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Linux Foundation Europe Announces Project Sylva to Create Open Source Telco Cloud Software Framework to Complement Open Networking Momentum

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ONE Summit North America 2022 – Linux Foundation Europe, an independent trusted supporter and vendor-neutral home for open source projects in Europe, today announced the formation of Project Sylva. Designed to create a new, open source production-grade Telco Cloud Stack, Project Sylva's common cloud software framework and adjacent Reference Implementation will reduce fragmentation of the cloud infrastructure layer for telecommunication and edge services. Sylva is the first project hosted by LF Europe, less than two months into its launch.

Key Points: 
  • Designed to create a new, open source production-grade Telco Cloud Stack, Project Sylva's common cloud software framework and adjacent Reference Implementation will reduce fragmentation of the cloud infrastructure layer for telecommunication and edge services.
  • Project Sylva will build on top of existing open source projects to provide implementations and extensions.
  • "I am beyond excited to see Sylva become the first community project hosted under Linux Foundation Europe.
  • Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, Hyperledger Foundation, PyTorch, RISC-V, and more.

Aliro Quantum Selected to Present on Quantum Networking and Showcase AliroNet™ at Quantum World Congress this Quarter

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aliro Quantum, The Quantum Networking Company™, today announced that CEO, Jim Ricotta, has been invited to lead the panel discussion, Quantum Communications: State of the Domain, at Quantum World Congress, a three-day event which will take place November 29-December 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The company will also showcase AliroNet™, its recently-launched comprehensive multipurpose entanglement-based Quantum Network solution, in Booth 308 at Quantum World Congress.

Key Points: 
  • The company will also showcase AliroNet, its recently-launched comprehensive multipurpose entanglement-based Quantum Network solution, in Booth 308 at Quantum World Congress.
  • Stop by Booth 308 at Quantum World Congress to see AliroNet, the quantum networking solution used to emulate multipurpose entanglement-based quantum networks, implement small scale pilots, and deploy full-scale universal entanglement-based quantum networks.
  • Aliro Quantum, The Quantum Networking Company, offers AliroNet to emulate, pilot, and deploy entanglement-based quantum networks that are capable of running a wide variety of applications from secure communications to clustered quantum computing and distributed quantum sensing.
  • Additionally, Aliro is involved in several quantum networking standards groups at IEEE and QED-C.
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Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei Among Top 20 Companies Helping Telcos Achieve Their Sustainability Goals

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sustainability Assessment: Telco Technology Suppliers by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research provides an unrivaled tool to identify partners best placed to help telcos drive sustainability initiatives as well as identify the best practice operations of suppliers that can be replicated. This unbiased examination of 81 telecommunications suppliers supporting telecommunication operator sustainability initiatives assesses vendors on sustainability criteria across nine categories, including 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO) antennae, Open RAN hardware and software, on-site renewable energy solutions, free cooling systems, liquid cooling systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven software, antenna solutions, and 5G cloud-native platforms. Sustainability initiatives were considered across two major dimensions; present-day implementation (the ability to scale impact), including the global rollout of 5G and market share of equipment, and forward-looking impact, evaluating the innovation of the technologies for reducing carbon emissions and waste, such as using next- generation silicon and integrating AI and Machine Learning (ML) to reduce the overall energy consumption of the equipment.

Key Points: 
  • ABI Research's overall assessment identified the providers with the greatest ability to scale sustainable impact across the industry.
  • Johnson highlights, "The companies that were identified as the most impactful industry-wide incorporate a multitude of sustainability initiatives.
  • "In addition to supporting sustainable manufacturing and operational practices, all the companies in the Sustainability Assessment are focused on breaking the 5G energy curve.
  • These companies are leading the way for advancing network technologies and performance while reducing energy consumption and global carbon emissions," Johnson concludes.

Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei Among Top 20 Companies Helping Telcos Achieve Their Sustainability Goals

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sustainability Assessment: Telco Technology Suppliers by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research provides an unrivaled tool to identify partners best placed to help telcos drive sustainability initiatives as well as identify the best practice operations of suppliers that can be replicated. This unbiased examination of 81 telecommunications suppliers supporting telecommunication operator sustainability initiatives assesses vendors on sustainability criteria across nine categories, including 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO) antennae, Open RAN hardware and software, on-site renewable energy solutions, free cooling systems, liquid cooling systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven software, antenna solutions, and 5G cloud-native platforms. Sustainability initiatives were considered across two major dimensions; present-day implementation (the ability to scale impact), including the global rollout of 5G and market share of equipment, and forward-looking impact, evaluating the innovation of the technologies for reducing carbon emissions and waste, such as using next- generation silicon and integrating AI and Machine Learning (ML) to reduce the overall energy consumption of the equipment.

Key Points: 
  • ABI Research's overall assessment identified the providers with the greatest ability to scale sustainable impact across the industry.
  • Johnson highlights, "The companies that were identified as the most impactful industry-wide incorporate a multitude of sustainability initiatives.
  • "In addition to supporting sustainable manufacturing and operational practices, all the companies in the Sustainability Assessment are focused on breaking the 5G energy curve.
  • These companies are leading the way for advancing network technologies and performance while reducing energy consumption and global carbon emissions," Johnson concludes.

