Sunday, May 10, 2020

MIPI RFFE v3.0 offers tighter timing precision for 5G

The MIPI Alliance released an updated version of its standard interface for control of radio frequency (RF) front-end (FE) subsystems. MIPI RFFE v3.0 is designed to deliver tighter timing precision and reduced latencies need for 5G. The MIPI Alliance said that since its initial release a decade ago, RFFE has been deployed in billions of devices—in virtually every device with cellular connectivity—including handsets, smartwatches and automobiles,...

Windstream Wholesale expands to Equinix NY5 Secaucus

Windstream Wholesale is establishing a presence at the Equinix NY5 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Windstream Wholesale will offer fully diverse 10 and 100 Gig Waves to the ecosystem of companies operating within Equinix’s New York metro data center campus, which offers a highly scalable platform with more than 90 network service providers. Windstream Wholesale said expects to be built into the Equinix...

Nutanix gains FedRAMP designation for its Government Cloud

Nutanix's Xi Government Cloud has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorized designation at the Moderate security impact level. Xi Government Cloud has successfully completed a full security assessment and authorization at a moderate security impact level of 325 controls. The FedRAMP Moderate control baseline equates to a DoD Impact Level 2. The Nutanix Xi Government Cloud, which is purpose-built for U.S....

Cal.net to build CBRS network for rural California

Cal.net, a wireless internet service provider based in Northern California, has contracted with network partner ExteNet Systems build a CBRS network serving rural areas of the state. Nokia is the primary supplier of equipment deployed in the Cal.net network, including microwave radios, IP routers and the AirScale RAN solution. ExteNetis responsible for the design, build and operations of Cal.net’s CBRS network while also providing a hosted IP core...

Airgain’s antenna-modem brings FirstNet LTE to public safety vehicles

Airgain introduced an antenna-modem that includes an integrated FirstNet Ready high-power LTE modem supporting the 3GPP Band 14 High Power UE output power functionality. Band 14 spectrum is the nationwide, high-quality spectrum set aside by the U.S. government specifically for FirstNet. The rugged vehicle antenna-modem solution tightly couples essential LTE radio components to meet the most demanding needs of public safety and fleet vehicles. Airgain...

GTT posts Q1 revenue of $399 million

GTT reported recurring revenue of $399.4 million for the 1st quarter 2020, an increase of 0.6% as compared to the 4th quarter 2019, and a decrease of 4.4% compared to the 1st quarter 2019. Recurring revenue represents 94% of total revenue for the 1st quarter 2020 compared to 94% and 93% for the 4th quarter 2019 and the 1st quarter 2019, respectively. Non-recurring revenue of $25.3 million for the 1st quarter 2020 decreased 5.2% compared to the 4th...