GSA: Over 5.5 billion LTE subscriptions in service

 As the end of Q2 2020 there were 5.55 billion LTE subscriptions worldwide, according to the latest data from Omdia and the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), accounting for 60.4% of all global mobile subscriptions.Nearly 800 million LTE subscriptions were added in the preceding 12 months, representing a 16.7% YoY growth.Some additional highlights from GSA:5G subscriptions doubled in the second quarter of 2020 to reach at least 137.7...

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NYU: Colloids in a diamond lattice offer potential for photonic circuits

Researchers at NYU have devised a new process for the reliable self-assembly of colloids in a diamond formation. The technique potentially could be used to develop highly efficient optical circuits for use in optical computing. Other potential applications include more reliable and cheaper light filters.The research, which was led by David Pine, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and professor...

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Samsung intros 5G mmWave indoor small cell based on Qualcomm

Samsung Electronics introduced 5G mmWave small cell for indoor use within enterprises, including manufacturing or distribution facilities, corporate offices, and entertainment or public venues (such as shopping centers, stadiums or hotels). Samsung’s Link Cell is powered by the Qualcomm 5G RAN platform.The first version of Samsung’s Link Cell will support 28GHz and has the capability to combine four 100MHz bandwidth of frequencies.Verizon will be...

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TikTok deal unlikely to proceed

An editorial column published by China's influential Global Times says the TikTok will be blocked by China to prevent ByteDance technologies from falling into the US' hands to protect its national security and the interests of Chinese enterprises. On Sunday evening, a U.S. district court granted a last minute reprieve to TikTok just hours before Apple and Google were poised to block any further downloads of TikTok from their app stores. The...

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Spectra Logic's tape library stores one Exabyte uncompressed

 Spectra Logic's ninth-generation LTO tape library is now able to store an industry-first exabyte (one million terabytes) of uncompressed data in a single 45-frame system.The company said its latest LTO technology surpasses the per-cartridge capacity of LTO-8 by 50 percent to 18TB native, and advances full height LTO-9 drive performance by 15 percent to 400 MB/s native. Extending to Generation 12, the new LTO roadmap outlines future per-cartridge...

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Advantech's uCPE certified on Verizon

 Advantech certified its FWA-1012VC customer premise equipment for use on Verizon Wireless in SDN and NFV deployments.Advantech’s white box solution FWA-1012VC is available with a single 2, 4 or 8 or 16 core Intel Atom Processor C3000 offering a choice of performance levels to match the required workload. Support for the data plane development kit (DPDK) on all network interfaces provides an increase of up to 10x in packet throughput. Support...

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