Microsoft: Lower margins for Azure primarily due to energy costs

 Microsoft reported Q3 revenue of $50.1 billion up 11% (up 16% in constant currency) compared to last year. Net income was $17.6 billion, a drop of 14% (down 8% in constant currency).“In a world facing increasing headwinds, digital technology is the ultimate tailwind,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “In this environment, we’re focused on helping our customers do more with less, while investing in secular...

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Google Cloud hits Q3 revenue of $6.9b, loss of $499m

For the third quarter, Alphabet reported consolidated revenues of $69.1 billion, up 6% or up 11% in constant currency. The total cost of revenues was $31.2 billion, up 13%, primarily driven by other cost of revenues, which was $19.3 billion, up 20%. The biggest cost factor was data centers and other operations, followed by hardware costs.In its Q3 financial results, Google Cloud saw continued momentum with Q3 revenue of $6.9 billion, compared with...

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Juniper's Q3 sales rise 19% yoy, strong 400G momentum

Juniper Networks reported Q3 2022 net revenues of $1,414.6 million, an increase of 19% year-over-year and an increase of 11% sequentially. Non-GAAP net income was $190.8 million, an increase of 26% year-over-year, and an increase of 40% sequentially, resulting in non-GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.58.“We delivered record revenue results during the September quarter. Product sales grew 25% year-over-year and we saw double-digit year-over-year...

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TIP forms Open Fixed Access Networks group

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Fixed Broadband Project Group has established an Open Fixed Access Networks sub-group to collaboration between major industry players including  Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone.The new Open Fixed Access Networks sub-group will focus on improving interoperability and diversity in the access network, accelerating innovation through modernisation of operations and deployment architectures, and boosting capacity in the...

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Padtec offers remote management of telecom sites

Padtec introduced Smart Site, a new cloud-based service for the remote and real-time management of network environments (sites) of operators and internet providers (ISPs) distributed throughout the different regions of Brazil. Padtec plans to expand the offering worldwide.The Smart Site platform has features that centralize the service provider’s operation, allowing complete management of their sites, wherever they are – telemetry data are read by...

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Vodafone to test Samsung's Open RAN equipment

Vodafone plans to conduct a commercial pilot of 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) at mobile sites across two rural areas in Germany – its largest European market – starting in early 2023. This follow successful field tests earlier this year in Plauen, Germany.Vodafone’s Open RAN pilot, using software and radio equipment from Samsung, will take place in the German states of South East Bavaria and North East Lower Saxony and marks the beginning of...

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MaxLinear posts Q3 sales of $286m, up 24% yoy

 MaxLinear reported Q3 net revenue of $285.7 million, up 2% sequentially and up 24% year-over-year. GAAP gross margin was 58.6%, compared to 58.7% in the prior quarter, and 56.5% in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP income from operations was 34% of revenue, compared to 32% in the prior quarter, and 29% in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.05, compared to diluted earnings per share of $1.11 in the prior quarter, and...

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Google Cloud region opens in Tel-Aviv

Google Cloud region in in Tel Aviv (me-west1) is open.   Last year, Google Cloud was selected by the Israeli government to provide cloud services to government ministries.https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/new-google-cloud-region-in-israel-is-now-o...

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Rambus delivers PCIe 6.0 subsystem supporting CXL

Rambus released its PCI Express (PCIe) 6.0 Interface Subsystem comprised of PHY and controller IP. The Rambus PCIe 6.0 Interface Subsystem delivers data rates of up to 64 Gigatransfers per second (GT/s) and has been fully optimized to meet the needs of advanced heterogenous computing architectures. Within the subsystem, the PCIe controller features an Integrity and Data Encryption (IDE) engine dedicated to protecting the PCIe links and the valuable...

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Virgin Australia picks Intelsat for Inflight Wi-Fi

Intelsat has been selected to provide high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi to Virgin Australia’s fleet of existing 737NG aircraft and future-delivery 737MAX aircraft.The 2Ku antennas that facilitate the IFC system will be installed gradually over 18 months on more than half of the airline’s fleet starting mid-December 2023.The service will be complimentary for the airline’s Business Class guests and Beyond and Velocity Platinum members. For all other guests,...

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