Telefonica and Qwilt target improved content delivery collaboration

Telefónica and Qwilt agreed to implement a content distribution system based on the union of both companies’ technologies. The alliance enables Qwilt to expand its coverage and delivery capacity in Spain by relying on Telefónica’s Content Distribution Network (TCDN) deployed in Telefonica’s network.

The collaboration is the first commercial integration based entirely on Open Caching standards promoted by the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA), to which both companies belong. This facilitates the delivery of content from third parties through the two CDNs in a transparent manner, benefiting both from Qwilt’s global server deployment operation around the world and from the physical proximity of the TCDN to Telefónica customers.

Telefónica already delivers Movistar Plus+ content through its TCDN, a self-developed product that has the greatest capillarity and points of presence in Spain, while Qwilt has an extensive network of servers installed in operators’ networks around the world. Through this collaboration and by means of an API-based integration, the exchange of content between both CDNs will be streamlined. In this way, the user connected to Telefónica’s networks will have better quality access to the traffic channeled by Qwilt, optimizing their experience.

“Internet traffic is increasing rapidly, and content providers need delivery services that are increasingly efficient in light of the competition we are witnessing for Internet bandwidth. With this agreement, Telefónica’s TCDN and Qwilt’s delivery capacity are strengthened, but, above all, we make sure that consumers of the content within Telefónica’s network are satisfied,” says Francisco Javier Pascual, Director of Product Marketing, Telefónica Companies.

Alon Maor, CEO of Qwilt, adds: “As one of Spain’s leading service providers, Telefónica is a fantastic addition to our global network and allows us to further develop our content delivery service offering. We are delighted to see such rapid momentum from our global partners as we continue to build the highest performing edge delivery network in the world.”  

https://www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/telefonica-and-qwilt-partner-to-provide-content-delivery-service/

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AT&T posts milestones in 5G and fiber to rollouts

AT&T has invested more than $140 billion primarily in its U.S. wireless and wireline network over the past 5 years (2018–2022), including capital investments and acquisitions of wireless spectrum.

The carrier reported the following network milestones:

• The AT&T mobile network now covers more than 2.91 million square miles, an increase of about 100,000 square miles in 2022. This represents a population coverage of 290 million people.
• AT&T has increased coverage by more than 40% on federally recognized tribal lands in the last 2 years (2020 – 2022) thanks to public-private partnerships like FirstNet and those created through the American Rescue Plan.
• As of the end of 2022, more than 150 million people could take advantage of AT&T's mid-band 5G spectrum – more than double the company's original end-of-year 2022 target. 
• AT&T has doubled the number of venues and airports with AT&T 5G+ last year to now bring super-fast speeds and increased connectivity to parts of more than 50 cities and nearly 70 venues and airports in the U.S.
• FirstNet already covers 99%+ of the U.S. population, covering more first responders than any network. 
• AT&T has now surpassed 99%+ of its Band 14 coverage target with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), delivering more dedicated connectivity to federal, state, tribal, territorial, urban and rural first responders when they need it.
• In 2022, AT&T laid more than 60,000 miles of fiber in the U.S. alone. 
• The fiber network is carrying more than 594 petabytes of data traffic on an average day, up 23% year-over-year (or the equivalent of streaming nearly 40 million 2-hour long movies in HD).
• Currently, AT&T Fiber has passed 24 million locations – including 4 million business locations – in 100+ U.S. metros – that's on track to pass 30+ million locations by the end of 2025.
• AT&T also highlighted its efforts to establish a 3rd "emergency" pathway to each mobility network hub (MTSO) to combat extreme weather and climate events as well as increasing instabilities in the commercial power infrastructure landscape. This reduces the likelihood of major outages by nearly 35%.

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AT&T tests Nokia's Open RAN compliant near real-time RIC

AT&T completed a test of Nokia's near real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) xApps with the native E2 interface. 

The trial was implemented on Nokia’s commercial near real-time RIC platform, running on Nokia AirScale base stations on AT&T’s network. 

