Verizon to deploy NG-PON2 in Tampa, FL using Calix network equipment
Verizon will initiate its NG-PON2 deployments in Tampa, FL, with Calix network equipment. The telco is expected to use the technology for higher-speed enterprise broadband, small-cell and fixed...
View ArticleC Spire – Entergy Mississippi Partnership to Build Fiber Network along 5 routes
U.S. service provider C Spire today announced a partnership with electric utility Entergy Mississippi which aims to bring more than 300 miles of fiber to remote areas of Mississippi. C Spire will...
View ArticleMoore’s law alive in the Data Center; Ethernet adapter revenue up 43% YoY
by Cliff Grossner, Senior Research Director & Advisor Cloud & Data Center Research Practice at IHS-Markit Introduction: We cannot measure Moore’s law simply in time between generations. Even...
View ArticleData Center, Cloud & Campus Networking Equipment + Cisco Beats
by Patrick Seitz of IBD (edited by Alan J Weissberger) AI and machine learning have crept into the computer networking gear business as hardware vendors look to add more smarts to their routers and...
View ArticleIHS Markit: 25/100GE switch port growth surges; 200/400GE in 2019 + Optical...
IHS Markit: 25/100GE switch port growth surges; 200/400GE in 2019 Overview: IHS Markit recently released its Data Center Network Equipment market tracker, which showed that worldwide data center...
View ArticleHuawei 5G “Wireless to the Home” Trial with Telus in Canada + U.S. Sales?
Huawei and Canadian telco Telus will work together on a trial for providing 5G wireless connectivity to residences in Vancouver, Canada. The companies will use tested millimeter-wave technology with...
View ArticleAT&T Mobile “5G”: 1st 3 Cities in 2018 vs ITU-R WP 5D IMT 2020
AT&T announced on Tuesday three cities to get its so called “5G” mobile network this year. The three cities are: Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; and Waco, Texas. The U.S. mega carrier plans on...
View ArticleCignal AI: Strong 4Q-2017 Optical Equipment Growth in Asia, EMEA led by Metro...
Cignal AI’s quarterly optical hardware report was published last week and includes results for almost all vendors in 4Q2017. Global spending on optical network equipment surged due to larger than usual...
View ArticleEricsson to demonstrate IoT Accelerator Marketplace at MWC 2018
Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator is a cloud-based horizontal offering composed of platform services and professional services, for service providers. It provides continuous incremental functionality offered...
View ArticleMicrosoft & Packerland Broadband target 25/3 Mbps (DS/US) using TV White...
Microsoft’s Airband TV White Spaces initiative is a project that plans to bring broadband to 2 million rural Americans by 2022, beginning in Michigan and Wisconsin. Microsoft is partnering with...
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