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18 October, 2021

How can WDM tecnology facilitate the transition to 5G?

Imagine a heavily trafficked motorway to reduce congestion, you can either build multiple secondary roads, or divide the existing lane into several lanes to allow traffic to flow better. The second solution, the most efficient and cost-effective, can help us visualise how wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology works. Here Marcin Bala, CTO of telecommunications solutions provider Salumanus, explains its use for facilitating the deployment of fifth generation mobile networks.

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13 October, 2021

Extreme Networks and Wireless Broadband Alliance deliver open roaming connectivity

Extreme Networks Inc., a cloud-driven networking company, announced it has successfully implemented support of Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) OpenRoaming at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) in Portugal.

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13 October, 2021

83% will have deployed Wi-Fi 6/6E by 2022

83% of service providers and equipment manufacturers and enterprises worldwide will have deployed Wi-Fi 6/6E or plan to do so before the end of 2022. That is one key finding from the latest cross-industry survey by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, the global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services.

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11 October, 2021

The broadband revolution sweeping American cities

For the first time since their inception over a century ago, America’s age-old copper and cable networks are being replaced with high-speed gigabit fibre optic networks in cities across the US. Here, Ben Bawtree-Jobson, CEO of SiFi Networks, North America’s privately owned open access broadband developer, looks at the implications ahead of the release of the company’s book Broadband: The Second American Revolution.

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11 October, 2021

The global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 15.7 million by 2025

According to a new research report from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace. Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global satellite IoT subscriber base grew to surpass 3.4 million in 2020.

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07 October, 2021

Arista expands its cognitive campus with the latest generation Wi-Fi 6E solution

Arista Networks, a provider of data-driven networking, announced the expansion of its cognitive campus edge portfolio with a new Wi-Fi 6E access point. As a result, customers can take advantage of the greater capacity, higher bandwidth and lower latency of Wi-Fi 6E to support high definition video collaboration applications and IoT proliferation.

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04 October, 2021

Uruguayan telco Antel joins 5G Americas board of governors

5G Americas, the wireless industry trade consortium and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, has elected Uruguay’s operator Antel to its board of governors. Antel joins other key stakeholder entities committed to the progress 5G in North, Central and Latin America.

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27 September, 2021

Telco ecosystem puts flesh on the bones of 5G monetisation

A large number of mobile operators and their partners are still wondering how they can make real money from the 5G networks they are building and beginning to roll-out, Antony Savvas points to some recent ecosystem developments that help chart the way forward.

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24 September, 2021

Xilinx and NEC accelerate next-generation 5G radio units for global deployment

Xilinx, Inc., a provider of adaptive computing, and NEC Corporation announced that the companies are collaborating on NEC’s next-generation 5G radio units (RUs) expected to be available for global deployment in 2022. Xilinx 7nm Versal AI Core series devices, which are currently shipping in volume production, will enable greater performance in the new NEC RUs.

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23 September, 2021

Nokia selected by Spark to accelerate 5G rollout in New Zealand

Nokia announced that it has been selected by Spark, New Zealand’s telecommunications and digital services company, to support its accelerated 5G rollout, which will provide 5G coverage to approximately 90% of the population by the end of 2023.

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