Southern Cross NEXT activates 400GbE services

Southern Cross Cables Limited has activated commercial 400GbE services on its Southern Cross NEXT cable, which links Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

“With the Southern Cross NEXT cable system, the new technology and capability has been designed to support the rising demand for bandwidth driven by cloud adoption and digitisation. We are now thrilled to be able to offer 400GbE Layer 1 services as the first of several planned innovations taking advantage of the Southern Cross eco-system, and the new NEXT cable,” stated Mr Laurie Miller, CEO of Southern Cross.

“The availability of 400GbE services will allow customers hyper-scale low-latency connectivity directly between data-centres in Sydney and Los Angeles, and with a new Auckland DC PoP due for implementation in 2023. Demand for 100G+ high-capacity links has been booming in recent years particularly for data-centre to data-centre GCN connectivity, where extremely large and resilient volumes of data are required to traverse core network infrastructure for data replication, data storage connectivity and disaster recovery. An application where the Southern Cross multi-path eco-system excels.”

Southern Cross’ 400GbE service runs on Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics and is managed by the Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller. To accommodate increasing and changing network traffic demands, Southern Cross’s eco-system also incorporates Ciena’s 5400 and 8700 platforms, providing the ability to deploy services from 100Mbs now up to 400GbE connectivity over applicable wavelengths.

Mr Ivan Polizzi, Regional Managing Director, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands for Ciena, said: “With such a flexible and scalable network foundation from Ciena, Southern Cross is able to target the growing demands of today’s networks and provide customers with unrivalled connectivity by way of applications such as 400GbE services. This is important as Ciena and Southern Cross continue to collaborate on future opportunities and innovations to meet changing customer and industry demands”.

• The Southern Cross NEXT system went live in July 2022. The system boasts 72 Tbps of capacity between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The Southern Cross NEXT system includes 12 cable stations and eight major datacenter hubs in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The Southern Cross network spans six countries and eight time zones, connected by over 45,000 km (28,000 mile) of cable – greater than the Earth’s circumference. The installation of the submarine cable system was performed by Alcatel Submarine Networks, who additionally designed and manufactured the cable, repeaters, and branching units. 

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What’s next for Cloud and Service Provider infrastructure in 2023?

Has sustainability really become a key factor shaping the market for carrier network infrastructure? What is happening in metro access and aggregation?

Here are 3 predictions from Juniper Networks’ Sally Bament.

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What's next for optical transmission in 2023?

How will the subsea sector evolve? 

Will 800G rollouts accelerate? 

Here are 3 predictions from Infinera’s Tim Dorion.

https://youtu.be/9nYupHd0B0U

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What’s next for multi-cloud routing and switching in 2023?

 As we look ahead to the future of routing and switching in 2023, how will telcos and cloud operators integrate their infrastructure? Are we headed to a big mash-up? 

Here are 3 predictions from Arrcus’ Shekar Ayyar .

https://youtu.be/E7GEIQzLQVY

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euNetworks deploys 40km hollowcore fibre system

euNetworks has deployed an additional 26km of hollowcore fibre cable between Basildon and London. This is connected to the 14km of hollowcore fibre cable deployed in September 2022. 

euNetworks now offers an end-to-end hollowcore fibre route from Basildon to The London Stock Exchange in London, delivering another global first with a 40km total system distance with no mid-span amplification. 

euNetworks has already successfully deployed three hollowcore fibre-based routes and is committed to augmenting its leading position across major trading routes, delivering the best available latencies in the market. Future deployments will target further ultra low latency metropolitan and long haul routes across Europe to support euNetworks’ high frequency trading (HFT) customers.

“We continue to be focused on delivering the best possible bandwidth solutions for our customers and look forward to deploying longer routes of hollowcore fibre in the coming quarters,” said Paula Cogan, Chief Executive Officer of euNetworks. “We have great teams focused on deploying this product on our network to maintain market-leading latency margins in our euTrade services.”

https://eunetworks.com/news/eunetworks-deploys-a-40km-hollowcore-fibre-system-with-no-mid-span-amplification/

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Researchers develop photonic circuit in lithium niobate

Researchers led by Cristina Benea-Chelmus in the Laboratory of Hybrid Photonics (HYLAB) in EPFL’s School of Engineering, ETH Zurich and Harvard University are testing a new thin-film circuit that, when connected to a laser beam, produces finely tailorable terahertz-frequency waves.

