News and Businessteam.blue Denmark, part of the hosting and cloud solutions team.blue Group, has selected Ciena’s Waveserver AI platform to serve as the foundation for its WAN-ring, providing point-to-point metro data centre interconnect (DCI) network service between sites. Ciena’s Waveserver Ai platform delivers up to 2.4 Tbps in a single rack unit to tackle large scalability challenges. […]
News and BusinessAccording to Cignal AI’s 4th quarter Transport Applications Report, Compact Modular revenues increased rapidly in APAC at the end of 2020, suggesting an increase in disaggregated network deployment in the region. Cignal AI says Compact Modular sales (and hence disaggregation) have historically lagged in APAC versus the rest of the world, so APAC’s sudden and […]
News and BusinessExpenditures by North American cloud and colocation operators on optical and packet transport equipment declined 20 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20), while incumbent operator spending increased 2 percent, according to the 3Q20 Transport Customer Markets Report from market research firm Cignal AI. “Equipment suppliers to cloud operators report that […]
News and BusinessBlue Planet, a division of Ciena, is providing BT with intelligent automation software as part of the global service provider’s drive to deliver market-leading user experience for its multinational enterprise customers. The software will help BT provide its customers with quicker and more reliable access to cloud-based collaboration tools, such as file sharing and messaging […]
News and BusinessCloud and colo operator spending on optical communications hardware continued to spur market growth in the first quarter of 2019, according to the most recent Optical Customer Markets Report from research firm Cignal AI. Spending in these sectors increased over 50% in North America, offsetting declines in other regions, with Ciena continuing to lead all sales to cloud […]
Technologies and ProductsMicrosoft and Telecom Egypt are partnering to extend Microsoft’s cloud network in Egypt and beyond with a new point of presence. Telecom Egypt says it will provide low-latency connectivity into and across Egypt to help enhance performance and increase reliability for customers of Microsoft services. The partnership will increase Microsoft’s reach in the Egyptian market […]
News and BusinessRecord spending in the cloud and colo market continued in the third quarter and it is now forecast to top US$1.4 billion worldwide for the year 2018. This represents almost a 50% spending increase over 2017, according to the most recent Optical Customer Markets Report issued by market research firm Cignal AI. With double-digit year-over-year […]
Applications and ResearchNXP Semiconductors’ virtual customer premises equipment solution has successfully completed a virtualisation networking trial with China Mobile Communications Corporation, achieving success in network function virtualisation. It is the first time that NXP has deployed a vCPE solution based on Arm architecture processors as part of the China Mobile Cloud platform, and is billed as a […]
News and BusinessIntegrated Device Technology (IDT) and GigPeak have signed an agreement for IDT to acquire GigPeak for a total cash consideration of $3.08 per share, valuing the deal at approximately $250 million. The acquisition of GigPeak will provide IDT with a highly regarded optical interconnect product and technology business that is complementary to IDT’s leadership position […]