DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Connectivity
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Celestica debuts liquid-cooled CPO switch for AI fabrics
DS6005 targets AI network efficiency through Broadcom switch silicon
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Australia's SubCo to deploy new fiber route linking Sydney and Melbourne
As founder Slattery suggests company may buy a new cable ship
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Orange and Equitix join Pisces subsea cable consortium
Telco and infrastructure investor join in on Irish cable project
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Colt, Relativity Networks, NPS deliver hollow-core fiber proof of concept on London network
Connected two Colt network locations in central London
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Credo pushes past copper limits with 1.6T optical cable
ZeroFlap ALC looks to bring copper-class reliability to AI scale-out networks
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AT&T to sell Mexico unit to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2bn
An exit from the market has been on the table for a while
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Jio proposes 1,600 satellites, 23 ground stations for sovereign Indian connectivity
Musk furious over competition with Ambani’s sovereign Starlink competitor, decrying monopolizing oligarchs
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Microscan plans Rs 3.5bn subsea cable landing station in Alibaug, India
Fiber networking service provider in talks with companies looking to land cables in the area
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Meta details next-gen AI infra: Custom multiterabit switches & unified fabrics
OCP provides a glimpse at the stack set to power Muse agent workloads
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T-Mobile CTO warns SpaceX that it takes more than just spectrum to build a network
But does welcome the challenge of a competitor for the 'Big 3'
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Midgard Infra to build Sweden-Finland subsea cable
Unrepeatered system to total 144 fiber pairs, full route details not shared
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WindTre workers go on national strike in Italy
Unions warn of further industrial action next month
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Dolphin Telecoms signs solar deal with Grid Crux to power ACE cable landing station in Lagos, Nigeria
Grid Crux will design, finance, install, and operate the system at the cable landing station
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Telia outlines plans to cut 900 jobs as part of $100m cost-savings strategy
The layoffs will conclude by the end of the year
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Vodafone raises cost savings target for UK unit to £1bn
The previous figure was £700 million
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SpaceX to acquire Grain's 800MHz spectrum assets to further advance carrier ambitions
As the company continues to push to challenge US telcos
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Verizon exec overhaul claims chief network officer Adam Koeppe
Koeppe in a LinkedIn post explained that 'it’s time to move on to the next chapter'
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India dismisses Elon Musk claims over satellite approval process in country
It comes after Musk had earlier said Starlink had been "blocked by certain oligarchs" in the market
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FCC approves SpaceX's request to launch 15,000 D2D satellites
As the space giant looks to take the cellular fight to 'Big 3' US carriers
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Ghana awards 5G licenses to Telecel, MTN after slow rollout woes
Telecel plans to launch 5G in December
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Openreach taps Ciena for 1.6Tbps WaveLogic 6 technology
Optical upgrades will support Openreach's wholesale offering
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Telstra expands Aura Network with launch of Perth-Sydney route
As Telstra continues to build out its planned 14,000km fiber network
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AT&T to combine Forged Fiber 37, Gigapower into one JV
Carrier continues towards its 60 million buildout target
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Virgin Media O2 slams BT's planned acquisition of TalkTalk, amid CMA's probe into Nexfibre-Netomnia takeover
The telco says the BT deal "has all the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as a rescue deal in the public interest"
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Telus, AST SpaceMobile carry out D2D test in Canada
The duo completed their first satellite-to-smartphone integration test on Telus' network
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Virgin Media O2 launches 5G Standalone service in Bristol, UK
As carrier further expands 5G+ footprint
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Malaysia's DNB secures $1.27bn in funding for next phase of 5G rollout
Comes shortly after the DNB activated more spectrum to expand 5G footprint
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HPE to be connectivity provider at next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland
Will deploy Self-Driving Network to provide an up to par experience