Nokia powers SCinet with 1.6 Tbps optical backbone

Nokia will deploy its IP and optical networking gear to support SCinet, the multi-vendor network created to support the SC 2023 conference, which is slated for next week in Denver.As part of the network, Nokia will deploy its:Nokia 1830 PSI-M compact modular optical transport platform, which will deliver 1.6Tb/s of capacity to support distribution of live customer traffic on the SC23 show floor.  Nokia 7750 SR-1x FP5-based routers, which will...

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Adtran opens Terafactory in Germany

Adtran opened a new "Terafactory" in Meiningen, Germany.  The company says the new facility brings production back to Central Europe, fortifies supply chain resilience, and creating local jobs.  The Terafactory also streamlines workflows and reduces resource consumption by harnessing advanced automation technologies. The move towards supply chain autonomy for Adtran’s core European market echoes a similar strategy in the US, where the company...

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Arista unveils Zero Trust Networking Vision with Open API

Arista announced an expanded zero trust networking architecture that uses the underlying network infrastructure to break down security silos, streamline workflows and enable an integrated zero trust program. Arista’s strategy combines in-house developed technologies and strategic alliances with key partners to compensate for harder-to-implement zero trust controls across the domains of devices, workloads, identity, and data. The key components...

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Cirion installs Ciena Waveserver 5 for DCI in Bogotá

Cirion Technologies recently deployed Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform to expand connectivity and increase resiliency between data centers in Bogotá, Colombia. Scaling up to 800 Gbps, this upgrade greatly increases Cirion’s network capacity and helps meet the growing needs of its local and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, and cloud service providers. Cirion is also using Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller and Liquid Spectrum advanced software applications for rapid planning, provisioning,...

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Nokia and Orange test 5G Standalone Core on Sylva cloud stack

Nokia completed interoperability tests of 5G Standalone (SA) Packet Core’s User Plane Function (UPF) in the Sylva open-source cloud software environment. The tests were conducted at the new Project Sylva Validation Center in France operated by Orange, a long-standing Nokia partner.The broad goal of Project Sylva is to provide a reference open source cloud software framework, tailored for telco and edge requirements, that addresses the technical challenges...

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Boingo Wireless opens HQ in Frisco, Texas

Boingo Wireless officially opened its new headquarters in Frisco, Texas.Boingo’s Frisco office is located close to many of the company’s key customers, high-tech talent, and technology partners throughout the state. Boingo welcomed regional leaders, community members, business partners and employees to an open house at its 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art office. The office is located at The Star in Frisco, a new 91-acre campus featuring...

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Padtec’s Q3 revenue rises %6.8% yoy

Padtec posted 3Q23 net revenues of R$103.5 million in 3Q23, 6.8% above 2Q23. The company reported record gross profit of R$39.2 million in 3Q23, with a record gross margin of 37.9%. In 9M23, gross profit totaled R$102.6 million (gross margin of 36.7%). Record EBITDA was R$25.4 million in 3Q23 (EBITDA margin of 24.5%), nearly double 2Q23.Some highlights:Optical transport systems (DWDM equipment) - Brazil: R$65.5 million in net revenues in 3Q23 andR$176.7...

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France’s W3TEL picks Ribbon

W3TEL a French provider of communications services to enterprises, has selected Ribbon's solutions to support its growth, simplify its network operations and fulfill French government mandates around call security, STIR/SHAKEN solution, part of the Ribbon Call Trust portfolio, to meet requirements for caller identity authentication, signing, verification and certificate management as defined by French law as part of the MAN (Mécanisme d'Authentification des Numéros) Project conducted by French telecommunications regulator ARCEP. W3TEL is also...

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