Deutsche Telekom tests 100G wireless backhaul over microwave

A test of wireless backhaul transmission over millimeter wave spectrum conducted by Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom achieved rates exceeding 100 Gbps over a 1.5 km distance. The test, which was conducted at the Deutsche Telekom Service Center in Athens, represents a major technical breakthrough, achieving more than 10 times greater throughput speeds than current commercial solutions on similar 70/80 GHz millimeter wave spectrum. The companies said...

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SpaceX to launch its first 60 satellites this week

SpaceX expects to launch the first 60 satellites for its Starlink LEO constellation this week. In a tweet, Elon Musk disclosed that six launches of 60 satellites each are needed for "minor coverage" and 12 launches of 60 satellites each are needed for "moderate" coverage. The accompanying photo reveals an extremely tight packing of photos into the Falcon fairing. SpaceX has disclosed plans to deploy as many as 12,000 satellites in three, low earth...

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Urban Computing Foundation targets traffic infrastructure

A new Urban Computing Foundation is looking to accelerate open source software that improves mobility, safety, road infrastructure, traffic congestion and energy consumption in connected cities. The forum will address issues such as the adaption of geospatial and temporal machine learning techniques and urban environments and simulation methodologies for modeling and predicting city-wide phenomena. The project is organized by The Linux Foundation...

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China Mobile intros 5G-powered Smart Commercial Refrigerator

China Mobile Group Zhejiang is launching the "goBox", a 5G-powered smart commercial refrigerator developed by UTStarcom. Fast connectivity and low latency enable the goBox smart vending machine to use facial recognition to confirm the identity of customers and autorize each transaction without carrying a mobile phone. Customers can then open the door to pick their favorite products and close the door to complete payment.  China Mobile Group...

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Telecom Egypt signs PEACE subsea cable

Telecom Egypt entered agreements enabling the Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable system to cross Egypt through new diversified terrestrial routes between the Zafarana and Abou Talat cable landing stations, where Telecom Egypt will provide PEACE with brand new state of the art landing facilities. The total value of the agreement amounts to US$45 million over the lifetime of the cable.  In addition,  PEACE...

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Subsea connectivity restored to northern Greenland

Following repairs to a subsea cable linking Greenland and Canada, connectivity has been restored to customers north of the town of Sisimiut. The population of South Greenland will have to wait for another 15-20 days before the southern branch of the damaged subsea cable is repaired. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of about 56,000, most of whom live along fjords in the southwest. TELE-POST is the service provider...

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CoreSite's Cloud Exchange offers AWS Direct Connect at 1/2/5/10G

CoreSite announced the availability of Hosted Connections with 1, 2, 5, or 10 Gbps of capacity for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect. These connectivity capacities are available through the CoreSite Open Cloud Exchange, enabling direct, private, virtual connectivity into AWS. The CoreSite Open Cloud Exchange establishes direct, secure, virtual connections between enterprises, networks and cloud providers, including major public clouds such...

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SK Telecom and Microsoft to collaborate on 5G and AI

SK Telecom signed an MoU with Microsoft to collaborate on 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud. The companies will work on combining the capabilities of SK Telecom’s AI platform (NUGU) with Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant. Collaboration will also focus on creating better customer experiences in the field of media and entertainment. In addition, SK Telecom will adopt Microsoft 365 for its own workforce. Eventually, SK Telecom will expand...

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