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China Mobile signed a strategic cooperation agreement with ZTE covering joint development of smart city, smart home, secure terminal service platform, smart next-generation network operation and maintenance, and next-generation network technologies. The two parties will be committed to co-building a healthy ecosystem as well as encouraging efforts for continuous development in the industry. The agreement […]
Verizon’s first 5G application will be a fixed residential broadband service. The first commercial launch will occur in Sacramento, California during the second half of 2018. Additional markets are also expected to launch in 2018. Verizon did not disclose the performance characteristics of its 5G residential service but said it will provide unprecedented wireless speeds […]
Nokia denied published rumours of a pending acquisition bid for Juniper Networks. Nokia issued the following statement: “Nokia is not currently in talks with, nor is it preparing an offer for, Juniper Networks related to an acquisition of that company.”
Sonus Networks has officially changed its name to Ribbon Communications following its merger with GENBAND. The ticker symbol of the company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market is now “RBBN”. “Our new name is not just about connecting point “a” to point “b”. It reflects our strong desire to continue moving the real-time […]
There are two must-read, vendor-led research market reports. The first is Cisco’s Visual Network Index series, including its mobility edition. The second is the Ericsson Mobility Report, the latest edition of which was released earlier this week. Both companies base their reports on actual data traffic provided by their service provider customers worldwide. Both companies […]
Sprint announced the addition of a new Point of Presence (PoP) at 910Telecom in Denver, Colorado. Sprint can now provide access to Global MPLS and Dedicate IP customers at up to 100G at 910Telecom. Sprint said the deployment is part of its strategy to expand in major carrier hotels to broaden its network and provide […]
Microsemi has acquired the high-performance timing business of Vectron International, a Knowles company, for $130 million, excluding working capital adjustments. Vectron specializes in frequency control, sensor and hybrid solutions using the very latest techniques in both bulk acoustic wave (BAW) and surface acoustic wave (SAW)-based designs from DC to microwave frequencies. Products include crystals and […]
Box reported Q3 revenue of $129.3 million, an increase of 26% from the third quarter of fiscal 2017. Deferred revenue as of October 31, 2017, was $253.0 million, an increase of 31% from October 31, 2016. The GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted, in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 was $0.32 on […]
Earlier this month, Amazon Web Services introduced the ability for customers to access AWS services over AWS PrivateLink. Now AWS is extending PrivateLink to let users access third-party SaaS applications from their Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without exposing their VPC to the public Internet. Traffic stays within the AWS network, reducing threat vectors such as […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a fully managed intelligent threat detection service for protecting their AWS accounts and workloads by continuously monitoring account activity for malicious or unauthorized behavior. Amazon GuardDuty continuously applies machine learning to identify any events that fall outside the normal patterns. AWS said it is using both proprietary, AWS-developed threat intelligence […]
Turner, which is the Time Warner global entertainment, sports, and news company, has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider. Turner’s properties include TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, CNN, NCAA, and NBA. Turner is reengineering its end-to-end media supply chain on AWS. The company is looking for a more secure, cost effective, and elastic […]
Google Cloud Platform will open a new data center region in Hong Kong in 2018. The GCP Hong Kong region is being designed for high availability, launching with three zones to protect against service disruptions. Hong Kong will be the sixth GCP region in Asia Pacific, joining the recently launched Mumbai, Sydney, and Singapore regions, […]
Samsung Electronics Co. announced mass production of System-on-Chip (SoC) products built on its second generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. The new 10LPP (Low Power Plus)process technology boasts up to 10-percent higher performance or 15-percent lower power consumption compared to its first generation 10nm process technology, 10LPE (Low Power Early). Samsung also announced that its […]
