Google Cloud suffers widespread outage

Google reported high levels of network congestion in the eastern USA, impacting a wide range of Google services and third-party websites and apps. The first report on the Google status page was posted at 12:53pm (Pacific) impacting Google Cloud Networking. Google Compute Engine was also impacted Users across the United States reported slow performance and intermittent outages with Google Cloud, G Suite, Gmail, YouTube and other key services. At...

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ThousandEyes captures visualization of Google Cloud outage

From its monitoring network of 249 global vantage points, ThousandEyes detected the global outage with Google Cloud Platform beginning around 12-12:15pm PT. ThousandEyes experienced 100% packet loss trying to reach a service hosted in GCP USwest. All traffic dropped at the edge of Google's network. Angelique Medina, ThousandEyes product marketing director, stated: “ThousandEyes can confirm Google’s report of network congestion as a likely root...

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CommScope Advances 10G Broadband Roadmap

CommScope announced several areas of progress on its 10G Broadband roadmap A low-latency DOCSIS system deemed crucial to next-generation broadband performance. The company is demonstrating IP video running alongside traditional QAM video over an EPON channel at 10 Gbps.  A software-configurable Frequency-Division Duplex (Soft FDD) system with the potential to deliver 10G speeds over traditional coaxial wiring. Soft FDD uses FDX technology and...

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China drafts list of "unreliable foreign entities"

In response to the U.S. decision to blacklist Huawei, China's Ministry of Commerce will draft its own list of "unreliable foreign entities," which could be companies or individuals who would be banned from doing business in China. The South China Morning Post, which is published in Hong Kong, reports that this list could include all suppliers to Huawei who halted shipments to Huawei due to the U.S. action. Companies appearing on China's entity list...

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IDC: Switching market grows 7.8%, routing up 8.2%

According to IDC, the Worldwide Ethernet switch (Layer 2/3) market grew revenues 7.8% in Q1 2019 to $6.8 billion, while the worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market saw revenues increase 8.2% year over year to $3.6 billion. "Organizations across the globe are looking to digitally transform themselves in an effort to meet market and competitive needs and improve user experiences. As they do so, enterprises are realizing the critical...

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DOCOMO develops 5G glass antenna for 28 GHz

NTT DOCOMO, in partnership with AGC Inc. and Ericsson, has developed an antenna embedded in synthetic fused silica glass for transmitting and receiving 28 GHz 5G radio signals. The antenna was used to verify 28 GHz 5G mobile communication with downlink speeds averaging 1.3 Gbps within a 100-meter range and reaching a maximum of 3.8 Gbps at 400 MHz. The verification tests, which used a vehicle fitted with multiple antennas and traveling about...

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IEEE lifts peer review restrictions on Huawei

Upon further consideration, IEEE updated its policy regarding export control restrictions against Huawei and its affiliates. IEEE said employees of Huawei and its affiliates may participate as peer reviewers and editors in the publication process.  All IEEE members, regardless of employer, can continue to participate in all of the activities of the IEEE. "IEEE recognizes that science and technology are a global activity. We are proud of the...

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Blackberry Messenger shuts down

The consumer version of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) was officially deactivated as of 31-May-2019. Blackberry Messenger was launched in 2005. In 2016, Indonesia-based Emtek Group acquired the licensing rights for BBM. Meanwhile, Blackberry Limited (formerly Research in Motion) has launched an enterprise-grade messaging platform that promises end-to-end security and privacy in its place. https://blog.bbm.com/2019/04/18/time-to-say-goodbye-english...

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