Hyper Photonix enters U.S. market with 400G DR4 transceiver

Hyper Photonix announced its entrance into the U.S. optical transceiver market with the availability of a 400G DR4 module with a range of 2km.

Hyper Photonix’ 400G QSFP-DD DR4 module, built on Hyper Silicon technology, is capable of up to 2km transmission distance.

The company says its proprietary Hyper Silicon Si photonics platform provides advanced product performance at the lowest possible cost. 

“Hyper Photonix is pleased to enter the US transceiver market and offer customers the intrinsic value of a chip-to-transceiver scalable solution platform at a compelling cost per gigabit,” said Xavier Clairardin, CEO of Hyper Photonix. “Our 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Hyper Silicon™ transceiver is fully qualified and we are ramping production capacity aggressively to support Hyperscale Data Center demand. The Hyper Silicon™ platform scales easily to faster lane speeds and higher aggregate data rates, accelerating the release of 800G+ products currently in the final stages of development.”

Hyper Photonix’s parent company was founded in 2015 with R&D facilities in Wuhan China, manufacturing in Ningbo China, and offices in Tokyo Japan.

www.hyperphotonix.com

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VMware sees rise in subscription and SaaS revenue

VMware reported Q4 revenue of $3.71 billion, an increase of 5% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $915 million, or $2.13 per diluted share, up 5% per diluted share compared to $855 million, or $2.02 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.

Some highlights

• The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $2.03 billion, an increase of 7% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.
• Subscription and SaaS revenue constituted 32% of total revenue for the quarter. Subscription and SaaS revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.18 billion, an increase of 36% year-over-year. Approximately 10 percentage points of this year-over-year growth was associated with the extra week in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• Revenue for fiscal year 2023 was $13.35 billion, an increase of 4% from fiscal year 2022. The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $6.85 billion, an increase of 8% from fiscal year 2022.
• Subscription and SaaS revenue represented 30% of our total revenue for the fiscal year.

“We are very pleased with our fiscal year 2023 performance. These results reflect consistent customer appetite for our multi-cloud offerings and our ability to help companies with a cloud smart approach,” commented Raghu Raghuram, CEO, VMware. “We look forward to the merger with Broadcom, expected to close in Broadcom’s current fiscal year, as our combined solutions will enable customers greater choice and flexibility to build, run, manage, connect and protect their applications at scale.”

“We delivered strong performance to close out our fiscal year 2023, achieving over $13 billion in total revenue and $4 billion in subscription and SaaS revenue for the year,” said Zane Rowe, executive vice president and CFO, VMware. “We grew subscription and SaaS ARR 30% year-over-year, totaling $4.66 billion, an increase of over $1 billion in ARR for fiscal 2023, reflecting the strength of our subscription and SaaS portfolio and progress on our business model transition.”

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Nokia and Indosat enter private wireless agreement

Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch an advanced enterprise campus private wireless network in key regions across Indonesia. 

As part of the MoU, the Nokia private wireless solution will be deployed in East and Central Java, Sumatera and Kalimantan. 

Vikram Sinha, President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, said: “IOH is a purpose-driven company to connect and empower the people of Indonesia by accelerating the nation’s digital transformation through our key strategy focusing on a partnership-first approach. Our collaboration with Nokia, the leader in private wireless, is critical to pursue this purpose. Digital transformation is the cornerstone of our plan to maximize Indonesia’s potential, maintain and grow our customer trust, strengthen our core business, and contribute to Indonesia’s digital economy in the future.”

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Intelsat completed testing of its electronically steered array antenna

Intelsat completed inflight testing of its new electronically steered array (ESA) antenna designed for global streaming of Wi-Fi service aboard airlines.

Intelsat’s ESA is the only commercially available antenna in the aviation industry that can operate between low Earth orbit satellites and geostationary satellites.

