FCC adds $791 million in RDOF funding for broadband

The FCC is ready to authorize $791,604,299 through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to six providers to fund new broadband deployments to over 350,000 estimated locations in 19 states.  The top three states receiving funding include Illinois, $212 million, Arizona, $140 million, and Iowa, $113 million. “This funding will connect more households throughout the country with high-speed broadband as part of our ongoing work to close the digital...

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U.S. blocks shipments of NVIDIA's A100 and H100 to China, Russia

The U.S. government has imposed an export restriction on NVIDIA's A100 and forthcoming H100 integrated circuits to China (including Hong Kong) and Russia. The license restriction also covers NVIDIA's DGX or any other systems which incorporate A100 or H100 integrated circuits, as well as any future NVIDIA integrated circuit achieving both peak performance and chip-to-chip I/O performance equal to or greater than thresholds that are roughly equivalent...

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Ericsson: about 6.1 billion unique mobile subscribers worldwide

There were about 6.1 billion unique mobile subscribers at the close of Q2 2022, of which 690 million were 5G subscriptions, according to a recent update to the Ericsson Mobility Report. Allowing for multiple subscriptions per user, there are now 8.3 billion mobile subscriptions globally.Among other statistics, the Q2 2022 update also reports:Mobile broadband accounts for about 86 percent of all mobile subscriptions218 communications service providers...

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American Tower and Verizon sign new lease agreement

American Tower and Verizon Communications signed a new overarching lease agreement, facilitating Verizon’s on-going 5G network deployment across American Tower’s extensive U.S. portfolio of communications sites. The companies said the deal provides a simplified and efficient leasing process through a contractual framework that will drive mutual growth and value over a multi-year period.“This agreement represents another key milestone and an...

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Qwilt to provide content delivery for Airtel India

Qwilt announced a non-exclusive partnership with Bharti Airtel to improve the quality of live streaming, video-on-demand (VoD) and all other media delivery to its over 400 million subscribers throughout India. The partnership sees Airtel launch its own content delivery service, Airtel Cloud’s Edge CDN, across India based on Qwilt’s technology and become the largest service provider to date to deploy Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud solution. Qwilt’s...

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Renesas to acquire Bengaluru-based Steradian for 4D radar chips

Renesas Electronics agreed to acquire Steradian Semiconductors Private Limited, a fabless semiconductor company based in Bengaluru, India, that provides 4D imaging radar solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed of the an all-cash transaction. Founded in 2016 as a start-up company, Steradian has extensive expertise in radar technology. Operating in the 76-81 GHz band, Steradian’s powerful 4D radar transceivers offer a high level of integration...

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IQM and QphoX to develop optical interface for quantum computers

IQM Quantum Computers is collaborating with QphoX, a start-up based in The Netherlands, to  develop an optical interface for scaling quantum computers.IQM provides on-premises quantum computers for supercomputing data centres and research labs and offers full access to its hardware. IQM delivers these machines as a full-stack system integrator with its own quantum processors using superconducting qubits.QphoX specializes in photon wavelength...

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Mitsubishi samples tunable laser-diode chip

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will begin sampling its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of optical-fiber communication systems on October 1. The company says its device was designed to respond to the shift from 100 Gbps to 400 Gbps. Its new tunable laser can be integrated into optical transceivers.https://www.MitsubishiElectric.com/semiconductors/Mitsubishi samples 50Gbps DFB laser diode for 5G base stationsWednesday,...

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Nutanix Q4 revenue dips to $385.5m, subscription model growing

Nutanix reported revenue of $385.5 million for its fourth quarter ended July 31, 2022, down 1% from a year earlier.  Full year revenue amounted to $1.58 billion, up 13% from the preceding year.  Annual Contract Value (ACV) billings for Q4 was $193.2 million, up 10% compared to a year earlier.“Our fourth quarter capped off a fiscal year that showed strong year-over-year top and bottom line improvement,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, President and...

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SpaceX completes 58th Starlink mission

On Tuesday, August 30, SpaceX launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.This was the 7th flight for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and now five Starlink missions.The mission was SpaceX’s 58th Starlink mission to date. It was SpaceX's fifth Starlink mission in August and 25th Starlink mission...

