OpenColo carries 1.6 Tbps using Nokia's 800GE link aggregation

OpenColo, a data center operator based in Santa Clara, California, transported a 1.6 Tbps traffic flow over an 800GE link aggregation group with 800GE FR4 optics. The field trial included the Nokia 7750 SR-1se router equipped with FP5 silicon to enable 800GE interfaces, and the Nokia 1830 PSI compact modular optical transport platform equipped with Photonic Service Engine (PSE) coherent interfaces. Nokia says this trial marks the industry-first...

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Verizon lands $2 billion contract with FAA

Verizon was awarded a 15-year contract valued at over $2 billion to design, build, secure, integrate and operate a new telecommunications network.Under the terms of the Federal Aviation Administration Enterprise Network Services (FENS) contract, Verizon will build the FAA a dynamic, highly available and secure enterprise network to support all of the agency's mission critical applications across the National Airspace System (NAS), which includes...

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Oman Emirates Gateway subsea cable project gets backing

Omantel, in collaboration with UAE-based du, announced plans to build a 275-km submarine cable to serve as an express connection between both countries.The Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG) that will connect two international data centres - Equinix MC1 in Barka, Oman and datamena DX1 in Dubai, UAE.Talal Al Mamari, CEO of Omantel, said, “I am glad to announce this partnership with du. This direct and dedicated corridor will synergise the goals of Omantel...

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NTT suffers optical network outage

NTT East and NTT West suffered a rare network outage on Monday, 03-April-2023, beginning at 07:10am and impacting optical lines in Tokyo and several prefectures.The outage hit as many as 359,000 internet lines and 186,000 landline telephone services. Service restoration took between 90 minutes to more than 2 hours.The cause of the outage is under investigation. NTT Docomo and SoftBank Corp. also reported service disruptions on Monday due to the optical...

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Midjourney runs its text-to-image AI on Google Cloud

Midjourney, the independent research lab that provides amazing text-to-image generative AI, has selected Google Cloud as its infrastructure provider of choice for training its large-scale AI models.As part of the partnership, Midjourney has employed Google Cloud's custom-developed AI accelerators, Tensor Processor Units (TPUs), to train its fourth generation AI model. In combination with Google Cloud's GPU VMs, which run on NVIDIA GPUs, Midjourney...

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EdgeCore Digital expands data center presence in northern Virginia

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a wholesale data center operator that was recently acquired by  Partners Group, unveiled plans to develop a new data center campus on 7.6 acres centrally located in the heart of data center alley in northern Virginia. The project will be co-developed with Penzance, a Washington, D.C. based real estate developer.  The site supports customers seeking high-performance capacity with low-latency access to leading...

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PacketFabric and Unitas Global complete merger - NaaS

PacketFabric and Unitas Global completed their previously-announced merger. PacketFabric helps businesses build new secure, private network fabrics to connect their core sites, cloud assets and manage shifts in data gravity with their unique fabric integrated storage. PacketFabric Converge orchestrates on-demand connectivity across colocation facilities, cloud providers, and private network interconnection across the globe.Unitas Global offers...

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Ericsson and Intel partner on 5G use cases in Malaysia

 Ericsson and Intel agreed to collaborate on the development of 5G use cases that can accelerate digitalization in Malaysia as well as spur the adoption of the new technology by enterprises in Malaysia.David Hägerbro, Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, says: “5G is a platform for innovation and will transform the way enterprises operate. Ericsson’s collaboration with Intel in Malaysia will contribute to the adoption of 5G and...

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Australia's NBN Co expands fixed wireless access

Around 24,000 homes and businesses across regional Australia are now eligible to access the nbn® fixed wireless network for the first time. The locations of the 24,000 premises have been selected based on their proximity to existing nbn fixed wireless towers, with priority given to those located in the most heavily used parts of the nbn satellite footprint. The upgrade is being enabled by a $750 million investment – including $480 million from...

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