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Philippines DITO Hits Major Milestone: Phase One of 5G SA Core Network Self-Owned Data Center Relocation Successfully Completed

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MANILA, Philippines, May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Based on recent statistics, approximately 50 operators worldwide have accomplished 5G SA deployment. Among other operators presently constructing their 5G SA Core Network, DITO stands out as an exemplary representative of SA Core Network. In pursuit of success in 5G SA, DITO has taken the lead in completing the construction of 5G SA Core Network, and has recently transitioned from leasing to owning Core data centers in phased stages.

In the past 3 years, DITO has successfully built a full convergent, distributed and full cloud-based 5G SA Core Network. Full convergent network signifies the 4G and 5G convergence, and nationwide distributed network much closer to subscribers which ensures a good data and voice service experience. And the full cloud-based network refers to the Native Telecom Cloud.

DITO has successfully achieved the commercialization of the 5G SA Core Network, completed VoNR service testing and ongoing network slicing capability testing.

DITO Core Network utilizes DC-level, NE-level and system-level redundancy to securely and effectively support the business development. To strengthen the security and reliability of the network, DITO built its own Core data centers that fulfill telecom standards and migrated away from the leased Core data centers to support its business expansion.

Since 2022, DITO has initiated the migration project of 2 leased Core data centers to self-owned. This is a highly complex and high-risk project as it involves more than 3000 devices and 400 operations, with tens of millions of live network subscribers. As to date, the first Core data center has completed its migration, and is currently in the process of the second Core data center relocation.

Major challenges faced by DITO during the Core data center migration:

Multiple migration operations, need to ensure zero service impact.

More than 400 service migrations are involved, posing significant challenges to the secure and stable running of the system. As Core data center form vital infrastructure, the duration of service interruption must be minimized to avoid any impact on user experience. The above presents a big challenge to the accuracy and security of the technical solution.

Massive amount of devices, requires multiple cross-domain collaboration.

The migration project covers more than 10 telecom equipment vendors and multiple service domains, including Core Network, VAS, IT cloud resource pool, IT system etc., thus it required coordinated planning and effective collaboration among multiple vendors.

High Operation risk, requires strong capability for network emergency contingency plan.

Throughout the migration process, all datacom devices and wireless interfaces, along with their integration into the entire Core Network, are involved. This may potentially introduce a high risk of triggering a large-scale signaling storm, resulting to network downtime. Therefore, comprehensive pre-operation simulations and contingency plans are mandatory.

To address these challenges, DITO gathered efforts from various departments of the company, prioritizing this project by analyzing problems and tackling them one by one:

Comprehensive solution preparation: As this project involved the migration of all wireless base stations, the cutover of surrounding fiber ports and the re-integration of the service platforms, the project team set up various solutions including multi-DC level synergy, multi-NE hybrid pool etc. to ensure that the service is smoothly migrated. This operation strictly followed the proposal and MOP to get live, with smooth migration, stability monitoring and gradual NE retirement to complete, with various innovative ideas and actions in both solutioning and management policies. DITO organizes cross-domain reviews to ensure the accuracy of migration solutions. The company arranged more than 80 times of migration solutioning reviews — covering the ore network, service network, data network, and IT domains — to minimize the impact on services during service migration. Currently the first Core data center has completed migration and second Core data center is already in progress.Strict risk control: Risks of the migration process are identified in-depth and managed in advance, covering the project duration, network security, network capacity, and hardware transportation. Effective measures are taken to cope with the risks, so that a successful project can be ensured. Specifically, in terms of service operation, redundancy, migration and cutover simulation of the entire network mirroring the actual production environment had been simulated before the migration delivery was kicked-off. The team simulate each of the 8-level redundancies including DC-level, network-level, NE-level, link-level, etc. to mitigate all possible risks of this migration project.Efficient cost control: Resource allocation and cost control were considered from end to end. Personnel were reasonably arranged, and different teams smoothly communicated and collaborated, significantly reducing the overall costs of the migration project and improving the migration efficiency.

Today, DITO has completed its migration of the first Core data center with zero service impact and interruption, while successfully expanding the network capacity and improved the network reliability. Which resulted to a significant increase of 4G and 5G SA subscribers.

The DITO Core data center migration project is considered a highly complex, risky, and challenging project, given its involvement of numerous network components and valuable subscribers. The SA Core Network, being more intricate than the NSA Core network, with an industry-average construction period of more than nine months. Nevertheless, DITO successfully executed this project, guaranteeing network security and stability, fostering business expansion, and harnessing the potential value of the SA Core network moving forward.

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Eoptolink Releases OSFP 1.6T DR8 and 2FR4 Series Transceivers for AI/ML Clusters and Cloud Datacenter Networks

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CHENGDU, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solutions, announces the release of its OSFP 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2xFR4 transceivers enabling the next generation high bandwidth networks for AI/ML clusters and cloud datacenters.