The integrated photonic circuit chip is made of lithium niobate.

https://actu.epfl.ch/news/integrated-photonic-circuits-could-help-close-the-/

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NTIA to allocate BEAD funding by June 30

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has set June 30 as the date by which it will allocate each state and territory’s BEAD Program funding for high-speed Internet service. 

NTIA said it has engaged with dozens of states and territories to assist them in the process of improving the FCC's National Broadband Map. 

The FCC already has received over 1 million challenges to provider reported availability data and has updated the map’s underlying Fabric to add more than 1 million additional locations. 

"We have heard concerns from some states and other stakeholders, and we have received requests to delay the timeline to give states more time to participate in the FCC’s processes for challenging and improving the National Broadband Map. Several other states have expressed to us that they want us to maintain this target so that they can begin developing quality plans and begin their subgrant programs as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, a delay in the timeline would mean a delay in providing funding to communities who desperately need it, and it will not address many of the process concerns we have heard."

https://ntia.gov/blog/2023/advancing-internet-all

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Taiwan's Far EasTone delivers 5G slice to police cars

Far EasTone, a mobile operator in Taiwan, has delivered a 5G Smart Patrol Car solution for the Kaohsiung City police department to support license plate recognition for tracking stolen cars.

The solution leverages Ericsson’s end-to-end 5G network slicing technology, including 5G Core and RAN Slicing utilizing Dynamic Radio Resource Partitioning in a live 5G Standalone (SA) network. The pioneering use case demonstrates advanced 5G capability to enable mission-critical applications for the public sector, marking another milestone in the two companies’ 20 years of strategic partnership.

With high data throughput and low latency guaranteed by Ericsson’s end-to-end 5G network slicing technology, the data from moving patrol cars can be transmitted in real-time, allowing for the immediate recognition of these license plates being sighted by the device. 

As police patrol cars will be constantly on the move, Ericsson’s Dynamic Radio Resource Partitioning, a feature of 5G RAN Slicing, plays an essential role in the solution by optimizing radio resources, strengthening end-to-end slicing capabilities for dynamic resource management, and orchestration while securing required performance level for multiple services.

In addition, the 5G Smart Patrol Car solution uses Ericsson Local Packet Gateway, an edge user plane with small footprint, to connect each equipped car to a regional site for each city for data processing without installing a system on every single car. 

Chee Ching, President of Far EasTone Telecommunications, says: “We are thrilled to achieve another 5G milestone with Ericsson by creating the very first network slicing use case in a live 5G standalone network in Taiwan. The 5G Smart Patrol Car is made possible by our continuous investment in big data, AI and IoT, combining with Ericsson top-notch 5G technology and the great support from Kaohsiung City Police Department. ”

David Chou, President of Ericsson Taiwan, says: “Network slicing enables communications service providers to offer innovative services to enter new markets. By creating and operating end-to-end logical networks on top of a shared infrastructure, network slicing can provide tailored services with different requirements on speed, latency and reliability for various use cases, with its full potential only made possible through 5G Standalone. We expect this collaboration will simplify the 5G Smart Patrol Car setup and provide ease of maintenance and operations. Ericsson’s network slicing technology addresses further 5G business opportunities with full flexibility.”

https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2/2023/1/fet-5g-smart-patrol-in-kaohsiung

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Tech Mahindra open delivery center in Mexico for Google Cloud

Tech Mahindra has opened a delivery center for Google Cloud in Guadalajara, Mexico. The center will be dedicated to Google Cloud-centric solutions that enable customers to modernize infrastructure and manage workloads with differentiated accelerators, Cloud Native and Open-Source technologies.

The partnership will leverage the expertise of both organizations in the domains, including the Google Cloud Platform on Anthos, Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and more. The center will empower customers across the Americas to accelerate cloud adoption by leveraging hundreds of Google Cloud Certified engineers. 

