Comcast advances its 10G rollout

Comcast will launch its latest Xfinity 10G network upgrade to 10 million homes and businesses by the end of this month, providing the foundational network enhancements in place to begin deploying DOCSIS 4.0 and symmetrical multi-gigabit Internet options.To date, and ahead of schedule, more than 40 markets across Comcast service areas have implemented network improvements including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Salt...

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Arrcus raises $50 million for its hyperscale networking software

Arrcus, a hyperscale networking software start-up based in San Jose, California, announced the close of a fresh financing round that brings to $50 million the total capital raised since the last venture financing round. Arrcus said it is seeing widespread adoption  of its Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) platform as well as solutions based on ACE like SRv6 for 5G networks, Virtualized Distributed Routing (VDR), Hyperscale Datacenter switching...

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Nokia to manufacture GPON optical line terminals in India

In response to increasing demand from local customers in India as well as international markets, Nokia will begin manufacturing PON optical line terminals (OLTs) at its factory in Sriperimbudur near Chennai, India. Nokia is currently a participant in the Government of India’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, and is extending its production capacity into Chennai in response to growing demand. Sandy Motley, President Fixed Networks...

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Ericsson previews new 5G radios, including 600MHz Massive MIMO

 Ericsson previewed more than 10 new 4G and 5G radios in its RAN and Transport portfolio that will be showcased at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 Barcelona.The launch includes a triple-band Radio 4485 for FDD (frequency-division duplexing) an a new range of wideband Massive MIMO radios. The new models are lighter and more energy efficient than existing products. Ericsson also touts new software features such as Interference Sensing, which...

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Dell'Oro: Global data center capex to hit $400B by 2027

Global data center capex is on track to reach $400 billion by 2027, according to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group. “While the cloud hyperscalers will account for half the data center infrastructure spending by 2027, significant opportunities exist on-premises,” said Baron Fung, Research Director at Dell’Oro Group. “Enterprises will continuously optimize their IT deployments, balancing workloads in the multi-cloud with those on-premises....

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Comcast issues $1 billion 10-year green bond,

Comcast issued a $1 billion 10-year green bond to support its environmental efforts such as those currently underway or under consideration as part of its goal to be carbon neutral by 2035.Proceeds from the green bond may be allocated to five investment areas, all of which contribute to Comcast's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, green buildings, campuses, communities and cities, clean transportation,...

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Lumentum reports strong quarterly sales of $506M, up 13%

Citing robust networking demand and improved IC supply, Lumentum reported  net revenue for its fiscal second quarter of 2023 of $506.0 million, up 13% year-over-year, with a GAAP net loss of $31.7 million, or $0.46 loss per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2023 was $506.8 million, with GAAP net loss of $0.4 million, or $0.01 loss per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal second quarter of 2022 was $446.7 million,...

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Ice Norway powers 4G and 5G network with Mavenir

Ice Communications, Norway’s third largest mobile operator, has deployed a fully automated, cloud-native Converged Packet Core, supporting 4G, 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) and 5G Standalone (SA) network capabilities using Mavenir’s Cloud Automation for Telco framework.The deployment includes the provision of Mavenir’s Cloud Automation for Telco framework for fully automated deployment of Cloud Platform and Network workloads, removing the need for error-prone...

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