In early 2023, Intelsat successfully demonstrated the new system to global airlines on the company’s Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jet outfitted with the new antenna and inflight Wi-Fi system. With peak inflight download speeds exceeding 275Mbps, airline customers were able to participate in live virtual meetings, stream media and stay connected without interruptions.

By using the Intelsat and OneWeb satellite networks together, Intelsat can offer the benefits of LEO’s low latency along with the redundancy GEO provides to address network hotspots that LEO networks on their own cannot address. Whether aircraft are flying polar regions or over the most populated cities in the world, the ESA antenna will offer seamless coverage from takeoff to touchdown.

“After installing the system in December, we’ve been hard at work perfecting this new technology and have taken some of the world’s leading airlines for test flights. An antenna without moving parts, that is much smaller than its predecessors, enables airlines to compete in the marketplace, delight their guests and have confidence that Intelsat’s multi-orbit antenna will provide the best performing inflight connectivity experience in the market,” said Jeff Sare, president of Intelsat Commercial Aviation.

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Orange and Vodafone to cooperate on rural Open RAN across Europe

Orange and Vodafone agreed to build an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) with RAN sharing in rural parts of Europe where they both have mobile networks. 

The first commercial sites to be deployed under this agreement are planned to start this year in a rural area of Romania, near Bucharest.  

The operates are currently working to individually select strategic vendors for this initial build phase.

Michaël Trabbia, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Orange, said: “Orange is excited to co-operate with Vodafone on a first open RAN sharing deployment in Romania, which is a significant milestone on the road to wide-scale open RAN adoption across Europe. It is a major step towards agile and fully-automated networks, unleashing the potential of virtualization and AI to boost performance while driving both infrastructure and operational costs down.

“In particular, Open RAN is a great opportunity to take network sharing to a whole new dimension, with even higher operator differentiation thanks to the ability for each of the partners to tune its network more independently according to its promises towards its own customers.”

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Tele Columbus deploys Juniper’s Cloud Metro and NEC’s xHaul

Tele Columbus AG, one of Germany’s leading fiber network providers, has selected Juniper’s Cloud Metro infrastructure and NEC’s xHaul transformation services, for a new converged interconnect network (CIN). 

Tele Columbus wanted to build its new network and migrate services in a phased approach. The initial phase—data centers, network core and metro network—is underway, with plans to connect the first tranche of subscribers in the first half of 2023.

The deployment will include Juniper Networks ACX7000 Family products.

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Marvell samples Nova 1.6 Tbps PAM4 electro-optics platform

Marvell announced sampling of its Marvell Nova 1.6 Tbps PAM4 electro-optics platform.

Marvell's Nova is powered by a 200 Gbps/lambda optical DSP capable of enabling 1.6 Tbps pluggable modules in the OSFP-XD form factor.  

Key features of the Nova electro-optics platform include:

• 200 Gbps per channel line side transmitter interface supporting a wide range of high-speed lasers
• 200 Gbps per channel line-side receiver with companion Marvell 112-Gbaud TIAs, providing best-in-class linearity and low noise 
• Integrated laser drivers, optimizing power dissipation
• Latency-optimized FEC for 200 Gbps traffic

“As new AI and ML compute architectures drive increased bandwidth requirements, high-speed optics will continue to form the backbone of cloud data centers,” said Dr. Loi Nguyen, executive vice president, Optical and Copper Connectivity Group at Marvell. “Our next-generation electro-optics platform scales data interconnect transfer speeds to meet the needs of the most demanding AI workloads. We are thrilled to lead another breakthrough in electro-optics speed transition and expand Marvell’s market-leading PAM4 DSP portfolio with the availability of Nova.”

https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-industry-first-16t-pam4-electro-optics-platform.html

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Marvell previews 51.2 Tbps Teralynx switch

Marvell Technology announced its Teralynx 10 Ultra-Low Latency Programmable 51.2 Tbps switch chip. It can be paired with the newly-annouced Nova PAM4 1.6 Tbps electro-optics platform for handling high-bandwidth workloads in artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) and cloud data center networks. The new platform quadruples the bandwidth of Marvell's widely-deployed 12.8 Tbps networking solutions.

