Digital Realty positions ServiceFabric as largest open fabric-of-fabrics

Digital Realty launched ServiceFabric, an interconnectivity solution and orchestration platform positioned as the industry's largest open fabric-of-fabrics.ServiceFabric Connect, which was developed in-house, is an orchestration platform  available to Digital Realty customers immediately in 61 sites and 32 metro markets worldwide. The platform pulls together network and cloud connectivity elements from multiple sources, including those from...

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O-RAN Alliance publishes 52 new specifications

The O-RAN ALLIANCE released a new set of 52 specifications for open and intelligent RAN, as the first batch of the O-RAN Release 003 specifications. Among them there are 12 new titles including use cases for Massive MIMO and the R1 interface, E2 interface testing, O2dms interface, Acceleration Abstraction Layer, outdoor macro cell HW, and security specification of 3 different parts of the O-RAN Architecture.“The O-RAN ALLIANCE has always taken security...

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Dell'Oro: Data center switch market to approach $100B by 2027

 The Ethernet Switch Data Center market is forecast to grow at a nearly double-digit CAGR between 2021 and 2026, approaching $100 billion in cumulative spending over the next five years, according to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group. 400 Gbps and higher speeds are forecast to comprise half of the spending, with 800 Gbps surpassing 400 Gbps by 2025.“Given the strong bookings and unprecedented levels of backlogs, we expect the demand in the market...

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Oracle partners with Claro on cloud services in Colombia

Oracle has formed a partnership with Claro to jointly offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services to public and private sector organizations and enterprises in Colombia. Claro will become the host partner for an Oracle Cloud region in Colombia, which will enable Claro to offer OCI platform services along with professional and managed services to help customers adopt cloud solutions. In addition, to help improve its customer service and...

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Telstra acquires Digicel Pacific for US$1.85 billion

Telstra has completed the acquisition of Digicel Pacific Limited, which operates in six markets in the South Pacific including Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga and Nauru.  The transaction values Digicel Pacific at up to US$ 1.85 billion, inclusive of a three year, US$ 250 million earn-out, equating to approximately 8.3 times DPL's adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of approximately US$ 222 million...

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Ethernet Alliance elects 2022 Board of Directors

The Ethernet Alliance announced its 2022 Board of Directors:Peter Jones, Cisco Systems, Inc. – Chair and Board of DirectorsChris Lyon, Amphenol Corporation – President and Board of DirectorsJeffery Maki, Juniper Networks, Inc. – Treasurer and Board of DirectorsCarl Wilson, Intel Corporation – Secretary and Board of DirectorsDavid J. Rodgers, EXFO Inc. – Board of DirectorsJohn Calvin, Keysight Technologies, Inc. – Board of DirectorsCraig Carlson,...

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Alaska Communications upgrades with Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical

 Alaska Communications is using Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical platform powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme programmable 800G technology to upgrade capacity between core sites, including across submarine links. They are also utilizing a variety of Ciena’s Routing and Switching platforms (8180, 5171, 5170, 3928) to deploy 1Gbps-10Gbps 5G mobile backhaul services, as well as 8180 routers to upgrade the aggregation network from 10Gbps to 100Gbps.Previously,...

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