Video: OCP adds Sustainability to its Charter

"You can feel the energy". Rebecca Weekly, Chair of the Open Computer Project, provides a wrap-up of this year's #OCPSummit20222 in San Jose, California.Sustainability has become a key tenet for everything at OCP. A new working group was established. Future technologies, including optical interconnects, are being explored. Innovation in data center infrastructure remains the focus.https://youtu.be/hmfaci8M...

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Ericsson sees stock drop after Q3 report

Ericsson's shares experienced a sharp drop on Thursday after the company reported that Q3 Group Net Sales grew by 3% organically to SEK 68.0 billion (approx. US$6.031 billion), driven by strong performance from Networks. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, stated: "We see robust underlying performance and strong momentum in the business as we continue to execute on our strategy. This includes leadership in mobile networks by growing...

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Marvell advances to 3nm with TSMC

Marvell's first 3nm silicon is now in fabrication with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on its 3nm shuttle. Marvell said this advancement will enable it to develop some of the most advanced multi-die, multi-chiplet systems-in-package (SiP) for its infrastructure products and co-development of custom ASIC solutions optimized for some of the most challenging infrastructure use cases, such as machine learning.The 3nm platform includes...

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AT&T to reach a dozen 5G Edge Zones by year's end

AT&T disclosed plans of getting to an even dozen 5G Edge Zones by the end of 2022, up from the current count of 10.The Edge Zone facilities are standalone network cores with software defined network capabilities located in network data centers close to cross connect facilities that have fast connections to nearby cloud facilities run by the “hyperscaler” cloud providers.AT&T says these edge zones powered by regional 5G standalone network...

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Arelion's multi-vendor, multi-layer optical transport trial

Arelion completed a series of trials with Acacia and Cisco over multiple, third-party, open line systems. On a live fiber route with existing ROADM infrastructure between Hamburg and Copenhagen, Arelion successfully leveraged Acacia Bright 400ZR+ QSFP-DD coherent modules with greater than +1 dBm transmit power between Cisco 8000 and NCS 5700 router platforms. The trial demonstrated the seamless integration of Routed Optical Networking with DWDM...

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AT&T midband 5G deployment on or ahead of schedule

Citing strong, sustained momentum in customer additions across its growing 5G wireless and fiber networks, AT&T reported Q3 2022 revenue of $30.0 billion versus $31.3 billion in the year-ago quarter, down 4.1% reflecting the impact of the U.S. Video separation in July 2021. Excluding the impact of U.S. Video, operating revenues for standalone AT&T were up 3.1%, from $29.1 billion in the year-ago quarter. This increase primarily reflects higher...

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Equinix invests $45million for 2nd data center in Bogota

Equinix announced a US$45 million investment for the construction of BG2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) in Bogotá - its second data center in Colombia.The new facility, which is scheduled to open in the first half of 2023, will offer around 32,000 square feet (approximately 2,900 square meters) of colocation space, making it one of the largest data centers in Colombia. The initial phase of BG2 will have a capacity for 550 cabinets,...

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