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Rakuten, one of the world’s leading internet services companies and soon to be the newest mobile network operator in Japan, selected the VIAVI TM500 system to support the rapid deployment of a nationwide, end-to-end cloud-native mobile network. Rakuten offers e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications services to over one billion members worldwide. The company received […]
Confluent, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, announced $125 million in Series D funding for its live data streaming solutions based on Apache Kafka technology. The founders of Confluent created Apache Kafka while at LinkedIn to help cope with the very large-scale data ingestion and processing requirements of the business networking service. Apache Kafka, […]
F5 Networks reported $543.8 million for its first quarter of fiscal year 2019, up 4% from $523.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. Growth compared with the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 was driven by continued momentum in software solutions, which drove year over year product revenue growth for the third […]
Xilinx reported record revenues of $800 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, up 7% from the prior quarter and up 34% year over year. GAAP net income for the December quarter was $239 million, or $0.93 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the December quarter was $237 million, or $0.92 per […]
ADTRAN posted Q4 2018 sales of $140.1 million, compared to $126.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Net loss was $8.4 million compared to a net loss of $11.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Earnings per share were a loss of $0.18 compared to a loss of $0.23 for the fourth quarter […]
SANTEC introduced a high-power, durable LCOS spatial light modulator (SLM) with enhanced Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS). The SLM-300 has been tested to withstand up to 200 Watts of power, making it the world’s most durable SLM. Target applications include high-power laser processing, 3D-Printing and IC trimming applications. Features 100 times higher power durability (up […]
Airtel has begun rolling out LTE in the 900 Mhz spectrum band in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Airtel is already using 2300 Mhz (TD LTE) and 1800 Mhz (FD LTE) for its 4G network. The 900 Mhz deployment boosts in-building penetration. The carrier said it is also […]
Applied Optoelectronics (AOI) has begun sampling 400G optical modules designed to demonstrate the feasibility of on-board optics (OBO), as outlined in specifications such as the recently-released version 1.1 of the onboard optical module specification published by the Consortium for Onboard Optics (COBO). AOI is an active member of COBO. In contrast to traditional pluggable optical […]
OFS introduced its R-Pack Rollable Ribbon (RR) Backbone Cable in 24, 48 and 72 fiber counts. The R-Pack RR Backbone Cable, which meets Telcordia GR409 standards for horizontal backbone applications and NFPA 202 requirements, can be used in data center, central office and Fiber-to-the-Business (FTTB) applications. OFS said that to form a rollable ribbon, 12 […]
Digital Realty is expanding its Internet Exchange service to Chicago and Ashburn, Virginia. The Digital Realty Internet Exchange Platform, or “DRIX,” is currently available at the company’s data centers in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix, connecting a variety of facilities within each of these metros to the peering platform. The service is a neutral, […]
VIRTUS Data Centres is embarking on the simultaneous construction of five additional data centres across its London sites. VIRTUS, which is backed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), is committing over £500m to the launch of the five new data centres in the London market, and the completion of its existing four live […]
Huawei’s chairman, Mr Liang Hua, warned that his company may end partnership programs in countries where it feels no longer welcomed, according to a BBC report filed from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Over the past decade, Huawei was formed many partnerships with leading universities, carriers and even municipalities around the world. Speaking […]
Open-IX, a non-profit industry association, is pursuing better standards for data center interconnection and internet exchange. The organization has ratified a new standard enabling non-profit organizations and Internet exchange community members to achieve Open-IX (OIX) certification at no cost. Identical to the costed version, the standard was approved in December 2018 and ratified by the […]
