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| Kinetic Continues Gigabit Internet Expansion Kinetic announced that it has started construction on a second fiber broadband expansion project in Grant County, Ark. This project, part of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program, will bring fiber internet service to more than 2,100 locations in the county, including areas around the community of Poyen. |
| Solo.io Announces Gloo Network for Cilium Solo.io announced the general availability of Gloo Network for Cilium, an enterprise-grade network management solution powered by eBPF that accelerates Cilium adoption in the enterprise. |
| Nokia Introduces Toolkit To Boost Corteca Developer Ecosystem Nokia announced the release of the Corteca Developer Toolkit, an open-source software package that equips developers with essential tools to create applications that enhance broadband offerings in the home for service providers. The new toolkit from Nokia will help developers significantly reduce the time and cost of creating new applications for its Corteca Marketplace. |
| Lessengers Announces Partially Retimed 800G Optical Transceivers LESSENGERS announced a comprehensive portfolio of 800G optics designed for AI/ML workloads in hyperscale data centers. Lessengers is adding partially retimed capability to its 800G transceiver product portfolio, which in one product entails an integrated DSP chip on the transmitter side. This capability will enable a wide range of interoperability with other pluggable transceivers and lower power consumption due to the use of a half retimer. |
| Salesforce Launches Pro Suite Salesforce announced the general availability of Pro Suite, a flexible, scalable, all-in-one offering to help small businesses get started and scale on the #1 AI CRM. Powered by Salesforce’s Einstein 1 Platform and Data Cloud, Pro Suite helps customers grow their operations with one ready-to-use and easy-to-implement solution. |
| Nokia Launches New 25G PON Fiber Modem Nokia announced the launch of a new, symmetrical 25G PON fiber modem. Helping to further accelerate 25G PON deployments, the compact solution can easily be installed on a wall, inside a building, or in an outdoor enclosure to immediately deliver internet speeds that are 20x faster than current gigabit solutions. Once deployed, operators can leverage their existing fiber network to offer new premium residential, business, or anyhaul services that unlock additional revenue streams. |
| VIAVI Launches Industry First Single, Duplex and Multi-Fiber Probe Microscope VIAVI announced that it has expanded its fiber optic test solutions portfolio with the addition of the INX 760 probe microscope. The first fully automated probe microscope on the market, the INX 760 delivers the industry’s fastest inspection and analysis of single, duplex and multi-fiber connectors in applications ranging from hyperscale data centers, metro core construction, telco distribution and more. |
| VAST Data Unveils New Data Platform Architecture VAST Data announced a new AI cloud architecture designed to deliver unprecedented levels of performance, quality of service, zero-trust security and space/cost/power efficiency for the AI factory. Building on NVIDIA BlueField-3 data processing unit technology, VAST Data’s parallel system architecture makes it possible to disaggregate the entirety of VAST’s operating system natively into AI computing machinery, transforming supercomputers into AI data engines. |
| OSS Wins U.S. Intelligence AI Project One Stop Systems announced that it has secured a pilot project to provide a liquid immersion-cooled data storage system for use on a deployable ground station. The project is expected to lead to follow-on production orders. Procured through a global defense prime contractor, the win represents the first liquid immersion-cooled high-performance compute solution for a U.S. intelligence agency mobile ground station application and a new intelligence community end user for OSS. |
| Nightfall AI Transforms Enterprise DLP Nightfall AI announced new capabilities to transform data security for the modern enterprise. The industry’s first generative AI DLP platform now offers coverage for SaaS Security Posture Management, data encryption, data exfiltration prevention and sensitive data protection. These products expand the company’s existing suite of data leak prevention solutions for protecting data at rest and in use across SaaS applications, GenAI tools, email and endpoints. |
| Deutsche Telekom Expands Netflix Partnership Deutsche Telekom and Netflix announced a new partnership which will offer Deutsche Telekom’s customers in many countries in Europe an improved, seamless entertainment experience. The partnership builds on Deutsche Telekom's commitment to consistently enhancing the integrated digital home experience, by giving customers access to Netflix’s extraordinary range of entertainment choices within its offerings. |
| Nokia Selected By Service Electric Cablevision Nokia announced that Service Electric Cablevision is using Nokia’s fiber broadband equipment to support a multi-gigabit broadband service for both existing and new subscribers. |
