NTT and SKY Perfect to build space computing network

NTT Corporation and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture company that will launch a novel integrated space computing network for optical data relay service.The new company, called Space Compass, will build stratospheric and near-Earth space for ICT infrastructures to support a number of fields, including energy, environment and climate change, disaster prevention, marine infrastructure, and securityIn FY2024, Space...

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IOWN Global Forum accelerates growth, elects directors

The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) has nearly doubled in membership over the past year, adding 44 new organizations and bringing its roster to 95 organizations.At last week's Annual Member Meeting, five recently elected Directors were introduced: Brad Booth of Microsoft, Chris Wright of Red Hat, Hey-Chyi Young of Chunghwa Telecom, Per Beming of Ericsson, and Dr. Ulrich Dropmann of Nokia Corporation.Upon his...

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Ericsson's factory in Poland hits 5G milestone

Ericsson has produced one million 5G radio products at the Flex Tczew factory in Poland. The main products manufactured in the Tczew factory are basebands and radio modules, which combine to form the 5G base station.In April this year, Ericsson will also start production of the latest generation of radio, the dual-band Radio 4490, which consumes 25% less power and is lighter than the current product."Nearly three years ago we decided to expand...

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CalChip Connect turns to Federated Wireless

CalChip Connect, a leading IoT distributor, has selected Federated Wireless as its preferred private wireless service delivery partner. As the first major achievement of the collaboration, Federated Wireless has completed the deployment of a private wireless network and innovation center to power CalChip Connect’s global IoT distribution center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This deployment will serve as a reference architecture and ecosystem...

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Mavenir establishes Open RAN Centre of Excellence in Germany

Mavenir has established an Open RAN Centre of Excellence centered in Bonn, with satellite teams in Düsseldorf and Munich to support European Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) engineering, planning, design, system integration and deployment.Vishant Vora, President, Global Operations and Managed Services at Mavenir, said, “Mavenir’s Centre of Excellence in Germany is developing advanced Open RAN end-to-end skills,...

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eir’s 5G network now extends across 1,250 sites in Ireland

eir, Ireland’s leading telecommunications provider, reported that its 5G network now extends across 1,250 sites in 450 towns and cities in Ireland.eir also announced that 5G roaming is now available for customers travelling within the UK and over 30 other countries, including Portugal, France, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, The Netherlands and Thailand.Oliver Loomes, eir CEO commented “Travel demand has increased dramatically in recent weeks and so I...

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China Mobile Sichuan tests triple band carrier aggregation with Huawei

China Mobile Sichuan achieved a physical-layer single-user peak rate to 4.52 Gbps in tests of Huawei's TDD+FDD and TDD+TDD 5G SA 3CC Carrier Aggregation solution.The testing was performed on live networks in Chengdu. China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei performed 3CC CA verification in typical networking scenarios, with one of the three component carriers on the n79 band (4.9 GHz), having a bandwidth of 100 MHz, and the other two on the n41 band...

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