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Responding to a recent Congressional directive, the FCC announced rules to reimburse certain Low Power TV (LPTV), TV translator, and FM stations for costs incurred as a result of the spectrum incentive auction. Full power, Class A, and MVPD already receive compensation for certain costs incurred by the incentive auction. The list of eligible entities […]
The Google-inspired, Istio open-source project announced its 1.0 release. Istio is intended to be a service mesh that collects logs, traces and telemetry, and adds security and policy without embedding client libraries. The software offers APIs for integrating with systems for logging, telemetry and policy. Google describes Istio as a key step toward delivering its […]
Sprint’s CTO, John Saw, published an update on the company’s next-gen network buildout. Here are some highlights: Upgraded thousands of macro sites for all three of its spectrum bands (800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz). Expanded 2.5 GHz to nearly two-thirds of its macro sites, up from approximately half of sites covered just a […]
Sprint’s wireless service revenue grew sequentially for the first time in more than four years and postpaid ARPU grew sequentially for the first time in nearly five years. For the quarter, Sprint reported net income of $176 million, operating income of $815 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $3.3 billion. “Sprint continued to deliver solid results […]
Luna Innovations has sold its Optoelectronic Solutions (OPTO) business to OSI Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of OSI Systems, for up to $18.5 million. Luna’s OPTO division designs and manufactures fully integrated photonic solutions. Luna acquired the business in 2015 as part of its merger with Advanced Photonix. The division reported revenue of $13.1 million for the […]
T-Mobile U.S. said its Q2 total revenues rose 4% to $10.6 billion — service revenues were up 7% to $7.9 billion, leading the industry for growth the 17th consecutive quarter. Net income was up 35% to $782 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.92. “T-Mobile just recorded its best Q2 in […]
Apstra published an Intent-Based Taxonomy model to help network operators cut through the marketing hype. “We are introducing a model intended to help CTOs and network operators evaluate and differentiate the maturity of IBN solutions with an objective set of criteria, beginning with Level 0 (low maturity/incomplete) offerings going up to Level 3 (mature/complete) offerings […]
R&M (Reichle & De-Massari AG) introduced its “Mercury” network patch panel for data centers in the American market. The high-density fiber platform can house up to 288 LC terminations per 2RU. The company says its design allows data centers to implement the physical network infrastructure in a much more flexible manner. Mercury is stackable in […]
The Linux Foundation Networking Fund (LFN) announced eight new Silver and Associate members: ARRIS, Affirmed Networks, CAICT, Equinox International, MYCOM OSI, OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, SDNLAB and SnapRoute. They join 104 other technology leaders as members of LFN. “Earlier this year we decided to unite many of our open source networking projects under the LFN umbrella […]
Aerohive Networks reported total revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 of $40.5 million, compared with $42.2 million for the second quarter of 2017. Subscription and support revenue was $11.2 million, or 28% of total revenue, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, compared with $10.1 million, or 24% of total revenue, […]
Sudheesh Nair has stepped down as President of Nutanix, where he has served since February 2011. Nair has taken a new role as CEO of ThoughSpot, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California that is focusing on search and AI-driven analytics. Ajeet Singh, who is co-founder and executive chairman at ThoughtSpot, was also a co-founder […]
Huawei reported revene of CNY 325.7 billion (US$47.80 billion), an increase of 15% over the same period last year. The company’s operating margin in 2018 H1 was 14%. In its carrier business, Huawei said it continues to focus on end-to-end 5G solutions, driving the continuous evolution of LTE – as well as Intent-Driven Networks, cloud […]
Telstra announced the following new topline organisational structure and leadership team led by current CEO Andrew Penn: Michael Ebeid joins Telstra to run the Enterprise team servicing Australian and international business and government customers. Vicki Brady will continue to lead Consumer & Small Business designing digitally-led propositions. Nikos Katinakis joins Telstra in mid-October to lead […]