In this trial, near real-time xApps utilized E2SM Policy Services to dynamically perform targeted RAN optimization. The benefit of near real-time RIC is that it can optimize services for specific user groups, different frequency layers, or based on Quality of Service (QoS) Class Identifiers in 5G networks. Nokia’s near real-time RIC platform and xApps also bring capabilities to utilize existing interfaces to enable RAN optimization use cases that suit the operator networks.

Robert Soni, VP – RAN Technology at AT&T said: “AT&T is excited about the potential benefits offered by the O-RAN E2 interface. We are pleased to see the maturing of the Nokia Service Enablement Platform in consecutive trials over the last few years. The results of the trial demonstrated that E2 interface allows RAN policies to be updated several orders of magnitude faster than through legacy OAM interfaces, and thus unlocking new methods for RAN optimization.”

https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2023/03/20/nokia-and-att-leverage-advanced-intelligence-of-the-open-ran-compliant-near-real-time-ran-intelligent-controller-with-native-e2-in-successful-trial/

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Dell'Oro: Data center physical infrastructure market up 10% in 2022

Data Center Physical Infrastructure (DCPI) market revenue growth accelerated in 4Q 2022, pushing full-year sales to 10 percent, according to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group. Growth was primarily caused by average selling price (ASP) increases as vendors passed on higher costs of raw materials, components, and logistics. ASP growth is forecast to continue in 2023, but easing supply chain constraints are expected to shift the primary growth driver to unit shipments.

“We’ve entered 2023 in unprecedented territory for the DCPI market. On one hand, DCPI vendors ended 2022 with historically high backlogs and easing supply chain constraints. On the other hand, normalizing order cycles and macroeconomic uncertainty are affecting the market’s trajectory,” said Lucas Beran, Research Director at Dell’Oro Group. “That means that vendors’ decision making and market positioning over the past 18 months will materially impact their performance in 2023, with market share shifts likely. DCPI vendors Schneider Electric, who currently holds the number one market share position, and Vertiv, who has the number two market share position, are prime examples of this. Based on their 4Q 2022 earnings releases, Schneider Electric is forecasting its revenue growth to slow, while Vertiv is forecasting its growth to accelerate,” added Beran.

Additional highlights from the 4Q 2022 Data Center Physical Infrastructure Quarterly Report:

• Vertiv, Schneider Electric, and Eaton were the three vendors who gained the most revenue share in 4Q 2022.
• North America and Asia Pacific (excluding China) were the fastest-growing regions in 2022, at double-digit growth rates. The Caribbean and Latin American (CALA), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and China all grew at single-digit rates.
• Product growth was broad-based, but rack power distribution and thermal management grew at the fastest rates to support increasing rack power densities.
• Worldwide DCPI revenue growth is forecast to maintain 10 percent in 2023, with higher backlog supported growth in the first half of the year, before growth marginally slows in the second half.

https://www.delloro.com/news/higher-asps-push-data-center-physical-infrastructure-market-up-10-percent-in-2022/

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Australia's NBN Co raises A$2.1 billion from European Green Bond

Australia's NBN Co has successfully raised EUR 1.35 billion (A$2.1 billion) from its debut European Green Bonds issuance in debt capital markets.

The EUR benchmark Green Bonds were priced on 6 March 2023, with EUR 750 million (A$1.2 billion) of six-year bonds and EUR 600 million (A$947 million) of 10-year bonds. The combined proceeds will be fully allocated to eligible green projects undertaken as part of the company’s commitment to energy efficiency in line with its Sustainability Bond Framework1.

The transaction makes NBN Co the first Australian Government Business Enterprise to issue Green Bonds in Europe. 

Fiona Trigona, Executive General Manager Group Treasurer, NBN Co said:

“We are delighted to see nbn’s sustainability credentials tested and validated on the world stage from the global investor base through our European Green Bond issuance. In December 2022, the Australian Government issued a revised Statement of Expectations for nbn, which includes an expectation that we deliver greenhouse gas emissions reductions consistent with meeting or exceeding the Government’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050.

