euNetworks deploys Lumenisity's hollowcore fibre

euNetworks Fiber UK has deployed a new ultra low latency route between Basildon and London that connects the ICE data centre to Interxion LON1 and LON2 and then onwards to Slough. The new route is over 45km long and includes 14 km of Lumenisity's CoreSmart hollowcore cable, which is compatible with regular single mode fibre.The route is the longest commercial deployment of hollowcore fibre technology to date and its use is exclusive to euNetworks...

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Comcast looks to Samsung for 5G RAN

Comcast is working with Samsung to deliver 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions tfor Xfinity Mobile and Comcast Business Mobile customers in Comcast service areas. Specifically, Samsung will supply 5G RAN solutions to deliver 5G access to consumer and business customers in the United States using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and 600MHz spectrum.Samsung 5G RAN products to be provided include radios for CBRS and 600MHz, baseband...

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Brazil's Forte Telecom upgrades to 800G transponders with Padtec

Forte Telecom, a carrier of carriers in Rio de Janeiro, is upgrading its backbone with 800 Gbps transponders from Padtec. The upgraded infrastructure will cover  thousands of kilometers in the stretches between the capitals of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo and in the metropolitan region of Rio, reaching a total transmission capacity of 8 Tbps.For the expansion, the provider used a credit line from the credit rights investment fund (FIDC)...

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Napatech to showcase 5G UPF Offload with AMD and Advantech

Napatech will showcase its SmartNIC-based offload solution for 5G User Plane Function (UPF) in collaboration with AMD and Advantech at next week's MWC Americas in Las Vegas.Unlike in most 4G networks based on purpose-built appliances, the 5G packet core is implemented as virtualized or cloud-native software running on servers located within edge and core data centers. As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises scale up the deployments...

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HEAVY.AI offers digital twin for network planning based on NVIDIA

HEAVY.AI, a start-up based in San Francisco, introduced an extension of the company’s deep analytics platform that uses NVIDIA Omniverse to create digital twins that help telco network operators speed deployments of wireless networks.The company describes its HeavyRF solution as the industry’s first radio frequency (RF) digital twin. This can help telcos to simulate potential city-scale deployments as a faster, more efficient way of optimizing cellular-tower...

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SoftBank demos 5G slicing and MEC powered by Arrcus

SoftBank Corp. demonstrated automated network slicing over 5G mobile networks and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) applications, running with ArcOS – a key component of Arrcus’ ACE networking software stack. In this demonstration, SRv6 MUP with SRv6 Flex-Algo from Arrcus provided advanced traffic engineering capability to extend a 5G network slice to MEC applications with seamless automation, without the need for additional 5G equipment. SoftBank...

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