Today’s telecom news includes announcements on LiveU, Panasonic, Sivers Semiconductors, SemiNex, DARPA, Qunnect, among others.
LiveU and Panasonic LUMIX Unveil “Live Anywhere” Production Workflow
LiveU and Panasonic LUMIX have collaborated on a mobile production workflow designed to enable professional live broadcasting from virtually any location. The solution combines Panasonic LUMIX cameras with LiveU’s Solo PRO and LU800 field encoders, using bonded cellular connectivity for reliable transmission. The workflow is aimed at sports, music events, corporate communications, social media and news production, allowing teams to operate without conventional broadcast infrastructure. The companies demonstrated the technology at NAB 2026 and InfoComm 2026 with Social180 Group. Turnkey packages combining LUMIX cameras and LiveU transmission equipment will be available through Broadfield Distributing, expanding access to portable live production capabilities for professional and smaller production teams.
Sivers and SemiNex Launch $3.4 Million AI Data Center Program
Sivers Semiconductors and SemiNex have announced an approximately $3.4 million development program targeting next-generation indium phosphide light sources for AI data center interconnects. The program will focus on high-power external laser sources for co-packaged optics, distributed feedback laser arrays for wavelength-multiplexed links and semiconductor optical amplifiers designed to extend optical transmission distances. The initiative addresses growing optical connectivity requirements created by increasing AI data volumes and higher bandwidth demands inside data centers. The companies are targeting improved optical power, efficiency and thermal performance. Customer sampling and early production ramps are planned for the second half of 2027, positioning the program toward emerging AI data center scale-up and scale-out architectures.
DARPA Taps Qunnect to Strengthen Quantum Network Reliability
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Qunnect a contract to strengthen the reliability and resilience of quantum networks operating over existing telecommunications fiber. The program will advance Qunnect’s Carina polarization compensation technology, which continuously monitors and corrects polarization changes that can degrade quantum signals during transmission. The technology is designed to address environmental and operational conditions affecting quantum communications over deployed fiber infrastructure. Qunnect said Carina is already supporting quantum networks in New York, Bozeman, Berlin and Albuquerque, including a deployment involving Deutsche Telekom. The DARPA-backed work focuses on making quantum networking more dependable and resilient, supporting the development of practical quantum communications infrastructure using existing telecom networks.
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