“We aim to achieve this through our near-term and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets, which are in line with the latest climate science. Our network investment plan is taking energy-efficient fibre deeper into communities to meet the growing digital demands of Australia’s homes and businesses. Fibre is inherently more capable of delivering faster upload and download speeds and is generally more reliable than copper connections.

“Embedding sustainability across the company’s activities supports our purpose to lift the digital capability of Australia, enabling long-term social, economic and environmental benefits for our people, customers, communities, partners and country.”

https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-statements/nbn-co-euro-green-bond

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Padtec posts Q4 revenue of R$105 million, up 7.5% YoY

Padtec reported record net revenue for 4Q22 of R$105.0 million (approx US$20.05 million), 7.5% higher than in 4Q21. Of this amount, R$82.2 million come from optical transport systems in Brazil, R$10.9 million from sales of optical transport systems in the foreign market and R$11.9 million from Services and Platforms.

For all of 2022, Padtec reported record net revenue of R$365.7 million in the year, 6.4% higher than in 2021.

Some additional highlights:

• Net revenue from optical transport systems (DWDM equipment) in Brazil of R$244.4 million in 2022.
• Annual record in net revenues from the foreign market: R$77.2 million, +67.0% over 2021.
• Net revenue from Services and Platforms of R$44.1 million in 2022, in line with the previous year. In addition to the revenues already accounted for in the annual result, a further R$130 million in monthly recurring revenues (MRRs) already generated for the 2023-2025 fiscal years.
• In 1Q23, Padtec announced an important milestone in its trajectory: 1,000 units sold of the 800 Gb/s transponder, which was first launched in October 2020
• More than 300 thousand kilometers of networks have already been lit by Padtec throughout the Latin American region, where the company is present in 80% of the countries. 
• Padtec opened commercial office in Lima, Peru.
• Padtec ended 2022 with 690 employees, including statutory and non-statutory directors, employees, interns and apprentices.

https://www.padtec.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2023.03.22-Release-2022-INGL.pdf

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NTT builds new Bangkok 3 Data Center

NTT Ltd. is investing THB 3 billion (approx.. US#90 million) to build its newest and largest data center in Thailand. 

The new Bangkok 3 Data Center (BKK3) will start operations in the second half of 2024 and will provide a maximum IT capacity of 12MW across approximately 4,000 m² of IT space when fully built out.

The facility is located 57km from Bangkok Central at the Eastern Economic Corridor’s Amata City Chonburi industrial estate. The new infrastructure will  cater to hyperscalers and enterprises, providing them with flexible and scalable IT infrastructure, optimum power efficiency and cost-effectiveness to support high densities of up to 30kW per rack.

Takeshi Kimura, Managing Director for NTT Global Data Centers Holding Asia Pte. Ltd., said “The economic activity based on the digital infrastructure available in South Asia is changing rapidly. High-quality digital infrastructure is required to support the accelerating digital needs of enterprises. Following the Jakarta 3 Data Center (JKT3) in Indonesia, completed in April 2022, and the Cyberjaya 6Data Center (CBJ6) in Malaysia, scheduled for completion around middle of 2023, we are pleased to announce plans to offer BKK3 services around the second half of 2024on a site adjacent to Bangkok 2 Data Center (BKK2). We plan to expand further in this area to create a critical infrastructure platform that supports the growth of Thailand's digital economy, including the surge in electronic transactions and data consumption.”

“The demand for data storage and managed hosting services is expected to grow dramatically across Thailand. BKK3 will accommodate the needs of clients, particularly cloud service providers and the financial industry, which require flexible facility designs to help them achieve their business objectives”, said Suthipat Lueprasert, CEO for NTT Global Data Centers (Thailand)Limited. He adds, “In tandem with the existing BKK2, we are continuing smart operations, scheduling and technology to improve power usage efficiency to be as low as 1.4. We continue to adopt green energy into our data centers and keep sustainability in our core planning. NTT Ltd. will continue to play a key role in providing high speed data capacity to support Thailand’s digital ecosystems.”

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Is quantum-secured networking ready for commercialization?

