O3b Networks Brings Broadband to Kiribati

O3b Networks is bringing broadband access to The Republic of Kiribati, which has a population of about 100,000 spread over 33 atolls and islands across 3.5 million square km of the Pacific. The service will be provided to consumers, businesses and government customers by Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (Kiribati) Limited (ATHKL), a subsidiary of Amalgamated Telecom Holdings of Fiji. Kiribati is in the final stages of testing the O3b link, and will...

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Xilinx Develops 56G PAM4 Transceiver Technology

Xilinx has developed a 16nm FinFET+-based programmable device running 56G transceiver technology using the 4-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) transmission scheme. Xilinx said PAM4 solutions will help drive the next wave of Ethernet deployment for optical and copper interconnects by doubling bandwidth on the existing infrastructure. "Our customers are already anticipating how to accelerate their next generation applications. We recognize...

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