MEF18: PCCW Global on proving out intercarrier service orchestration

At MEF18, PCCW Global presented a proof-of-concept demonstration that involved Sonata API functionality to enable service quoting, ordering, mocked-up service delivery, and billing. This PoC proves that is possible to deliver orchestrated services across a chain of carriers, says Shahar Steiff, AVP, New Technology, PCCW Global. It also highlights the importance of having a unified information model and process amongst operators. https://youtu.be/lrLvPHsu...

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MEF18: SD-WAN merges IT and network transformation

Silver Peak, which has been actively participating in MEF to help develop the first SD-WAN specifications, sees a dramatic shift in the market, says Nav Chander, Senior Director, Service and Cloud Provider Marketing, Silver Peak. SD-WAN will become a platform for advanced wired and wireline services, merging IT transformation with network transformation. https://youtu.be/eKpmgwCT...

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Zayo to split in two: Infrastructure and Enterprise Services

Zayo Group announced it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one to focus on providing core communications infrastructure and another to leverage infrastructure to provide solutions for a broad set of enterprise customers. Zayo Infrastructure, “InfraCo,” will be comprised of the current Fiber Solutions and zColo business segments, along with the Wavelength and IP Transit businesses of Zayo’s current Transport segment. It will own...

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Interxion Data Centres now support Oracle Cloud Connect

Interxion’s Frankfurt data centre is now an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect location. This provides dedicated and private access to Oracle Cloud. Interxion customers colocating their network and private IT environments in any of Interxion’s 48 data centres across 11 countries in Europe can now access this service through Cloud Connect. "Customers require seamless connectivity from their data centres and networks to Oracle Cloud for their...

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Calient's 320x320 optical circuit switch connects SCinet 2018

CALIENT Technologies' S320 optical circuit switch (OCS) will play a key connectivity role in SCinet, the “world’s fastest network" at next week's SC18 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage in Dallas. The 320-port S320 OCS will be used to create an optical overlay network connecting core routers from Juniper and Cisco with optical transport systems from Juniper, Ciena and Infinera, using 100GbE connections. Any...

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Three UK to invest over £2 bilion in 5G

Three UK has completed a number of key steps in its network improvement programme, as part of a wider £2bn+ infrastructure investment, in preparation for the advent of 5G. Three UK announced its commitment to invest over £2 billion in network infrastructure as it rolls out 5G. As part of its network upgrade the telecoms operator has: acquired the UK’s leading 5G spectrum portfolio signed an agreement for the rollout of new cell site technology...

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Qualcomm posts Q4 revenue of $5.8 billion, 2019 outlook

Qualcomm reported Q4 revenue of $5.8 billion, down 2% from the same period last year. Net income amounted to $1.3 billion, down 7% from  $1.4 billion for its fiscal Q4 2017. “We delivered a strong quarter, with Non-GAAP earnings per share above the high end of our prior expectations, on greater than expected chipset demand in QCT and lower operating expenses,” said Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. “We are executing well on our...

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Nokia and China Unicom build private LTE for BMW China

Nokia and China Unicom deployed a private LTE network for a BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd plant being built in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. A Nokia virtualized Multi-access Edge Computing (vMEC) solution integrated with China Unicom's 4G network will provide low-latency support for smart manufacturing activities at the plant. By deploying the Nokia MEC platform on site, the secure LTE network is able to process data closer to where it is...

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Vodafone New Zealand implements adaptive networking with Ciena

Vodafone New Zealand is unveiling an adaptable and agile network that can respond in real time to its customers’ changing demands. The adaptive network provides business customers with a digital user-interface for requesting additional network capacity. Vodafone can also set customer-defined service policies and program its network to suggest the ideal capacity, hardware configuration and spectral placement for any channel, across any network path. Vodafone...

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Japan's QTnet picks Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical

QTnet, a communications service provider in Kyushu, Japan, has selected Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform to support growing demand for telecommunications services. QTnet offers fiber optic cable, internet, video and broadband telecommunications services to hundreds of thousands of households and enterprises and local governments. Ciena said its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform powered by WaveLogic Ai programmable coherent optics will enable QTnet...

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