Is quantum-secured networking ready for commercialization? What value does it provide?

https://youtu.be/gGVkMcYJ9kw

In this video, Andrew Lord, Distinguished Engineer and Senior Manager Optical Networks and Quantum Research, BT, explains that while quantum has often been perceived as a complex science experiment, it has moved on incredibly in the last few years, and it is now ready for showtime. 

The proof of this is in the demonstration that BT and partners have built in London, which is different from a science experiment. They are using equipment that is installed in BT exchanges, and the management system is part of a normal standard BT management system. The alarms and monitoring come back to a Network Operation Center, where someone else will see those alarms on a Quantum screen in the Management Center. To all intents and purposes, this is ready to go, and they are now working with major customers to see what are the use cases and ultimately what customers are prepared to pay for a service running over the top of ultimate quantum security.

See also: BT and Toshiba test quantum secured communication services 

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NVIDIA accelerates its generative AI platforms

NVIDIA launched four inference platforms optimized for generative AI applications:

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  NVIDIA L4 for AI Video can deliver 120x more AI-powered video performance than CPUs, combined with 99% better energy efficiency. Serving as a universal GPU for virtually any workload, it offers enhanced video decoding and transcoding capabilities, video streaming, augmented reality, generative AI video and more.
• NVIDIA L40 for Image Generation is optimized for graphics and AI-enabled 2D, video and 3D image generation. The L40 platform serves as the engine of NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for building and operating metaverse applications in the data center, delivering 7x the inference performance for Stable Diffusion and 12x Omniverse performance over the previous generation.
• NVIDIA H100 NVL for Large Language Model Deployment is ideal for deploying massive LLMs like ChatGPT at scale. The new H100 NVL with 94GB of memory with Transformer Engine acceleration delivers up to 12x faster inference performance at GPT-3 compared to the prior generation A100 at data center scale.
• NVIDIA Grace Hopper for Recommendation Models is ideal for graph recommendation models, vector databases and graph neural networks. With the 900 GB/s NVLink-C2C connection between CPU and GPU, Grace Hopper can deliver 7x faster data transfers and queries compared to PCIe Gen 5.

“The rise of generative AI is requiring more powerful inference computing platforms,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “The number of applications for generative AI is infinite, limited only by human imagination. Arming developers with the most powerful and flexible inference computing platform will accelerate the creation of new services that will improve our lives in ways not yet imaginable.”

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-launches-inference-platforms-for-large-language-models-and-generative-ai-workloads

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Google Cloud offers NVIDIA’s L4 Tensor Core GPUs for generative AI

Google Cloud  is the first cloud services provider to offer NVIDIA’s L4 Tensor Core GPU. Additionally, L4 GPUs will be available with optimized support on Vertex AI, which now supports building, tuning and deploying large generative AI models.

NVIDIA’s L4 GPU is a universal GPU capable of delivering 120x more AI-powered video performance than CPUs. The company also claims 99% better energy efficiency.

“Surging interest in generative AI is inspiring a wave of companies to turn to cloud-based computing to support their business models,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “We are working with Google Cloud to help ensure that the capabilities they require are easily available and able to help fuel the incredible new tools and applications they will create.”

“Generative AI represents a new era of computing — one that demands the speed, scalability and reliability we provide on Google Cloud,” said Amin Vahdat, vice president of Systems & Services Infrastructure at Google Cloud. “As our customers begin to explore the possibilities of generative AI, we’re proud to offer them NVIDIA’s latest L4 GPU innovation as part of our workload-optimized Compute Engine portfolio.”

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/l4/

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Oracle Cloud deploys NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has selected the NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU as the latest addition to its networking stack, offering OCI customers a new option for offloading data center tasks from CPUs.

BlueField-3 is NVIDIA’s third-generation data processing unit BlueField-3 is the foundation of the data center control plane that delivers cloud and AI services. The company cites power reductions of up to 24% on servers using NVIDIA BlueField DPUs compared to servers without DPUs. The DPUs support Ethernet and InfiniBand connectivity at up to 400 Gbps and provide 4x more compute power, up to 4x faster crypto acceleration, 2x faster storage processing and 4x more memory bandwidth compared to the previous generation of BlueField.

