OIF's External Laser Small Form-Factor Pluggable (ELSFP) Implementation Agreement

OIF announced an implementation agreement for external lasers delivering continuous wave (CW) light to optical transceivers co-packaged within a system.The External Laser Small Form-Factor Pluggable (ELSFP) Implementation Agreement (IA) specifies a front panel pluggable form factor tailored to co-packaged optical systems and other multiple laser external laser source applications.OIF says this is the first multi-sourced, front panel pluggable external...

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Nephio R1 brings Kubernetes-based automation to carrier clouds

Project Nephio, an open source initiative of partners across the telecommunications industry working towards true cloud-native automation under the Linux Foundation, announced the availability of its Release 1 (R1). Nephio delivers carrier-grade, Kubernetes-based cloud native intent automation and common automation templates. The goal is to simplify the deployment and management of multi-vendor cloud infrastructure and network functions across...

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Lightelligence intros CXL card with optical interconnect

Lightelligence, a start-up based in Boston with offices in Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing, introduced optical communications hardware designed for PCIe and Compute Express Link (CXL) connectivity.Photowave, which is is being demonstrated at this week’s Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California,  enables CXL 2.0/PCIe Gen 5 connectivity over optics with support for x16, x8, x4 and x2 bifurcation modes of operation, allowing for a wide variety...

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DISH + EchoStar merger seeks synergy in 5G and satellite services

DISH Network and EchoStar agreed to an all-stock merger that combines DISH Network's satellite technology, streaming services and nationwide 5G network with EchoStar's premier satellite communications solutions.DISH's 5G wireless network now covers more than 70 percent of the U.S. with full commercialization underway.  The recent, successful launch of EchoStar's JUPITER 3 satellite brings significant available capacity for converged terrestrial...

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Keysight collaborates with University of Stuttgart of 6G IC research

 Keysight Technologies announced a collaboration with the University of Stuttgart focused on the development of new integrated circuits (ICs) for 6G.The research will use the new Keysight 6G Vector Component Analysis (VCA) solution. The collaboration has supported the University of Stuttgart in establishing Crosslink, a versatile multiplexing platform for synchronous time- and frequency-domain analyses of ultra-broadband communication channels. The Keysight VCA solution supports Crosslink by integrating sub-terahertz (sub-THz) vector...

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