Key features of Teralynx 10 include:

• Up to 512 SerDes lanes supporting 25 Gbps, 50 Gbps and 100 Gbps I/O speeds to support a wide range of switch systems and connectivity
• Congestion-aware routing to minimize network bottlenecks and congestion
• Permutable flex-forwarding to enable operators to program new packet forwarding protocols as networks evolve
• Teralynx Flashlight telemetry with support for P4 in-band network telemetry

Marvell notes that its cloud-optimized Teralynx 10 and Nova networking platform ensures interoperability between switch and optics, thereby reducing the burden of validation and interoperability testing for customers and accelerating the deployment of these next-generation technologies. 

“Data center operators are challenged to meet the networking demands that applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are driving in the cloud,” said Nariman Yousefi, executive vice president, Automotive, Coherent DSP and Switch Group at Marvell. “To address this demand, leading operators are planning to upgrade directly from 12.8 Tbps to 51.2 Tbps. Utilizing the industry’s lowest latency programmable switch, Teralynx 10, with the industry’s first 1.6 Tbps optical platform, Nova, offers data center operators a cloud-optimized platform to scale and address the growing demands of AI/ML applications.”

https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-next-gen-data-center-512t-networking-solution.html

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Adtran carries 800G wavelength over 2,220km

Adtran completed a field trial of 800 Gbit/s single-carrier transport, achieving error-free transmission over a record distance of 2,220km in NYSERNet’s production network. 

The test route passed through 14 route-and-select flexgrid ROADMs comprising a total of 28 wavelength-selective switches. 

The trial used Adtran’s FSP 3000 open line system (OLS), which provided the necessary flexibility to configure the wider required bandwidth and perform testing. It also utilized Acacia’s CIM 8 transceiver technology, which increases baud rates up to 140Gbd to generate 800Gbit/s signals. 

“We’ve taken single-carrier 800Gbit/s data transmission further than ever before. And we’ve achieved it not in a lab but in a real-world network also carrying live traffic. What’s more, we succeeded without any optimization to the line system, maintaining the same amplifier settings used before the field trial. We’ve demonstrated that the highest capacity and reach can now be accomplished even over deployed fiber comprising a mix of standard G.652 and G.655 and including multiple network nodes and flexgrid ROADMs,” said Sorin Tibuleac, director of system architecture at Optical Networks, Adtran. 

https://www.adtran.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/20230302-adtran-breaks-industry-record-for-single-carrier-800g-long-haul-transport

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MWC Barcelona 2023 attendance: 88,500

MWC Barcelona 2023 attracted more than 88,500 attendees from 202 countries and territories.

“MWC Barcelona is back in full force. The level of energy and support from partners, businesses and policymakers has exceeded our hopes and expectations,” said GSMA Ltd’s CEO, John Hoffman. “I am continuously awed and humbled by the sense of community, innovation, excitement and business generation at MWC Barcelona. Anecdotally, exhibitors and partners are reporting that their expectations have been surpassed and, in some cases, have beaten 2019. On behalf of the GSMA, I would like to express our sincerest thanks to all new and returning attendees, exhibitors, speakers, partners and sponsors, without whom this gathering would not be possible.”

MWC Barcelona 2023 in numbers

• 56% of attendees were from industries adjacent to the core mobile ecosystem
• More than 2,400 exhibitors, sponsors and partners
• Over 1,000 speakers and thought leaders
• Over 40% keynotes speakers from adjacent industries, with more than 40% female keynote speakers
• Over half of attendees at director level and above, of which 21% were C-suite and 26% female attendees
• The GSMA Ministerial Programme convened with the highest number of delegations ever, with 196 delegations from over 150 countries, nearly 70 ministers and over 100 heads of regulatory authorities.
• 4YFN welcomed almost 800 exhibitors, more than 375 speakers and over 250 pitching sessions
• More than 2,400 in-person journalists and industry analysts from around the world
• On average,10,000 networking meetings set up daily through the app

MWC Barcelona 2024 will take place 26-29 February 2024. 