Sudhir Nair, Chief Delivery Officer & Global Head – Infra & Cloud Business at Tech Mahindra, said, “Guadalajara has a booming technology ecosystem and produces most of the IT engineers in Mexico. Therefore, it is ideal for us to open our innovative delivery center for Google Cloud in the region. The new center is a strategic step forward in our partnership with Google to further enable our customers accelerate their digital transformation journey with faster migration, and optimized business outcomes. As part of Tech Mahindra’s CLOUDNXT.NOW™ framework, we are committed to providing our customers with modern IT infrastructure to adopt a ‘business first’ approach and be future ready.”

Victor Morales, Vice President, Global System Integrators Partnerships, Google Cloud, said, “We're proud to work in partnership with Tech Mahindra and help enable more customers with access to the technologies and expertise needed to simplify their migration to the cloud and unlock new opportunities for growth as they digitally transform for the future.”

http://www.techmahindra.com

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Megaport demos quantum-secure transmission with Qrypt

Megaport has demonstrated the  ability to transmit data using quantum-secure methods powered by quantum key generation technology from Qrypt, a start-up based in New York City.

In the demo file-sharing applications were launched across several global data centers, including AWS in San Francisco, Azure US East in Virginia, and Google Cloud in Tokyo, using Megaport's Network-as-a-Service platform. 

“Demonstrating quantum-secure connectivity across regions and services is just another example of how Megaport is the best place to network for the most sensitive workloads in the cloud,” said Jim Brinksma, CTO of Megaport. “Megaport is always deepening its understanding of the cybersecurity challenges institutions will face for their most demanding, mission-critical applications.”

“Qrypt is dedicated to securing the world’s data and privacy,” said Denis Mandich, CTO of Qrypt. “With this deployment we demonstrate that you can not only gain quantum security fast, but you can start today and eliminate risk now.”

https://www.qrypt.com/about-us/

https://www.megaport.com

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Coherent hires Dr. Beck Mason to head telecom business unit

Coherent Corp. appointed Dr. Beck Mason as Executive Vice President, Telecommunications. 

Dr. Mason will lead the Telecommunications Business Unit within the Networking Segment. He will have oversight of Coherent’s broad technology and product portfolio for optical communications in transport and access networks, from components to integrated modules and disaggregated subsystems.

Dr. Mason joins Coherent from Lumentum, where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Telecom Transmission business and helped to guide their technology strategy for the past four years. He joined Lumentum in 2018 through the acquisition of Oclaro, where he was president of the Integrated Photonics business. Prior to Oclaro, Dr. Mason held leadership positions at JDSU, Collinear, Finisar, Agere Systems, and Lucent Technologies Bell Labs. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada, a master’s in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Coherent's telecom product portfolio includes its wavelength-tunable pluggable transceivers, high-speed coherent pluggable transceivers, wavelength selective switch (WSS) modules, pump lasers, optical amplifiers, optical monitoring, and ROADM solutions.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Mason to Coherent,” said Dr. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr., Chair and CEO. “In this position, Dr. Mason will identify the technology vision for Coherent’s telecom product offerings, play an integral role in defining the company’s technology platforms and strategic investments, and drive the profitable growth of the telecom business in the communications markets that we serve.”

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Asia Direct Cable lands in Hong Kong

China Telecom Global Limited (CTG)confirmed that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) has officially landed its Hong Kong segment at SUNeVision's HKIS-1 located at Chung Hom Kok. SUNeVision is the number one data centre provider and connectivity hub in Hong Kong.

With multiple fiber pairs, the ADC subsea cable system has a design capacity of over 140 Tbps. The  system serves as a significant infrastructure linkage for Hong Kong, mainland China to/from key information hubs along the East and Southeast Asia. 

SUNeVision's carrier-neutral cable landing station HKIS-1 was built with data centre capabilities certified by ANSI/TIA-942 and direct backhaul access to MEGA Campus including MEGA-i. Interconnecting with MEGA-i, which is home to around 15,000 cross-connects and 9 out of 11 City PoPs of international subsea cables in Hong Kong, users of ADC Hong Kong segment either via CLS or City PoP at MEGA Plus can enjoy one-stop-shop connectivity and interconnect with hundreds of providers through SUNeVision's rich data centre ecosystem with high reliability and efficiency. 

