Telefonica and Qwilt target improved content delivery collaboration

Telefónica and Qwilt agreed to implement a content distribution system based on the union of both companies’ technologies. The alliance enables Qwilt to expand its coverage and delivery capacity in Spain by relying on Telefónica’s Content Distribution Network (TCDN) deployed in Telefonica’s network.The collaboration is the first commercial integration based entirely on Open Caching standards promoted by the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA),...

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AT&T posts milestones in 5G and fiber to rollouts

AT&T has invested more than $140 billion primarily in its U.S. wireless and wireline network over the past 5 years (2018–2022), including capital investments and acquisitions of wireless spectrum.The carrier reported the following network milestones:The AT&T mobile network now covers more than 2.91 million square miles, an increase of about 100,000 square miles in 2022. This represents a population coverage of 290 million people.AT&T...

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AT&T tests Nokia's Open RAN compliant near real-time RIC

AT&T completed a test of Nokia's near real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) xApps with the native E2 interface. The trial was implemented on Nokia’s commercial near real-time RIC platform, running on Nokia AirScale base stations on AT&T’s network. In this trial, near real-time xApps utilized E2SM Policy Services to dynamically perform targeted RAN optimization. The benefit of near real-time RIC is that it can optimize services...

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Dell'Oro: Data center physical infrastructure market up 10% in 2022

Data Center Physical Infrastructure (DCPI) market revenue growth accelerated in 4Q 2022, pushing full-year sales to 10 percent, according to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group. Growth was primarily caused by average selling price (ASP) increases as vendors passed on higher costs of raw materials, components, and logistics. ASP growth is forecast to continue in 2023, but easing supply chain constraints are expected to shift the primary growth driver...

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Australia's NBN Co raises A$2.1 billion from European Green Bond

Australia's NBN Co has successfully raised EUR 1.35 billion (A$2.1 billion) from its debut European Green Bonds issuance in debt capital markets.The EUR benchmark Green Bonds were priced on 6 March 2023, with EUR 750 million (A$1.2 billion) of six-year bonds and EUR 600 million (A$947 million) of 10-year bonds. The combined proceeds will be fully allocated to eligible green projects undertaken as part of the company’s commitment to energy efficiency...

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Padtec posts Q4 revenue of R$105 million, up 7.5% YoY

Padtec reported record net revenue for 4Q22 of R$105.0 million (approx US$20.05 million), 7.5% higher than in 4Q21. Of this amount, R$82.2 million come from optical transport systems in Brazil, R$10.9 million from sales of optical transport systems in the foreign market and R$11.9 million from Services and Platforms.For all of 2022, Padtec reported record net revenue of R$365.7 million in the year, 6.4% higher than in 2021.Some additional highlights:Net...

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NTT builds new Bangkok 3 Data Center

NTT Ltd. is investing THB 3 billion (approx.. US#90 million) to build its newest and largest data center in Thailand. The new Bangkok 3 Data Center (BKK3) will start operations in the second half of 2024 and will provide a maximum IT capacity of 12MW across approximately 4,000 m² of IT space when fully built out.The facility is located 57km from Bangkok Central at the Eastern Economic Corridor’s Amata City Chonburi industrial estate. The new...

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