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HPE to acquire Axis Security, an SSE provider

Hewlett Packard Enterprise agreed to acquire Axis Security, a cloud security provider based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Axis Security’s SSE offerings enable access to corporate and public-cloud resources, and the company’s cloud-based platform will build on Aruba’s existing Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) and network firewall offering. This combination will provide a complete edge-to-cloud SASE solution, ensuring that Zero Trust security controls can be applied to people and devices, no matter where they connect – on campus, branch, home, or on the road. In addition, the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform will integrate Axis Security’s cloud-native SSE platform, offering customers one single monthly subscription with no capital expenditure. 

HPE said the deal will expand its edge-to-cloud security capabilities by offering a unified Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) solution to meet the increasing demand for integrated networking and security solutions delivered as-a-service. 

 “As we transition from a post-pandemic world, and a hybrid work environment has become the new normal, a new approach is needed for network edge security to protect critical SaaS applications,” said Phil Mottram, executive vice president and general manager, HPE Aruba Networking. “The convergence of Aruba and Axis Security solutions will transform edge-to-cloud connectivity with a comprehensive SASE solution that provides enterprises with the highest levels of security for both IoT devices and all users’ access across geographically distributed locations. Today, we also accelerate our vision to help our customers expand their secure connectivity needs with SASE and private 5G solutions, building on our recently announced agreement to acquire private cellular technology provider, Athonet.”

“We developed Axis Security to enable a world where connectivity to every business resource, from anywhere, could always be simple, safe and reliable,” said Dor Knafo, CEO of Axis Security. “Our SSE platform is a natural complement to Aruba’s SD-WAN, network firewall, and dynamic segmentation offerings. Together, we create a unified SASE platform, designed to extend connectivity to edge, and do so through a combination of modern access services – all working together in harmony.”

 https://www.hpe.com

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Infinera unveils coherent optical subsystems and coherent pluggable engines

Infinera unveiled a new portfolio of coherent optical subsystems and coherent pluggable optical engines, including a line of high-performance transmit-receive optical sub-assemblies (TROSAs), innovative programmable digital signal processors (DSPs), and a line of high-performance, intelligent pluggable optical transceivers.

Building Block Components

Advanced coherent TROSAs – leveraging Infinera’s U.S.-based, in-house indium phosphide (InP) fab, the new line of TROSAs is based on unique monolithically integrated photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Infinera’s TROSAs reduce loss between components, provide increased control over optical functions, and enable greater flexibility in component design. The resulting solution produces industry-leading size, power efficiency, flexibility, and optical performance, with 0 dBm output power levels to support a greater number of network applications. The initial set of products includes three TROSAs: ICTR32, ICTR64, and ICTR140, with nominal baud rates of 32 Gbaud, 64 Gbaud, and 140 Gbaud respectively.

Intelligent programmable coherent DSPs – designed with innovative features, generational interoperability, and leading performance, Infinera’s line of DSPs provides a robust set of capabilities and flexibility to bring unique value to networking solutions. As part of Infinera’s advanced coherent subsystem offerings, the new line of high-performance DSPs includes the Wa’a 100™, Wa’a 400™, and Tahoe 800, supporting a range of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications.

