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EverGlade Consulting Funding Alert: ARPA-H Transitions to Mission Office-Specific Innovation Solutions Openings to Allow Funding Under Cooperative Agreements and OTAs

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health ("ARPA-H") recently announced a shift in how the agency will fund health-related technology research and development. ARPA-H will transition to Mission Office-Specific Innovation Solutions Openings (ISOs) to allow funding under cooperative agreements and "other transactions". This change provides flexibility outside the traditional grant and contract structure governed by Federal Acquisition Regulation, making it possible for non-traditional government contractors to apply for and receive ARPA-H funding.

Key Points: 
  • ARPA-H will transition to Mission Office-Specific Innovation Solutions Openings (ISOs) to allow funding under cooperative agreements and "other transactions".
  • Effective March 14, 2024, ARPA-H will close the current Open-Office BAA and transition to Mission Office ISOs.
  • Effective March 14, 2024, ARPA-H will close the current Open-Office Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and transition to Mission Office ISOs.
  • If your company is interested in pursuing ARPA-H funding and navigating the changes implemented with Mission Office ISOs, EverGlade Consulting is the right partner to help.

Aira, in collaboration with Intel, Demonstrates AI-based High Fidelity MIMO Channel Estimation and Prediction to dramatically Improve 5G MU-MIMO Efficiency and Throughput

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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SARATOGA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aira Technologies, a pioneer in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to radically improve wireless telecommunications, today announced that it has successfully integrated its AI based solution into Intel FlexRAN reference software and CapGemini based DU stack running on a Dell PowerEdge XR5610 server and demonstrated >2x improvement in spectral efficiency. Intel FlexRAN reference software, with a software based L1, provided the flexibility to tap into the right part of the L1 to overlay Aira's AI-based solution to achieve the spectral efficiency improvement without the need for additional AI hardware like GPUs. AI-enhanced channel prediction helps minimize inter-user interference to maximize multi-user MIMO performance.

Key Points: 
  • AI-enhanced channel prediction helps minimize inter-user interference to maximize multi-user MIMO performance.
  • Anand Chandrasekher, Founder and CEO, Aira Technologies said, "The application of ML to wireless baseband processing in this fundamental manner is an industry first.
  • We are seeing tremendous MU-MIMO throughput gains from our ML-based channel prediction model and we are working on applying our ML framework to other RAN functionalities."
  • RANGPT will be used to query a network emulator to highlight the performance benefits of Aira AI-based channel estimation and prediction technology.

Join Auden at MWC 2024: Fostering an Open, Sustainable Future of 6G Networks

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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TAIPEI, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Auden Group, an industry-leading antenna and connectivity solutions provider, is announcing it will attend MWC 2024 (Booth #5J64, February 26-29, Barcelona) and hold live demos on-site of its most advanced millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna technologies, along with showcasing new solutions supporting openness, interoperability, and sustainability of high-speed networks.

Key Points: 
  • Join Auden at Hall 5 Booth #5J64 at MWC 2024 to experience state-of-the-art Beyond 5G antenna technologies.
  • At MWC 2024, the brand is demonstrating how its leading-edge technological capabilities are unleashing new possibilities for the connectivity and telecommunications industries on the journey to 6G.
  • Fostering an O-RAN ecosystem of openness and interoperability: Openness and interoperability of high-speed networks ultimately can benefit users the most and help address the digital divide.
  • Please visit MWC Hall 5 Booth #5J64 for more info or stay tuned for full details unveiled on February 26.

Join Auden at MWC 2024: Fostering an Open, Sustainable Future of 6G Networks

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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TAIPEI, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Auden Group, an industry-leading antenna and connectivity solutions provider, is announcing it will attend MWC 2024 (Booth #5J64, February 26-29, Barcelona) and hold live demos on-site of its most advanced millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna technologies, along with showcasing new solutions supporting openness, interoperability, and sustainability of high-speed networks.

Key Points: 
  • Join Auden at Hall 5 Booth #5J64 at MWC 2024 to experience state-of-the-art Beyond 5G antenna technologies.
  • At MWC 2024, the brand is demonstrating how its leading-edge technological capabilities are unleashing new possibilities for the connectivity and telecommunications industries on the journey to 6G.
  • Fostering an O-RAN ecosystem of openness and interoperability: Openness and interoperability of high-speed networks ultimately can benefit users the most and help address the digital divide.
  • Please visit MWC Hall 5 Booth #5J64 for more info or stay tuned for full details unveiled on February 26.

