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Qualcomm introduced its latest generation Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, promising the performance for eXtended reality (XR), on-device artificial intelligence (AI), lightning-fast connectivity, and featuring a new secure processing unit (SPU) for protecting mobile devices. The Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform includes an integrated Qualcomm Spectra 280 image signal processor (ISP) and Qualcomm Adreno 630 visual processing […]
Digital Realty, which operates 182 data centers throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, announced two new long-term agreements to source approximately 324,000 additional megawatt-hours of renewable wind and solar power annually for the company’s Chicago and Ashburn data centers. In Chicago, Digital Realty has signed a contract with Leeward Renewable Energy for an anticipated […]
Radisys is partnering with NS Solutions Corporation, an information technology solution provider in Japan, to deliver SDN, NFV and security solutions to leading communications service providers in Asia. The companies will jointly develop solutions based on Radisys’ FlowEngine that will allow CSPs to easily introduce new services with greater speed and agility, provide holistic management, […]
6WIND, the Paris-based developer of high-performance packet processing software and software appliances for Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) servers, has extended its Brocade vRouter replacement program through the first half of 2018. The 6WIND Turbo Router, which is a high-performance software router for bare metal and virtual machine deployments, can be used as an alternative to Brocade’s Vyatta […]
The market for communication services is rapidly evolving and carriers must find better ways to interface their networks, says Mark Daley, Director of Digital Strategy for Epsilon. Better tools for interworking with customers are also needed. Automation will be key. See video: https://youtu.be/K-dOHpVFuVI
Is SD-WAN a threat to carriers because users may leave their networks, or is it an opportunity? It’s both, says Prayson Pate, Chief Technology Officer for the Ensemble division at ADVA Optical Networking. See video: https://youtu.be/E9Ugdi2VpwE
Service providers are seeking to migrate their networks towards NFVi but it is a difficult task because they must transform manual test and assurance processes into automated functions that seamlessly integrate with test systems and the virtual network, says Ulrich Kohn, Director of Technical Marketing, ADVA Optical Networking. At #MEF17, ADVA and Spirent presented a […]
MEF 3.0 brings many new capabilities, including dynamic, orchestrated services across multilayer networks, says Raanan Tzemach, VP of Products, Marketing, and Professional Services, Telco Systems. See video: https://youtu.be/hwd_3jGgax0
Barefoot Networks, a start-up developing user-programmable switching chips, introduced a network monitoring system designed to provide visibility into every packet in a network. The Barefoot Deep Insight software, which can run on commodity servers and in a network powered by switches based on Barefoot’s “Tofino” programmable switch chip, can interpret, analyze and pinpoint packet telemetry. […]
Ekinops based in Lannion, France, a global supplier of next-generation optical networking equipment, introduced two new flexible rate line modules for its optical transport platform in metro, regional or long-haul deployments. The two new modules – the PM 200FRS02 and PM 200FRS02-SF – employ dual QSFP28 client ports with software-selectable line side modulation that can […]
Japan Internet Exchange Co. has deployed the Coriant Groove G30 Network Disaggregation Platform to scale network capacity in its Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan area networks and support the cost-efficient delivery of high-performance interconnect services, including 10G, 40G, and 100G. The Tokyo and Osaka network deployments include programmable 200G coherent optical transmission between multiple data center […]
In a demo conducted at T-Mobile’s lab in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile and Ericsson achieved speeds of 1.1 Gbps using 12-layer Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology. The set-up sued Ericsson’s Radio System and the TM500 network test equipment from Cobham Wireless. The test combined several LTE technologies including 256 QAM, 4×4 MIMO, and LAA by aggregating […]
Qualcomm and Microsoft confirmed progress made over the last several months to deliver Windows 10 on Snapdragon. The idea is to use mobile phone processors to run light notebooks. The first Windows on Snapdragon device will be a 2-in-1 convertible ASUS NovaGo that is expected to hit the market early next year. A second device […]
