Blueprint column: End users are now demanding virtualized services

by Prayson Pate, CTO, Edge Cloud, ADVA I used to ask the question: Why do customers of managed services care about NFV? My answer was: They don’t. But they do care about the benefits of NFV, such as choice, services on demand, and new commercial models such as pay-as-you-go and try-before-you-buy. But the situation has changed. Now, customers looking at managed services are asking for virtualized solutions. Our sources show that half of end-user...

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Celona tests performance edge with CBRS enterprise cellular

Celona, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, is reporting impressive performance results in beta testing of its cellular wireless network solution for enterprises which uses interference-free and clean spectrum offered by CBRS. Celona's platform creates a dedicated, wireless “express lane” for mission-critical business applications over a private cellular network. The company says its solution is undergoing beta testing at eight new sites...

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Windstream Wholesale to deliver wave capacity to Sparkle

Windstream Wholesale will provide wave connectivity to Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, connecting their U.S. IP network. This connectivity from Sparkle’s PoP in El Paso will take place via the Equinix LA1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Los Angeles, which is directly connected to the three other Equinix IBX data centers (LA2, LA3, LA4) in the Los Angeles area...

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IDC: 5G could boost 2020 IT spending

Worldwide IT spending is set to increase by 5% in constant currency this year as software and services investment remains stable while smartphone sales recover on the back of a 5G-driven upgrade cycle in the second half of the year, according to an update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Books. "Much of this year's growth is dependent on a positive smartphone cycle as the year progresses, but this is under threat from...

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Court approves T-Mobile US + Sprint merger

The U.S. Federal Court in New York approved the merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint. The companies said they are now taking final steps to complete their merger to create the New T-Mobile. “Today was a huge victory for this merger … and now we are FINALLY able to focus on the last steps to get this merger done! We want to thank the Court for its thorough review of the facts we presented in our case. We’ve said it all along: the New T-Mobile will be...

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DE-CIX opens PoP at NJFX Cable Landing Station

DE-CIX, which now operates the largest Internet Exchange (IX) in the New York market, has established a Point of Presence (PoP) in the NJFX Cable Landing Station (CLS). The new PoP at NJFX will provide access for customers to exchange traffic so that their data can traverse directly from the U.S. East Coast to Europe and beyond, as well as up and down the East Coast U.S. corridor to the New York metro area, and to Ashburn, Virginia. Customers can...

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Further MWC cancellations: AT&T, Ciena, Cisco, Facebook, Intel

A10 Networks AT&T Ciena Cisco F5 Networks Facebook iconnectiv Intel McAfee Mediatek Open-Xchange Royole (foldable screen technology) Spirent Sprint Vivo MWC20 cancellation updates Monday, February 10, 2020  #MWC20   Accedian: “After careful consideration, we have taken the decision to withdraw from MWC 2020. This was not a decision taken lightly. We’ve been extensively following the development of the virus and...

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A10 posts Q4 revenue of $60 million, up 14% sequentially

A10 Networks reported Q4 2019 revenue of $60.3 million, up 14 percent compared with $52.8 million in third quarter 2019. GAAP gross margin was 77.7 percent. GAAP net income was  $0.0 million, or $0.00 per basic and diluted share. Non-GAAP net income of $7.8 million, or $0.10 per basic and diluted share. "I am thrilled to join A10 Networks at an exciting time for the business,” said Dhrupad Trivedi, president and chief executive officer of A10...

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