Ericsson Mobility Report: Big Trends by 2020

Mobile video traffic will continue to grow dramatically, increasing tenfold by 2020 to account for 55 percent of all mobile data traffic, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report.  Ericsson is also predicting that nine out of ten people aged six and over will have mobile phones by 2020, when smartphone subscriptions will top 6.1 billion. "The falling cost of handsets, coupled with improved usability and increasing network coverage,...

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LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation Testing Hits 450 Mbps

Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies achieved download speeds of up to 450 Mbps in the industry's first inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9. Testing was conducted using Ericsson's LTE-Advanced network infrastructure, including its commercially available 14B software release and RBS 6000 family of base stations, along with Qualcomm's next-generation LTE-Advanced modem.  Ericsson said it supports all bandwidth and frequency...

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Alcatel-Lucent Extends its 7750 Edge Routing Line

Alcatel-Lucent introduced its 7750 SR-a edge router - a hardware platform designed for high density, high performance aggregation of mobile backhaul, business and residential services. The new platform, which extends the company’s 7750 Service Router family and leverages the company's FP3 400G Network Processor, targets fixed, mobile and cable operators, governments and enterprises. The 7750 SR-a is powered by Alcatel-Lucent’s Service Router Operating...

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Intel's Next Xeon Phi Brings Omni-Path Fabric and 10nm process

Intel's third-generation Intel Xeon Phi product family, code-named Knights Hill, will be built using Intel's 10nm process technology and integrate Intel Omni-Path Fabric technology. Knights Hill will follow the upcoming Knights Landing product, with first commercial systems based on Knights Landing expected to begin shipping next year. Intel also disclosed that its Intel Omni-Path Architecture will achieve 100 Gbps line speed and up to 56 percent...

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Intel Achieves 32 Gbps SerDes on 14nm Process

Intel published silicon characterization results for its 1 to 32 Gbps high-speed SerDes on the 14nm process. This marks the first time that a 32 Gbps, multiprotocol SerDes has been validated on any sub-20nm foundry process. Intel's 14nm SerDes family is the second generation of SerDes offering and is built on the company's 12 and 28 Gbps SerDes, which is currently in production on its 22nm Tri-gate process technology. The new 14nm SerDes extends...

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BT Launches Cloud for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa

BT announced new cloud services aimed at supporting the expansion plans of its customers in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (AMEA), including: BT One Cloud Cisco: a global platform that features Unified Communications capabilities, including high-definition (HD) voice, multiparty HD video, Instant Messaging (IM) and presence, and mobile clients delivered by Cisco Jabber. Global coverage and resilience are ensured through BT’s data centres...

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