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Equinix announced its expansion to INDONESIA with plans for an approximately $74 million International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in the heart of Jakarta. The eight-story facility is scheduled to open by the second half of 2024, expected to provide more than 1,600 cabinets and more than 5,300 square meters of colocation space when fully […]
Virginia International Terminals, which is a privately held terminal operating company that is owned by the Virginia Port Authority, has selected Verizon to build a private 5G Ultra Wideband network at one of The Port Of Virginia’s main container terminals. VIT is one of the most technologically advanced container terminal operators in the world, and […]
Google and Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook) reached an agreement with Team Telecom (U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland Security) on how to protect data on the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) system, an undersea fiber optic cable system that will connect the United States, Taiwan and the Philippines. “These agreements enable Google and […]
Ericsson confirmed that its solutions are powering Singtel’s 5G SA network, including 5G radio access products and cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core network solutions. Ericsson has been a long-term supplier to Singtel, including with its first wave of 5G rollouts. The Ericsson product range will deliver high-quality connectivity for outdoor coverage in densely populated areas and […]
Facebook and Google are lead investors in a new subsea cable from Eureka, California to Singapore, with a stop-over in Guam. The Echo subsea cable will be the first to directly connect the U.S. to Singapore with direct fiber pairs over an express route. The cable is expected to have landings in Indonesia and possibly […]
Singtel has deployed 5G indoors at VivoCity, the largest mall in Singapore. The installation uses advanced small cell radio dot technology running on 3.5GHz spectrum. Singtel’s 5G network offers customers up to 1.2 Gbps downloads. Singtel will extend its in-building 5G coverage to popular malls such as Ngee Ann City and Bugis Junction over the […]
Singel is deploying Ericsson’s 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and solutions, including real-time rating and policy control. The energy-efficient, end-to-end 5G network will operate on Singtel’s 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum bands, spanning outdoor and indoor 5G coverage. Millimeter wave (mmWave) connectivity will also be deployed in hotspots across the […]
Orient Link Pte. Ltd. (OLL) award a contract to NEC to build the MIST Cable System, which will connect Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and India (Mumbai and Chennai). MIST will feature a design capacity of more than 216 terabits per second (Tbps). Construction of the nearly 8,100-kilometer optical submarine cable is targeted to be completed […]
Obsidian Strategics, a privately-held company based in Canada that offers InfiniBand products featuring range extension, routing and encryption, announced plans for a new platform that will take InfiniBand to 400 Gbps rates over WAN distances. Obsidian’s Longbow technology allows an InfiniBand fabric — normally a short-range network (up to 17m) used in supercomputers and data […]