Xiaolei Wu, Executive Vice President of CTG said, "In a rising era of digital business, we are witnessing exponential urgency from organisations in Asia-Pacific looking to proactively fast-track their journey of digital transformation to ensure leading positions in their respective industries. This has led to a massive flow of new data that has been generated across the region as a direct result of a rapid race towards digitalisation. "

Raymond Tong, Chief Executive Officer of SUNeVision said, "Hong Kong maintains as a strategic connectivity hub intersecting with international submarine cable system and domestic land cables in mainland China. Landing ADC Hong Kong segment at the only carrier and cloud-neutral cable landing station in Hong Kong, SUNeVisions's HKIS-1, plus a new City PoP at MEGA Plus, would provide unique neutrality and true connectivity advantages that no other facilities in the region can. We are glad to jointly announce this with CTG and look forward to more win-win collaboration to foster digital business for joint customers in Hong Kong, mainland China to other markets rapidly growing in Asia and the globe."

Asia Direct Cable Consortium plans 140 Tbps system

Wednesday, June 10, 2020  Subsea  

The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium has selected NEC to build a submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The 9,400-kilometer long ADC cable, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022, will offer multiple pairs of high capacity optical fibers and is designed to carry more than 140 Tbps of traffic, enabling high capacity transmission of...

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Arelion adds PoP at Equinix in Osaka, Japan

Arelion announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Equinix’s carrier-neutral data center in Osaka, Japan. The PoP will provide high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDoS Mitigation, and Internet Exchange (IX) Connect services to content providers and enterprises across Osaka’s metropolitan area. 

Arelion recently announced global 40G Ethernet Virtual Circuit (VC) availability and will offer this key product in its new PoP to facilitate digital transformation in Asian markets.

Arelion said its new facility will provide customers with the option of a low-latency route towards Europe and the United States on its global IP backbone, AS1299, which is ranked the #1 backbone in Asia by Kentik for its reliability, performance and customer support. Kentik's report also found that AS1299 is the most popular backbone among Japanese businesses.

“The new PoP in Osaka is another important step in our global expansion strategy,” said Wee Kwan Ee, Head of Sales APAC, Arelion.“By bringing our diverse services closer to cloud providers and enterprises in Japan, we can help these companies provide an improved online experience for their customers and help local businesses connect to the global market.”

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Vapor IO expands Its Edge Computing Grid to Europe

Vapor IO has teamed up with Cellnex Telecom to extend its Kinetic Grid network for delivering edge and grid services to Europe. 

Cellnex is making available a portfolio of small edge data centers and tower ground space for hosting the necessary equipment for edge computing. In addition, several fiber routes, provided by Cellnex and/or Cellnex´s mobile network operator customers, will interconnect these edge data centers creating a "grid" of edge nodes.

Vapor IO's global Kinetic Grid platform delivers next generation internet and communications capabilities to metropolitan regions by bringing networking and automation software that enables micro modular data centers, software defined networks and hyperscale backbones to operate autonomously in highly-distributed edge locations, such as cell tower sites and edge data centers.

The first joint deployment for Vapor IO and Cellnex will be in Barcelona and will add to the 36 cities already served by Vapor IO in the United States. This edge grid is expected to expand over the next couple of years throughout Europe thanks to the vast infrastructure for digital services that Cellnex currently operates.

Eduardo Fichmann, Global Director of Innovation and Product Strategy at Cellnex, said: "Cellnex is delighted to enable Vapor IO's neutral host Kinetic Grid to Europe, starting in Barcelona. We invite our anchor tenants and global telecom service providers to leverage this partnership to virtualize the computing infrastructure in such a way that it will allow the federation and optimization of the use of computing resources and of the network itself by third-party applications on a neutral host model.”

Cole Crawford, Vapor IO´s Founder and CEO, noted: "Vapor IO and Cellnex share a common commitment to neutral host infrastructure. Vapor IO's Kinetic Grid is both cloud-neutral and carrier-neutral, meaning it is one of the few locations at the edge where both carriers and clouds can meet on equal terms. We invite cloud and technology providers to leverage our edge and grid computing infrastructure to deploy new classes of high-performance applications that cannot be serviced by today's cloud infrastructure.”

https://www.vapor.io

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Verizon signs an additional 410 MW of renewable energy contracts

Verizon signed four new long-term renewable energy purchase agreements (REPAs) for an aggregate of up to 410 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity. This brings Verizon to over 3.0 gigawatts (GW) of total projected renewable energy capacity. The deals include:

