Blueprint: 2016 Predictions -- Big Guns and Long Tails

by Michael Murphy, CTO for North America, Nokia Networks In 2014, I suggested that 2015 would be an inflection point due to the start of serious 5G activity and the start of cloud based deployments , which together had the potential to fundamentally change the telecom industry. So what really happened and what’s up for 2016? Retrospection 5G did of course progress throughout the year, but perhaps the biggest news came in September. At the CTIA...

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Ericsson to Acquire FYI Television for Content Metadata

Ericsson agreed to acquire FYI Television, which provides entertainment metadata and rich media content to broadcasters. Financial terms were not disclosed. FYI Television, which is based in Grand Prairie, Texas, accumulates and distributes TV entertainment content and linear scheduling data from over 9,000 TV networks daily, aggregating the information into customized formats for various digital, media, content, analytics and print clients for...

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Telstra Tests Infinera's Advanced Coherent Toolkit on 9,000km Cable

Telstra has validated Infinera's Advanced Coherent Toolkit (ACT) for super-channels. This new technology will cover the Telstra Endeavour subsea cable stretching 9,000 kilometers between Sydney, Australia and Oahu, Hawaii and extract the maximum capacity from subsea and long haul terrestrial cable systems carrying super-channels -- whether for new large area fibers or existing cables. In trials on a range of next-generation super-channel coherent...

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PCCW Global Signs Onto Aqua Comm's Transatlantic Cable

PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong's HKT, plans to deliver transatlantic capacity on Aqua Comms’ America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic cable system, which will enable PCCW Global to obtain additional route diversity. With more than 52 Tbps of available capacity, the AEConnect system utilizes innovative optical technologies, including the latest technology of 130 x 100 Gbps per fiber pair. Mr. Greg Varisco,...

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AlohaNAP Offers Private Connections to Big Cloud Providers

The AlohaNAP data center in Kapolei, Hawaii is now offering Level 3 IP and Fiber Services as well as their Cloud Connect service to securely connect their data center infrastructure to over 30 global cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, with faster speeds and greater reliability. "Level 3 Cloud Connect Platform allows AlohaNAP to provide our enterprise customers a secure private connection...

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Qualcomm Seeks Server Partner in China's Guizhou Province

Qualcomm signed a strategic cooperation agreement with officials from the People’s Government of Guizhou Province and unveiled a joint venture –  the Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co., which will focus on the design, development and sale of advanced server chipset technology in China. The joint venture, with initial registered capital of RMB 1.85 billion (approx. $280 million USD), will be 55 percent owned by the Guizhou provincial...

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