayo supplies E-LAN to Internet analytics and cybersecurity firm

Zayo Group was selected to provide an E-LAN solution to an Internet analytics and cybersecurity firm. Zayo said the diverse solution leverages its network across the U.S. and Western Europe. “We were able to design, optimize and finalize the solution in less than 30 days,” said Tyler Coates, senior vice president of Enterprise at Zayo. […]

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Microsemi and Acacia collaborate on Flexible Rate Optical at up to 600G

Microsemi and Acacia Communications announced interoperability between Microchip’s DIGI-G5 Optical Transport Network (OTN) processor and Acacia’s AC1200 Coherent Module. Microsemi’s DIGI-G5 OTN processor supports FlexE and OTUCn protocols, enabling new terabit scale line cards with flexible rate optical interfaces for packet optical transport platforms. Acacia’s AC1200 modules support for metro and data center interconnect networks. […]

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Linux Foundation targets Unified Open Source Framework for the Edge

The Linux Foundation is unifying a number of its projects into a new umbrella organization to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. The goal is the formation of a software stack that brings the best of telecom, cloud, and enterprise (representing location, latency and mobility […]

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Telefónica sells affiliates in Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil

Telefónica agreed to sell its interests in local affiliates in Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil for EUR 570 million. The aggregate amount of the transaction (enterprise value) for both companies is US$648 million (approximately EUR 570 million at the current exchange rate, EUR 293 million of which correspond to Telefónica Guatemala and EUR […]

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Vodafone and Telefónica UK expand network sharing deal to 5G

Vodafone and Telefónica UK agreed to extend their existing network sharing partnership to include 5G at joint radio network sites and to upgrade their optical transmission networks. The carriers said the expanded partnership will enable them to deploy 5G faster, to offer 5G services to more customers over a wider geographic area, and to do […]

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Arrcus extends its network OS to 400GbE switches

Arrcus, a start-up offering an independent, Linux-based network operating system, announced support for multiple 400GbE and high-density 100GbE switching platforms. ArcOS is a modular, extensible microservices-based networking software for building scale-out networks. A production release is available for switches based on Broadcom’s StrataXGS Trident 3 and StrataDNX Jericho+ platforms. Arrcus is now adding support for […]

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Jingfang Optotelectronics acquires Eindhoven-based Anteryon

Jingfang Optotelectronics (WLOPTs), which is based in Suzhou, China, has acquired Anteryon International B.V and Anteryon Wafer Optics B.V. Financial terms were not disclosed. acquired the Dutch optical precision components and assembly designer and manufacturer Anteryon to steal a march on new opportunities. Anteryon, which is based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, was spun off from Philips. […]

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OIF to provide CEI-112G project update at DesignCon

At next week’s DesignCon conference in Santa Clara, California, The panel, called “112-Gbps Electrical Interface: An OIF Update on CEI-112G,” is scheduled for Thursday, January 31 at 3:45 pm (local). Since 2000, OIF has defined Interoperability Agreements (IA)s for electrical interconnects known as CEI. CEI is a clause-based document that defines implementation details for interoperable […]

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