Talen builds data center campus adjacent to Susquehanna nuclear station

Cumulus Data completed construction of the powered shell for its first 48-megawatt, 300,000 square foot data center located next to Talen Energy's Susquehanna nuclear station in northeast Pennsylvania. Cumulus Data is a subsidiary of Talen Energy.Cumulus said its 1,200-acre campus will provide zero-carbon, low-cost, reliable energy thanks to nuclear power generation. The Cumulus data centers will be directly connected to the 2.5-gigawatt Susquehanna...

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Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure upgrades with Infinera

 Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure (LONI), which as the state's research network connects 38 university campuses and data centers and provides connectivity to additional research and education networks in other states, has deployed Infinera’s advanced coherent optical networking solutions. The initial deployment includes four 400G optical channels along a 220-mile intrastate route in Louisiana.The solution, which increases LONI’s network...

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Netcracker delivers charging gateway for DOCOMO's 5G core

 Netcracker, an NEC subsidiary, has provided a Charging Gateway Function (CGF) for high- performance processing of billing information for NTT DOCOMO.The CGF began operating in December 2022 as a gateway-packaged product that connects DOCOMO's existing standalone 5G mobile core network (SA 5GC), which was provided by NEC, to its business support system (BSS) for customer administration and billing. Netcracker built the solution using DigitalRoute's...

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Mavenir intros Fixed Wireless Access solution

Mavenir introduced its Fixed Wireless Access solution (FWA) combining its Open Virtualized RAN, Converged Packet Core and OpenBeam portfolio of radio units. The solution is targeted at low-footprint deployments that leverages public and private cloud infrastructure. Mavenir’s FWA solution supports 4G, 5G NSA (non-standalone) and 5G SA deployments, supporting massive MIMO radio technology and 5G millimeter wave frequency bands to enable...

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Telefónica España tests 25G PON with Nokia

Telefónica España has demonstrated symmetric speeds of 20 Gbps using Nokia's 25G PON solution.Telefonica, with almost 60 million FTTH homes passed already deployed in their multiple business units, has validated with this trial that current GPON and XGS-PON broadband technologies can co-exist seamlessly on the same fiber with the 25G PON. Gonzalo Garzón, Head of Fixed Access at Telefónica España at Telefonica, said: “Telefonica was the first...

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Microsoft releases Azure OpenAI

Microsoft announced general availability of Azure OpenAI Service in partnership with OpenAI.Azure OpenAI Service now includes GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL•E 2, all backed by the enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure of Microsoft Azure.Customers will also be able to access ChatGPT — a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5 that has been trained and runs inference on Azure AI infrastructure.https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/general...

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Kuwait's Mada Comm deploys Nokia’s Wavence microwave backhaul

Mada Communications, a telecommunications service provider in Kuwait, will deploy Nokia's Wavence microwave solution to replace its existing transport network.Nokia’s Wavence microwave portfolio includes its compact, high-capacity ultra-broadband transceivers.  Wavence products support the evolution of both backhaul and fronthaul with multi-gigabit capacity, low-latency characteristics and industry-leading RF output power for deployment flexibility.Hamad...

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What’s next for networking in 2023?

How will supply chain challenges, the energy crisis, cybersecurity, and sustainability impact the networking sector in 2023?Here are 3 predictions from Ekinops’ Sylvain Quartier.https://youtu.be/-XC-XnG-XYc— *Check out other 2023 Predictions* —See what other experts have to say on NextGenInfra— *Amplify your MWC 2023 presence* —Looking to record your video for our channel for our *MWC 2023 Showcase* in Barcelona?  We will be there!...

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What's next for SD-WAN in 2023?

How is the market for SD-WAN and SASE likely to evolve in 2023?Here are 3 predictions from Nuage Networks from Nokia’s Saurabh Sandhir.https://youtu.be/zehwqolXir4-- *Check out other 2023 Predictions* --See what other experts have to say on NextGenInfra https://ngi.fyi/predict2023yt-- *Amplify your MWC 2023 presence* --Looking to record your video for our channel for our *MWC 2023 Showcase* in Barcelona?  We will be there! Book your session...

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What's next for fiber rollouts in 2023?

 Can operators accelerate their fiber deployment? How can they overcome the obstacles holding back the rapid rollout of fiber broadband networks?Here are 3 predictions from Clearfield’s Kevin Morgan.https://youtu.be/2Qje1aEVvRo-- Check out other 2023 Predictions --See what other experts have to say on NextGenInfra -- Amplify your MWC 2023 presence --Looking to record your video for our channel for our MWC 2023 Showcase in Barcelona?  We...

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