Pluggable Coherent Optical Engines

Built off Infinera’s vertically integrated subsystem building blocks, Infinera’s line of ICE-X coherent pluggable solutions is designed to support a diverse set of network applications, including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications in DCI, access, metro, and regional networks. In addition to record-setting performance, Infinera’s ICE-X line of pluggables supports a unique level of intelligence, automation, and programmability to enable network operators to deploy coherent solutions more effectively in routers, switches, and servers without compromising on performance, visibility, or network resiliency. Additionally, with support for 100 Gb/s+ single-fiber bidirectional configurations and PON overlays, ICE-X can unleash the potential of existing fiber assets, enabling new revenue-generating high-speed services. Included in the line of ICE-X pluggables are 100G XR, 400G XR, 400G ZR+, and 800G ZR/ZR+ modules.

“There is significant growth in demand for increased capacity and capabilities of coherent technology, both in the core and closer to the network edge, driving the need for new innovations in coherent solutions optimized for these types of traffic patterns and deployment scenarios,” said Tom Burns, General Manager of Optical Modules & Coherent Solutions Group at Infinera. “Our portfolio of programmable TROSAs, coherent DSPs, and ICE-X pluggables provides network operators with connectivity solutions that are compact, efficient, programmable, and streamlined in operations without sacrificing network integrity, visibility, or reliability.”

Infinera confirmed availability of ICE-X 100G and 400G-based subsystems and pluggables, with the 800G-based solutions beginning to become available in 1H 2024.

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Infinera previews 1.2 Tb/s ICE7 and expands GX platform

Infinera previewed its next generation GX Series Compact Modular Platform, which will feature a new 1.2 Tb/s optical engine ICE7 and a multi-haul optical line system.  The next gen GX will support multiple generations of high-speed transponders, and a variety of traffic grooming sleds on a single platform combined with native open APIs and streaming telemetry capabilities.

The 1.2 Tb/s ICE7 optical engine leverages Infinera’s vertically integrated ICTR140 TROSA and a custom-designed digital signal processor (DSP) optimized for high-baud rate transmission. Supported in existing GX platforms with availability beginning in 1H24, Infinera’s ICE7 optical engine provides the following benefits:

• Drive down cost, space, and power per bit – reduces cost per bit by up to 30% and power/space per bit by up to 60% with the industry’s highest-performing optical engine, supporting symbol rates of up to 148 Gbaud.
• Deliver 800G nearly everywhere – enables 800G-based transmission up to 3,000 km, more than three times the reach of currently available technology and covering more than 85% of network links.
• Deploy over almost any network – supports a broad range of programmable options and open APIs, enabling effective operation over virtually any existing optical line system.

Also introduced today are evolutions to the GX platform’s optical line system capabilities integrating a broader set of open multi-haul line system functionality. These capabilities include:

• Super C- and Super L-band support driving single-fiber useable spectrum to 12 THz, resulting in 25% more capacity per fiber than C+L-band implementations. In conjunction with Infinera’s ICE7 1.2 Tb/s optical engine, the GX multi-haul optical line system provides nearly 100 Tb/s on a single fiber pair.
• Multi-haul link control breaks down the barriers between metro, regional, long-haul, and subsea networks, enabling seamless end-to-end network operation.
• Support for FOADM up to 32-degree ROADM functionality with integrated Raman amplification.
• Multiple scalable add/drop options, from fixed to colorless-directionless-contentionless.

I“Infinera continues to be at the forefront of the industry’s most innovative optical networking solutions. Infinera’s ICE7 and the pioneering innovations of the GX Series will continue to provide network operators with flexible, scalable solutions that seamlessly integrate with their existing networks in a cost-effective way while providing them with the benefits of industry-leading technology,” said Ron Johnson, General Manager, Optical Systems & Network Solutions Group at Infinera. 

https://www.infinera.com/press-release/infinera-launches-ice7-optical-engine-and-expansion-of-gx-compact-modular-platform

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Ayar Labs demos 4-Tbps optical interconnect

Ayar Labs will demonstrate the first 4 terabit-per-second (Tbps) bidirecti onal Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical solution at the upcoming Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) in San Diego on March 5-9, 2023. 

