DustPhotonics and MaxLinear demo silicon photonics + integrated lasers

DustPhotonics and MaxLinear demonstrated a silicon photonics chipset with integrated lasers directly driven from a DSP without the use of any external driver chip.The MaxLinear Keystone DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and DustPhotonics Carmel Silicon Photonics chip were shown together to support direct-drive operation, which reduces the overall cost and power dissipation of optical transceivers for data communication. Potential applications include...

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Google Cloud regions coming to Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand

Google Cloud announced plans to add cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand, and New Zealand.  Earlier this year, the company announced new cloud regions in Berlin, Dammam, Doha, Mexico, Tel Aviv, and Turin. Google Cloud is currently operating 34 cloud regions worldwide - 11 of which are located in Asia Pacific. “The new Google Cloud regions will help to address organizations’ increasing needs in the area of digital sovereignty and enable...

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FCC rejects Starlink for RDOF funding

The FCC rejected the long-form applications of Starlink and of LTD Broadband to receive support through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program. Starlink is delivering broadband access via thousands of LEO satellites. LTD Broadband offers a fixed wireless access service and has built over 2500 tower sites covering over 50,000 square miles of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The...

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IP Infusion's OcNOS 6 support terabit switching, segment routing

IP Infusion released its OcNOS 6 networking software targeting a wide range of telecom use cases.New features in OcNOS 6:Scalable software for Terabit switching bandwidth.Enhanced Timing & Synchronization, which reduces costs by eliminating external timing equipment.Segment Routing improves routing performance for broadband aggregation.Robust Layer 2 protection switching for Carrier Ethernet solutions.Enable 400G networks for 5G mobile, fixed...

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Lumen thwarts 1.06 Tbps DDoS attack

Lumen Technologies mitigated  a 1.06 Tbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)attack that was part of a larger campaign targeting a single victim. The incident was one of the largest DDoS attacks experienced by Lumen to date.Size was not the only notable element of the failed attack; it was also part of a larger campaign in which the threat actor attempted to leverage multiple techniques. These techniques are called out in the report as...

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Dell'Oro: Smart NICs to drive Ethernet adapter market to $5B by 2026

 Driven by SmartNICs, the Ethernet Controller and Adapter market is expected to reach $5 Billion in 2026, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Server network connectivity will transition to higher speeds, with 100 Gbps and higher-speed ports accounting for 44 percent of the shipments in five years.“We predict Smart NICs will account for 38 percent of the total Ethernet Controller and Adapter market by 2026,” said Baron Fung, Research...

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Australia's TPG Telecom deploys Adtran's Gfast

TPG Telecom Group (TPG), Australia’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is leveraging the Adtran second generation Gigabit Gfast fiber extension portfolio to upgrade existing broadband services to Gigabit speeds and attract new subscribers.Adtran is enabling TPG to rapidly roll out Gigabit broadband services to more than 230,000 premises and over 2,000 buildings across Eastern Australia.TPG has a large footprint of both single- and multiple-dwelling...

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Dell'Oro: Wireless LAN market impacted by backlogs

The overall market for enterprise wireless LAN equipment is expected to exceed $10 billion by 2026, and see a healthy CAGR over the next five years, according to Dell'Oro Group.  However, enterprise Wireless LAN backlogs will balloon to over 100 percent of revenues in 2022, leaving companies to get inventive in their search for Wi-Fi coverage.  A boost in unit shipments is not expected until late 2023, with a return to normal unit growth...

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