Cisco's intent-based, intuitive networking launch – Part 1

This week Cisco outlined its vision for Intent-based Networking. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins described the unveiling as the most significant announcement from the company in perhaps the last five years and as the 'foundation for networking' for the next 30 years. So, what exactly is it? Simply put, it is a vision. It is not a technology nor a network architecture, it is a vision of machine learning that will be applied to make networks more agile,...

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Mellanox intros Spectrum-2 200/400 GBE data centre switch

Mellanox Technologies announced the Spectrum-2, a scalable 200 and 400 Gbit/s Open Ethernet switch solution designed to enable increased data centre scalability and lower operational costs through improved power efficiency.Spectrum-2 also provides enhanced programmability and optimised routing capabilities for building efficient Ethernet-based compute and storage infrastructures.Mellanox's Spectrum-2 provides leading Ethernet connectivity for up...

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China Telecom and Ericsson launch open IoT platform

China Telecom and Ericsson announced the launch of the China Telecom IoT Open Platform, a global connection management platform that will support China's One Belt One Road strategy and speed the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services.The China Telecom IoT Open Platform is designed to enable enterprises to deploy, control and scale the management of IoT devices through partnerships. Using the platform, enterprise customers will...

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EE, Qualcomm and Sony Demo Gigabit LTE

Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, UK mobile operator EE and Sony Mobile Communications have showcased what they claim is Europe’s first commercial Gigabit LTE/4G mobile device and network.During the event, held at the Wembley Stadium in London, the companies demonstrated live upload speeds over the EE 4G network of 110 Mbit/s and download speeds of 750 Mbit/s, which are claimed to be more than twice the speed of the UK's fastest commercial...

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IDT unveils clock generator/jitter attenuator

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) announced a new highly-programmable clock generator and jitter attenuator IC offering less than 200 fs of phase noise and designed to provide system design margin for 10 Gbit/s interfaces in wireline and wireless communication networks.IDT noted that the increased phase noise margin can lower system design constraints and help engineers to minimise bit error rates (BER) while also reducing system costs.The new IDT...

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Ncell Axiata selects ZTE network virtualisation

ZTE announced it is strengthening collaboration with Ncell Axiata in the field of network virtualizsation.Under the agreement, Ncell Axiata in Nepal，a company of Malaysia's Axiata Group, a major telecoms group serving around 320 million customers in 10 Asian markets, is leveraging ZTE's network virtualisation technologies to develop a virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform.Ncell Axiata's vSDM platform is based on the latest virtualisation...

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China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute joins HomeGrid Forum

The HomeGrid Forum announced that China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute, the research organisation within the China Telecom, has become its latest promoter member, building on work conducted by the institute on G.hn-related projects over the past three years.The forum noted that China Telecom joins other HomeGrid members from Asia as the Asian, and particularly the Chinese markets, continue to lead the global technology industry.China Telecom...

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Teleste and Antronix form JV to deliver gigabit cable access

Antronix of Cranbury, New Jersey, a designer and manufacturer of broadband products in the U.S., and Finland-based Teleste, a provider of video and broadband technologies and related services in Europe, announced a joint venture through which they will offer next generation gigabit cable access network solutions to North American broadband markets.The new joint venture, whose majority shares are owned by Teleste, will operate under the name Teleste...

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