Virgin Media tests Infinera XR optics – coherent optical subcarrier aggregation
Virgin Media has trialed prototype Infinera XR optics technology in its network in Reading, UK to send and receive data...
Lumentum introduces multi-junction VCSEL arrays for sensing applications
Lumentum introduced new high-power and high-efficiency five and six junction vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays for advanced consumer, automotive...
Telecom Egypt plans Hybrid African Ring Path (HARP) system
Telecom Egypt unveiled its plans to launch Hybrid African Ring Path (HARP) by 2023, a new subsea system that will...
Dell’Oro: Optical transport market slowed in 4Q2020
Optical transport equipment revenue increased 1 percent in 2020 reaching $16 billion with growth in all regions with the exception...
Xsight secures funding for its 25.6T data center switch with 100G PAM4 SerDes
Xsight Labs, a fabless semiconductor startup based in Tel Aviv, announced the closing of its Series D funding. The round...
Mavenir teams up with Platform9 for Kubernetes at the 5G edge
Mavenir will leverage Platform9’s Kubernetes solution to deliver a robust web-scale platform that runs containerized cloud-native network functions. The companies...
Samsung combines 40MHz of 4G and 800MHz of 5G in mmWave
Samsung has combined 40MHz of 4G frequency and 800MHz of 5G frequency in mmWave, achieving 5.23Gbps in data speeds to...
Yugabyte raises $48 million for distributed SQL databases
Yugabyte, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, announced a $48 million funding round to support its open source, SQL database...
IBM names Elly Keinan to head Managed Infrastructure spinoff
Elly Keinan was named as Group President of the new, independent company that will be created following the previously announced...
Microsoft Azure Arc promises single control plane for Kubernetes
Microsoft introduced a set of technologies that extends Azure management and services to any infrastructure running Kubernetes. Azure Arc offers a...
Video: Microsoft builds Azure for Operators
In this video, Shawn Hakl, VP 5G Strategy at Microsoft Azure, talks about how Microsoft Azure helps network operators adopt...
Telefónica and CDPQ create a neutral fiber wholesale operator in Brazil
Telefónica Group and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, announced plans to create a...
Comcasts posts 2020 network metrics – traffic up 32% over 2019
Comcast posted the following 2020 network data:Peak Internet traffic rose 32 percent over pre-pandemic levels, and over 50 percent in...
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