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CenturyLink announced a contract to provide communications services to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The contract includes support for the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) Tracks Santa program, including enabling the program’s phone hotline. The contract, which also includes Ethernet circuits and private line services, is valued at approximately $275,000 the […]
FiberLight, which owns over 1,700,000 miles of robust fiber networks in over 44 U.S. cities, appointed Don MacNeil as its new CEO, replacing Jim Lynch who will now assume the role of Executive Chairman. MacNeil joined FiberLight as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in September. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for EdgeConneX, an […]
Nutanix has appointed Ben Gibson as Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Marketing Officer at F5 Networks, and before that, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Veritas, where he led the company’s rebranding efforts following a spin-off from Symantec. Prior to Veritas, Ben spent five years as Chief Marketing Officer at Aruba […]
Equinix announced the direct physical and virtual connection of its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers around the world, enabling customers to connect on demand to any other customer from any Equinix location. The new inter-metro connectivity will be delivered through the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric), which was previously called the Equinix Cloud […]
Bell Canada has implemented Cisco Segment Routing in its next-generation core network. Specifically, Bell recently upgraded the first four IP core routers to support seamless connection between network data centers and its Smart Core network. The deployment is part of Bell’s ‘Network 3.0’ transformation plan. Cisco Segment Routing delivers network automation and software-defined networking (SDN) […]
Broadcom notified Qualcomm of its intention to nominate a slate of 11 individuals for election to Qualcomm’s Board of Directors and to propose certain other matters for the consideration of Qualcomm stockholders at Qualcomm’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The nominated directors are: Samih Elhage, former President of the Mobile Networks Business Group of Nokia […]
Huawei and the China Mobile Research Institute have developed a Control Plane and User Plane Separated Protocol (CUSP) for cloud-based Broadband Network Gateways (BNGs). The companies said their CUSP draft defines protocol requirements for information delivery, reliability, and security mechanisms needed for communication between the control and user planes in cloud-based BNG architecture with separated […]
Ericsson will open a 5G innovation center in Hasselt, Belgium at Corda Campus, a technology park. The “5G Life Campus” will be fully connected to Ericsson’s R&D center in Aachen, Germany, where 5G development and international pilot projects are executed. The new Belgian facility will o provide industry players with a test environment to develop […]
Silver Peak announced a milestone for SD-WAN – it now has over 600 production customer deployments for its Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution. Silver Peak’s EdgeConnect architecture eliminates the need for conventional branch routers. The platform consolidates network functions including SD-WAN, routing, WAN optimization and security into a single, centrally orchestrated application-driven SD-WAN solution. Example customers […]
Samsung has begun production of the first 512-gigabyte (GB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) for next-generation mobile devices. A smartphone with 512GB of flash would be capable of storing approximately 130 4K Ultra HD (3840×2160) video clips of a 10-minute duration. The new devices stack together eight 64-layer 512Gb V-NAND chips and a controller chip. […]
ARRIS completed its previously-announced acquisition of the Ruckus Wireless and ICX Switch business from Broadcom. When the deal was first announced in February 2017 the announced price was $800 million in cash, plus the additional cost of unvested employee stock awards, following the closing of Broadcom’s acquisition of Brocade. Ruckus Networks will operate as a […]
Want to learn more about the new subscription model for MEF 3.0 certification? In this video, Bob Mandeville, President & Founder of Iometrix, talks about all of the changes for certification of MEF 3.0 products and services. Iometrix has developed a radically different certification test platform for MEF 3.0. The certification model undergoes profound changes […]
NTT DOCOMO has granted a patent license to Samsung Electronics Co. covering DOCOMO’s standard-essential patents. Samsung will pay an undisclosed licensing fee to DOCOMO. DOCOMO confirmed that it has now granted standard-essential patent licenses to more than 30 companies. The company said its R&D and patent licensing covers mobile-network and service technologies for systems based […]
