Nokia extends its OLT portfolio with pizza-box for low-density areas

Nokia introduced its second ‘pizza-box’ form optical line terminal (OLT). The new Quillion-powered Lightspan DF-32GM extends Nokia’s OLT portfolio for multi-gig deployments in low density areas by communication service providers and cable operators. DF-32 will fit into Nokia’s existing multi-gig portfolio which ranges from the very small size unit, the DF-16, to the large MF-14 fit for massive delivery of 25G PON and beyond.Nokia-designed Quillion...

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Ericsson posts flat sales in Q1

Ericsson reported flat organic sales in Q1 of SEK 62.6 billion (approximately US$6.05 billion), as sales for its Networks business unit declined by 2% driven by lower operator capex and inventory optimization among multiple customers. The decline was offset by growth in other business segments, including a 19% organic growth in Enterprise. EBITA excluding restructuring charges was SEK 4.8 (5.0) b.Some highlights from the prepared remarks of Ericsson...

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Indonesia Global Gateway subsea cable tests Nokia's PSE-V optics

Nokia’s next-generation PSE-V super coherent optics have been tested successfully on PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin)’s Indonesia Global Gateway’s (IGG) submarine live network. The trial was conducted last year over a 3,551 km subsea cable between Jurong in Singapore to Manado in Indonesia.The trial utilized Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) for Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and repeater loading the 1830 Photonic...

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Ericsson expands R&D in Canada

Ericsson announced a five-year R&D partnership valued at more than CAD 470 million with the Government of Canada.The investment will see Ericsson expands its facilities in Ottawa, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, creating hundreds of jobs. The research will include 5G Advanced, 6G, AI, Cloud RAN, and Core Network technologies. The investment will also support the expansion of research facilities and staff support for quantum computing at Ericsson’s...

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Virgin Media O2 picks Mavenir for Open RAN

Virgin Media O2 has selected Mavenir as its Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) vendor. Mavenir will also be the prime integrator, providing its Open virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) solution for sites on Virgin Media O2’s network.Mavenir’s Open vRAN solution is cloud-native with fully containerised microservices and it works on open interfaces supporting O-RAN Split 7.2x and Split 2. It further disaggregates into Distributed Unit (DU)...

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SkyLine picks Ribbon for IP + Optical network

SkyLine, a provider of advanced telecommunications in North Carolina, has selected Ribbon Communications to supply a comprehensive IP and Optical network solution.Ribbon said its IP Wave solution enables greater speeds, while simplifying management and monitoring. Ribbon's NPT family of IP Routers supports multiple routing technologies and services for flexibility and high performance, while its Apollo DWDM Optical Transport platform provides a programmable...

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BridgeComm and X-lumin target ground-to-space lasers

BridgeComm, which offers connectivity through multipoint optical wireless communications, announced a two-way exclusive teaming agreement with X-lumin Corporation to manufacture and market a new ground-to-space communication solution (G2S).X-lumin supplies state-of-the-art optical wireless communication solutions.The G2S solution is designed for all-weather austere locations, operating at high availability 24/7/365. The system functions as a ground...

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