Spirent on 5G: What to expect in 2020

There is a rush to move past 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) to Standalone (SA) rollouts because it is a quicker path to revenue and profitability for carriers, according to a new report from Spirent Communications.  The “5G: What To Expect In 2020” report draws on the company’s expansive work with operators, network equipment manufacturers and device makers. “2019 brought worldwide 5G Non-Standalone deployments but meaningful revenues were elusive...

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NEC and Mavenir to deliver 5G Open vRAN

NEC and Mavenir will jointly develop a 5G Open virtualized RAN (vRAN) solution for the Japanese enterprise market. This will open up Local/Private 5G Network opportunities for enterprises, regional authorities and other organizations. Under this collaboration, NEC and Mavenir will jointly work on 5G Open vRAN and Local 5G business developments. The collaboration will bring together NEC’s expertise in IT, network and system integration and Mavenir’s...

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Cisco posts quarterly revenue of $12 billion, down 4% yoy

Cisco reported revenue of $12.0 billion for the quarter ended January 25, 2020, down 4%, with product revenue down 6% and service revenue up 5%.  GAAP net income was $2.9 billion or $0.68 per share, and non-GAAP net income was $3.3 billion or $0.77 per share. Revenue by geographic segment was: Americas down 5%, EMEA down 3%, and APJC down 1%. Product revenue was led by growth in Security, up 9%.  Infrastructure Platforms and Applications...

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Digital Realty buys a 49% stake in Seattle's Westin Building Exchange

Digital Realty will acquire a 49% ownership interest in the Westin Building Exchange in Seattle, Washington, from Clise Properties. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Westin Building Exchange, which is said to be the sixth most densely interconnected facility in North America, serves as a primary interconnection hub for the Pacific Northwest. The building houses over 150 carriers and more than 10,000 cross-connects.  The 34-story tower...

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Colt tunes into Oracle FastConnect

Colt Technology Services will provide dedicated, private and on-demand access to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect. The Colt IQ Network is a 100Gbps optimised intelligent network that’s distributed to data centres and data network connection points around the world. The expanded collaboration between Colt and Oracle allows customers to take advantage of on-demand, high-speed secure connectivity from their sites to Oracle...

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Equinix implements Oracle Exadata for global interconnect exchange

Equinix is implementing Oracle Exadata in a cloud-adjacent architecture environment to power its data center and global interconnection platform, which enables its global user base to access various applications across multiple cloud providers. Specifically, Equinix relies on Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a core Oracle Database transaction engine. Prior to selecting Oracle Exadata, Equinix had implemented a do-it-yourself infrastructure environment...

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Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud interconnect in Amsterdam

Oracle and Microsoft established a new cloud interconnect location in Amsterdam, enabling joint customers to share data across applications running in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. The facility in Amsterdam joins interconnected regions already up and running in Toronto; Ashburn, Virginia; and London, and is part of a broader Oracle-Microsoft cloud interoperability partnership announced last year. The companies are planning other further interconnect...

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ADTRAN intros x86 appliance for its cloud-based SD-WAN

ADTRAN introduced an SD-WAN edge platform designed to help managed service providers to make the transition away from proprietary hardware and applications to an open, virtualized approach that is more agile, higher-performance and lower cost. ADTRAN’s cloud-based SD-WAN solution works in conjunction with the newly introduced on-premises ADTRAN 934 edge platform, which is based on Intel’s x86 architecture. ADTRAN said its SD-WAN cloud approach...

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GSMA officially cancels Mobile World Congress 2020

GSMA officially canceled Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona due to the threat from the coronavirus. John Hoffman, CEO GSMA Limited, states: "With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances, make it impossible for the GSMA to hold the event." https://www...

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More companies withdraw from MWC20

ADTRAN BT  Deutche Telekom  Infinera  Netcracker  Nokia  Rakuten Vodafone Further MWC cancellations: AT&T, Ciena, Cisco, Facebook, Intel Tuesday, February 11, 2020  #MWC20   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...

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Compound Photonics and Plessey develop microLED display for AR/MR

Compound Photonics US Corporation (CP) and Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. (Plessey) introduced a fully addressable microLED display modules resulting from their previously announced strategic partnership to develop and introduce GaN-on-Silicon microLED based microdisplay solutions for AR/MR applications. The companies fabricated functional microLED display modules combining CP’s high speed digital low-latency display backplane with Plessey’s GaN-on-Silicon...

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