Lumen lands $223 million contract with DISA

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded a $223 million contract to Lumen Technologies to provide secure, mission-critical communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense. It was awarded to Lumen under the General Services Administration's 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program.Lumen will supply DISA with modern hybrid-cloud voice and audio-conferencing services that support the Department...

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AWS Q4 2022 revenues rise 20% yoy to $21.4 billion

In its Q4 financial report, Amazon reported that AWS segment sales increased 20% year-over-year to $21.4 billion. However, operating income dipped to $5.205 billion for the quarter, down 2% yoy.Some additional highlights:Nasdaq completed the migration of its MRX core trading system to the cloud,Stability AI selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider to build and train artificial intelligence (AI) modelsDescartes Labs is going all-in on AWS to give...

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Qualcomm cites weaker handset demand and high inventories

Citing weaker handset demand and inventory drawdown, Qualcomm reported revenue of $9.463 billion for the first quarter of its fiscal 2023, down 12% compared to a year earlier. Net income for the quarter dipped to $2.235 billion, down 34% year-over-year.“In a challenging environment, we delivered results consistent with guidance, including year-over-year growth in QCT Automotive and IoT,” said Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated....

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Ericsson, Intel and Microsoft show network slicing on Windows

Ericsson, Intel and Microsoft demonstrated end-to-end 5G standalone network slicing capabilities on a Windows laptop. The interoperability development testing (IoDT) carried out recently at the Ericsson Lab in Sweden showed the use of multiple network slices on cellular-connected laptop devices for consumer and enterprise use cases such as mobile gaming and collaboration applications.The network slicing trial utilized User Equipment Route Selection...

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ArcelorMittal deploys private 4G/5G with Orange Business and Ericsson

ArcelorMittal France announced the operational launch of 5G Steel, the largest 4G/5G network in the industrial environment, with Orange Business Services and Ericsson. The initiative, supported by the French government as part of the France Relance economy revival plan, is now enabling the first industrial use cases to be implemented at the ArcelorMittal site in Dunkerque.5G Steel in figures9 radio sites with 4X4 MiMo antennas to cover the Dunkerque...

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SAP deepens integration with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

SAP will increase its use of and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Under the expanded collaboration between the firms, SAP is steadily migrating part of its internal IT landscape and the SAP Enterprise Cloud Services portfolio onto the standard foundation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. SAP says this shift will help meet its evolving business and IT needs. As part of its migration road map, SAP is boosting support for the RISE with SAP...

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Viavi revenues dip 9.6% to $284.5 million

For its second quarter of fiscal 2023 VIAVI Solutions reported net revenue of $284.5 million. GAAP net income was $8.4 million, or $0.04 per share. Non-GAAP net income was $31.5 million, or $0.14 per share.Second quarter of fiscal 2022 net revenue was $314.8 million. GAAP net income was $34.6 million, or $0.14 per share. Non-GAAP net income was $59.3 million, or $0.24 per share."Partial recovery in the service provider spend drove fiscal second quarter...

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