Eoptolink 1.6T OSFP transceivers have 8 electrical host interfacing lanes and 8 optical lanes operating at 212.5Gb/s (106GB with PAM4). Equipped with the industry’s latest DSP, these modules support transmission distances of up to 2km without the need to regenerate the FEC. The 1.6T DR8 and DR8-2 modules comes with either one MPO-16 adapter for point-to-point (P2P) connections or two MPO-12 adapters for 2x800G breakout applications. The 1.6T 2xFR4 modules are designed with a dual duplex LC connector running with 2 pairs of fibers only, which could help users to save fiber resources compared to DR8 and DR8-2 versions.

The 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2FR4 Portfolio consists of: – 

EOLO-13T-5H-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 1×1.6TbE, 500m, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-5H-XDX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 2x800GbE, 500m, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-13T-02-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 1×1.6TbE, 2km, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-02-XDX     OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-16T-02-XXX     OSFP 1.6T 2FR4, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual Duplex LC

Eoptolink OSFP 1.6T transceivers feature both EML and SiPh-based solutions, and testing has demonstrated excellent performance. “We are very proud of our optical and RF design teams, says Sean Davies, VP Sales, Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. “Our 1.6T OSFP modules do not need an additional FEC on the optical side and this results in lower latency and power consumption of the modules simplifying the complete system and helping our AI and cloud customers in their work.”

About Eoptolink

Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a publicly traded company in China, is a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solution for data center, enterprise and telecom networks. Eoptolink is dedicated to research, develop, manufacture and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance optical transceivers for AI, Cloud Data Center, 4G/5G wireless, Transport & Datacom and FTTX applications all over the world.

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No.510 Wulian Avenue, Chengdu 610200

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3191 Laurelview Court, Fremont, CA 94538

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390/21 Moo 2, Khao Khan Song, Sriracha, Chonburi 20110

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Flat Ads Makes Its Mark at DMEXCO 2024: Showcasing Strength in Programmatic Advertising

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COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In September, Flat Ads makes its mark at DMEXCO 2024, the prestigious European event of digital marketing and technology. The highly successful exhibition boasts 650 exhibitors, 850 speakers, and thousands of participants. At the event, Flat Ads showcased the strength of programmatic advertising platform in ad delivery, traffic optimization, and brand safety.

Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform has an exclusive developer traffic of 700 million and an extensive network spanning over 200 countries and regions worldwide. It cooperates with over 200 leading DSP/SSP partners, including FreeWheel, PubMatic and Criteo, leveraging an efficient and complete bidding system, as well as automatic delivery algorithms, to achieve precise marketing and advertising effectiveness maximization.

With its exclusive platform strategy algorithm, Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform can continuously conduct automatic exploration and matching based on the characteristics of DSP and traffic, optimize and adjust the algorithm model in real-time. This not only ensures the sustainability of DSP budgets, but also maximizes traffic utilization and enhances monetization revenue of advertisements.

Moreover, brand protection is among the top priorities of Flat Ads. In addition to accessing to authority agency Pixalate to test the effectiveness of ads, it has also accessed HUMAN, the global cybersecurity authority to safeguard its clients by preventing bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, ensuring a stable, reliable, and secure programmatic advertising transaction platform.

By participating in DMEXCO 2024, Flat Ads showcased its outstanding strength and fruitful achievements in the programmatic advertising field, attracting the attention of numerous advertisers and developers for cooperation. Flat Ads boasts not only robust technical capabilities and innovative prowess, but also an active and open attitude towards emerging technologies, embracing and exploring them. It remains committed to providing more professional and efficient global marketing services to advertisers and developers worldwide, helping clients stand out in the fiercely competitive market and achieve business growth.

As a globally leading mobile advertising marketing platform, Flat Ads currently operates offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, serving over 1000 clients with global marketing solutions. If you’re interested in Flat Ads’ programmatic advertising services, please visit www.flat-ads.com.

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Tulufan, Xinjiang: For the first time, a new energy plant and station has achieved “all-green electricity” operation

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TULUFAN, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On September 19, employees of State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company came to State Power Investment Zhongli Tenghui Qiquanhu Photovoltaic Power Station to provide comprehensive technical support and guidance for new energy enterprises.

Seven wind power and photovoltaic power generation enterprises, including Xinjiang Jize Power Generation Company in Tulufan, have obtained 6.035 million KWH of grid electricity by purchasing 6,035 “green certificates” to achieve “green electricity – green electricity” and achieve green energy use in the whole link of new energy power generation.

The green power certificate, referred to as “green certificate”, is the only certificate that identifies the production and consumption of renewable energy power. Promoting the all-green operation of new energy power generation is an important measure to promote the green consumption of renewable energy.

“Before, we were just ‘producers’ of green electricity. Now the buyers of green certificates have become green electricity consumers, and the production process is fully green.” Qiquan Lake photovoltaic power station inspection officer Forzati Dilishati said.

Since the launch of the green electricity and green certificate market, State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company has actively promoted green electricity trading, promoted the supply of green electricity and green certificates in multiple scenarios, promoted the rapid promotion and popularization of related services in Tulufan, and helped build a new power system.

In the first eight months of this year, the cumulative volume of green electricity transactions in Xinjiang reached 1.174 billion KWH, 93.83 times that of the whole year of 2022.

 

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