According to media reports, the batch of satellites were an earlier generation and the not the Starlink V2 version.
This was the tenth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a and now three Starlink missions.
The launch is SpaceX's 20th of 2023 and 219th overall mission to date.
Shenzhen-based Fibocom Wireless introduced a private 5G Sub-6GHz module compliant with 3GPP Release 16 and offering support for NR CA as well as CBRS.
"Private 5G networks are currently being used in a range of industries, including manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and logistics, among others. These networks are expected to become more popular in the coming years as more businesses look to take advantage of the benefits that private 5G networks can offer. " Said Jim Engleson, Director Sales and Strategic Partnership at Fibocom.
Gordon Moore passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023. He was 94.
Moore, along with Robert Noyce, co-founded Intel in July 1968. He guided the company in various roles, including as Chairman and Chairman Emeritus, until 2006. Moore is perhaps most remember for his famous “Moore’s Laws” prediction regarding the rapid expansion in the number of transistors on a silicon chip. As a philanthropist working alongside his wife, Moore donated more than $5.1 billion to charitable causes since 2000.
A detailed remembrance is posted on the Intel site.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/gordon-moore-obituary.html
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) will offer Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) via Equinix's TY11 Tokyo International Business Exchange (IBX) data center.
OQC is installing its quantum hardware in TY11 and plans to leverage Equinix's on-demand interconnection solution, Equinix Fabric, to make its Quantum Computing as a Service available to businesses and organizations around the world on Equinix's global platform in late 2023.
Once connected to Equinix Fabric, businesses will benefit from the ease of access to quantum computing as if it is on-premises, meaning that they can trial and experiment with the ground-breaking technology by directly connecting to QCaaS within their own digital infrastructure with greater security and ease.
Commenting on the news, Dr. Ilana Wisby, CEO at OQC, said: "The world has been waiting for quantum computing to mature to the point that it can change our lives. Installing quantum computing in Equinix's world-class TY11 data center brings us a step closer to this reality. Quantum computing represents a major shift in terms of technology and process. Unlike traditional classical computers, quantum computers can crunch vast amounts of data at incredible speeds. We are excited to work with Equinix to help businesses around the world to build their quantum skillset and capabilities. The future is here, and we are setting the pace for the era of quantum computing."
Arun Dev, Global Head of Digital Interconnection at Equinix, states: " As the world's digital infrastructure company, we are proud to enable easier, secure, high-bandwidth access to this pioneering technology to thousands of businesses around the world. Welcoming OQC's quantum computer to our global interconnection ecosystem on Platform Equinix underpins our commitment to supporting innovation. We are looking forward to working together to solve some of the key digital challenges organisations face today."
eir evo, the largest managed cloud services provider in Ireland, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to enhance the cloud services offering for its private cloud platform, Digital Planet.
“In recent years sustainability has come into sharp focus for us and our customers. A key advantage is the modern cloud experience of HPE GreenLake that delivers service flexibility and choice, and the pay-per-use as-a-service model. These features help us manage costs and carbon footprint as they prevent overprovisioning and provide insights into energy consumption, which, in times of soaring energy costs and the global climate crisis, is critical,” states Martin Wells, managing director, eir evo.
Truespeed is deploying Adtran’s XGS-PON technology to provide high-speed connectivity to more customers across the South West of England.
The new network enables the service provider to deliver current speed tiers of up to 900 Mbps to households and up to 10 Gbps to its enterprise customers. '
“We’ve already passed over 60,000 properties with our full-fiber network, and we aim to increase that to half a million by 2025. Thanks to Adtran’s innovation and the dedicated support of its team, we’re confident we can achieve our goal," states James Lowther, CEO of Truespeed.
CANARIE, the high-speed backbone of Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN), will deploy the Nokia 7750 Service Router as the IP/MPLS platform to support its more than 34,000 km network connecting 13 provincial and territorial networks to each other and to more than 100 NRENs around the world.
The 7750 SR platform offers 100 Gbps and 400 Gbps services over an IP/MPLS network capable of supporting more than 46 Tbps of capacity.
Mark Wolff, CTO at CANARIE, said: “We are pleased to work with Nokia as we continually improve the capabilities of Canada’s National Research and Education Network. Nokia networking technology will allow CANARIE to better connect Canada’s researchers, educators, and innovators to each other and to global data, technology, and colleagues.”
Dr. Vach Kompella, Vice President, IP Networks Division at Nokia, said: “We are thrilled to work with CANARIE and equip the scientific community across Canada and globally with proven IP technology. This more than triples CANARIE’s wide area network capabilities from 100G to 400G, while enhancing their resiliency, security, and flexibility.”
Broadcom's proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware could make servers more expensive, potentially driving up the cost of network services, according to the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
The CMA’s investigation focused on six products sold by Broadcom (Ethernet NICs, Smart NICs, Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (FC HBAs), storage adapters, FC switches and top-of-rack (TOR) switching chips) and VMware’s server virtualisation software.
In its evaluation of the proposed merger, the CMA found that "VMware has a leading position in server virtualisation software and that compatibility with its software is critical for the server hardware components sold by Broadcom and its rivals."
The CMA said it "is concerned that the deal could enable Broadcom to harm its rivals by preventing them from being able to supply VMware-compatible hardware components – such as NICs and storage adapters – reducing competition and ultimately choice for customers."
Broadcom now has five days to respond to the CMA or the case will proceed to a Phase 2 investigation.
Lambda offers on-demand access to GPUs including NVIDIA A100, RTX A6000, Quadro RTX 6000, and Tesla V100.
The funding round was led by Mercato Partners with participation from Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Hammerbacher, Greg Brockman, Lukas Biewald, and Garry Tan, as well as exisiting investors including 1517, Gradient Ventures, Georges Harik, Bloomberg Beta, and Crescent Cove.
https://lambdalabs.com
How does Napatech's SmartNIC technology improve 5G network performance and cost-effectiveness?
Charlie Ashton, Director of Business Development at Napatech, and Kaitki Agarwal, President and CTO of a5g Networks, explain why:
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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.”
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:
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.”
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:
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
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:
https://www.padtec.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2023.03.22-Release-2022-INGL.pdf
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.”
Is quantum-secured networking ready for commercialization? What value does it provide?
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
NVIDIA launched four inference platforms optimized for generative AI applications:
“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.”
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.”
