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NEC announced an equity investment in Tascent, a start-up based in Los Gatos, California, that offers a biometric identification based on iris scanning. Tascent’s technologies include optical control technology to remotely capture an accurate, high-quality iris image at high speed, and a user interface (UI) technology that smoothly guides users in support of capturing accurate […]
Google is working on a “Super PON” architecture that could improve the economics of fiber-to-the-home deployments, said Claudio DeSanti, Architect at Google Fiber, speaking last week at ADTRAN’s Broadband Business Solutions event in Huntsville, Alabama. Google’s foray into last mile fiber access networks dates back to 2010 when it announced plans to challenge the incumbent […]
Deployments of high-speed Ethernet adapter and controller shipments are significantly increasing and posted almost 50 percent year-over-year growth for the second quarter in a row, according to the most recent Server-Class Adapter & LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) Report from Crehan Research Inc. The Crehan report finds that every high-speed Ethernet technology – 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE and […]
VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Asia-Pacific (Sydney) region. VMware Cloud on AWS is an on-demand service that reduces the cost and effort associated with migrating applications to the cloud by delivering infrastructure and operations that are consistent with those deployed within customer data centers. “VMware Cloud on AWS […]
Service has been restored to almost all telecom tower following the worst flooding in the Indian state of Kerala in nearly a century. According to the Times of India, the calamity disrupted service at 22,217 base stations out of a total 85,900 base stations in the state. A full 98% have now been restored, although […]
Over the past year, Comcast connected more than two million people to its Internet Essentials program, which provides broadband access for low-income families. The program now serves more than six million low-income Americans, making it the largest such program in the country. Comcast also announced it will significantly expand eligibility – for the eleventh time […]
Huawei Marine has begun marine survey work on behalf of Megacable, a Mexican cable operator, for a subsea cable connecting Baja California to the mainland across the Sea of Cortez. The Topolobambo – La Paz submarine cable system will provide more stable and low-latency communication for La Paz, Mexico’s second largest tourist destination. The companies […]
AT&T is testing LTE-connected drones for delivering temperature-sensitive medicines. AT&T participated in a field trial in Puerto Rico with Merck and Softbox, which developed a thermal-insulated packaging system called “Skypod” that integrates AT&T’s Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Softbox, based in the UK, provides specialist temperature control packaging to the pharmaceutical industry. “Merck is pleased […]
Zain Iraq selected Ericsson to upgrade a number of its legacy sites with Ericsson Radio System. Under the contract, Ericsson will provide higher capacity and improve network performance. Ali Al Zahid, Zain Iraq Chief Executive Officer, says “Zain is committed to bringing the latest technology and cutting-edge services to its customers. Upgrading current networks with […]
Broadcom announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired with respect to the proposed acquisition of CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA). Expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act satisfies one of the conditions to the closing of the pending transaction, which was announced on July 11, 2018. […]
Vertical Systems Group released its Mid-year 2018 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD listing the top seven carriers, in rank order based on retail port share, as follows: CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast, Windstream and Cox. To qualify for the LEADERBOARD, providers must have four percent (4%) or more of the U.S. Ethernet services market. Shares […]
The Optical Transport network equipment market declined in 2Q18 due to the ZTE ban, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group As a result of the ZTE ban, revenue from China declined 13 percent year-over-year. “The optical transport network equipment market year-over-year decline in 2Q18 was entirely due to fewer sales into China,” […]
Dell’Oro Group is predicting that the sales of Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technologies will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 35 percent over the next five years. A new Dell’Oro report forecasts the sales of SD-WAN software to grow at almost double the rate of hardware. “The SD-WAN software components are […]