At OFC, Ayar Labs will show its optical I/O solution moving data from one TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet to another at 2.048 Tbps each direction powered by their SuperNova light source. SuperNova powers 8 fiber links (using 64 highly accurate wavelengths operating at 32 Gbps, for 8 wavelengths and 256 Gbps per individual fiber) running error free at lower than 10ns of latency and without needing Forward Error Correction (FEC). This allows for a total bandwidth of 2.048 Tbps each direction, or 4.096 Tbps bidirectional. More importantly, the data transfer is using less than 5 pJ/bit (10W), a high level of energy efficiency, providing the power density and performance per watt needed to achieve AI models with trillions of parameters, advanced HPC designs and more.

Ayar Labs is using working with high-volume manufacturing and supply partners including GlobalFoundries, Lumentum, Macom, Sivers Photonics and others to deliver the optical interconnects needed for data-intensive applications. 

“In-package optical I/O solutions have the potential to transform how semiconductor, AI, HPC and aerospace customers process their next-generation, data-intensive workloads,” said Craig Thompson, vice president of Business Development for Networking at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform is enabled by advanced technologies such as WDM optical interconnects to equip tomorrow’s innovators with the extreme performance they need.”

“Ayar Labs continues to showcase our technology leadership with this live silicon demonstration, an industry-first milestone on the path to overcoming the impending power and performance wall of electrical design, and unleashing the power of next generation compute,” said Charlie Wuischpard, CEO, Ayar Labs. “As we bring together all the supply, manufacturing, test and compute pieces needed for high-volume deployment, we also show today that we continue to lead in pure technical achievement.”

http://www.ayarlabs.com

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Orange shows experimental end-to-end 5G SA platform

At #MWC23, Orange disclosed details on its end-to-end cloud-native 5G SA experimental multi-cloud network, named Pikeo. 

This experimental network runs over two locations in France to date and is currently used by internal employees. The trial will be extended soon to a third site in Spain for internal use.

The Pikeo 5G SA network is multi-cloud and is deployed:

• either on an on-premises Orange Telco Cloud infrastructure, operated by Orange, and leveraging the SUSE/Rancher opensource Kubernetes distribution. This implementation was instrumental to the contribution to the first beta release of Sylva (the Linux Foundation's telco cloud solution).
• on AWS or using a hybrid architecture with AWS: the core network is deployed in an AWS Region completely or with an optional local AWS Outpost close to customer locations (in this instance, Orange locations) for user traffic control. The second option allows enterprise customers to benefit from low latency or security and local requirements.

Orange believes its software and data based telco vision will transform its activities, shaping how it builds, deploys, and operates its future networks. 

The experiment also developed Orange’s know-how in integrating technologies from various partners such as Dell Technologies, AWS, Casa Systems and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as well as Amdocs, Arista, Mavenir and Xiaomi and clarified what this means in terms of skills and transformation.

Leveraging automation and artificial intelligence, Orange’s experimental network demonstrated that:

• the 5G network (core and RAN) can be automatically redeployed in less than one hour, rather than days or weeks, as it does on a legacy network, thanks to the implementation of a DevSecOps pipeline.
• automated anomaly detection for mobile networks is much faster.  Operational teams have access via a dashboard to automated explainable anomaly detection leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce the Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) an anomaly and to help them identify its root cause by correlating RAN, core and infrastructure metrics.
• energy consumption can be optimised by automatically switching off the 5G private network of a company or facility in the evening and switching on in the morning, which can be particularly relevant for some companies.
• dynamic end-to-end slice management for critical communication services was modelled and successfully demonstrated on the 5G SA core network with isolation, using security and traffic prioritization principles.
• a zero-trust security model was successfully implemented with identity and access management leveraging Orange Connect authentication, automated vulnerability detection and integration with SIEM (Security Incidents & Event management).

