AT&T sets course to Open RAN with Ericsson

In what it describes as the largest deal financially in its 147 year history, Ericsson confirmed that it has been selected by AT&T to supply 5G Open Radio Access Networks products and solutions to support AT&T’s nationwide Open RAN ambitions in the U.S.The deal is valued at approximately US$14 billion over five years.AT&T’s Open RAN plan is for 70% of its wireless network traffic to flow across open-capable platforms by late 2026. AT&T...

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Fujitsu and KDDI cite gains with multiband wavelength multiplexing

Fujitsu Limited and KDDI Research have developed a large-capacity multiband wavelength multiplexing transmission technology using installed optical fibers.The companies say the new technology enables wavelength transmission at 5.2 times the wavelength multiplicity of current commercial optical transmission technology. To increase the transmission capacity per fiber, the two companies aimed to increase the wavelength band used from the C band to the...

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IBM intros Quantum Heron processor

IBM introduced its 133-qubit "Quantum Heron", the first in a new series of utility-scale quantum processors, offering up to five-fold improvement in error reduction over its previous generation quantum designs.The new processor powers the IBM Quantum System Two, which combines scalable cryogenic infrastructure and classical runtime servers with modular qubit control electronics. IBM's architecture combines quantum communication and computation, assisted...

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Rambus debuts Quantum Safe IP for ASICs, SoCs, FPGAs

Rambus introduced a Quantum Safe Engine (QSE) for integration into hardware security elements in ASICs, SoCs and FPGAs. The Rambus QSE IP core uses NIST-selected quantum-resistant algorithms to protect valuable data center and government hardware against attacks emerging in the post quantum computing era.The Rambus QSE IP is available as a standalone cryptographic core or integrated in the Rambus Quantum Safe Root of Trust IP as a comprehensive...

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Liberty Networks and Gold Data to combine subsea cables

Liberty Networks and Gold Data agreed to combine their subsea systems, GD-1 and LN-1 into a new subsea system.The subsea cable system is designed to offer two diverse routes with the shortest latency from Mexico to the US, providing additional connectivity between the data hubs in Mexico City, Queretaro, and onward to the US as new routes. It will further connect new data hubs in Colombia and Panama to these critical data hubs.The subsea system will...

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Buddy Bayer steps down from Windstream

Buddy Bayer is stepping down and Windstream Wholesale and Enterprise President at the end of the year to pursue another opportunity.Windstream Chairman and CEO Paul Sunu announced the following appointments:Joe Scattareggia has been named president of Windstream Wholesale.   Mike Flannery has been named president of Windstream Enterprise.Scattareggia and Flannery previously served as the chief revenue officers of their respective business...

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Chiplet Summit scheduled for Feb 6-8 in Santa Clara

The Chiplet Summit 2024 will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on February 6-8. The Tuesday superpanel features leading experts expressing their views on “How Can Chiplets Accelerate Generative AI?”. The Wednesday plenary has Palo Alto Electron CEO Jawad Nasrullah presenting “Developing Chips for Tomorrow: You, Me, and ChatGPT”. A Thursday session offers an annual update on generative AI applications.The Summit also offers major company...

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