“The age of AI demands cloud data center infrastructures to support extraordinary computing requirements,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s BlueField-3 DPU enables this advance, transforming traditional cloud computing environments into accelerated, energy-efficient and secure infrastructure to process the demanding workloads of generative AI.”

“Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers enterprise customers nearly unparalleled accessibility to AI and scientific computing infrastructure with the power to transform industries,” said Clay Magouyrk, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs are a key component of our strategy to provide state-of-the-art, sustainable cloud infrastructure with extreme performance.” 

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Arista debuts enterprise-class WAN Routing System

Arista Networks has begun customer trials of a new WAN Routing System that combines its enterprise-class routing platforms, carrier/cloud-neutral internet transit capabilities, and its CloudVision Pathfinder Service, which modernizes WAN management and provisioning, aligning the operating model with visualization and orchestration across all network transport domains

The Arista WAN Routing System aims for a consistent networking architecture across all enterprise network domains from the client to campus to the data center to multi-cloud with a single instance of EOS, a consistent management platform, and a modern operating model.

The new Arista 5000 Series of WAN Platforms, powered by Arista EOS, support enterprise-class WAN edge and aggregation requirement with 1/10/100GbE interfaces. The platforms deliver from 5Gb to over 50Gbps of bidirectional AES256 encrypted traffic with high VRF and tunnel scale. Use cases include:

• Aggregation and High-Performance Edge Routing – The Arista 5500 WAN System, supporting up to 50Gbps of encrypted traffic, is ideal for data center, campus, high-performance edge, and physical transit hub architectures.
• Flexible Edge Routing – The Arista 5300 WAN System is suited for high-volume edge connectivity and transitioning WAN locations to multi-carrier, 5G, and high-speed Internet connectivity with performance rates of up to 5Gbps of encrypted traffic.
• Scalable Virtual Routing – Arista CloudEOS is a binary-consistent virtual machine implementing identical features and capabilities of the other Arista WAN systems. It is often deployed in carrier-neutral transit hub facilities or to provide scale-out encryption termination capabilities.
• Public Cloud Edge Routing – Arista CloudEOS is also deployable through public cloud marketplaces and enables Cloud Transit routing and Cloud Edge routing capabilities as part of the end-to-end WAN Routing System. CloudEOS is available on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and through Platform Equinix.
• CPE Micro Edge – In addition to the fully integrated, dynamically configured, and adaptive Arista WAN Routing System platforms, the Arista Micro Edge is capable of small-site interoperability with the WAN Routing System to provide simple downstream connectivity options.

Arista also highlighted a partnership with Equinix to develop virtual and physical implementations of the Arista WAN Routing System that are globally deployable in Equinix data centers.

“Arista Pathfinder leverages Equinix’s Network Edge, Equinix Metal, and Equinix Fabric services to deliver scalable routing architectures that accelerate customers with cloud and carrier-neutral networking,” stated Zachary Smith, Global Head of Edge Infrastructure Services at Equinix. “Pathfinder’s ability to scale, in software, from a single virtual deployment to a multi-terabit globally distributed core that reallocates paths as network conditions change is a radical evolution in network capability and self-repair.”

https://www.arista.com/en/company/news/press-release/17212-pr-20230321

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Stuart Pann appointed GM of Intel Foundry Services

Intel announced the appointment of Stuart Pann as senior vice president and general manager of Intel Foundry Services (IFS), reporting to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. He succeeds Dr. Randhir Thakur, the inaugural general manager of Intel Foundry Services, who stepped down from the role in November 2022 and will depart Intel at the end of March.

“The industry is responding well to our systems foundry approach and we’re seeing strong momentum, including the recent announcement of a significant cloud, edge and data center solutions provider as a customer for our upcoming Intel 3 process,” said Gelsinger. “With deep expertise in capital and capacity strategies, supply chain management, and sales and operations planning across internal and external manufacturing, Stuart is an ideal leader to accelerate this momentum and drive long-term growth for IFS.”

