O-RAN releases Minimum Viable Plan 002

The O-RAN ALLIANCE announced the second release of specifications encompassing an O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan for products that meet the highest priority needs of operators.O-RAN Release 001, released last year, focused on creating Open Interfaces that include Open Fronthaul, transport, hardware and cloud.The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence. Features in Release 002 include specifications for Traffic Steering, Quality of...

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Equinix acquires MainOne for west African data centers

Equinix completed its previously-announced US$320 million acquisition of MainOne, which is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Founded by Funke Opeke in 2010, the company has enabled connectivity for the business community of Nigeria and now has digital infrastructure assets, including three operational data centers, with an additional facility in Lagos expected to open in April 2022.Equinix said the deal augments its long-term strategy to become a...

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EANTC Multi-vendor Interoperability Showcase video

Carsten Rossenhövel, CTO and co-Founder of EANTC, discusses the Multi-Vendor Interoperability Showcase at this week's MPLS, SD & AI Net World Congress in Paris.https://youtu.be/N35n5Cqx...

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MITRE Engenuity supports U.S. semiconductor R&D

MITRE Engenuity announced an agreement of principles with Intel, Micron, and Analog Devices to accelerate semiconductor research, development, and prototyping to build a more robust U.S. semiconductor industry.The visio is to pursue a whole-of-nation approach for a more innovation-focused U.S. semiconductor industry and supply chain.MITRE Engenuity is built on MITRE’s 60+ year history of serving as an independent, objective bridge and convener of...

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Milestone: Deutsche Telekom now has 5,000 5G antennas

Deutsche Telekom reports that its 5G rollout continues at pace with more than 5,000 antennas now part of its 5G network. Around 350 new sites have been added in recent weeks. In total, almost 1,700 sites make up the very fast 5G network. The antennas transmit at the 3.6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency. The network can provide up to one gigabit per second for download speeds. New additions to the list are locations from all over Germany,...

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Spectra7 demos 112G PAM4 GaugeChanger chip

Spectra7 Microsystems demonstrated its new 112G PAM4 GaugeChanger chip intended for next generation 800Gbps data center interconnects at this year's annual DesignCon Conference and Exhibition.The demo show Spectra7's new GC1122 chip compensating for 112Gbps PAM4 signal loss over 4m of Volex 28AWG high-speed twin-ax cable.Since the GC1122 is analog and highly linear, dynamics such as line rate adjustment, multi-level signaling, intermittent line silence,...

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