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Rostelecom Data Centers (RTK-DC) has acquired a property in south Moscow to build a new Tier III data center campus with four halls encompassing a total area of 57,291 sqm. The site will be able to accomodate 6,710 racks and an overall capacity of 55 kW. The staged launch will see first 1,000 racks commissioned […]
Rockley Photonics announced a collaboration with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, part of the Mount Sinai Health System, to incorporate Rockley’s non-invasive biomarker sensing platform into potential clinical and healthcare research studies. Rockley said it aims to create new opportunities for its photonics-based sensing platform in healthcare and […]
Telenor is exploring how to leverage Google Cloud’s expertise in data management, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI/ML), as well as the company’s infrastructure, to bring together the complimentary technologies to Telenor’s customers and society overall. Specifically, Telenor and Google Cloud will collaborate the following key areas: Strengthening Telenor’s technology capabilities to make an impact: […]
Foxtel, Australia’s leading, next-generation subscription television service, will provide subscribers with a new iQ5 streaming set top box from CommScope. The new STB supports 4K and can be deployed in a subscriber’s home using Wi-Fi, satellite, or a fully integrated hybrid connection. The iQ5 features a stacked design with a detachable 1TB hard drive so […]
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has kicked off a Fixed Broadband (FiBr) Project Group that will focus on the development of Broadband Network Gateways (BNG) and technologies for FTTH access networks. The new group broadens TIP’s focus to extend deeper into the fixed access domain, covering the access, broadband and service gateway technologies operators need […]
Orange has completed a network trial of the Nokia PSE-Vs, which are the digital coherent optics (DCO) powering the next generation of Nokia high-performance, high-capacity transponders, packet-optical switches, disaggregated compact modular and subsea terminal platforms. The PSE-V Super Coherent DSP (PSE-Vs) implements probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) with continuous baud rate adjustment, and supports higher wavelength […]
NEC has joined the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP) Phoenix initiative under the Open Optical and Packet Transport (OOPT) Project Group. The goal is to develop a 400G transponder for open and disaggregated high-capacity DWDM networks. NEC will serve as a system integrator within the OOPT Project Group and the Phoenix initiative to realize a fully […]
Equinix will provide digital infrastructure services to DISH for its cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G network in the U.S. “DISH is taking the lead in delivering on the promise of 5G in the U.S., and our partnership with Equinix will enable us to secure critical interconnections for a nationwide 5G network,” said Jeff McSchooler, DISH executive […]
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia (TIM), Telefónica and Vodafone are calling upon policymakers, EU Member States, and industry stakeholders to collaborate and urgently prioritise Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN). The five leading European mobile operators say open, intelligent, virtualised and fully interoperable RAN is essential if Europe is to meet its target of 5G […]
The European Commission announced anti-dumping import tarrifs ranging between 19.7% and 44% on imports of optical fiber cables from China. The action, which follows a one-year investigation into the matter of dumping, is expected to take effect immediately. Prysmian Group, a supplier of optical fiber based in Milan, Italy, issued the following statement: “We welcome […]
Palo Alto Networks reported revenue of $1.2 billion for its fiscal first quarter 2022, ended October 31, 2021, up 32% compared with revenue of $946.0 million for the fiscal first quarter 2021. GAAP net loss for the fiscal first quarter 2022 was $103.6 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, compared with GAAP net loss of […]
Napatech announced a new set of capabilities for its FPGA-based SmartNICs designed to address escalating trends in cybercrime. The latest upgrade to Napatech’s Link-Inline software enables its programmable SmartNICs to address emerging cybercrime threats through important innovations in network traffic classification and identification. Through standard APIs, security applications specify and update the processing actions to […]
DZS announced a strategic sourcing partnership with Advanced Media Technologies, Inc. (AMT), a leading CATV and broadband electronic equipment value-added reseller. As part of the partnership, AMT will offer the full range of DZS Velocity and DZS Helix broadband connectivity solutions, including DZS FiberLAN enterprise solutions and XCelerate by DZS multi-gigabit broadband systems. Additionally, with […]