Pann previously served as senior vice president, chief business transformation officer and general manager of Intel’s Corporate Planning Group. As part of this role, he established the company’s IDM 2.0 Acceleration Office to guide the implementation of an internal foundry model, fundamentally shifting the way the company operates to be more consistent with other top foundries. Pann started his career at Intel and returned to the company in 2021, having previously served as chief supply chain officer and chief information officer at HP for six years. Prior to that, Pann served as corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s Business Management Group, responsible for pricing, revenue and forecasting functions.

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Connecting data center racks for AI/ML

How do you build a data center rack for AI/ML training? At OFC23, Credo showcased a high-performance rack with 3 next gen appliances connected with 3 types of physical networking, including a big backbone for RDMA sharing, which could be used for GPT-style applications. 

https://youtu.be/nHb7Bee1_M8

Also on display was a Credo 800G Active Electrical Cable with the Screaming Eagle retimer. Another demo featured Credo's Dove 800G Digital Signal Processor (DSP) demonstrating the ability to support extra host performance in a hyperscaler environment by supporting an (MR) interface. 

A suite of Dove 800 optical DSP demos showcased performance in various applications, interoperability, internal VCSEL driver, host performance and silicon photonics integration. 

Here is a booth tour with Don Bartleson and Easwar Shanker.

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Arelion: Escalating energy prices impacts network operations

Escalating energy prices and their impact on network operations are the prime concern for over half (53%) of business leaders, according to a study commissioned by Arelion. Many businesses are also anxious about possible energy supply shortages with 43% citing this as their second-biggest worry. So major are the issues, that 45% of leaders have admitted to having suffered significant stress over the recent energy price surges, with 14% going so far as to say that the situation is actually causing them to lose sleep.

Commenting on the results of the survey, Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist at Arelion said: “The business impact of network energy consumption varies across different industry verticals and is ultimately far greater for businesses whose networks are a significant part of their operational expenditure. This research has provided some valuable insights into the impact on the industry and those working within it. Network operators are particularly vulnerable to a volatile energy market. As a large global network operator ourselves, we too are challenged by these increasing costs.

Some additional findings:

• Decision-makers in the US are particularly affected, with almost a third (29%) suffering from sleepless nights. The survey was conducted in the US, UK, France and Germany, and the report “The energy crisis: is it hurting enterprise networks?” provides insights into the impact that the energy crisis is having on network operations and, in particular, what effect it has had on the wider network sustainability agenda.
• Higher prices are the key issue for European businesses’ network operations – with concern peaking among German leaders at 66%. An overwhelming 82% of leaders say that increased energy costs in the network have had a medium or high impact on the way they price their own services. As a result, 69% have raised their own prices, effectively passing on some or all of their heavier cost burden. This is especially the case in Europe and particularly in Germany where 78% have pushed up their own prices to customers, compared to the 57% of US business leaders who have done so.
• Surprisingly, 18% of decision makers across all the markets surveyed say they have reduced prices to their customers, perhaps swallowing the additional costs to boost competitiveness in a distressed business environment.
• The quest for improved energy efficiency has, in fact, spurred 61% of businesses to increase investment in their network operations. Business leaders in the US appear to be at the forefront of this movement as 73% said that they have increased investment to make their network operations more energy efficient. In Europe, 69% of German, 49% of UK and 48% of French decision-makers have also taken this step.
• Alongside enhanced energy efficiency, another positive effect of the energy crisis has seen over half of businesses (52%) speeding up and strengthening their network sustainability efforts. US businesses appear to be taking the lead on Europe again here with 65% of US decision-makers saying that they are boosting their sustainability efforts versus 55% in Germany, 42% in France and 40% in the UK. That said, some cause for concern remains from the finding that, overall, 29% of businesses have seen their sustainability efforts impeded by the energy crisis.

https://www.arelion.com/knowledge-hub/white-papers/energy-report-2023

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BT to offer AWS Wavelength to UK business customers

BT will offer AWS Wavelength services to its UK business customers in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

EE’s national mobile network with AWS Wavelength will bring the power of AWS to the network edge for more business and public sector customers across the UK – opening up faster, secure and high-bandwidth connectivity on the move for use cases like policing, crowd management, healthcare and security.

