Verizon Business adds NaaS Cloud Management

Verizon Business introduced Network as a Service (NaaS) Cloud Management, a new service that allows businesses to control application components and network architecture across multiple cloud environments -- public, private and hybrid -- all on one unified online portal. This new service bridges the complexities of managing across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments through a single, streamlined online portal. Specifically tailored...

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Verizon tests Ericsson's Low-Latency, Low-Loss, Scalable Throughput

Verizon recently tested Ericsson's Low-Latency, Low-Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) capabilities for optimizing the Verizon 5G network.L4S is designed to enable content providers to use the specific, robust network resources needed for a variety of time-critical applications, including entertainment, gaming, AR/VR, real-time video conferencing, Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications, teleoperated driving, and drone operations, which all have...

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ESnet acquires transatlantic capacity on Aqua Comms

Aqua Comms signed a long-term lease agreement for Trans-Atlantic subsea spectrum with Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) the high-performance network built to support scientific research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science and managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for 25% of a fibre pair between New York, Dublin and London. This agreement represents ESnet's first venture into acquiring Trans-Atlantic...

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Credo intros 112G PAM4 SerDes supporting 800G and 1.6T designs

Credo Technology introduced its newest 112G PAM4 SerDes Intellectual Property (IP) family on TSMC’s N3 and N7/N6 process technologies. The SerDes IP can be used by other silicon companies to develop chips for 800G and 1.6T connectivityThese two new SerDes IPs complement Credo’s available IP in TSMC’s N5 process technology, which also includes the enhanced N4 version of the 5nm node. This comprehensive SerDes IP family supports a wide range of demands...

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HPE says "business as usual" during merger process

One month after agreed to acquire Juniper Networks, the companies said they are continuing business as usual while working through the merger process.In a blog post, Antonio Neri, Preside and CEO of HPE, writes: "We are pursuing this acquisition because we believe the combination of HPE and Juniper Networks will radically change the networking industry – not by eliminating products from either portfolio – but by creating greater choice in this sector....

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Broadband Forum bring disaggregation to access nodes

Broadband Forum released two technical reports:  TR-477 ‘Cloud CO Enhancement – Access Node Functional Disaggregation’ -  specifies the necessary architecture, NF definitions, requirements, interfaces and protocols associated with the Disaggregated OLT (D-OLT) software component enabling the deployment of OLTs withdisaggregated functionalities into a CloudCO architecture.MR-477 ‘Access Node Hardware Disaggregation’ -  extends...

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Dell’Oro: XGS-PON to fuel new spending cycle beginning in 2025

A new report by Dell’Oro Group predicts that sales of Broadband Access Equipment are expected to decline by 1 percent from 2023, with the first half of 2024 seeing continued weakness followed by an improved spending environment in the second half of the year. Ongoing subsidization efforts, the shift from copper to fiber, and the rollout of cable distributed access architectures will all propel the Broadband Equipment market from 2025 on. “Although...

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A10 posts Q4 revenue of $70M, in-line with expectations

Citing market conditions related to North American service provider customers’ capital expenditures, A10 Networks reported quarterly revenue of $70.4 million, in-line with guidance and down $7.2 million (9.3%) year-over-year. Sequentially, revenue increased 21.9%, reflecting delayed orders from the third quarter as expected. Non-GAAP net income amounted to $18.5 million (representing 26.2% of revenue), or $0.25 per diluted share (non-GAAP EPS) compared...

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