GlobalFoundries lands $1.5B in CHIPS Act funding for new fabs

GlobalFoundries is set to receive $1.5 billion in planned direct funding as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act.The money will be used to expanding existing fabrication facilities as well as to build new capacity, including:Expanding GF’s existing fab in Malta, New York, by adding critical technologies already in production in GF’s Singapore and Germany facilities. These added capabilities are geared towards enabling the U.S. auto industry. As...

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Plans to create a competing national fixed NetCo in the UK

Virgin Media O2, together with its shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica, unveiled plans to create a distinct national fixed network company (NetCo) that will underpin full fibre take up and roll out across the UK. The goal is to establish the biggest dedicated fixed network challenger in the country, offering clear wholesale choice at scale for other providers as a major alternative to BT’s Openreach. Key Highlights:NetCo, a fully consolidated...

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Windstream Wholesale builds 864-count dark fiber route

Windstream Wholesale cited progress in the construction of its dark fiber "Beach Route," which stretches 651 route miles across a unique path down the East Coast of the United States and consists of 864-count buried fiber. The northern section, covering 459 miles from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, is now complete, equipped, and ready for immediate service. This unlocks expansive dark fiber connectivity options across major East...

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Video: Zero Gap AI - Vapor.io, SuperMicro, NVIDIA

 What's next for the network edge? High-performance, GPU-driven AI services could shake things up. Cole Crawford, CEO, and Matt Trifiro, CMO from Vapor, explain:The introduction of Zero Gap AI, a service designed to bridge the complexities of deploying both the wireless stack and the AI stack. This service is offered in combination with Super Micro, leveraging the Grace Hopper super chip and the Nvidia mgx platform as an end-to-end solution.The...

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Arm seeks common frameworks to accelerate chiplet market

Arm is proposing a common framework to enable the next generation of chiplets. The company recently provided updates on two new initiatives that will help to deliver this framework: Arm Chiplet System Architecture (CSA): Arm and a group of more than 20 partners are developing an Arm Chiplet System Architecture (CSA), which will enable greater reuse of components (physical design IP, soft IP etc) between multiple suppliers. The group is seeking to...

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Verizon commits to Open APIs

Verizon has committed to opening network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)to developers globally through a variety of API aggregators, hyperscalers and through Verizon’s own API portal. The carrier is collaborating directly with multiple industry standards bodies to ensure adherence to global standards for its APIs, including CAMARA, GSMA OpenGateway, 5GFF, and TM Forum, among others.The Verizon API portfolio represents a broad array of functional...

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Tarana Wireless gains FCC certification for unlicensed 6 GHz band

Tarana Wireless announced Federal Communication Commission’s certification for Gigabit 1 fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband platform to operate in the new unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum. Tarana is the first manufacturer to receive an Equipment Authorization Grant from the FCC in 6 GHz.Tarana announced G1’s 6 GHz capability in October of 2023 and began shipping the new equipment for customer pilots. This grant now allows those internet service providers...

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Mavenir demos Narrowband IoT on Ligado SkyTerra Satellite

Mavenir completed a 3GPP Rel.17 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) data connection over the Ligado SkyTerra satellite network.The Mavenir NTN service platform was integrated with the Ligado Ground-Based Beam Former (GBBF) over a digital interface, providing an adaptable, high-directivity connection to specific user equipment (UE) on the ground via the satellite link. The team successfully demonstrated a UE connected to the satellite...

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