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MEF is extending its service definition work to Layer 1, which is often referred to as wavelength or optical services. Several client protocols are supported, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH. David Martin, Senior Systems Engineer, IP/Optical Networking, Nokia, discusses the advantages of this approach. Filmed at the MEF Annual Members Meeting in Nashville. See video: https://youtu.be/pZZaQK4Jrvg
The recently concluded MEF-ONF-OIF interoperability demo that focused on the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Transport Application Programming Interface (T-API). NEC’s Karthik Sethuraman and Centurylink’s Jack Pugaczewski provide an overview of the demo. A proof-of-concept (PoC) on this topic will be presented at #MEF18. See video: https://youtu.be/kahW_dxoBSk
Having failed to gain regulatory approval from China, Qualcomm abandoned plans to acquire NXP Semiconductor. The original purchase agreement was announced on October 27, 2016. Qualcomm subsequently raised its offer to approximately US$44 billion. The deal gained regulatory approval in the U.S., the European Union, and other regions, however, the authorities in China expressed concern […]
F5 Networks reported revenue of $542.2 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2018, up 4.7% from $517.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. F5 cited growth with its software solutions and services business. GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 was $122.7 million, or $1.99 per diluted share, compared […]
BT Group is seeking consultations with unions and employees regarding the transfer of 31,000 employees into Openreach, which will soon be a fully independent company. The goal is to complete the transfer on 1 October 2018. BT said it is making progress in creating the separate legal entity Openreach Limited, with its own independent board […]
SpaceX successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This is the seventh of eight planned launches of Iridium NEXT satellites by SpaceX, bringing the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in space to 65. All 10 satellites for this mission will be deployed to Iridium orbital plane number 5, […]
ROOT Data Center will build a third data center at its MTL-R1 La Salle campus in Montreal. MTL-R1B is a greenfield development that will create an additional 10MW of power capacity. The company says roughly 20 percent of the new facility’s capacity has been pre-sold prior to beginning construction. This new build follows the recent […]
Rescale, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $32 million in Series B funding for its enterprise cloud solutions. Rescale specializes in “enterprise big compute in the cloud.” The idea is to transform on-premise HPC systems by enabling access to the world’s largest high performance computing infrastructure in the cloud. Rescale offers access to global […]
C Spire has selected Siklu’s multi-gigabit wireless technology to backhaul high-speed internet service to thousands of homes and businesses in Mississippi. C Spire is using Siklu solutions to extend existing fiber optic assets for last mile connections in neighborhoods and business districts in over 150 Mississippi towns and communities. Siklu’s point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios operate […]
Google outlined its vision for integrated cloud services running over on-premise equipment as well as its own, massively-scalable cloud infrastructure. At is Google Next conference in San Francisco, Google presented its Cloud Services Platform, which is architecturally aligned with the joint hybrid cloud products being developed with Cisco. So far, the Cloud Services Platform includes […]
Juniper Networks is bringing 400GbE capabilities across its wide-area network, data center and enterprise portfolio starting in the second half of 2018, including 400GbE in backbone, peering, data center interconnect, scale-out metro core, telco-cloud services and hyperscale data center IP fabrics. The announcement includes product refreshes for Juniper’s PTX, QFX and MX series platforms based […]
SiTime, which specializes in MEMS timing solutions, and Intel agreed to collaborate on integrating timing solutions for Intel’s 5G multi-mode radio modems, with additional applicability to Intel LTE, millimeter-wave wireless, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GNSS solutions. SiTime said its MEMS timing technology helps meet the high-performance requirements of emerging 5G radio modem platforms, especially in the […]
In a challenge to Comcast’s Xfinity and AT&T’s U-verse broadband and video residential services, Verizon will launch a 5G fixed wireless access service in Houston before the end of the year. Verizon has previously announced Sacramento and Los Angeles as launch cities for its residential 5G broadband service. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, CTO and incoming […]
