Deutsche Telekom prices IoT at 10 Euros for Ten Years

Deutsche Telekom, in partnership with Cologne-based mobile communications provider 1NCE, introduced a very low cost, flat rate data plan for smart devices on the Internet of Things priced. Customers pay a ‘lifetime fee” of ten euros in the prepaid tariff and receive a data flat rate of up to 500 megabytes for the service life of each smart device of ten years. The offer is initially valid within the European Union as well as in Switzerland and...

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Marvell intros 16-Port 50GbE PHY transceiver

Marvell introduced new transceiver to address the transition in hyperscale data centers from 25GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) and 100GbE to 50GbE, 200GbE and 400GbE. The new device, which is part of Marvell's Alaska C family of transceivers, addresses this I/O speed transition in hyperscale data centers with support of 16 ports of 50GbE, 4 ports of 200GbE and 2 ports of 400GbE, utilizing 50G PAM4 signaling. Marvell said its transceivers are the first...

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IDC: Enterprise WLAN market grows, consumer market declines

The enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market continues to see steady growth while consumer sales are softer, according to the most recent International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker. Enterprise WLAN growth for the full year 2017 was 5.7% with $5.7 billion in revenues. For Q4 2017, revenues grew 6.5% to $1.5 billion. Consumer WLAN revenue for the full year 2017 decreased 7.3% compared to 2016 to reach...

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IDC: Modest growth for Ethernet switch and router market

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.9 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017 (4Q17), an increase of 3.2% year over year, according to IDC's newly updated Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker and Worldwide Quarterly Router Tracker, and reached more than $25.7 billion in revenue for the full year 2017, an increase of 5.4% over 2016. IDC calculates that the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP)...

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NeoPhotonics intros 53 GBaud Linear Optical Components

NeoPhotonics announced its 53 GBaud Linear Optical Component family, which includes  PAM4 capable optical components for 100G and 400G cloud data center and other client applications, including drivers and EML lasers in transmitters plus PIN photodetectors and TIAs in receivers. The 53 GBaud Linear Optical Component family from NeoPhotonics includes: 53 GBaud Open Drain Driver (ODD) for linear operation of EML lasers. With a typical 90mW...

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Qualcomm postpones shareholder meeting

Qualcomm will postpone its shareholders' annual meeting from 06-March-2018 until 05-April-2018. Reportedly, Qualcomm secretly filed a voluntary request with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) asking for a preemptive investigation of Broadcom's proposed merger. This request has now resulted in an order to postpone the shareholder meeting which could have resulted in a new board of directors. Broadcom described the postponement...

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NTT Docomo invests in Otonomo for car data sharing

NTT DOCOMO Ventures has made an equity investment in Otonomo Technologies Ltd., a start-up based in Herzeliya, Israel, that is developing a marketplace for connected car data. Financial terms were not disclosed. Otonomo offers a centralized platform through which car-generated data parameters are packaged into data bundles and offered to service providers to create innovative new applications and services. The Otonomo platform addresses functionality...

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Oak Thorne takes the helm at Gogo

Oakleigh Thorne has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Michael J. Small, who has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director of the company. Gogo said the decision for Small to leave the company was "mutual". Mr. Thorne, a director of the company since 2003, has approximately 30 years of leadership experience with significant operational and financial expertise. He...

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Coriant appoints Sandra Krief as Managing Director for N America

Coriant appointed Sandra Krief as Managing Director for North America, responsible for sales operations, business development, channel strategy, and customer support throughout the U.S. and Canada. She will report directly to the company’s Chief Customer Officer and EVP of Global Sales and Digital Marketing, Homayoun Razavi. Previously, Krief served as Global VP at BroadSoft, a Cisco company, where she oversaw the company’s largest global customers...

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Eutelsat faces pressure in its traditional video business, seeks new opportunities

Eutelsat, originally known as the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization, is known for being the first satellite operator in Europe to broadcast television channels direct-to-home beginning in the 1980s with its first generation of Hot Bird satellites. The company was founded in 1977, has its headquarters in Paris, and now operates ground stations in every region of the world.  Its business interests have diversified to include...

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