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At its second annual Xilinx Developer Forum (XDF) in San Jose, Xilinx unveiled strategic moves beyond its mainstay field-programmable gate array (FPGAs) with the introduction of its own accelerator line cards and, more significantly, a new Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP). Xilinx, which got its start in 1984 and now sells a broad range of […]
Digital Realty opened a new, state-of-the-art Global Operations Command Center in Clifton, NJ. The new facility continuously monitors and manages the health and performance of Digital Realty’s 198 global data centers, providing centralized network and infrastructure monitoring, product support, event management and security. Digital Realty said the new command center also enables advanced communications coordination […]
The government of Italy raised EUR 6.50 billion in an auction of 700 MHz, 3700 MHz, and 26 GHz spectrum for 5G usage. The total significantly exceeded the expected EUR 4 billion government forecast. Winning bidders included Iliad Italia, Vodafone Italia, Telecom Italia, Fastweb, and Wind TRE. 700 MHz Iliad Italia garnered 10 MHz in […]
Holston Electric Cooperative (HEC), which serves 25,000 residential and 5,500 commercial and industrial members in the Tennessee Valley, is using ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 Gigabit services platform with Ethernet Transport Optical Switch (ETOS-10) and GPON. HEC partnered with solution provider FiberRise to build its broadband network. The HolstonConnect network is establishing a long-term, multi-gigabit fiber […]
The Ethernet Alliance hailed the ratification of IEEE 802.3bt, IEEE Standard for Ethernet – Amendment 2: Power over Ethernet (PoE) over 4 Pairs. Among other additions, the newly ratified specification introduces four new classes and increases maximum power levels supplied by a factor of three. IEEE 802.3bt offers a host of new features and capabilities, […]
Ericsson will conduct a joint 4G LTE trial using 600 MHz spectrum with Agri-Valley Services and NewCore Wireless in Caro, Michigan. This will be the first 600 MHz trial with a regional carrier in the United States. Agri-Valley Services is testing the performance of 600 MHz band for fixed wireless access for its subscribers. NewCore […]
Nokia has selected Keysight Technologies’ Nemo Outdoor field test solution, FieldFox spectrum analyzer and Nemo Analyze as several of their preferred toolsets for the measurement of 5G new radio (NR) radio-wave propagation in the field. Nokia will also use Keysight solution fo verification of outdoor and indoor coverage across both sub-6GHz and mmWave frequency ranges. […]
AT&T published specifications for a “white box” cell site gateway router designed to serve its backhaul transport requirements in its next-gen network. AT&T has previously disclosed plans to deploy up to 60,000 such routers at cell towers over the next few years. The specs, which are being released to the Open Compute Project, could be […]
Infinera completed its previously-announced acquisition of Coriant. Under the deal, which was announced on July 23, 2018, Infinera issued 20,975,384 shares of its common stock and will pay an aggregate amount of cash consideration consisting of approximately $230 million, of which approximately $154 million was paid upon closing. Infinera said the acquisition significantly increases its […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai outlined his strategy for pushing the U.S. into a leadership position with a “5G FAST Plan”. There are three key components: (1) pushing more spectrum into the marketplace; (2) updating infrastructure policy; and (3) modernizing outdated regulations. These are summarized by the FCC as follows. Spectrum High-band: The FCC has made […]
Cisco completed its acquisition of Duo Security, a privately-held company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for $2.35 billion in cash and assumed equity awards. Duo Security specializes in unified access security and multi-factor authentication delivered through the cloud. Duo Security’s solution verifies the identity of users and the health of their devices before granting them […]
BT Group officially transferred 31,000 employees to Openreach, the final step in establishing Openreach as a legally separate business. “This is an on ongoing process, and success requires continued commitment to the right behaviours, as well as transparency on how the arrangements are working in practice. We are committed to working with the regulator and […]
A new C-Band Alliance has been formed by leading satellite companies, including Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat with a goal of making mid‐band spectrum available for 5G services in the United States. The CBA will act as a facilitator, as described in a recent FCC proceeding featuring the companies’ market-based proposal to clear a portion […]