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Key announcements from VMwareExplore in San Francisco

At its annual conference in San Francisco this week, VMware announced a set of networking and security innovations centered around the "multi-cloud universe," including the release of vSphere 8 and vSAN 8, its flagship compute and storage solutions.“Whether you’re a challenger born in the cloud or an established player, the ultimate destination for customers is a multi-cloud environment that empowers teams to accelerate their digital innovation,”...

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Lumen opens online marketplace and portal for SASE

Lumen Technologies launched an all-digital experience for the purchase, configuration and management of enterprise SASE.The Lumen Marketplace now allows enterprise to learn about SASE, select from multiple vendors, and purchase a solution based on their needs. Customers have the option to manage their own SASE solution, or have Lumen fully manage the deployment, implementation, and ongoing management of their customized SASE product.Through the Lumen...

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Corning to build fiber factory in Arizona with AT&T commitment

Corning will build a new cable manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona, based on a long-term relationship with AT&T. The new facility, located in the Greater Phoenix region, will add approximately 250 jobs and is expected to open in 2024. It will be the industry’s western-most U.S. manufacturing site for optical cable – allowing Corning to serve growing demand in the western U.S. and Canada.Corning said the expansion represents the latest...

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Dell rolls out multicloud and edge infrastructure for VMware

 Dell Technologies is rolling out new multicloud and edge infrastructure solutions co-engineered with VMware, including:Dell VxRail boosts application and networking performance with industry-first jointly engineered HCI solution support for Data Processing Units (DPUs) while new models expand VMware edge capabilities with smallest-ever systemsDell APEX adds managed VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid services to help improve developer productivity,...

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HPE sees strength with Intelligent Edge and HPC solutions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported net revenue of $7.0 billion for its third quarter, ended July 31, 2022, up 1% and 4% adjusted for currency compared to a year earlier. GAAP diluted net EPS was $0.31, up 7% from the prior-year period and up 63% sequentially. Non-GAAP diluted net EPS was $0.48, up 2% from the prior-year period and up 9% sequentially. “Our continued innovation and focus on execution resulted in revenue and profit growth, which...

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Fujitsu adds IP Infusion’s OcNOS software and whitebox hardware

Fujitsu Network Communications will augment its optical and packet networking portfolio with IP Infusion’s bundle of OcNOS software and whitebox hardware.IP Infusion’s OcNOS networking software platform expands the Fujitsu Network Communications transport toolbox to support any 5G mobile xHaul and aggregation configuration.Fujitsu Network Communications’ transport portfolio additions, powered by IP Infusion’s OcNOS software, provide an open, cost-effective...

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ZTE's revenue rises 12.7% in 1H2022 to US$8.65 billion

ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 59.82 billion (approximately US$8.65 billion) for the first half of 2022, 12.7% higher than a year earlier. Net profit reached RMB 4.57 billion, an increase of 12.0%, and net profit after extraordinary items attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company amounted to RMB 3.73 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 65.8%. Basic earnings per share was RMB 0.96. Despite the challenge...

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Reliance Jio readies for a big 5G rollout

Reliance Jio announced a $25 billion rollout plan for 5G Stand Alone (SA) across India using an end-to-end 5G stack developed in India. This autumn, Jio will launch Jio 5G across multiple key cities, including the metropolises of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. Jio's spectrum licenses include the 3500 MHz mid-band, which is globally earmarked for 5G, and the 26 GHz millimetre-wave band for ultra-high capacity. Jio also has the 700...

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FCC Auction 108 concludes - 2.5 GHz Spectrum

Bidding has concluded in the FCC Auction 108.  Gross proceeds from the bid are expected to amount to $427,789,670.The FCC said it will post full results in the next few days. https://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/auction108FCC commences 5G mid-band spectrum auctionSunday, July 31, 2022  Auctions, FCC  The FCC opened bidding in its latest mid-band spectrum auction at 10am on Friday, July 29.Auction 108 makes...

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Credo debuts 800Gbps and 400Gbps Optical DSP

Credo introduced its new PAM4 Dove 800 Digital Signal Processor family of products with integrated EML, TFLN and silicon photonics modulator drivers.The Dove 800 family includes 800Gbps Dove 800/801/802 for OSFP and QSFP-DD800, and 400Gbps Dove 410/401/401 for QSFP112 optical transceivers. Highlights:100G PAM4 on both the electrical host and optical line side.DSPs on optical line side and electrical host side deliver industry leading sensitivity...

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