2024 ends with the formation of the first-ever United Nations Submarine Cable Advisory Group, whose main objective is to develop agreements on best practices to protect the world's submarine cables. Cable disruptions continue to be scrutinized as suspicions of sabotage rise amid geopolitical tensions. And inve...
John Baker, a long-serving open RAN executive at Mavenir, is out of the company and sources say other RAN engineering jobs are being cut. ...
Nokia and Turkcell have successfully demonstrated a world-first ability to implement quantum-safe IPsec network cryptography for its mobile subscribers. This groundbreaking achievement marks a critical step in securing mobile networks against future threats posed by quantum computing. By leveraging the latest cryptogra...
Crown castle may be nearing a sale of its fiber operations to TPG for around $8 billion. Separately, Lumen has reportedly kicked off a sales process for its fiber network that could be worth up to $9 billion. ...
Licensing agreement combines advanced optical innovations from 3M with US Conec's expertise in high-density connectivity solutions for next-generation networks...
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced it has finished construction of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC), a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ...
Nokia today announced that e& UAE is the first in the world to use its slicing solution to create a dedicated end-to-end network slice capable of meeting the speed and latency demands of today's gaming applications. Part of a trial conducted in e& UAE's Abu Dhabi labs; the demonstration highlights the vari...
The strengthened partnership framework will focus on product qualification and manufacturing readiness of Sivers high precision laser arrays for high volume deployment of optical I/O solutions in AI Datacenters....
General Purpose Servers and Storage Staging a Recovery...
The fiber broadband market is likely headed for more consolidation in the coming year, according to research from consulting firm AlixPartners. ...
Nokia has been awarded a $45 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The fund is a ten-year, $1.5 billion program dedicated to advancing open wireless network technologies. This grant will enhance Nokia's existing investm...
Together, we aim to drive advancements in optical I/O technologies, accelerate practical applications of innovative solutions....
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has successfully designed and deployed an ATmosphere EXplosible (ATEX) Zone 1-certified solution on an offshore site for one of Ooredoo Qatar's enterprise customers. The solution, an ATEX-certified Ericsson Enclosure 6129, supports the operation of conventional Radio Access Network (RAN) equ...
Arelion today announced it has completed a live network field trial on its route from Chicago to Denver with Cisco 400G Ultra Long Haul (ULH) QSFP-DD Coherent pluggable optical modules using the Cisco 8000 series routers, powered by Cisco Silicon One. This trial demonstrated successful IP transmission at a spectrum of ...
Juniper Networks ?, (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-Native Networking, has announced that Port Huron Area School District (PHASD), serving approximately 7,500 students across 16 public schools in Michigan, has selected Juniper Networks' AI-native wired and wireless solutions to undertake a mission-critica...
KT plans to deploy Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) to accommodate ongoing customer demands for services beyond 400GbE. This follows a successful trial where KT transmitted and received data across its long-distance route between Seoul and Busan at 1.2 Tb/s, and at 1.6 Tb/s across its medium-dis...
Early Signs Point to Significant Rebound for 2025...
According to one analyst, there's a good chance the FCC will auction some AWS-3 spectrum next year, and AT&T could bid heavily to buy that spectrum. ...
Embattled New Zealand telco Spark has sold its remaining stake in mobile tower firm Connexa as it wrestles with a flat business outlook and low stock price. The company announced Thursday it will offload its 17% holding to Canadian asset management firm CDPQ for 314 million New Zealand dollars (US$181 million). ...
Nokia announced it has signed a four-year deal with EOLO, a Benefit Corporation, and the first B Corp in the Italian telecommunications sector, leader in FWA (fixed wireless access) connectivity, to deploy the first 5G standalone mmWave Radio Access Network in Europe. The deal supports EOLO's ambitions to connect u...
