Trump declares national emergency to secure ICT supply chain

President Trump declared a national emergency over the security of the nation's communications infrastructure and signed an executive order aimed at mitigating "threats enabled by information and communications technologies or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary." The Secretary of Commerce is called upon to adopt rules and regulations...

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U.S. Commerce Dept adds Huawei to control list

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security will add Huawei Technologies and its subsidiaries to its "Entity List" - potentially blocking the company from purchasing certain products from U.S. suppliers, according to The Washington Post and other news sources. Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, stated that his team is "committed to ensuring that information and communication technology and services in the United States...

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Cisco posts revenue of $13.0 billion, up 6%

Cisco reported third-quarter revenue of $13.0 billion, up 6% year over year. Net income (GAAP) was $3.0 billion or $0.69 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $3.5 billion or $0.78 per share. The result reflect the divestiture of Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business in October. "Our strong performance in the quarter was across the business, reflecting our customers' confidence in our strategy, business model and market-leading...

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LF Edge announces Project EVE Seed Code

LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation that aims to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system, announced Project Edge Virtualization Engine (EVE) seed code contributed by LF Edge founding member ZEDEDA. With Project EVE, edge gateways and devices run a variety of edge workloads simultaneously, decoupling application management from the underlying...

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Alibaba's cloud division hits US$1.151 billion in quarterly revenue

Alibaba Group reported that its cloud computing division generated revenue of RMB 7.726 billion (US$1.151 billion) during the March quarter, up 76% over the same period last year. Adjusted EBITA margin for the division was (2%). Adjusted EBITA was a loss of RMB 164 million (US$24 million). The company said growth in cloud computing was primarily driven by an increase in average spending per customer. Cloud computing now represents 8% of Alibaba...

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IDC: Worldwide semiconductor revenue to dip 7.2% in 2019

International Data Corporation (IDC) is predicting that worldwide semiconductor revenue will decline to $440 billion in 2019, down 7.2% from $474 billion in 2018. This follows three consecutive years of growth, with year-over-year growth of 13.2% in 2018. Other key findings from IDC's Semiconductor Application Forecaster (excluding memory) include: While the computing industry experienced strong growth in 2017 and 2018, the SAF forecasts semiconductor...

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MediaTek completes standalone 5G call on 2.6GHz with Ericsson

Ericsson and MediaTek completed a 5G standalone end-to-end call on the 2.6GHz band based on 3GPP’s 5G December 2018 specifications. The test was completed in April in a lab in Ottawa, Canada, connected a MediaTek chipset with an Ericsson Radio System radio AIR 6488 5G using 5G NR commercial software and dual-mode 5G Cloud Core solution. The call was fully compliant with 3GPP’s Release 15 specifications for 5G from December 2018, providing maturity...

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Clearfield expands its operations and R&D in North America

Clearfield announced the expansion of its manufacturing warehouse space and R&D facilities to keep up with increasing demand for its products created by wireless and FTTx roll outs. This growth takes place at the company’s headquarters in Minneapolis and its manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. “We’re reaching the tipping point for fiber-based services where the commercial and market opportunities for both the residential and business...

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