Ericsson's 5G RAN slicing allocates resources with 1ms scheduling

 Ericsson announced commercial availability of its 5G network slicing solution for radio access networks.The Ericsson 5G RAN Slicing allocates radio resources at 1 millisecond scheduling and supports multi-dimensional service differentiation handling across slices, ensuring high-quality end-user experience for diverse use cases. This allows for the effective use of dynamic radio resource partitioning, slice-aware quality of service (QoS) enforcement,...

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RTI and OneQode offer Layer 2 connectivity from Queensland

 RTI Connectivity Pte. Ltd. (RTI) and the OneQode Group (OneQode)  are now offering international layer-2 carrier connectivity from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland via RTI's JGA-S, JGA-N and SEA-US cables, which use a high-capacity fibre branch terminating in Maroochydore, Queensland.“The Sunshine Coast and wider Queensland area is home to many companies doing amazing things. RTI is passionate about unlocking latent potential in regions...

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Department of Homeland Security opens $3.4B data center contract

The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security has opened a Request for Proposal for a single award contract value at $3.355 billion for Data Center and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) Support Services.The contractor is to provide the Department of Homeland Security and its Components with management of its enterprise data center and to implement and manage its future state enterprise information technology (IT) hosting environment.The main source of enterprise computing...

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Verizon reports flat trends, continue buildout of 5G Ultra Wideband

Verizon reported total 4Q 2020 revenue of $23.9 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent year over year. Earnings per share (EPS) amounted to $1.11, compared with $1.23 in 4Q 2019. Net income was $4.7 billion, a decline of 9.6 percent from fourth-quarter 2019, and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) of  $11.7 billion, an increase of 5.3 percent from fourth-quarter 2019."Verizon finished the fourth quarter with strong financial performance," said Verizon Chairman...

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FCC moves to 5G auction assignment, Rosenworcel appoints staff

The FCC released final guidance on the upcoming assignment phase of the 5G auction of C-band spectrum which has already generated gross proceeds exceeding $80.9 billion.  Bidders that won generic spectrum blocks in the recently concluded clock phase will have the opportunity to bid for their preferred combinations of frequency-specific license assignments, consistent with their clock phase winnings.Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel stated...

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Verizon suffers fiber cut in Brooklyn

 Following widespread outages on the East Coast, Verizon confirmed a fiber cut in Brooklyn.https://downdetector.com/status/veriz...

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Microsoft Azure clocks revenue growth of 50% YOY

Microsoft reported strong financial performance for the quarter ended 31-December-2020, with overall revenue of $43.1 billion, up 17%; operating income of $17.9 billion, up 29% YOY; net income of $15.5 billion, up 33% YOY; and diluted earnings per share of $2.03, up 34% YOY.Highlights Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes was $13.4 billion and increased 13% (up 11% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:Office...

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ExteNet integrates with Evoque's U.S. data centers

ExteNet Systems, a provider of mobility and fiber connectivity solutions, will integrate its line of cloud and network connectivity services into Evoque’s infrastructure at 14 key data centers throughout the United States.Evoque Data Center Solutions, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world’s 20 largest data center firms. It is a colocation services company that owns and operates 31 data centers across four continents, 11 countries and...

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Telefónica's Cloud Garden integrates IBM Cloud Pak, Red Hat

Telefonica introduced its Cloud Garden 2.0, the next phase of Telefonica’s cloud services platform designed to accelerate application modernization. Cloud Garden 2.0 is built on IBM Cloud Pak and Red Hat OpenShift. The platform lets Telefónica clients to run their applications based on  containers on premises or in the cloud environment of their choosing, as well as simplify and speed how they bring new solutions to market."We are very...

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