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  Two REPAs with Invenergy for an aggregate of up to 240 MW of renewable energy capacity. The projects include a facility in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) regional market that became operational in 2022; and a facility in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) regional market.
• A 12-year REPA with Enel North America for an aggregate of up to 100 MW of anticipated renewable energy capacity. The wind facility, located in the SPP regional market, became operational in December 2022.
• A REPA for an aggregate of up to 70 MW of anticipated renewable energy capacity. The facility is located in the Pennsylvania Jersey Maryland (PJM) Interconnection regional market.
• To date, seven renewable energy facilities relating to Verizon's REPAs for an aggregate of more than 800 MW of capacity are operational. This includes the wind facility relating to Verizon’s previously announced REPA with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, which recently became fully operational.

Verizon said it is on track to meet its goal to source or generate renewable energy equivalent to 50 percent of its total annual electricity consumption by 2025.

"We are proud to be among the leading corporations in the U.S. in buying renewable energy," said Matt Ellis, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Verizon. "We are also a leader in green financing, issuing four green bonds totaling $4 billion in as many years, allowing us to further support and invest in renewable energy to deliver on our goal to be net zero in our operational emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 2035.”

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Prisma Photonics to monitor 1,000 km of Israel's electric grid

Prisma Photonics, which has been using optical fibers to monitor Israel's national transmission electrical grid since 2020, was awarded a contract by Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) to extend coverage to 1,000 km (over 620 miles), which is 20% of the transmission grid. 

Prisma Photonics said its solution will monitor events threatening the regular operation of the power network and alert on faults with exact geographical locations. Its solution uses the existing optical fiber network to monitor hundreds and even thousands of kilometers on the grid. It measures weather conditions around the electrical lines, locating faults and vandalism. The information and alerts pinpoint the location of the closest power tower, enabling quick response to restore service to normal. PrismaPower also uncovers slow processes such as partial discharges, which can harm the network, thus allowing preventive maintenance and increasing the power network's resiliency.

"We're happy to expand our collaboration with Prisma Photonics and believe in the power of advanced technology to address environmental and climate challenges, taking the energy ecosystem forward," says Amir Livne, Senior VP of Strategy and Innovation,  IEC. "Prisma Photonics adds an important aspect to Israel Electric Corporation's commitment to innovation, developing and improving our existing grid while facing the growth in power demand and realizing our long-term net zero and renewable energy visions. A reliable, valuable, and accessible electric supply for Israel must be maintained."

"We are extending our coverage to 1,000 km using new technology to a span no one has attempted before. It is an impressive and trustful step by IEC, following our initial collaboration", says Dr. Eran Inbar, Prisma Photonics CEO. "The extension could improve the Israeli power ecosystem, presenting an innovative solution to market obstacles here, in Israel, and abroad. Adding Dynamic Line Rating to assess transmission line capacity will enhance power delivery over existing lines during peak demand. Without installing additional sensors on the wires, all this will be accomplished over IEC's existing optical fiber network."

https://www.prismaphotonics.com/

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Ericsson sets aside US$220 million for potential DOJ fine

Ericsson has set aside SEK 2.3 billion (approx. US$220 million) in relation to a potential resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding previously announced irregularities in Iraq. Ericsson described the allegations as "non-criminal, alleged breaches under its 2019 Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA)." The company said it has not reached a resolution with the DOJ regarding these alleged breaches but believes the sum of $220 million to be a sufficiently reliable estimate of the financial penalty associated with any potential breach resolution.

https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2023/1/ericsson-makes-provision-in-fourth-quarter-of-2022-in-relation-to-potential-dpa-breach-resolution-with-u.s.-department-of-justice

Ericsson confirms SEC investigation

Saturday, June 11, 2022  Ericsson, Iraq, Legal  

Ericsson confirmed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has notified the company that it has opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company’s 2019 Iraq investigation report.Ericsson said it is too early to determine or predict the outcome of the investigation, and that it is fully cooperating with the SEC.https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2022/6/update-on-ericsson-engagement-with-u.s.-authoritiesEricsson's...