AWS Wavelength embeds AWS compute and storage services within 5G and 4G networks, providing mobile edge computing infrastructure for ultra-low-latency applications. Hosting services directly at the edge of EE’s UK network reduces lag, as application traffic can reach application servers running in the AWS Wavelength Zone without leaving BT’s network. This opens up mobile edge computing infrastructure for businesses to develop, deploy, and scale mobile Internet of Things (IoT) applications over BT’s existing 5G network securely.

BT’s Wholesale unit has worked with AWS on the initial trials in Manchester. After the planned national rollout, the service will be available to all BT business customers in the UK – from small businesses to large enterprise and public sector organisations.

Alex Tempest, Managing Director for BT Wholesale said: “As we continue to build best-in-class 5G infrastructure for the UK, launching the AWS Wavelength service for our business and wholesale customers is a hugely important step on our journey – bringing the power of the cloud to the UK’s best network*. It’s set to unlock use cases like IoT cameras to help first responders keep communities safe: a real-life example of using tech to connect for good.

“By building cloud edge services into our 5G and 4G EE network, we can accelerate innovation across industries, and bring fast, secure data processing closer to where our customers need it most. Ultimately, we want to give businesses and public sector organisations all the power of edge computing, wherever they are.”

https://btwholesale.com/wavelength

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EXA Infrastructure deploys Infinera on Trans Adriatic Express subsea cable

EXA Infrastructure (EXA) has deployed Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent optical solution on the EXA Trans Adriatic Express (TAE), a submarine cable system linking EXA’s current European footprint to Turkey via Albania and Greece.

TAE is a joint venture formed between EXA and Trans Adriatic Pipeline Ag (TAP), the owner of a critical new gas pipeline connecting the Caspian Sea to southern Italy. Completed in 2020, the pipeline connects Melendugno in southern Italy through Albania and Greece to the Turkish border at Kipoi. This project creates a unique fiber optic network connecting Milan, Tirana, Athens, Sofia, and Istanbul with high-quality, high-performance, and ultra-reliable digital infrastructure.

Infinera said its ICE6 optical engines provide subsea network operators like EXA with industry-leading capacity per cable by leveraging unique features including highly granular baud rate configuration, industry-leading long-codeword probabilistic constellation shaping (LC-PCS), and Nyquist subcarriers that seamlessly integrate with existing third-party line systems.

“As a dedicated operator of hyper scale digital infrastructure, EXA is continuously investing in network expansion projects to further develop the depth and breadth of our current footprint. Our mission is to provide high-quality, reliable, and scalable infrastructure between the locations our customers demand, which are typically the large datacenter clusters, cloud regions and cable landing stations,” said Ciaran Delaney, EXA Chief Operating Officer. “We selected Infinera’s ICE6 optical engine based on its optical performance in subsea and terrestrial applications. In our deployment of ICE6 elsewhere on our network, we have been impressed with lead times despite a very challenging supply chain environment, and with seamless integration into our existing network. EXA is preparing for growth in this region by deploying ICE6 to enable us to meet this demand.”

“We are pleased to support EXA in deploying proven, industry-leading solutions like ICE6 to quickly and cost-effectively accelerate their service delivery to meet rising customer demands while protecting their subsea network infrastructure investment,” said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Infinera.

https://www.infinera.com/press-release/exa-infrastructure-deploys-infinera-ice6

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HPE to acquire OpsRamp for IT operations management

Hewlett Packard Enterprise agreed to acquire OpsRamp, an IT operations management (ITOM) company based in San Jose, California, that monitors, observes, automates and manages IT infrastructure, cloud resources, workloads and applications for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including the leading hyperscalers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

OpsRamp’s technology – which delivers discovery, monitoring, automation, and event resolution with artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) – provides end-to-end visibility, observability, and control across hybrid and multi-cloud IT environments. These capabilities span multi-vendor computing, networking, and storage, along with cloud resources, containers, virtual machines, and applications. 

