NEC and Google test subsea modulation using probabilistic shaping
NEC and Google have tested probabilistic shaping techniques to adjust the modulation of optical transmission across the 11,000-km FASTER subsea...
ADVA intros virtualized encryption for the cloud
ADVA Optical Networking introduced its ConnectGuard Cloud technology for delivering virtualized encryption in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The software is...
HPE to acquire Plexxi for hyperconverged switching
HPE agreed to acquire Plexxi, a developer of software-defined data fabric networking technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. HPE said...
Ciena supplies GeoMesh Extreme submarine solution for Black Sea cable
Caucasus Online, a major telecommunications carrier formed in 2006 by the merger of four Georgian ISPs (Caucasus Network, Georgia Online,...
GlobeNet implements Ciena’s GeoMesh with 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
GlobeNet, a wholesale provider of telecom infrastructure in the Americas, is implementing Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution, including the 6500 Packet-Optical...
Sigfox presents a multisensory IoT solution
Sigfox launched an end-to-end commercial IoT solution combining a multisensor device, a prebuilt application, and Sigfox connectivity. The device comes...
IDC sees global telecom and pay TV spending on the rise
Worldwide spending on telecommunications services and pay TV services reached $1,662 billion in 2017, an increase of 1.4% year over...
Trump defends pivot on ZTE
In a follow-up tweet regarding ZTE, President Trump defended his decision to intervene in the case with the Department of...
Tele2 and Telia set 2025 data for deactivation of 3G in Sweden
Tele2 and Telia have agreed to deactivate the the 3G network in their joint company, Swedish UMTS Net AB, Sunab...
Charter’s Spectrum Enterprise to invest $1 billion in national fiber network
Spectrum Enterprise, which is a part of Charter Communications, will invest more than one billion dollars in new fiber infrastructure...
OFS cleared in patent claim involving optical fiber coatings
OFS Fitel prevailed over DSM Desotech, a Dutch company, in patent infrigement case heard by the United States International Trade...
Molex acquires BittWare for FPGA-based platforms
Molex has acquired BittWare, a provider of computing systems featuring field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) deployed in data center compute and...
Switch hits revenue of $98 million, up 10% yoy
Las Vegas-based, colocation provider Switch Inc, reported Q1 2018 revenue of $97.7 million, compared to $89.2 million for the same...
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