Google Cloud outage attributed to configuration change

The widescale outage experienced by Google Cloud Platform on 02-June-2019 was caused by a configuration change that was intended for a small number of servers in a single region but was mistakenly applied to a larger number of servers across several neighboring regions, according to a blog posting by Benjamin Treynor Sloss, VP, 24x7, Google. Google says the disruption caused a 10% drop in global views of YouTube during the incident, while Google...

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Nokia claims 5G momentum with 42 commercial deals

Nokia has signed 42 commercial 5G deals, of which 22 have named the customer. This is more than any other vendor by Nokia's reckoning. The company says it has signed on average one major contract win per week since the end of March. Nokia President and Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Suri says: "The pace of 5G progress is accelerating across the globe. We are delivering significant performance increases to operators and the power of Nokia's end-to-end...

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BT picks Juniper for virtualized telco cloud

BT has selected Juniper Networks to power its Network Cloud roll-out and enable a more flexible, virtualized network infrastructure. The Network Cloud will enable BT to combine a range of currently discrete network functions and deploy them on a cloud infrastructure that is built to a common framework and shared across the organization, throughout the UK and globally. These include services across BT’s voice, mobile core and radio/access, global...

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Huawei to sell its stake in subsea business to Hengtong

Huawei Technologies has agreed to sell its 51% stake in Huawei Marine Systems Co Ltd to Hengtong Optic-Electric Co Ltd, a supplier of optical networking products company based in Jiangsu province. The deal was disclosed in a filing by Hengtong to the Shanghai Financial Exchange. Financial terms were not disclosed.  The remaining 49% in Huawei Marine Systems is held by Global Marine. Hengtong is already a leading supplier of submarine power...

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Infineon to acquire Cypress for €9.0 billion

Infineon Technologies agreed to acquire Cypress Semiconductor for US$23.85 per share in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value of €9.0 billion. The deal will make Infineon the number one supplier of chips to the automotive market.  Cypress has a differentiated portfolio of microcontrollers as well as software and connectivity. Infineon said its security expertise combined with Cypress’s connectivity know-how will accelerate entry into...

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INDIGO subsea cable is ready for service

The INDIGO subsea cable system, which connects Australia and Southeast Asia, is officially ready for use. INDIGO features two-fibre pairs with a design capacity for up to 36 terabits per second. The cable system will utilise new spectrum sharing technology so each consortium member will have the ability to independently take advantage of technology advancements for future upgrades and capacity increases on demand. INDIGO is backed by AARNet, Google,...

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MACOM introduces wideband amplifier for 5G testing

MACOM introduced a new wideband distributed amplifier suited for use in 5G test and measurement (T&M) equipment spanning sub-6 GHz to mmW frequencies. The new MAAM-011238 amplifier supports wideband operation from 100 kHz up to 50 GHz (67.5 GHz for the Bare-DIE version) with typical gain of 14 dB at 30 GHz. The amplifier is offered in both bare-DIE and Surface Mount packaged formats. https://www.macom.com/about/news-and-events/press-relea...

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Teleste supplies DOCSIS 3.1 optical nodes in Poland

Teleste has been selected as a vendor of optical nodes for Vectra, a leading telecommunication operator in Poland. The deal includes more than 1,000 of Teleste’s E8 1.2 GHz optical nodes, which will be delivered to Vectra by the end of Q1 2020. Teleste’s E8 is a compact optical node platform supporting DOCSIS 3.1 frequencies. Vectra is the second largest telecommunication operator in Poland with a cable network of almost 2.8 million homes passed....

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