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TE Connectivity (TE) introduced its next-generation, 0.8mm free height board-to-board connectors designed for higher-speed, mezzanine board systems. The company says its mezzanine connectors are capable of delivering 25 Gbps and higher signals for supporing PAM4 and PCIe Gen 5 architectures. The new free height connectors are also said to deliver higher reliability through a stronger […]
Serverless, a start-up based in San Francisco, announced $10 million in Series A funding for its open source Serverless Framework. The company’s mission is to provide a single toolkit offering everything teams and enterprises need to operationalize serverless deployments. The company said it takes a vendor-agnostic approach across major platforms and cloud providers such as […]
Telefónica will sell a 9.99% equity stake in Telxius, its infrastructure arm, to Pontegadea for a total of 378.8 million euros. This transaction represents a price of 15.2 euro per share of Telxius. Telefónica said the deal incorporates a long-term partner in a holding company that controls its infrastructure arm. The sale has been structured […]
The worldwide PON market will grow to over $7 billion by 2022, according to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, driven by next-generation PON technologies, including 10 Gbps EPON, XGS-PON, and NG-PON2. This represents a compounded annual growth rate of almost 40 percent from 2017 to 2022. “Where PON technologies are used for residential […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today announced the appointment of Dr. Babette Boliek as chief economist for the Federal Communications Commission. She earned her doctorate in economics from the University of California, Davis, and her law degree from Columbia University School of Law. “Our work at the FCC often sits at the intersection between law and […]
CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE:COR) announced the sale of 2,250,000 shares of its common stock by investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group to Citigroup and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as the underwriters in connection with the offering. Share of COR closed at $113.03 on 30-July-2018, valuing the transaction at around $254 million. CoreSite noted […]
Cloudify, which specializes in IT operations automation technology, named Ariel Dan as its new CEO, replacing Zeev Bikowsky, who has been serving as Chief Executive Officer for nearly a decade. Prior to Cloudify, Ariel led two companies to M&A, and has extensive experience in building sustainable cloud & SaaS operations. While leading Cloudify, Bikowki was […]
The near-death experience of ZTE due to the 88-day ban imposed the U.S. Department of Commerce is a wake-up call for China’s semiconductor industry, according to an article in the business journal Caixin. The article the foreign joint venture model, Chinese investments/acquisitions of tech companies abroad, and government-supported initiatives to build a strong, domestic ecosystem […]
Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) completed its initial public offering of 18,000,000 shares at a price to the public of $15.00 per share, raising $270 million. Bloom Energy, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, offers a solid oxide fuel cell product called the “Bloom Energy Server” that converts standard low pressure natural gas or biogas into […]
Zayo announced that a global cloud provider customer has selected it to expand its long-haul dark fiber network and to upgrade optical wavelength capacity across the U.S. Zayo did not disclose the name of the cloud company but said the plan represents an expansion of its existing relationship. The dark fiber solutions include leasing of […]
Huawei conducted a demonstration of 5G technology in Bangladesh in collaboration with local operator Robi and government’s Posts & Telecommunications Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. Huawwei said the purpose of the event was to show how a 5G ecosystem can be cultivated in Digital Bangladesh and how to use 5G to respond […]
The xRAN Forum (xRAN) announced the approval and release of the xRAN Fronthaul Control, User and Synchronization (CUS) Plane Specification Version 2.0 and the xRAN Fronthaul Management Plane (MP) Specification Version 1.0. The approvals allow vendors to develop new RRUs and BBUs for a wide range of deployment scenarios, which can be easily integrated with […]
Spirent Communications introduced an 8-port 1U-high rack-mountable solution for testing 400/200/100/50 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). The new pX3 400G Appliance, which is the world’s highest density QSFP-DD tester, is designed to validate the forwarding performance and quality of service of ultra-high-scale, next-generation-enabled, multi-terabit routers and switches, all contained in a single rack space. The pX3 400G […]