Orange also highlighted its work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to demonstrate the feasibility to run network functions over a public cloud. This marks a key point in the maturity of how Orange and hyperscalers can work together to deliver compelling solutions to enterprise customers, insisting on two key elements: a Zero Trust security model using Orange identities and Amazon IAM (Identity and Access Management); optimizing energy efficiency with an on-demand use of AWS resources cloud infrastructure. The trial is extended in 2023 to further investigate the potential of automation through AI, as well as to evaluate vertical use cases.

Laurent Leboucher, Orange Group CTO and SVP Orange Innovation Networks, says: “We are proud to showcase the benefits of a fully automated cloud native multi-cloud 5G SA network at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The experience gained from the Pikeo project and the expertise of Orange teams will be leveraged in the new Mobile Private Network cloud experimental offer launched by Orange Business. As Orange seeks to fulfil its ambition to become the telecom reference for resilient, green, software and data-based networks, the results of this trial to date mark a major milestone in achieving this.”

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T-Mobile details 4X carrier aggregation performance > 3 Gbps

T-Mobile US has aggregated four channels of mid-band spectrum on its 5G standalone (5G SA) network with the Samsung Galaxy S23, working with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Samsung. The carrier reports speeds above 3.3 Gbps.

T-Mobile US also expanded VoNR to four new cities: Cincinnati, OH; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; and Seattle, WA.

“We are working with industry leaders around the globe to move the 5G ecosystem forward for the benefit of wireless customers everywhere,” said Neville Ray, President of Technology at T-Mobile. “With the most advanced 5G network in the world, T-Mobile is at the forefront of wireless innovation, spearheading new capabilities so we can continue raising the performance bar and enable future transformative applications that require a seamless and robust 5G connection.”

https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/4g-lte-5g-networks

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ColorChip announces Chip-on-Board AEC for 800G and 1.6Tbps

ColorChip introduced chip-on-board technology for active electrical cables, enabling high density 1.6T OSFP-XD with significant improvements in both performance and cost. 

This innovation addresses the challenges of density, reach, power consumption and higher bandwidth required for the new OSFP-XD form factor and can also be leveraged to produce best-in-class solutions for 800G AEC applications.

ColorChip said that by removing the lossy and bulky package of the Re-timer, DSP or Re-driver, it achieves a longer reach, better cost, better thermal management and higher density for active copper cable solutions.  Collaborating with Maxlinear, this is the first time in the industry that an active cable has been developed with a bare die.

 "Partnering with ColorChip, we are bringing our companies' advanced technologies and capabilities together to provide our joint customers with industry leading solutions for AEC applications", said Drew Guckenberger, Vice President of High-Speed Interconnect BU at MaxLinear.

"MaxLinear's Keystone 5nm KGD bare die solutions for AEC applications enable the high density, long reach and best-in-class power consumption required to meet our customers' key requirements for 800G and 1.6T AEC applications," said Xin Wu, EVP at ColorChip.

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Telefónica validates network APIs with AWS

Telefónica validated the integration of their network application programming interfaces (APIs) with the Pilot AWS Wavelength Zone in a Telefónica Edge location in Madrid in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This provides developers the ability to combine AWS edge services with quality on demand (QoD) specialized services from Telefónica. Telefónica is launching an Early Adopter Program to empower the developer community to carry out a first integration and validation of services based on network APIs. 

Telefónica and AWS worked with Cinfo, a Spanish startup that enables live production and streaming of events, to test network QoD with AWS Wavelength. Cinfo’s TiiVii solution, a cloud-based automated video production service powered by artificial intelligence, is highly sensitive to connectivity quality parameters such as latency and jitter, as it needs to send more than 50 commands per second to each camera in a venue and must make automated decisions in milliseconds such as moving and panning of the camera. 

