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ETSI announced the availability of OSM Release FOUR, its most ambitious and innovative to date, and a huge leap forward in terms of functionality, user experience and maturity. New functionalities of OSM Release FOUR: New northbound interface, aligned with ETSI NFV specification SOL005, providing a single pane of glass to control the OSM system. To […]
New Zealand’s Chorus will test Nokia’s wavelength services solution for on-demand assurance and fulfilment of Layer 1 services compliant with the emerging MEF standard for L1 subscriber services. The solution under trial will enable Chorus to offer new standards-based optical services to service providers. Nokia’s wavelength services solution includes the compact and carrier-class Nokia 1830 […]
Zayo activated a new coherent wavelength route from Marseille to Strasbourg via Milan. The route, which also provides connectivity to Paris, Frankfurt, London, and Amsterdam, leverages Zayo’s European fiber network acquired from Viatel. Zayo said it already has customers for this new route, include an India-based carrier which is looking to extend and harden its […]
Lumina Networks, a start-up based offering an SDN controller powered by OpenDaylight, announced $10 million Series A financing, including $8 million in new funding led by Verizon Ventures. Other new investors included AT&T and Rahi Systems. Lumina was formed in August 2017 as a spin-off from Brocade. “This investment by both Verizon and AT&T demonstrates […]
Windstream plans to upgrade its cable TV network in north Georgia to deliver 300 Mbps residential broadband downlink speeds. The upgrade will make 300 Mbps available to 67,000 households in 13 communities. Just last year, Windstream first began offering broadband over its cable TV network with speeds of 100 Mbps. “This project underscores Windstream’s commitment […]
Nutanix reported revenue of $289.4 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2018, ended April 30, 2018, up 41% year-over-year, and reflecting the elimination of approximately $52 million in pass-through hardware revenue in the quarter as the company executes its shift toward increasing software revenue. GAAP gross margin was 67.0%, up from 59.5% in the […]
Facebook is releasing its Katran forwarding plane software library, which powers the network load balancer used in Facebook’s infrastructure. Facebook said that by sharing Katran with the open source community, it hopes others can improve the performance of their load balancers and use it as a foundation for future work. Katran is deployed today on […]
EllaLink, a proposed submarine cable system promises to bring the most direct fiber connectivity between Brazil and Europe. EMACOM – Telecomunicações da Madeira – announced the signing of a contract to develop the system with direct links to the islands of Madeira. The expected ready-for-service is 2020. EllaLink will be a 3 fiber pair systems […]
The five Nordic countries are seeking to take a global lead in the rollout of 5G. A vision of how to capture this leadership role was set out in a meeting of prime ministers this week in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. A key pillar is cooperation on spectrum, policy, and test beds across all five countries — […]
Platform.sh, a start-up based in Paris with offices in San Francisco, raised $34 million in a Series C funding for its “idea-to-cloud” application platform. Platform.sh simplifies deployments for enterprises by combining an automated cloud with its unique rapid cloning technology that can instantly spin up and deploy exact clones of entire live web applications in […]
Kaiam, which is a leading supplier of optical transceivers for hyperscale data centers, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Broadex concerning the volume production of QSFP28 100G-CWDM4 transceivers in China based on Kaiam’s LightScale2 platform. Kaiam says its LightScale2 architecture offer fundamental advantages in cost and performance and is ideally suited for high-volume applications. […]
Chirisa Investments, an Irish-based investor in global digital infrastructure, has acquired a strategically located facility in Ashburn, Virginia – often referred to as Data Center Alley. The facility, which was acquired for an undisclosed amount of cash in an off-market transaction, is located at the corner of Beaumeade Circle and Loudoun County Parkway. It adjoins […]
Telia Carrier activated its first Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Belgrade, Serbia, enabling customers to connect directly to the Telia Carrier backbone The Belgrade PoP will also serve as a connectivity hub for surrounding countries, improving the availability of high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, Ethernet and IPX services. It will also provide a transport interconnection point for […]