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Ericsson may have bribed ISIS in Iraq

Wednesday, February 16, 2022  Ericsson, Iraq  

An internal investigation at Ericsson has found unusual expense claims in Iraq, dating back to 2018 with evidence of corruption-related misconduct. Regarding the situation, Ericsson issued this statement (in part):"The investigation included the conduct of Ericsson employees, vendors and suppliers in Iraq during the period 2011-2019. It found serious breaches of compliance rules and the Code of Business Ethics. It identified evidence of corruption-related...

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Semtech acquires Sierra Wireless: LoRa + Cellular IoT

Semtech completed its previously-announced acquisition of Sierra Wireless in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion. This transaction nearly doubles Semtech’s annual revenue and adds approximately US$100 million of high-margin IoT Cloud services recurring revenues. Semtech expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to non-GAAP EPS and to generate US$40 million of run rate operational synergies within 12-18 months post close.

“Sierra Wireless brings nearly 30 years of leadership in cellular IoT and a strong and diverse device-to-Cloud IoT solutions portfolio. Combined with Semtech’s LoRa-enabled end nodes, we believe we are very well positioned to deliver a highly differentiated, end-to-end platform to enable the transformation to a smarter, more sustainable planet,” said Mohan Maheswaran, Semtech’s president and chief executive officer. “Our combined company will have strong expertise in high bandwidth cellular connectivity, ultra-low power LoRa connectivity, IoT software and services, and extensive knowledge of IoT hardware and software channels and vertical markets. We believe that Semtech is uniquely positioned to deliver a strong product portfolio and service model to customers across high growth IoT segments.”

https://www.semtech.com/company/press/semtech-corporation-completes-acquisition-of-sierra-wireless

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Ekinops posts record 2022 revenue of €127.6 million, up 23%

Ekinops ended FY 2022 with consolidated revenue of €127.6m, up 23% from the previous year (+19% at constant exchange rates).

Q4 2022 revenue totaled €31.5m versus €28.7 million a year earlier, representing an increase of 10% (+6% at constant exchange rates) despite the particularly strong pressure on the supply chain at year-end. The difficulties in delivering some orders at the end of the year resulted in a shortfall of a few million euros of revenue in Q4 2022 which will be shipped in early 2023 without causing major disruption to customers.

Ekinops said business activity and order intake remained vigorous.

The Group’s brisk growth in 2022 was fueled by strong demand for all its product lines, particularly for Optical Transport solutions (up 29% in 2022) which was boosted by the success of 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s WDM systems, notably in North America.

Access solutions reported annual growth of 20%, mainly driven by the sharp rebound in business in France.

The share of Software & Services continued to grow, representing 15% of Group revenue in 2022. Full-year revenue generated by Software & Services rose by over 38%, driven by sales of software which facilitates network functions’ virtualization and by a company focus on providing more services.

Q4 2022 revenue totaled €31.5m versus €28.7 million a year earlier, representing an increase of 10% (+6% at constant exchange rates) despite the particularly strong pressure on the supply chain at year-end. The difficulties in delivering some orders at the end of the year resulted in a shortfall of a few million euros of revenue in Q4 2022 which will be shipped in early 2023 without causing major disruption to customers.

https://www.ekinops.com/news/corporate/ekinops-delivers-23-revenue-growth-in-2022-at-record-127-6-million?utm_source=iseepr&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=ekinopsfinancialresults

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HPE acquires Pachyderm for automated ML/AI pipelines

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired Pachyderm, a start-up offering open source software for automating reproducible machine learning pipelines that target large-scale AI applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HPE will integrate Pachyderm’s reproducible AI capabilities in one integrated platform to deliver an advanced data-driven pipeline that automatically refines, prepares, tracks, and manages repeatable machine learning processes used throughout the development and training environment.

“As AI projects become larger and increasingly involve complex data sets, data scientists will need reproducible AI solutions to efficiently maximize their machine learning initiatives, optimize their infrastructure cost, and ensure data is reliable and safe no matter where they are in their AI journey,” said Justin Hotard, executive vice president and general manager, HPC and AI, at HPE. “Pachyderm’s unique reproducible AI software augments HPE’s existing AI-at-scale offerings to automate and accelerate AI and unlock greater opportunities in image, video, and text analysis, generative AI, and other emerging large-language-model needs to realize transformative outcomes.”

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