Kevin Vachon, COO of MEF, previews the workshops, the LSO hackathon, an enterprise WAN session, and Proof-of-Concept demonstrations underway this week in Los Angeles.
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Monday, October 29, 2018
Telia Carrier tests 600G wavelengths with Infinera
Telia Carrier achieved real-time transmission of 600 Gbps wavelengths in its live production network from Palo Alto to San Francisco using Infinera’s FlexILS flexible grid open line system.
Infinera said this milestone was achieved with the latest generation of the Infinera Infinite Capacity Engine, ICE5, demonstrating its continued rapid cadence in the development of vertically integrated optical engines with industry-leading optical performance...
Fujitsu unveils MicroApplications Practice for network operators
Fujitsu Network Communications is launching a MicroApplications Practice to help network operators transform their software approach, allowing faster and more cost-effective solutions for networking challenges.
The idea is to help network operators to evolve from monolithic software stacks to container-based, modular pieces of code based on microservices architecture.
This agile approach allows flexible, automated applications to be developed for...
NTT improves GPS Time Synchronization
NTT and FURUNO ELECTRIC CO. have developed a receiver for GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that significantly improves time-synchronization accuracy in areas with severe reception conditions such as among buildings and in mountainous areas.
NTT said its new satellite signal selection algorithm and a time synchronization GNSS receiver from FURUNO makes it possible to use multi-path satellite signals (reflected or diffracted...
Trend Micro and NTT DOCOMO collaborate on 5G security
Trend Micro announced a partnership with NTT DOCOMO to develop a new solution for the demands of the 5G era built upon the recently announced Trend Micro Virtual Network Function Suite (VNFS) on NTT DOCOMO’s “docomo 5G open cloud.”
Specifically, this solution works together when the Trend Micro VNFS executes on “docomo 5G open cloud.” Then the security threats hidden in traffic of various services executed on the cloud are visualized, detected,...
Fujitsu and Ericsson enter 5G partnership
Fujitsu and Ericsson announced a partnership to deliver end-to-end 5G network solutions and related services initially in Japan and later expanding globally.
The two companies said they will join forces to develop this based on their combined portfolios – spanning radio access and core network – for the dynamic 5G market in Japan, connecting communications service providers to the global 5G ecosystem.
Tango Matsumoto, Executive Vice President,...
Accedian intros service analytics
Accedian introduced its service analytics solution, SkyLIGHT DataHUB IQ, for providing network and IT operations teams a single, unified view of how their network is behaving and how subscribers are experiencing the network, enabling the prioritization of the most severe customer-impacting issues for immediate resolution.
Accedian said its software can provide full stack views into service availability and performance—in real time and in context....