HPE said the OpsRamp capabilities extend the HPE services portfolio – across Advisory, Operational and HPE GreenLake managed services – into delivering end-to-end support for hybrid and multi-cloud IT environments.

“Customers today are managing several different cloud environments, with different IT operational models and tools, which dramatically increases the cost and complexity of digital operations management,” said Fidelma Russo, Chief Technology Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. “The combination of OpsRamp and HPE will remove these barriers by providing customers with an integrated edge-to-cloud platform that can more effectively manage and transform multi-vendor and multi-cloud IT estates. This acquisition advances HPE hybrid cloud leadership and expands the reach of the HPE GreenLake platform into IT Operations Management.”

“The integration of OpsRamp’s hybrid digital operations management solution with the HPE GreenLake platform will provide an unmatched offering for organizations seeking to innovate and thrive in a complex, multi-cloud world. Partners and the channel will also play a pivotal role to advance their as-a-service offerings, as enterprises look for a unified approach to better manage their operations from the edge to the cloud,” said Varma Kunaparaju, CEO of OpsRamp. “We look forward to leveraging the scale and reach of HPE’s global go-to-market engine to deliver our unique offering and are excited for this journey ahead as part of HPE.”

https://www.hpe.com/

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Colt opens Osaka Keihanna Data Centre

Colt Data Centre Services has opened a 45MW data center in Osaka Keihanna, Japan.

The design of the Osaka Keihanna data centre further builds on Colt DCS’ key learnings from their Inzai campus  consisting of three data centres with a combined capacity of 50MW which is 97% occupied. The latest opening in Osaka Keihanna represents one of the largest data centres in Japan, with 42,000m2 of space and a designed capacity of 45.9MW, of which 75% has already been committed.

Ellen Hall, Fidelity’s Head of Direct Real Estate commented, “We are excited for the official launch of Osaka Keihanna. This is the first development under Fidelity’s joint venture with Mitsui and validates our belief that having local partners in Mitsui and Colt DCS, with long track records in the region, is key to success. We look forward to replicating that success with the additional sites currently under development.” 

Takashi Nakai, General Manager of the Financial Business Division of Mitsui & Co said, “Following the announcement of our joint venture with Fidelity we have been working closely with Colt DCS in every aspect of the delivery of this new facility in Osaka Keihanna. The demand for sustainable hyperscale data centre services and solutions across Japan is unprecedented. Enabling businesses to undertake their digital transformation journey is critical in order for businesses to enter new markets faster than the competition. With the launch of the new Osaka Keihanna facility we are confident the capacity we are delivering with this data centre will satisfy both the immediate and future capacity requirements of our customers.”

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MaxLinear intros 15A step-down switching regulator for Wi-Fi 7

MaxLinear introduced a 15 Amp Step-Down Switching regulator with 2-Bit VID designed and qualified to provide power to the digital core of MaxLinear’s Wi-Fi 7 SoCs. 

“With the release of the MXL76125, we’re able to offer CPE developers a reliable and complete Wi-Fi 7 networking and power solution,” said James Lougheed, Vice President & General Manager, High Performance Analog & Accelerators. “MaxLinear is able to leverage expertise across numerous technology groups to produce highly integrated solutions that can give our customers a clear advantage in the marketplace.”

Key features include:

• 2-Bit VID interface designed for MaxLinear’s Wi-Fi 7 SoCs optimizes performance and saves power
• Operating from 5V or 12V inputs, a Constant On-Time (COT) control scheme ensures excellent transient performance, line and load regulation
• Qualified as core power supply for MaxLinear’s Wi-Fi 7 SoCs
• New generation FETs allows the solution to fit into a 4 x 5mm QFN package and improves efficiency for excellent thermal performance

MaxLinear’s Wi-Fi 7 Family consists of two chips: the MXL31712 for premium segment 4x4 tri-band market targeting throughput up to 18.6Gbps, and the MxL31708 for mid- to high-range 4x4 dual-band market targeting throughput up to 17Gbps. 

https://www.maxlinear.com/wifi7

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