Ericsson and Qualcomm test 5G on 2.6 GHz band
Ericsson and Qualcomm completed a non-standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) data call using the 2.6 GHz band. The bi-directional downlink and uplink data call was made at the Ericsson...
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Ericsson and DT hit 40 Gbps with millimeter wave backhaul test
Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom demonstrated a millimeter wave link with a data transmission rate of 40 Gbps. The live trial covered a hop distance of 1.4 kilometers in the millimeter...
Gartner: Worldwide semiconductor revenue was up 13.4% in 2018
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $476.7 billion in 2018, a 13.4 percent increase from 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. “The largest semiconductor supplier, Samsung Electronics, increased its lead as...
Thoma Bravo buys Veracode from Broadcom for $950 million
Thoma Bravo, completed its previously announced acquisition of Veracode Software, a provider in next-generation application security testing (AST), from Broadcom in an all-cash transaction valued at $950 million. Veracode's SaaS...
IDC: Cloud infrastructure spending surged 47% yoy in 3Q18
Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, grew 47.2% year over year in the third...
Huawei’s CloudEngine 16800 data center switch boasts 768-port 400GE
Huawei unveiled its CloudEngine 16800 data center switch built for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era. The platform has three defining characteristics making it suitable for the AI era: an embedded...
Sprint’s first 5G data call using 2.5 GHz and Massive MIMO
Sprint completed the first over-the-air 5G data transmission using 2.5 GHz and Massive MIMO. The test was carried on Sprint's live commercial network in San Diego. The field test used...
AWS acquires CloudEndure for cloud migration and back-up tools
Amazon Web Services has acquired CloudEndure, a start-up based in Israel that specializes in cloud migration and back-up. Financial terms were not disclosed. CloudEndure's IT Resilience Suite for the Hybrid...
Sophos acquires Avid Secure for AI-base cloud security analytics
Sophos has acquired Avid Secure, a start-up that offers an artificial intelligence-based cloud security analytics, compliance, and DevSecOps platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. Avid Secure, which was founded in...
Ericsson refocuses Business Support System (BSS) on current platform
Acknowledging that its Business Support System (BSS) is not performing satisfactorily, Ericsson announced a further restructuring that will result in revisions to its BSS product and contract portfolio, as well...
Silicon demos Active Optical Cable supporting HDMI 2.1 in 8K TV
Silicon Line GmbH announced the first active optical cables with embedded technology supporting all features of the recently released HDMI 2.1 specification. At CES 2019 in Las Vegas, the company...
A10 cites five major 5G Gi-LAN security design wins in 2H2018
A10 Networks announced it secured five major 5G network design wins in the second half of 2018 for its A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall Gi/SGi firewall solution, including three wins in...
Liquid Telecom appoints regional CEO
Liquid Telecom has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit as its new Regional CEO for Middle East and West Africa (MEWA). Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into...
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