Superloop deploys Cisco NCS 1004 on Indigo subsea cables

Superloop announced deployments of the Cisco NCS 1004 platform on the INDIGO West cable from Singapore to Australia, and the INDIGO Central cable from Perth to Sydney. The Cisco NCS 1004 supports up to 400G for 4600 km on the INDIGO West cable. At 2RU, the system supports up to 4.8Tbps of client and up to 4.8Tbps of trunk traffic. Cisco said that in addition to the subsea applications, the NCS 1004 is also well suited for terrestrial long haul deployments...

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Openreach accelerates its nationwide build programme

Openreach announced 36 new locations where it will be deploying FTTP over the next 12 months, including Newcastle, Doncaster, Chelmsford and St Albans. Four new locations in Scotland (Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire and Bathgate, Broxburn and Whitburn in West Lothian) have been prioritised following the Scottish Government’s decision to extend rates relief on new fibre broadband networks. Overall, 74 locations across the UK have now been included in...

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Arista revenue rises 17% as some cloud titan spending resumes

Arista Networks reported Q2 2019 revenue of $608.3 million, an increase of 2.2% compared to the first quarter of 2019, and an increase of 17.0% from the second quarter of 2018. GAAP gross margin was 64.1%. Non-GAAP net income was $198.6 million, or $2.44 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $155.7 million, or $1.93 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2018. For the third quarter of 2019, Arista is forecasting revenue between...

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MEF elects 2019-2020 Board of Directors

MEF announced its 2019-2020 Board of Directors: Nan Chen, Senior Advisor, Ericsson Frederick Chui, Chief Commercial Officer, PCCW Global Andrew Dugan, Chief Technology Officer, CenturyLink Shawn Hakl, Senior Vice President, Business Products, Verizon Daniele Mancuso, Vice President ICT Engineering, Sparkle Group Roman P. Pacewicz, Chief Product Officer, AT&T Business Ralph Santitoro, Head of SDN/NFV/SD-WAN Services, Fujitsu Network Communications Michael...

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TE intros straddle-mount connectors for OCP NICs

TE Connectivity (TE) introduced its new Sliver straddle-mount connectors, which are the new standard form factor supporting a faceplate-pluggable Open Compute Project (OCP) NIC 3.0.  Applications include OCP NIC 3.0 cards in a low profile. OCP NIC 3.0 cards are horizontal and faceplate-pluggable, which helps to increase airflow through the enclosure and enable system ease of design. TE’s Sliver straddle-mount products are among the most cost-effective...

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MACOM posts sales of $108.3m,

MACOM Technology Solutions reported quarterly revenue of $108.3 million for its fiscal third quarter ended June 28, 2019, a decrease of 21.4% compared to $137.9 million in the previous year fiscal third quarter and a decrease of 15.7% compared to $128.5 million in the prior fiscal quarter; Gross profit was $33.8 million, a decrease of 29.8% compared to $48.2 million in the previous year fiscal third quarter and a decrease of 41.0% compared to $57.3...

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Ciena selected for Colorado Project THOR fiber network

The Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) has selected Ciena and partners to build a regional fiber network known as Project THOR. The network is funded in part by grants from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and local government contribution. It will connect approximately 400 miles of existing public and private fiber and has the potential to provide more than 230,000 residents access to more bandwidth at more competitive pricing. NWCCOG...

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Keysight debuts Radio Frequency Vector Signal Generator

Keysight Technologies introduced its CXG X-Series Radio Frequency (RF) Vector Signal Generator (CXG) for testing designing IoT and general-purpose devices. Key features: Frequency range of 9 kHz – 3/6 GHz and up to 120 MHz RF modulation bandwidth that cover most of consumer wireless application testing requirements Basic parametric testing of components and functional verification of receivers Testing of devices with multiple standards-compliant...

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NetApp warns on Q2 sales

NetApp trimmed its financial outlook for its first quarter of fiscal year 2020 ended July 26, 2019. Revenues are now expected to be between $1.220 and $1.230 billion, which is a decline of approximately 17% from the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. Net revenues in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 included $90 million from enterprise software license agreements (ELAs) which did not repeat in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. Adjusting...

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Infinera appoints Nancy Erba as Chief Financial Officer

Infinera announced the appointment of Nancy Erba as Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance, effective immediately, and her subsequent appointment as Infinera’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 26, 2019. She will replace Brad Feller, who will remain through the end of September. Previously, Erba was CFO for Immersion Corporation, a recognized leader in the development and licensing of touch feedback technology known as haptics....

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