FCC opens 6 GHz Band to Wi-Fi

The FCC voted to open 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band (5.925–7.125 GHz) available for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed uses.  The 6 GHz band is currently populated by, among others, microwave services that are used to support utilities, public safety, and wireless backhaul.  Unlicensed devices will share this spectrum with incumbent licensed services under rules crafted to protect those licensed services and enable both unlicensed...

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Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD

AT&T tops Vertical Systems Group's newly 2019 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services LEADERBOARD. The following companies achieved a position on the benchmark (in rank order based on site share): AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast. These seven service providers each have two percent (2%) or more of installed and billable Carrier Managed SD-WAN customer sites in the U.S. as of year-end 2019. “The U.S. managed...

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MEF SD-WAN Update - April 2020

MEF's newly launched SD-WAN certification program is bringing clarity to the market by specifying the requirements for an application-aware, over-the-top WAN connectivity service that uses policies to determine how application flows are directed over multiple underlay networks. In this video, Roy Chua, founder & principal of AvidThink, interviews Dan Pitt, SVP of MEF and Principal of Palo Alto Innovation Advisors, to discuss how certification...

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Intel's Data Center Group revenues leapt 43% in Q1

Intel posted Q1 2020 revenue of $19.8 billion, up 23% YoY. The company generated approximately $6.2 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.4 billion and used $4.2 billion to repurchase 71 million shares of stock. Intel achieved 34 percent data-centric revenue growth and 14 percent PC-centric revenue growth YoY. First-quarter data-centric results were led by strength in the Data Center Group (DCG) with revenue up 43 percent YoY...

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FCC advances planning for $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America

The FCC is proposing to distribute up to $9 billion through the Universal Service Fund across rural America for 5G wireless broadband connectivity.  The 5G Fund would help ensure that rural Americans enjoy the same benefits from our increasingly digital economy as their urban counterparts—more than 200 million of whom already have access to major providers’ 5G networks—and would include a special focus on deployments that support precision agriculture. The...

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ADTRAN and Plume collaborate on Smart Home solutions

ADTRAN announced a collaboration with Plume to improve, personalize and secure the home network and streamline connectivity within the rapidly developing Smart Home market. As part of the collaboration, ADTRAN will integrate Plume’s Customer Experience Management Platform via its Mosaic Subscriber Suite, offering ISPs a comprehensive single pane view of their access and smart home network. OpenSync, a key component in delivering Plume’s services,...

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Mellanox hits revenue of $429 million, up 40% yoy

Mellanox Technologies reported Q1 2020 revenue of $428.7 million, an increase of 40.5%, compared to $305.2 million in the first quarter of 2019. GAAP gross margins were 66.8%, compared to 64.6% in the first quarter of 2019. “Mellanox delivered record revenue and operating income in the first quarter of 2020. All our major product lines continued to grow. We are pleased to be shipping end-to-end solutions at speeds of 200 gigabits per second (Gbps)...

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AFL intros fiber ribbonizing tool

AFL has introduced a ribbonizing tool that features a glue-less process for ribbonizing and splicing 12-fiber ribbons. The RT-02 ribbonizer is suitable for ribbonizing 200 µm and 250 µm loose fibers, 200 µm and 250 µm MPO termination, and mass fusion splicing loose fiber cables. Loading in order of the color code sequence is not required as with traditional ribbonizing tools. Fibers can be inserted at will and load directly into the fiber holder...

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