Lumentum - Oclaro deal expected to close Dec 10

Lumentum confirmed that it has obtained antitrust clearance from the People's Republic of China's State Administration for Market Regulation concerning its pending acquisition of Oclaro. Lumentum expects that the Oclaro acquisition will close on or around December 10, 2018. Lumentum to acquire Oclaro for $1.8 billion Monday, March 12, 2018  #OFC2018, Lumentum, Merger & Acquisitions, Oclaro   Lumentum...

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Mellanox supplies RDMA over Ethernet 25 Gbps adapters to Alibaba

Mellanox Technologies confirmed that it is now shipping its RDMA over Ethernet (RoCE) 25Gbps ConnectX network adapters for deployment in Alibaba Infrastructure Services’ production network. RDMA technology provides Remote Direct Memory Access from the memory of one host to the memory of another host without involving the operating system and CPU, therefore boosting network and host performance with low latency, low CPU load and high bandwidth. Mellanox...

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Anritsu and Qualcomm complete 5G Standalone (SA) connection test

Anritsu and Qualcomm completed 5G Standalone (SA) connection testing between Anritsu's Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and a mobile smartphone form-factor test device. The testing included Qualcomm's 5G modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements. The SA mode uses 5G NR technology to send and receive both data and control signalling between 5G base stations and mobile terminals. With commercial...

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Reliance Industries' acquisition of Radisys expected to close this week

Reliance Industries (RIL) is expected to complete its acquisitio of Radisys no later than December 14, 2018. Radisys said the companies are working to close the transaction as promptly as practicable on or before that date. In connection therewith, RIL also acknowledged that Radisys has satisfied all conditions to RIL’s obligations to close the transaction. Reliance to acquire Radisys for approximately $67 million Sunday, July 01, 2018  Radisys, Reliance   Reliance...

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Toshiba adds 12TB and 14TB drives for NAS

Toshiba America Electronic Components introduced 12TB and 14TB models to both its N300 NAS Hard Drive and X300 Performance Hard Drive series. Both are 3.5-inch mechancial drives employing a helium-sealed design. They operate at 7,200rpm and come with an ultra-high 256MB data buffer. Toshiba said both the N300 NAS and X300 models use its advanced Stable Platter Technology to minimize vibrations by stabilizing the motor shaft at both ends for improved...

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FCC releases Communications Marketplace data

The FCC released 581 pages of data indices for its Communications Marketplace Report. The FCC said these appendices reflect updates to data received and processed after the release of the draft Communications Marketplace Report on November 21, 2018. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355405A1.pdf Two items from the report ...

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