2022 United Kingdom Data Center Industry Analysis to 2027

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Friday, November 11, 2022

DUBLIN, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The "United Kingdom Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • DUBLIN, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The "United Kingdom Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • For instance, in March 2022, AWS plans to invest around $2.4 billion in developing the data center in the country.
  • UK data center market is among the major markets in Western Europe, aided by factors such as the significant increase in data center investments, government strategies, growing connectivity, digitalization, and others.
  • d) A detailed study of the existing UK data center market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the UK data center market size during the forecast period.

The Eclipse Foundation Exceeds all of its Goals for EclipseCon 2022

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

This years conference included dozens of sessions for hundreds of attendees interested in learning more about technologies hosted by the Eclipse Foundation.

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  • This years conference included dozens of sessions for hundreds of attendees interested in learning more about technologies hosted by the Eclipse Foundation.
  • Successful events for this years conference included:
    Update on Eclipse Adoptium: 2022 was the first year EclipseCon hosted a community day with steering committee members and project committers from Microsoft and Red Hat.
  • An Eclipse Foundation Hacker Day on Thursday, October 27: This event was an impressive full room of developers warning on SDV and IoT projects.
  • The Eclipse Foundation provides our global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and commercial-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation.

Wireless Veteran Dr. Babak Jafarian joins Aira Technologies' leadership team as head of 5G systems

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

SARATOGA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aira Technologies, a pioneer in the application of Machine Learning (ML) to radically improve wireless telecommunications, today announced that Dr. Babak Jafarian has been appointed Vice President and 5G Systems Lead effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • Dr. Jafarian joins Aira from Mavenir, where he served as Senior Director for 5G Open RAN product management.
  • At Mavenir, Jafarian led 5G product design and delivery to various tier 1 MNOs, including the very first cloud-native 5G network in the world.
  • Prior to Mavenir, Jafarian served in senior 5G product and 5G solution architect roles at Parallel Wireless, Ericsson, and Casa Systems.
  • To that end, the company has assembled a team with a rare combination of 5G wireless technology and cutting-edge AI expertise.

Vonage Named a Leader in the Aragon Research Globe™ for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2022

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

HOLMDEL, N.J., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage ,a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been recognized as a Leader by Aragon Research, Inc. in the Aragon Research Globe for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2022*.

Key Points: 
  • HOLMDEL, N.J., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage ,a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been recognized as a Leader by Aragon Research, Inc. in the Aragon Research Globe for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2022*.
  • This puts more pressure on both contact center operators and the providers to show innovation," said Jim Lundy, Founder & CEO of Aragon Research.
  • Vonage was also recently named a Leader in the Aragon Research Globe for Unified Communications and Collaboration, 2022 for the fourth year in a row.
  • *Aragon Research "Aragon Research Globe for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2022."

Connect 5G and Xtreme5G Collaborate on Industry-First Edge 5G Stand Alone Magma Evolved Packet Core Built on Arm

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

DALLAS and WELLSBORO, Pa., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Connect 5G in collaboration with Xtreme5G announced today that they reached a significant milestone in their 5G roadmap, which addresses the digital divide in rural America. In a first for the industry, Connect 5G has successfully integrated the open-source New Radio (NR) Evolved Packet Core (EPC), "Magma", deployed on an Arm®-based edge device supporting a Stand Alone (5G-SA) radio. This network in-a-box edge solution achieved 550Mbps Downlink with 55Mbps Uplink on a single 40 MHz channel in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, with high expectations for coming tests on wider channels. The trial took place together with Xtreme5G in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania early October 2022.

Key Points: 
  • In a first for the industry, Connect 5G has successfully integrated the open-source New Radio (NR) Evolved Packet Core (EPC), "Magma", deployed on an Arm-based edge device supporting a Stand Alone (5G-SA) radio.
  • Together with Connect 5G, Xtreme 5G, and the Magma community we look forward to how this new Network-In-A-Box solution helps spread much-needed connectivity to rural communities."
  • Magma Core foundation is hosted under the Linux Foundation and the primary members are Arm, Meta, Qualcomm, and RedHat.
  • Connect 5G is the primary member of the foundation that focuses on implementing, expanding, and supporting the Magma Core project and the community on Arm architecture.

Cradlepoint Announces Availability of 5G-Optimized SD-WAN that is Network Slicing-Ready

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

One of the most anticipated 5G features across enterprises is network slicing, offering organizations distinctive levels of end-to-end performance across cellular networks.

Key Points: 
  • One of the most anticipated 5G features across enterprises is network slicing, offering organizations distinctive levels of end-to-end performance across cellular networks.
  • Cradlepoint has also made some critical adaptations to traditional SD-WAN technology so that it performs effectively across 5G WANs.
  • NetCloud Exchanges SD-WAN solution leverages the NetCloud Exchange Service Gateway, the Secure Connect solution, and select Cradlepoint routers for deployment.
  • The company is a pioneer in Wireless WAN, offering advanced 4G and 5G routers and adapters controlled through Cradlepoint NetCloud.