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AT&T announced one of the largest corporate purchases of renewal energy in the U.S. to date. The carrier agreed to purchase 520 megawatts (MW) of wind power through 2 agreements with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources: 220 MW of power will come from the Minco V Wind Farm located in Caddo County, Oklahoma. 300 MW […]
T-Mobile U.S. revenues in Q4 2017 rose 5.1% to $10.8 billion. For full year 2017, revenues were up 8.3% to $40.6 billion. Net income was $2.7 billion and $4.5 billion in Q4 2017 and 2017, respectively Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $3.11 and $5.20 in Q4 2017 and 2017, respectively. Some key metrics: 1.9 […]
CoreSite Realty reported Q4 2017 revenue of $125.9 million, representing a 14.0% increase year over year. Reported fourth-quarter net income per diluted share of $0.44, consistent with the prior-year level. During Q4, CoreSite executed 128 new and expansion data center leases comprising 41,521 net rentable square feet (NRSF), representing $7.2 million of annualized GAAP rent […]
Thule Group, a leading sports and outdoor goods company, has selected Interoute to deliver an SD-WAN connecting 30 of its sites in 14 countries. Thule is implementing an Enterprise Digital Platform to support its growth and digital evolution. By prioritising and optimising essential data traffic at the edge of the network and actively directing it […]
Dinesh (Dinni) Jain has been appointed CEO of Access, the new name for the Google Fiber and Webpass business. Jain most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Time Warner Cable.
Sierra Wireless reported Q4 2017 revenue of $183.5 million, an increase of 12.6% compared to $163.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. Revenue from OEM Solutions was $139.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 3.4% compared to $135.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. Revenue from Enterprise Solutions was $31.8 million […]
The first financial reports of 2018 from semiconductor conductor companies have started to arrive. Intel reported very strong results for the fourth quarter of 2017, as did Microsemi (see below). The figures are encouraging for the networking and telecommunications businesses as well given that nearly every system-on-chip solution ends up in a device that is […]
Telefónica and Huawei are running a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) testbed for 5G based vehicle communication networks (known as 5G-V2X) in their 5G Joint Innovation Lab at Madrid. The 5G-V2X test is based on the latest 5G NR specs and includes advanced services such as vehicles platooning, extended sensors, advanced driving and remote driving, among others. The […]
Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies completed 5GNR interoperability testing in the 3.5Ghz and 28Ghz spectrum compliant with the global 3GPP 5G NR Release 15 standard. The testing, which was complete at Nokia’s 5G center of excellence in Oulu, Finland and using the commercially available Nokia AirScale base station and device prototypes from Qualcomm, will provide the […]
Zayo announced plans for a new long haul dark fiber network between Reno, Nevada and Umatilla, Oregon — a distance of 600 miles (1,000 km). Zayo said the project is anchored by a webscale customer. The route, which will be fully underground, connects the two cities via Prineville, Oregon. “The new route completes a piece […]
SiTime Corporation, which specializes in MEMS timing devices, announced a big milestone – the cumulative shipment of over 1 billion timing devices. SiTime’s MEMS timing devices are used in a wide range of applications such as mobile phones, tablets, fitness trackers, cameras, automobile, autonomous vehicles, rockets, earthquake detection systems, etc. The company estimates the market […]
Intel introduced a system-on-chip processor in its Xeon line that is architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data center or network applications. The new Intel Xeon D-2100 processors include up to 18 “Skylake-server” generation Intel Xeon processor cores and integrated Intel QuickAssist Technology with up to 100 Gbps of built-in cryptography, […]
Infinera reported GAAP revenue for the quarter was $195.8 million for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 30, 2017. This compares with $192.6 million in the third quarter of 2017 and $181.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. GAAP net loss for the quarter was $(74.0) million, or $(0.50) per share, compared […]
