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China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of customers, published a mixed report for the first half of 2018, revealing increased profitability amidst an overall drop in revenue, heightened price competition from rivals China Telecom and China Unicom, and a slowing of new customer additions as the market becomes saturated even in rural […]
VMware agreed to acquire the technology and team of Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite – software spanning network health, performance monitoring and root cause analysis for communications service providers (CSPs) and their customers – from Dell EMC. Financial terms were not disclosed. The core Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite, which has been deployed by more […]
Ericsson will boost US-based R&D to meet the growing demand for 5G in the region. Plans call for a new software development center with a baseband focus that is expected to employ 200 software engineers when fully operations. Last year, Ericsson opened a 5G ASIC design center in Austin, Texas. This facility will have 80 […]
The SD-WAN infrastructure market will grow at a 40.4% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2022 to reach $4.5 billion, according to IDC’s latest SD-WAN Infrastructure Forecast. IDC said SD-WAN infrastructure revenues increased 83.3% in 2017 to reach $833 million. IDC finds that Cisco holds the largest share of the SD-WAN infrastructure market, fueled […]
Windstream reported Q2 revenue of $1.44 billion, a decrease of 3 percent from the same period a year ago, and total service revenues were $1.42 billion, a decrease of 3 percent year-over-year. Operating income was $88 million compared to $103 million in the same period a year ago. The company reported a net loss of […]
Celcom Axiata Berhad will deploy Huawei’s cloud-based Digitized Operation Platform, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to manage its network in Malaysia. Celcom will be the first in Malaysia to adopt a full suite cloud-based Operation Support Service (OSS) system. The platform will enhance Celcom’s capabilities in managing increasingly complex networks and services. It also […]
Portworx, a start-up based in Los Altos, California announced that its PX-Enterprise can now be integrated with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), enabling mission critical stateful workloads to run in Docker containers with dynamic provisioning, cross-Availability Zone high availability, application consistent snapshots, auto-scaling and encryption functionality. Portworx can also be integrated with Amazon Elastic Container […]
Fujitsu Labs has developed a crystal structure that both increases current and voltage in gallium-nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMT). The innovation effectively triples the output power of transistors used for transmitters in the microwave band. Potential applications could include weather radar and 5G systems. Fujitsu said GaN high electron mobility transistors can extend […]
AWS introduced a new deployment option for Amazon Aurora that automatically starts, scales, and shuts down database capacity with per-second billing for applications with less predictable usage patterns. Amazon Aurora Serverless is a MySQL-compatible database built for the cloud. AWS said it is best suited for applications with intermittent or cyclical usage patterns. Customers will […]
Cox Business has acquired RapidScale, a leading managed and hybrid managed cloud services provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition combines Cox Business’ transport and connectivity services with RapidScale’s managed and hybrid managed cloud offerings. RapidScale, which is based in Irvine, California, offers a range of cloud services, including CloudServer, CloudDesktop, CloudOffice, CloudMail, CloudRecovery, […]
Zayo completed a long haul dark fiber route between Los Angeles and Dallas. The route complements Zayo’s existing long haul network, enabling diverse connectivity between major West Coast data center markets to Dallas, one of the largest data center and interconnection markets in the U.S. Zayo plans to activate 100G wavelength service later this month, […]
Teledyne LeCroy introduced a trace capture and analysis solution for the 802.3cd and 802.3bs 50/100/200/400GE four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) Ethernet specifications. The new capability, which is available as a license for the company’s SierraNet T328 protocol analyzer, enables higher data rates and enhanced reliability for future-generation data centers and cloud-based services. Teledyne LeCroy notes […]
Intel announced a 32 terabyte “ruler” SSD for data centers. Instead of the traditional, 2.5″ or 3.5″ rectangular box for disk drives, Intel’s ruler is a long, thin box designed to slide into a 1″ server chassis, plugging in via a PCIe interface at the end of the ruler. The long, thin shape dissipates heats […]