| Ciena Upgrades SEA-ME-WE 4 Ciena announced that SEA-ME-WE 4 recently completed an upgrade to its submarine cable system. Powered by Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution, the upgrade enables a capacity increase from 65Tb/s to 122Tb/s on the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable system. |
| Netnod Bolsters Swedish National Timing With Adtran Clocks Adtran announced that Netnod is leveraging its optical pumping cesium atomic clock technology to bring precise, reliable and assured timing to Sweden’s critical national infrastructure. Protecting the country’s timing services is vital for the nation’s economy, encompassing finance, digital services and next-generation telecoms networks, such as 5G. |
| Windstream Debuts Secure Flex Premium with Fortinet Windstream Enterprise announced Secure Flex Premium, a comprehensive suite of advanced technology solutions powered by Fortinet that provides a fully customizable cybersecurity infrastructure aimed to address the current and future network security needs of each unique customer. |
| Untether AI Joins SOAFEE Special Interest Group Untether AI announced that it has joined the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge Special Interest Group. The SOAFEE SIG is focused on delivering an architecture for automotive applications with associated reference implementations to help advance the deployment of software-defined vehicles. Untether AI’s joining the organization represents the company's ongoing commitment to the automotive marketplace. |
| VEON Upgraded to AA ESG Rating VEON announced that MSCI has raised their Environmental, Social, and Governance rating to AA from A. This upgrade positions VEON within the Leaders category amongst the 131 telecommunication services companies evaluated by MSCI, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable and ethical business operations. |
| Entre Launches AI Headshots Entre announced the launch of AI Professional Headshots, a groundbreaking product designed to transform how professionals and teams enhance their online presence. Leveraging proprietary AI, Entre offers individuals and companies across various industries the ability to create high-quality, customizable, and affordable headshots completely virtually from any mobile or web device. |
| Cloudflare Doubles Down on Middle East Cloudflare announced it is pushing forward with aggressive investment plans in the Middle East furthering its nearly decade-long commitment in the region. The investment includes a new office in Dubai Internet City and growing team focused on partner enablement, innovation, and customer success. The company first invested in the Middle East early in 2015 and has been strategically placing its infrastructure closer to users in the region while building out its team, partnerships, and operations. |
| Viasat and Deutsche Telekom Boost European Aviation Network In-flight Broadband Viasat and Deutsche Telekom announced a ground network expansion for Viasat’s European Aviation Network to further support in-flight broadband service in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Set to meet growing demand from airline passengers, three new ground stations are now operating in the region to complement more than 300 ground network antenna sites already set up across Europe. These sites will provide enhanced capacity to EAN’s existing satellite coverage. |
| NVIDIA Introduces Generative AI Professional Certification NVIDIA announced that it is offering a new professional certification in generative AI to enable developers to establish technical credibility in this important domain. Generative AI is revolutionizing industries worldwide, yet there’s a critical skills gap and need to uplevel employees to more fully harness the technology. |
| BBVA and Cisco Strengthen Strategic Partnership Cisco and BBVA announced the companies have deepened their strategic alliance and signed a Strategic Whole Portfolio Agreement, providing BBVA faster access to Cisco’s comprehensive software and Customer Experience portfolio. BBVA is the first EMEA-based financial services institution to sign a WPA with Cisco in Europe and Latin America. |
| Adtran Uses ALM to Rapidly Detect Fiber Faults Adtran announced that South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative is using its ALM in-service fiber monitoring solution to continuously probe its fiber network for faults and degradations. The comprehensive assurance platform empowers SCRTC to locate and resolve issues before they impact services for its customers across South Central Kentucky. |
| NVIDIA and HP Supercharge Data Science and Generative AI NVIDIA and HP announced that NVIDIA CUDA-X data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to turbocharge the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI development. Built on the NVIDIA CUDA compute platform, CUDA-X libraries speed data processing for a broad range of data types, including tables, text, images and video. |
| Telefonica Tech Partners With Teradata to Expand AI Services Telefonica Tech announced that it has partnered with Teradata to expand its services and go to market with an advanced proposition that helps companies and organizations in Spain to digitally transform. |
