EllaLink cites 30% less latency for gamers on transatlantic link

EllaLink said its new fiber optic submarine cable linking Europe with Latin America enables gamers on both continents to play online matches with 30% less latency. EllaLink has entered into a partnership with IP Telecom - which provides differentiated IP transit access to the main content servers spread across the European continent - and with NoPing, a high-performance solution for latency improvement focused on the online gaming segment.Inaugurated...

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Ekinops debuts Compact OTN

Ekinops introduced its first Ekinops360 ETSc, a new compact Optical Transport Networking (OTN) platform that enables a new Transport-as-a-Service (TaaS) model for service providers.Ekinops said its new ETSc platform leverages the latest advances in network processor chipsets to enable a new ‘Transport-as-a-Service’ (TaaS) model for service providers supporting client data rates from Gigabit Ethernet (1.25 Gbps) to 400GbE with dedicated resources...

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Telehouse picks Ribbon for Metro Connect offer

London-based Telehouse, one of Europe's leading colocation data center providers, has selected Ribbon's Apollo solution to power its flagship Metro Connect offer.The deployment features Ribbon's programmable TM1200 and TM1200E muxponder cards on Apollo 9603 and 9608 platforms, providing optimized transport for 100GbE and 400GbE clients. Based on two redundant fiber links, with a failover of less than 50ms in the event of an outage, this enables Telehouse...

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Toshiba aims for HDDs with 30TB by 2023, 40TB by 2026

Toshiba published the following roadmap for its next-generation Nearline HDDs. Toshiba plans to leverage its proprietary recording technologies, FC-MAMR (Flux-Controlled - Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording), MAS-MAMR (Microwave Assisted Switching – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording), and Disk Stacking technology to lift Nearline HDD capacities to 30TB by FY2023, and greater capacities beyond.“Toshiba continues to work closely with the...

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Keysight submits test cases for enhancements in 5G NR rel16

 Keysight Technologies' S8704A Protocol Conformance Toolset was used to submit the industry’s first 5G new radio (NR) release 16 (Rel-16) test case for verifying mobility enhancements in 5G NR devices to 3GPP.3GPP’s 5G NR Release 16 specification delivers a wide range of enhancements over Rel-15. These enhancements will support transformation in private 5G, industrial internet of things (IoT), automated factories, healthcare, public safety,...

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NVIDIA and SoftBank terminate Arm acquisition

NVIDIA and SoftBank cancelled the acquisition of Arm Limited by NVIDIA. The companies cited significant regulatory challenges.SoftBank said it now plans a public listing of Arm Limited within the fiscal year ending in March 2023.“Arm is becoming a center of innovation not only in the mobile phone revolution, but also in cloud computing, automotive, the Internet of Things and the metaverse, and has entered its second growth phase,” said Masayoshi...

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Arm Appoints Rene Haas as CEO

Arm appointed Rene Haas as chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, replacing Simon Segars, who has stepped down as chief executive officer and member of the board of directors after 30 years with the company. Haas has served as president of the Arm IP Products Group (IPG) since 2017. Under his leadership, IPG increased investment in the industry’s largest software developer ecosystem as well as products for growth markets...

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T-Mobile Netherlands deploys Netcracker Cloud BSS

T-Mobile Netherlands will upgrade to Netcracker Cloud BSS.Netcracker said its cloud-native solution will be deployed in a fully Agile environment that supports public cloud options and leverages Netcracker’s expertise to establish a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure in an ongoing transformation journey.After several acquisitions over the years, including Tele2 Netherlands and Vodafone Thuis, T-Mobile Netherlands was faced with the challenge of integrating...

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U.S. charges Hyterra with stealing Motorola's digital mobile radio tech

The U.S. Department of Justice accused PRC-based Hytera Communications Corp. LTD with conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets involving  Motorola Solutions' digital mobile radio (DMR) technology from 2007 to 2020.The 21-count indictment was partially unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago says Hytera recruited and hired Motorola Solutions employees and directed them to take proprietary and trade secret information from Motorola...

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Nokia supplies 4G FWA over CBRS for California school district

Nokia delivered a 4G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solution to the Dos Palos Oro Loma (DPOL) school district which encompasses five campuses and serves a population of 5,000 residents in the predominantly rural San Joaquin Valley in California. The Nokia solution will provide secure, reliable, high-performance internet access to the homes of 2400 students using Nokia Private 4.9G/LTE Digital Automation Cloud (NDAC) operating in the CBRS/On-Go...

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NCI wins $13.4M Navy contract for fiber network modernization

NCI Information Systems has been awarded a five-year $13.4 million prime contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division. Under the Installation Fiber Optic Networking Support Services contract, NCI, with its partner IntelliBridge, will enable faster, more secure network connections for the Navy by delivering state-of-the-art engineering and implementation fiber optic networking support services.Under the...

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