NTT Docomo launches its 5G service

NTT DOCOMO officially launched its 5G commercial service, boasting initial downlink speeds up to 3.4 Gbps at launch and increasing to peak speeds of 4.1 Gbps in June. Initially, DOCOMO's 5G is available in 150 locations nationwide and will be rolled out to all prefectures by the end of June 2020. Service activation is 25-March-2020. Pricing is posted below. The company is offering six DOCOMO smartphones, one DOCOMO tablet, and one data communication...

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Verizon cites week-over-week rise in traffic

Verizon reported the following week-over-week comparisons of peak hour usage traffic over its residential fiber and wireless consumer networks: Gaming, up 75% VPN, up 34% Web traffic up close to 20% Video, up more than 12% Social media usage: 0%, flat Verizon said usage is expected to fluctuate over time, especially as more people telecommute and more students are at home. “As we see more and more individuals work from home and students engage...

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Infinera carries 800G wavelength at 96 Gbaud over 950km

Infinera completed a live network trial of 800G single-wavelength transmission at 96 Gbaud over 950 kilometers (km) across a long-haul link in a major North American network operator’s production network. The production network trial, which was conducted over a third-party optical line system carrying live multi-vendor traffic, leveraged Infinera’s Groove (GX) Series, equipped with its sixth-generation dual-800G Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE6)...

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NeoPhotonics intros 64 GBaud L-band coherent optical components

NeoPhotonics introduced an L-Band suite of coherent optical components, including its 64 GBaud L-Band High Bandwidth Coherent Driver Modulator (HB-CDM), 64 GBaud L-Band Intradyne Coherent Receiver (ICR) and ultra-narrow linewidth L-Band tunable laser Micro-ITLA. NeoPhotonics already supplies standard C-Band coherent components. NeoPhotonics notes that the L-Band uses wavelengths centered around 1590 nm and is primarily used to complement the C-Band...

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Nutanix tunes for Big Data and Analytics

Nutanix has added new capabilities for big data and analytics applications, as well as unstructured data storage. Nutanix Objects 2.0 includes the ability to manage object data across multiple Nutanix clusters for achieving massive scale, increased object storage capacity per node, and formal Splunk SmartStore certification. The enhancements add to a cloud platform that is already optimized for big data applications, to deliver performance and incredible...

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Sequans announces CBRS module design win with AMIT Wireless

Sequans Communications announced a CBRS design win with AMIT Wireless, an expert in enabling wireless M2M and IoT worldwide. AMIT is using Sequans' Cassiopeia CB610L CBRS module to provide the LTE connectivity for two new devices: 1) a remote terminal unit (RTU) for high-speed IIoT telemetry, and 2) a CBRS WAN extender for connecting existing Ethernet-based equipment to CBRS OnGo networks. “Sequans is an expert in 3.5 GHz solutions and the Cassiopeia...

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SpaceX selected to launch Intelsat 40e in 2022

Intelsat named SpaceX as its launch partner for Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), which is an advanced geostationary satellite that will provide Intelsat’s government and enterprise customers across North and Central America with high-throughput, “coast-to-coast” services. Intelsat announced in February that Maxar Technologies will manufacture Intelsat 40e. The launch is planned for 2022 on SpaceX’s American-built Falcon 9 launch vehicle. “We look forward...

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