Ericsson and Telia offer Northstar 5G for industrial enterprises

Telia and Ericsson are launching NorthStar – a 5G innovation program for industrial enterprises.NorthStar aims to accelerate the 5G adoption and transformation of industries, thereby strengthening the country’s international competitiveness. The program will initially focus on customers´ innovation and R&D units in the automotive and transportation sectors and the first customer is AstaZero, an independent test environment for automated...

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Telefónica to open 5G mmWave at MWC Hall 3

Telefónica will operate a live 5G mmWave base station at its stand in the upcoming MWC 2023 in Barcelona. The 5G mmWave deployment will cover Hall 3 of the MWC Barcelona event using ample mmWave spectrum bandwidth secured by Telefónica from the recent Spanish spectrum auction. Ericsson is providing its mmWave radio AIR 5322 and high-capacity RAN Processor 6651 to enable the 5G millimeter coverage. The radio access network equipment is powered...

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Equinix builds 2nd data center in Barcelona

 Equinix disclosed plans to open a second data center in Barcelona to serve as a hub for the growing subsea cables landing in the region. Major cables include: 2Africa, connecting key coastal metros around the entire African continent and Arabian Peninsula; Aqua Comms' Europe Middle East India cable, due to link Barcelona with Salalah and Mumbai; Medloop by Sipartech, connecting Barcelonato Ajaccio, Genoa and Marseille;...

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Dell'Oro: Nokia and Samsung are on the rise in RAN

Preliminary findings from Dell'Oro show that the slower momentum that has characterized the broader 2G-5G Radio Access Network (RAN) market since 4Q 2021 extended to 4Q 2022, with four out of the six tracked regions declining on a year-over-year basis."The results in the quarter further validate the reduced growth scenario we have discussed now for some time, reflecting more challenging MBB comparisons in the advanced 5G markets," said Stefan Pongratz,...

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Dell'Oro: SASE to exceed $60B 2022-2027

The modernization of networking and security for enterprise branches and hybrid workers is expected to drive the total SASE revenue to surpass $60 B between 2022 and 2027.  The report further divides the total SASE market along its two components, Security Service Edge (SSE) and SD-WAN, and details how the strong demand for security is expected to fuel SSE revenue to double between 2022 and 2027.“The last three years of the pandemic, and the...

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Frontier opens Fiber Innovation Labs

Frontier opened a Fiber Innovation Lab in Lewisville, Texas to test and learn new methods in real-world environments to install and maintain its fiber-optic network.The facility is designed as a miniature suburban neighborhood with roads, sidewalks, a state-of-the-art central office, a small house and a reconstructed manhole system. It also simulates weather elements and temperature changes. Here, the Frontier team can Frontier hopes Fiber Innovation...

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