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Intel announced a strategic alliance with Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, a core subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup. The plan is to develop a 5G smartphone platform for the China market that will feature an Intel 5G modem and will be targeted to coincide with 5G network deployments in 2019. “Undoubtedly, China will be an important market […]
KT Corporation, Qualcomm, and Samsung Electronics have completed multi-vendor 5G NR interoperable testing compliant with the 3GPP Release-15 Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G NR global standard. The live, over-the-air interoperable testing demonstrated data connections operating in 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz bands, utilizing pre-commercial 5G NR base stations from Samsung and 5G NR UE prototype devices from […]
The world’s largest and densest cities, such as New York, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tokyo, could face a wireless bandwidth crunch in their urban cores by 2025 warns a new report published by the GSMA. The gap between mobile data traffic demand and available network capacity could become acute, with as much as 48 percent of […]
Metaswitch has signed a global resale agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) aimed at accelerating fixed and mobile network operators’ deployments of advanced services including VoLTE and VoWiFi on private, public or hybrid cloud infrastructures. Under the deal, Metaswitch’s core network software products, including the Clearwater IMS core and Perimeta session border controller (SBC), will […]
Ericsson announced its first Energy Infrastructure Management contract with a mobile network operator — Crnogorski Telekom, Montenegro’s leading telecommunications service provider and a member of the Deutsche Telekom Group Ericsson’s Energy Infrastructure Management integrates big data analytics, energy management software, and lithium-ion batteries for energy storage. The solution provides an efficient means of measuring, monitoring […]
NETSCOUT has been awarded a new multi-year agreement by VodafoneZiggo to support its Network Function Virtualization (NFV) transformation. Specifically, NETSCOUT will deliver end-to-end visibility and analytics into VodafoneZiggo’s converged, hybrid network to ensure the seamless delivery of services. VodafoneZiggo is a joint venture of Liberty Global, the largest international TV and broadband internet company, and […]
Ranovus announced the general availability of its 200G On-Board Optics and CFP2 optical transceiver solutions. The devices are based on the company’s multi-wavelength Quantum Dot Laser (QDL), Ring Resonator based Silicon Photonic (SiP) modulators, Driver ICs as well as Receiver building blocks. Highlights of Ranovus’ 200G CFP2 and Optical Engine product features are: Supporting DCI, […]
Hetzner Online, a leading web hosting and data center operator in Germany, has deployed the Infinera XTS-3300 to extend its data center business into Finland. Hetzner Online owns several data centers in Germany and expanded its network into Finland with a subsea optical network powered by the Infinera XTS-3300 to address demand from customers in […]
Skyworks Solutions, a developer of analog semiconductors, and Sequans Communications announced a jointly-developed connectivity engine for next generation LTE devices. Specifically, the new solution combines Skyworks’ front-ends with Sequans’ Monarch LTE-M/NB-IoT platform. The feature-rich product includes an integrated baseband, SRAM, RF transceiver, RF front-end, passives and power management in a single 8.8 x 10.8 x […]
Cisco is now predicting that global cloud data center traffic will reach 19.5 zettabytes (ZB) per year by 2021, up from 6.0 ZB per year in 2016 – a 3.3-fold growth, representing a 27 percent compound annual growth rate from 2016 to 2021. By that year, the Cisco forecasters will have a very difficult time […]
Metaswitch and Cloudify are partnering to automate NFV management and orchestration (MANO) for global operators, increasing service agility and reducing service-affecting manual errors. Under the deal, Metaswitch will OEM Cloudify’s virtual network functions management (VNFM) capabilities in delivery of its own VoLTE TAS, vSBC and vIMS VNFs and the two companies are collaborating closely in […]
KT conducted a number of 5G tests at the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea. As an official partner of the Olympic Winter Games, KT installed optical fiber cables and the telecommunications infrastructure in 70 of the Olympics venues. A limited 5G trial service was established in collaboration with Samsung and Intel. The public was […]
At Mobile World Congress, Intel is showcasing a 5G connected laptop that could be available commercially in the second half of 2019. Intel is collaborating with Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Microsoft on the design of Windows PCs featuring the Intel XMM 8000 series commercial 5G modems. The current design is a detachable 2-in-1 laptop with […]
