Coriant debuts 1.2 Tbps modular sled for its Groove G3

Coriant introduced a new Coherent Multiservice Sled for its Groove G30 Network Disaggregation Platform. The new 1.2 Tbps modular sled leverages advances in integrated photonics and the latest 16nm coherent DSP. Coriant said its new Groove G30 Coherent Multiservice Sled enables the platform to achieve new performance benchmarks, including: Highest density – 9.6 Tbps of capacity in a compact and highly modular 1RU, a 2X improvement over the closest...

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Dropbox expands global private network, taps Equinix Cloud Exchange

Dropbox is expanding its global private network by offering its global collaboration platform on the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric. Dropbox is also launching six new points of presence across North America and Europe that will improve performance and reliability for users globally. The new PoPs will include Atlanta, Denver, Berlin, Toronto, Stockholm, and Oslo.By the end of the year, the company plans to have an infrastructure footprint that...

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Broadcom's Jericho2 switch-routing chip boasts 10 Tbps capacity

Broadcom announced commercial availability of its Jericho2 and FE9600 chips, the next generation of its StrataDNX family of system-on-chip (SoC) Switch-Routers. The Jericho2 silicon boasts 10 Terabits per second of Switch-Router performance and is designed for high-density, industry standard 400GbE, 200GbE, and 100GbE interfaces. Key features include the company's "Elastic Pipe" packet processing, along with large-scale buffering with integrated...

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Glen Post to retire as CenturyLink's CEO in May

Glen F. Post, III announced his intention to retire as CEO of CenturyLink effective the day of CenturyLink's 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting in May. "After serving as CenturyLink's CEO for more than 26 years, I have decided to retire effective at this year's shareholders' meeting," Post said. "While my original plan was to stay in my role through the end of 2018, Jeff has more than demonstrated his ability to assume this leadership role and I believe...

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ADVA's Oscilloquartz intros modular sync solution with 10G interfaces

ADVA Optical Networking's Oscilloquartz division introduced the first IEEE 1588 grandmaster clock device on the market to support PTP, NTP and SyncE over multiple 10Gbit/s Ethernet interfaces. The new OSA 5430, which is designed to help network operators achieve the stringent phase and time synchronization requirements needed for LTE-TDD, LTE-A and 5G RAN networks, can be deployed in the core and at centralized aggregation locations. It features...

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Interxion reports continued growth for European data centres

Interxion reported Q4 2017 revenue of 2017 of €29.9 million, an 18% increase over the fourth quarter of 2016 and a 4% increase over the third quarter of 2017. Recurring revenue was €123.4 million, a 19% increase over the fourth quarter of 2016 and a 5% increase over the third quarter of 2017. Recurring revenue in the fourth quarter represented 95% of total revenue. On an organic constant currency5 basis, revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017 was...

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Mellanox milestone: one Million 100G ports with LinkX optical transceivers and cables

Mellanox Technologies announced a big milestone:  volume shipments of LinkX optical transceivers, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and Direct Attach Copper Cables (DACs), have surpassed the one million 100Gb/s QSFP28 ports milestone. “Our early 100Gb/s sales were driven by US-based hyperscale companies who were the first to deploy 100G Ethernet,” said Amir Prescher, senior vice president of business development and general manager of the interconnect...

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CoreSite activates VMware Cloud on AWS

CoreSite announced the availability of dedicated, private connectivity into VMware Cloud on AWS in its first four markets. Direct connectivity to VMware Cloud on AWS is now available through fiber interconnections or through the CoreSite Open Cloud Exchange in four CoreSite markets, including Boston, Denver, New York and Northern Virginia. VMware Cloud on AWS brings together VMware’s enterprise-class Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) software...

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A changing of the guard at SES

A changing of the guard is underway at SES, the global satellite communications company, with a new CEO and CFO expected to take up their posts in April. The new blood comes from O3b Networks, the visionary company whose name stood for the "other 3 billion" people on the planet who lacked access to the modern communications grid and who might be reached via a next-gen satellite constellation. The initial plan was for a network of 12 High Throughput...

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AT&T looks to IPO of minority stake in DIRECTV Latin America

AT&T filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of a minority interest in the Class A common stock of Vrio Corp., a holding company for its Latin American digital entertainment services unit, DIRECTV Latin Americ...

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