In the Pilot, an AWS Wavelength Zone together with Telefónica’s 5G enhanced connectivity enabled Cinfo to provide its Tiivii service to the Madrid Volleyball Federation event. The cameras at the event streamed a live video over Telefónica’s 5G network with the configured enhanced connectivity to the Pilot AWS Wavelength Zone, reducing the deployment time of the application to minutes. The output stream of the Tiivii service, as compared to regular deployment, provided a superior viewing experience on live streaming by reducing the frozen frames and allowing viewers to seamlessly follow the play by enabling Cinfo’s artificial intelligent control commands to cameras on time as required. This test solution reduced latency by ~20 milliseconds and jitter by ~90% during cell congestion, which is critical for a consistent user experience.

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T-Mobile US invests in Movius for mobile convergence

T-Mobile US has made an equity investment in Movius, a start-up software provider for secure and compliant mobile communications based in Cupertino, California. 

T-Mobile’s MultiLine service is powered by Movius. The service allows employees to use a single smartphone for personal and business communications in a way that meets compliance standards. It enables employees to use their personal phone to call, text and even use apps like WhatsApp on a dedicated, secure, compliant business line. 

“We’re thrilled to further advance our partnership with T-Mobile for Business to offer MultiLine to an expanded set of industries with diverse use cases across Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Government, Legal Services and other highly-regulated industries,” said Ananth Siva, CEO at Movius. Siva added that T-Mobile MultiLine is gaining significant traction with companies in the non-regulated space as well, including those in the Hospitality, Transportation, and Construction industries and with small to medium size businesses looking to save on device costs.

www.movius.ai

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GSMA: Growth prospects with a second wave of 5G

More than 30 countries will begin 5G rollouts during 2023, heralding a second wave of 5G and potentially doubling the number of 5G connections over the next 24 months, and confirming 5G as the fastest generational roll-out, when compared to 3G and 4G.

At Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, GSMA Intelligence reported:

• As of January 2023, there were 229 commercial 5G networks globally and over 700 5G smartphone models available to users.
• Growth will also come from key markets within APAC and LATAM, such as Brazil and India, which have recently launched 5G networks. India will be especially significant, with the expansion of services from Airtel and Jio in 2023 expected to be pivotal to the region's ongoing adoption. 
• There will be four 5G networks in India by the end of 2025, accounting for 145 million additional users.
• 5G adoption in the sub-Saharan region sits below 1% but will reach over 4% by 2025 and 16% in 2030, largely thanks to a concerted effort from industry and government organisations to provide connectivity to citizens.
• As of January 2023, more than 90 fixed broadband service providers (the vast majority of which are mobile operators) had launched commercial 5G-based fixed wireless services across over 48 countries. This means around 40% of 5G commercial mobile launches worldwide currently include an FWA offering.
• In the US, T-Mobile added over half a million 5G FWA customers in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 combined. By 2025, it expects to have eight million FWA subscribers, while Verizon is targeting five million FWA subscribers for the same period. And, with operators such as Jio announcing ambitions to connect as many as 100 million homes across India to its 5G FWA network, the number of FWA users looks likely to grow substantially over the next few years.
• Only 7% of 5G launches have been in 5G mmWave spectrum so far but this looks set to change given 27% of spectrum allocations and 35% of trials are already using 5G mmWave bands. Furthermore, in 2023 alone, the industry will see ten more countries assigned 5G mmWave spectrum for use – a significant increase from the 22 countries who have been assigned it to date. Spain received the first European 5G mmWave spectrum allocation this year, resulting in Telefónica, Ericsson and Qualcomm launching its first commercial 5G mmWave network at MWC Barcelona 2023.

"Until now, 5G adoption has been driven by relatively mature markets and consumer use cases like enhanced mobile broadband, but that's changing. We're now entering a second wave for 5G that will see the technology engage a diverse set of new markets and audiences," said Peter Jarich, Head of GSMA Intelligence. "The extension to new use cases and markets will challenge the mobile ecosystem to prove that 5G truly is flexible enough to meet these diverse demands in a way that's both inclusive and innovative."

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