NEC Selected by NTT DOCOMO as a Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) Vendor

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.
  • Going forward, NEC plans to provide DOCOMO with vRAN for use in creating flexible and highly scalable 5G networks to be operated on the company's commercial networks.
  • NEC already provides virtualization technologies for vEPC (*3) for DOCOMO's 4G commercial services and 5G mobile core network (5GC).
  • Michio Kiuchi, Corporate Executive Vice President of NEC said, "We are honored to be selected by DOCOMO as a commercial 5G vRAN vendor.

NEC, Arm, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise demonstrate Open vRAN and 5G Core UPF using Arm-based CPUs

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.

Key Points: 
  • NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.
  • They support multiple servers and virtualization platforms and are highly flexible and scalable for a variety of network scenarios and configurations.
  • The new solution includes the HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 powered by Ampere Altra Arm Neoverse-based processors with the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  • HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 servers offer an open and power-efficient platform for telco environments, broadening operator choice of infrastructure foundations for vRAN networks."

TELUS Selects Wind River Studio for Canada’s First Virtual and Open RAN

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that TELUS is using Wind River Studio for its cloud infrastructure to help build Canada’s first commercial virtualized and open radio access network (RAN).

Key Points: 
  • Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that TELUS is using Wind River Studio for its cloud infrastructure to help build Canada’s first commercial virtualized and open radio access network (RAN).
  • This effort becomes one of the first truly virtualized Open RAN deployments within a complex, existing (brownfield) and new (greenfield) network environment.
  • TELUS and its partners have extensively tested both the Open RAN and vRAN rollout in select Canadian markets with performance results that validate the telco-grade performance and reliability of multi-vendor Open RAN technology.
  • Wind River is proud to collaborate with TELUS and major ecosystem partners to further advance Open RAN.

SUSE Enhances Adaptable Platform for Telecom Operators to Modernize their Networks

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® , the company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher, and NeuVector, today announced the newest iteration of its flagship telco cloud platform SUSE ATIP 3.0 to help customers achieve faster time-to-market and future-proof their networks.

Key Points: 
  • LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® , the company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher, and NeuVector, today announced the newest iteration of its flagship telco cloud platform SUSE ATIP 3.0 to help customers achieve faster time-to-market and future-proof their networks.
  • This builds on SUSE's extensive experience working with telecom operators and as a key supplier for tier-1 Network Equipment Providers (NEP), such as Ericsson, Huawei, and others.
  • "The telco market is undergoing transformation, and our customers are responding to SUSE ATIP as it delivers on the promise of an adaptable platform for telecom operators.
  • Set up a meeting with SUSE experts at Mobile World Congress by visiting here or stopping by Booth 5K6, Hall 5.

SUSE Enhances Adaptable Platform for Telecom Operators to Modernize their Networks

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® , the company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher, and NeuVector, today announced the newest iteration of its flagship telco cloud platform SUSE ATIP 3.0 to help customers achieve faster time-to-market and future-proof their networks.

Key Points: 
  • LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® , the company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher, and NeuVector, today announced the newest iteration of its flagship telco cloud platform SUSE ATIP 3.0 to help customers achieve faster time-to-market and future-proof their networks.
  • This builds on SUSE's extensive experience working with telecom operators and as a key supplier for tier-1 Network Equipment Providers (NEP), such as Ericsson, Huawei, and others.
  • "The telco market is undergoing transformation, and our customers are responding to SUSE ATIP as it delivers on the promise of an adaptable platform for telecom operators.
  • Set up a meeting with SUSE experts at Mobile World Congress by visiting here or stopping by Booth 5K6, Hall 5.

New Report Reveals Travel Companies Falling Behind Competitors on Cage-Free Eggs

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a global coalition of 100 organizations in 72 countries on six continents, releases a new animal welfare report: Fair and Fowl: Global Travel Edition. The report examines ethical discrepancies within the hospitality sector, exposing companies that, despite pledging to source 100% cage-free eggs in their supply chains in recent years, are refusing to disclose progress on their commitments. The report highlights the importance of corporate transparency and holding companies accountable for the welfare of animals in their supply chains.

Key Points: 
  • The report examines ethical discrepancies within the hospitality sector, exposing companies that, despite pledging to source 100% cage-free eggs in their supply chains in recent years, are refusing to disclose progress on their commitments.
  • The report highlights the importance of corporate transparency and holding companies accountable for the welfare of animals in their supply chains.
  • As consumers increasingly prioritize ethical practices, these companies are facing a profit-threatening backlash for perceived deception on animal welfare claims from consumers.
  • Across the group, we are proud to source 100 percent cage-free eggs, free-range at a minimum, for all of our products.