Telxius signs on to Google’s Firmina cable linking US, Brazil and Argentina

Telxius  is joining the Firmina subsea cable system, the Google led project connecting the East Coast of the United States to Las Toninas (Argentina), with additional landings in Praia Grande (Brazil) and Punta del Este (Uruguay). Telxius will subsequently host Firmina in its Santos digital hub in Brazil.Telxius will have three redundant routes between the US and Brazil (Firmina, Brusa, SAm-1) as well as three redundant routes extending to Argentina...

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NASA’s Deep Space optical communications achieves first light

NASA confirmed that its Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment achieved ‘first light’ during the early hours of November 14, sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time.The experimental transmitter is mounted aboard the recently launched Psyche spacecraft, which is traveling to the asteroid belt.The uplink laser beacon transmitted from the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL’s Table Mountain...

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Swisscom’s Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network

Swisscom and Nokia marked the launch of Swisscom’s nationwide Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network (NEWTON) and the official start of service migration to the modernized network. The new optical network will transport all of Swisscom’s fixed and wireless traffic from customer-provided equipment to metro access to the backbone, supporting client services from 1G to 400G, and efficiently aggregating and managing traffic from end-to-end...

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Dell’Oro: RAN market to remain challenging in 2024

 The dividends once reaped from the 5G surge in RAN (Radio Access Network) revenues are now a distant memory, according to the analysis of the Dell’Oro Group.  Following a remarkable 40 percent to 50 percent increase between 2017 and 2021, global RAN revenues witnessed a second consecutive quarter of steep declines in 3Q 2023, primarily driven by reduced RAN investments in North America.“The asynchronous nature of the 5G rollouts is in...

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Nokia and Mavenir test Open RAN system performance

Nokia completed interoperability testing between Nokia Baseband (DU/CU) and Mavenir Radio Unit (O-RU) using the O-RAN Alliance 7-2x fronthaul interface at Nokia’s Open RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas.During the trial, both companies validated the interoperability of Mavenir’s CBRS Radio Unit and Nokia AirScale Baseband supporting the O-RAN compliant 7-2x interface. The testing was performed according to O-RAN Alliance specifications, demonstrating...

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Energetiq appoints Singh to lead new Laser-Driven Light Source business

Energetiq Technology, a photonics manufacturer based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, has appointed Vikram Singh, PhD, to manage the newly formed Laser-Driven Light Source (LDLS) Business Unit. Energetiq says its LDLS technology creates extremely small, high-brightness plasma that delivers efficient light collection and a broad spectral range, from the deepest UV through visible and into the NIR.“We recognize the pivotal role that our core LDLS...

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