Frontier rolls with 5 Gbps fiber residential service

Frontier is launching a 5 Gig residential Internet service across its fiber network.The 5 Gig offer starts at $154.99 a month with autopay and includes uncapped data + Wi-Fi router + free installation + premium tech support.“We set a standard with network-wide 2 Gig internet last year, and now we’ve done it again,” said John Harrobin, Frontier’s Executive Vice President of Consumer. “Our 5 Gig offer meets the growing demand for multi-gig speeds and...

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NTT deploys Liquid Immersion Cooling at its new Mumbai data center

NTT Ltd., e of the world’s top 3 data center service providers, is deploying Liquid Immersion Cooling (LIC) and Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technologies at its Navi Mumbai Data Center. India becomes the first country across NTT’s global data center platform to deploy these alternative cooling technologies.The one-of-its-kind facility is part of its Mahape campus, which has a capacity of 4.8 MW spread over 13,740 square feet area built. The...

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NTT DOCOMO demos indoor 5G base station with multisector antenna

NTT DOCOMO, Nihon Dengyo Kosaku, and Fujitsu Ltd.  demonstrated a 5G indoor base station incorporating a multisector antenna using the 28GHz band.The prototype device incorporates circuitry just 1/10th the size of a conventional indoor base station,.The demonstration, in which a conventional 5G base station control unit communicated with the new device via a 28GHz signal, confirmed that a single multisector antenna can receive radio waves in...

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Antel tests VMware's Telco Cloud Platform

Antel, the leading Mobile Operator in Uruguay, is testing the VMware Telco Cloud Platform to support a Proof of Concept (PoC).VMware says its cloud native architecture will help Antel gain operational efficiencies and bring services and innovation to market faster. Using this integrated platform will allow Antel to deploy new network functions on the same Telco Cloud architecture from core to RAN to edge, enabling the scale and agility needed to...

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LightRiver signs with Brazil's Precision Solutions

LightRiver, an optical network integration solution provider, announced a partnership with Brazil-based Precision Solutions to transform how organizations in South America can manage and view their optical network hardware regardless of their current vendor(s). LightRiver's netFLEX Transport Domain Orchestration and Control Software solution is a network automation platform designed to address the complexities of disparate optical transport...

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Qwilt supplies its Open Caching for Japan's J:Com

J:COM, Japan’s leading cable broadband and multi-channel video provider, is now using  Qwilt’s Open Caching in its video delivery network.The deployment brings streaming content closer to J:COM’s 5.62 million subscribing households than ever before, enabling a superior over-the-top (OTT) streaming experience for J:COM customers.The solution is comprised of Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud, which provides Quality-as-a-Service content delivery, pushing...

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Samsung sets Life Cycle Assessment for semiconductor business

Samsung Electronics has established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on the product carbon footprint of its semiconductor business and achieved verification from DNV, one of the world's leading independent certification bodies.LCA is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts throughout the lifecycle of commercial products, processes, or services, by quantifying the amount of energy, materials and waste discharge. In detail, on its semiconductors’...

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T-Mobile US aims for net-zero emission by 2040

T-Mobile committed to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire carbon footprint by 2040. “As we know sustainability is important to our customers and stakeholders, T-Mobile has made great progress in reducing our environmental footprint – and now we're taking even bigger steps to reduce our carbon emissions with a commitment to meeting SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard,” said Mike Sievert, T-Mobile CEO. “We are proud that we are doing our part to...

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