Nokia and T-Mobile Trim 5G Latency to 1.8 milliseconds

Nokia and T-Mobile US report real-time latency of 1.8 milliseconds while streaming four simultaneous 4K videos over a prototype 5G network in the lab. The 5G air interface lab test used T-Mobile's 28GHz spectrum and Nokia's commercial 5G-ready AirScale radio platform. "We've now brought 5G out of the lab and into the field. With Nokia's partnership, we're seeing the kind of astounding data speeds and low latency that are hallmarks of 5G and set...

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T-Mobile and Ericsson Hit 12 Gbps on 5G

T-Mobile US and Ericsson report a top downlink speed exceeding 12 Gbps using Ericsson's 5G radio prototype system and T-Mobile's LTE network and devices. The 5G trial occurred on August 3, 2016, at Ericsson's facilities and included test demonstrations of two-directional beam steering, operation of multiple simultaneous 4K video streams and the first test of a voice call connecting between 4G and 5G networks. The test also recorded ultra-low latency...

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Telstra Tests 5G in Melbourne with Ericsson

Telstra is conducting outdoor tests on one of the world’s first 5G trial systems in Melbourne, Australia using Ericsson prototype systems. Telstra's 5G trial system used 800 MHz of spectrum, 10 times more than what the carrier currently use for their 4G network. The companies reported aggregate speeds of greater than 20 Gbps, with an indicative latency of at least half of what is seen in current 4G networks. “Today we conducted the first live...

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DE-CIX Tops 5.5 Tbps Across its Frankfurt Internet Exchange

The DE-CIX Internet Exchange in Frankfurt (Main/Germany) hit a new peak traffic load of 5.5 terabits per second (Tbps). "With the roll-out of Apple's iOS 10 update, we recorded a new peak in traffic on DE-CIX’s Frankfurt Exchange this week,” says Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX. “In general, our traffic moves along in waves and reflects our usual daily Internet use rhythm, starting at 6:00 am and peaking at 9:00 pm. One should also take into account...

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IBM Launches Hybrid Cloud-ready Systems

IBM launched cloud-ready systems, services and solutions that simplify the movement of data, applications and services across a hybrid cloud environment. Highlights include: Power Systems for cloud. With integrated OpenStack-based cloud management and elastic consumption models, these new enterprise-class IBM Power Systems for the cloud enable clients to transform their IT infrastructure to a local cloud for AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads and...

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Ericsson Appoints Ewaldsson as CTO and Qureshi as Head of Region North America

Ericsson has appointed Ulf Ewaldsson as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Strategy and Technology. In addition, Rima Qureshi was appointed Head of Region North America and will be responsible for the company's strategic partnership with Cisco. Both Ewaldsson and Qureshi will continue to be Executive Leadership Team members and report to Ericsson's CEO. https://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/c...

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Adobe's Record Revenue Driven by Cloud Services

Adobe reported record quarterly revenue of $1.46 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 20 percent. Digital Media segment revenue was a record $990 million, with Creative revenue growing 39 percent year-over-year to a record $803 million. The company cited strong growth in its Creative Cloud and Document Cloud offerings, as more customers adopt a cloud-based software over traditional desktop software. “We drove strong revenue and earnings...

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