CommScope and stc deploy 30-port antennas
NEWS
ommScope and Saudi Telecom
C Company (stc) announced they
are deploying 30-port antennas,
enabling the operator to bring innovation
towards 5G across the Middle East and
North Africa.
To keep pace with the demands of
modern society and expand into new
markets, stc is demonstrating use cases
for next-generation wireless technologies.
The deployment of CommScope’s new
customised 30-port antenna enabled
stc to support more technologies with
less weight and wind-load on towers,
solving the challenge of overburdened
infrastructure and giving adequate room
to deploy 5G equipment. As a result, the
service provider is taking another step
towards a modern world-class 5G network.
CommScope had long been a trusted
international partner of stc following years
of wide deployments of multiple antenna
solutions, including a customised design
for 16-port antennas to support increased
densification of the 4G/LTE network.
Eng Hisham A Alabdaly, Infrastructure
Design, General Manager, stc, said: “In
line with international developments,
the Saudi market is being transformed
by the advances of the fourth industrial
revolution. Emerging technology
breakthroughs like robotics, Artificial
Intelligence and the Internet of Things
will be backed by 5G infrastructure.
Looking towards Vision 2030, tourism,
manufacturing and defence could
reoccupy the centre of economic stage
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By
any measure, it’s critical we implement
new technologies that empower digital
services to reach higher levels of
efficiency and production.”
KIOXIA demonstrates next-generation NVMeTM SSD
Form Factor for cloud and enterprise data centres
The E3.S specification allows for size, power and capacity
options, all with a common connector.
Designed for future PCIe generations that offer higher power
budgets, EDSFF E3.S delivers improved performance, cooling
and flexibility over other form factors.
IOXIA Europe GmbH developed and started
K shipment of engineering samples of next-generation
Enterprise and Datacentre SSD Form Factor (EDSFF)
E3.S, which is being standardised by the SNIA SFF TA
Technical Work Group.
E3.S is a new form factor standard for NVMe SSDs in cloud
and enterprise data centres, especially targeting PCIe 5.0
and beyond. The E3.S will contribute to the design and
development of next-generation systems, such as cloud,
hyperconverged and general purpose servers and all-Flash
Array (AFA) systems in cloud and enterprise data centres.
KIOXIA’s E3.S engineering samples, based on KIOXIA’s CM6
Series PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 SSD in a 2.5-inch form factor,
demonstrated approximately 35% greater performance with
the same controller and BiCS FLASH 3D TLC flash memory
in the EDSFF E3.S form factor with x4 lanes and 28W (+40%)
of power.
EDSFF E3.S benefits include:
• Higher density of flash storage for more efficient use of
power, storage footprint and system rack deployments
• Supports PCIe 5.0 and beyond through improved
signal integrity
• Better cooling and thermal characteristics
• Performance and benefits beyond the 2.5-inch form
factor version
• Drive status can be shown by LED indicators
• Supports x8 PCIe lane configurations
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