Credo samples CMOS VCSEL Driver in an 800G DSP

Credo introduced new Dove 800D and 410D PAM4 DSPs chips optimized for active optical cables and short reach tranceivers targeting hyperscale data centers and AI applications. Sampling is underway.The new 8x100G and 4x100G per lane devices incorporate VCSEL drivers and fourth generation DSP technology which combined, creates an optimized, high-performance, small footprint solution that meets the increasingly stringent energy efficiency requirements...

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AT&T on track with full-year guidance

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, AT&T CEO John Stankey provided the following updates:Stankey is confident in the company’s full-year guidance., which includes free cash flow of better than $16 billion. As previously indicated, the primary factors supporting the company’s cash outlook are expectations for full-year 2023 adjusted EBITDA growth of 3-plus percent, largely in-line capital investment and lower handset...

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PacketLight and ID Quantique enable optical quantum key distribution

PacketLight and ID Quantique have integrated Quantum Key Distribution technology within PacketLight devices, signifying a significant milestone in the technological advancements of secure data transmission.The successful integration of IDQ’s 4th generation of quantum key distribution (QKD) solutions with PacketLight's DWDM & OTN encrypted transport delivers a highly secure quantum-safe encrypted network. PacketLight’s firmware also supports...

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Dell'Oro: Record-breaking 2Q 2023 data center switch sales

Global sales of Data Center Switches continued to break record levels for the fifth consecutive quarter in a row, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. What’s also remarkable is that, for the first time in about five years, the bulk of the growth during the quarter was driven by enterprises, not Cloud SPs.“The market performance continues to hit high notes, propelled by the release of a substantial backlog. Most of this backlog is from...

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Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research builds testbed in Iowa

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) has established a testbed in Iowa dedicated to research on rural wireless systems and applications. As the fourth and final platform in the PAWR program, the new ARA testbed is based on the Iowa State University (ISU) campus with coverage extending to local crop and livestock farms and parts of the city of Ames. The ARA platform uniquely combines several types of technologies in both the...

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Dell'Oro: North American Broadband Access Equipment Spending Drops

Total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market decreased to $4.7 B in 2Q23, down 3 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), according to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group,. Outside of North America, spending on PON equipment and Fixed Wireless CPE continued to remain strong this quarter, though not enough to offset declines in both Cable and DSL CPE purchases."North American service providers are clearly seeing the impact of slowing...

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NETSCOUT debuts RAN Analytics for Carrier Aggregation

NETSCOUT introduced a RAN Analytics for Carrier Aggregation solution to help mobile operators achieve superior performance and a better subscriber experience with high-speed LTE and 5G deployments.RAN Analytics for Carrier Aggregation is vendor agnostic, 3GPP compliant, and uses NETSCOUT’s Smart Data, making it scalable and suitable for networks of any size and at any stage in the 5G lifecycle. Additionally, the data is available for export to Open...

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Casa Systems expands executive team

Casa Systems appointed Colin Kincaid as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Phil Paro as Chief Accounting Officer (CAO).Kincaid joins Casa Systems by way of Cisco where he most recently served as the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco’s Global Service Provider business. Paro previously served as Director, Global Controller at Tomorrow.io, a global leader in weather intelligence, where he successfully managed a global team overseeing all financial functions, executed buy-side financial due diligence, and collaborated with executive teams to accelerate...

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