2023 5G Challenge for O-RAN solutions offers $6M in prizes

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD), is kicking off a 2023 5G Challenge that aims to accelerate the adoption of 5G open interfaces, interoperable subsystems, secure networks and multi-vendor solutions by advancing towards true plug-and-play 5G interoperability.The 5G Challenge offers over $6 million in prize money. Contestants will create 5G equipment prototypes...

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Meta trims 2023 data center construction plans

Meta reported Q4 and full year 2022 revenue of $32.17 billion and $116.61 billion, a decrease of 4% and 1% year-over-year for the fourth quarter and full year 2022, respectively. Q4 net income was $4.652 billion, down 55% compared to a year earlier.Capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, were $9.2 billion, driven by investments in servers, data centers, and network infrastructure.For 2023, Meta expects capital expenditures...

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BT migrates mainframe apps to the cloud with Kyndryl

BT Group’s Digital Unit is working with Kyndryl to migrate mainframe applications which service its legacy copper business and consumer broadband products to the cloud. The ten-year partnership, which draws on Kyndryl’s hyperscaler capabilities and partner ecosystem, will allow BT Group to reduce mainframe operating costs and energy consumption by 70%, leading to savings worth more than £17m a year by 2026.“We like thinking out of the box to...

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EE activates 5G on the London Underground,

EE is activating 5G on the London Underground, with the network’s high-speed coverage live at three stations – Archway and Tufnell Park on the Northern line, as well as Notting Hill Gate on the Central line.In addition to continuous 5G coverage from ticket hall to platform at all three stations, 5G is also live within the tunnel segment at Notting Hill Gate and the same will be true for Archway and Tufnell Park shortly.  EE notes that he arrival...

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Mavenir powers OpenBeam radios with AMD RFSoC devices

Mavenir has incorporated the AMD Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC devices into its OpenBeam Radio Portfolio. The radio solutions can be used for a wide range of use cases, including basic coverage across all frequency bands, outdoor small cells, for public and private networks providing business and consumer services in both urban and rural environments.Mavenir also confirmed that its Converged Packet Core has been validated on AMD EPYC CPUs. This means Mavenir’s...

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Pilot Photonics intros widely tunable laser

Pilot Photonics introduced a widely tunable laser module offering nanosecond switching and narrow linewidth.Pilot Photonics said its laser is based on a monolithic InP chip fabricated on an active-passive platform. Electro-optic tuning with reverse-voltage bias of tuning sections allows mA-order dark currents and facilitates nanosecond switching speeds with low power dissipation. It offers more than 30nm of wavelength tuning range in either the C-band...

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MaxLinear posts Q4 revenue of $290.6 million, up 17% year-over-year

MaxLinear reported Q4 revenue of $290.6 million, up 2% sequentially and up 17% year-over-year. GAAP gross margin was 56.2%, compared to 58.6% in the prior quarter, and 57.2% in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.07, compared to diluted earnings per share of $1.05 in the prior quarter, and diluted earnings per share of $0.86 in the year-ago quarter.“In the fourth quarter, we continued our strong execution with revenue...

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