Cisco envisions unified Catalyst + Meraki + Nexus cloud management

At its Cisco Live event in Las Vegas, Cisco outlined its vision for cloud-managed networking with a unified technology experience.  The idea is to enable customers to securely, logically, and seamlessly transition toward more cloud-based operating models.Specifically, Cisco unveiled new cloud management capabilities that provide a unified experience across the Cisco Meraki, Cisco Catalyst and Cisco Nexus portfolios and a new Cisco ThousandEyes...

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Google Cloud launches Private 5G for enterprises

Google Cloud launched a private 5G solution for enterprises looking to expand wireless performance and security across their campuses.The service leverages Google Distributed Cloud Edge and technology from a number of partners, including Betacom, Boingo, Celona, Crown Castle, and Kajeet.Google Distributed Cloud Edge provides a centralized control and management plane for secure networks, scaling from one to thousands of locations.  GDC Edge...

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Cisco launches AppDynamics Cloud for cloud-native observability

Cisco launched AppDynamics Cloud, a cloud-native version of its network traffic observability platform which can remediate application performance issues with business context and insights-driven actions.Cisco says its AppDynamics Cloud accelerates detection and resolution of performance issues, before they impact the business or the brand, with intelligent operations. Investment protection is derived from continuous data integrations with OpenTelemetry...

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Dell'Oro: Ramping demand for 400G by Service Providers

The worldwide Service Provider (SP) Router and Switch market trended flat in 1Q 2022, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. North America, followed by the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region, led the worldwide market with double-digit revenue growth.“Strong demand for SP Routers in North America and the CALA region was driven by the ramping adoption of 400 Gbps technologies by Cloud SPs and capacity expansions by Telecom SPs,” said...

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Qualcomm acquires Cellwize for multi-vendor RAN automation

Qualcomm Technologies has acquired Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte. Ltd.  Financial terms were not disclosed.Cellwize, which is headquartered in Singapore with R&D in Israel, offers mobile network automation and orchestration solution. Cellwize offers a RAN automation and orchestration platform for 5G rollouts. Cellwize CHIME enables operators to accelerate their 5G deployment by automating key business processes in the RAN domain. The...

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T-Mobile hits 3 Gbps over 5G SA with carrier aggregation

T-Mobile US reported speeds of over 3 Gbps on its standalone 5G network by aggregating three channels of mid-band 5G spectrum. The test ran over its live production network and used the Samsung Galaxy S22 powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform with Snapdragon X65 Modem-RF System.Carrier aggregation combined three 5G channels – two channels of 2.5 GHz Ultra Capacity 5G and one channel of 1900 MHz spectrum – creating an effective 210 MHz 5G...

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NTT Ltd. plans massive data center in northern Virginia

 NTT Ltd., will build a new, large-scale data center campus with a planned 336MW capacity in Prince William County, Gainesville, Virginia (a.k.a. Data Center Alley).The new campus will be a strategic addition to the company's rapidly expanding portfolio, which includes new data center campuses in Ashburn, VA; Hillsboro, OR; Santa Clara, CA; Chicago, IL; and Phoenix, AZ.In addition to its U.S. campuses, NTT recently announced the opening of its...

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Verizon eyes CBRS spectrum to boost its 5G Ultra Wideband service

Verizon plans to increase in capacity and speed on is 5G Ultra Wideband network with the addition of CBRS spectrum. Working with Ericsson, Verizon has completed a 5G data session using CBRS General Authorized Access (GAA) spectrum. The company said it is ready to support 5G on both shared and Priority Access License (PAL) CBRS spectrum. This will supplement Verizon’s current deployment of 5G service over C-band and mmWave spectrum. Historically,...

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Equinix opens xScale data center in Sydney with PGIM

Equinix, in partnership with PGIM Real Estate, inaugurated its first xScale data center in Sydney, Australia. This milestone follows the closing of the US$575 million joint venture between the parties in March 2022.As the first of the two data centers to be developed and operated under the joint venture with PGIM Real Estate, the new SY9x facility currently provides more than 14 MW of power capacity and will provide more than 28 MW when fully built...

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