The French government appears to have let the likes of Google off the hook for now, opting not to pursue legislation that would make such Web giants pay for the burden they place on networks, reports Reuters. Instead, the authorities have asked a panel of Web experts and entrepreneurs to ponder whether such a law is needed, with a pronouncement on the matter due by the end of February. (See Online Liberty Tested in France.)
Finnish competitive backbone network operator FNE-Finland Oy is deploying Transmode's 100Gbit/s technology following a successful field trial in December 2012. The operator previously used the vendor's TM-Series platform to build its national ROADM-based transport network. In addition, Transmode says it has 100Gbit/s orders from an unidentified North American operator and has conducted a trial at the Acreo national research network in Sweden that "was over 1600 km and involved transmission over both Transmode's TM-Series and a third party WDM system using an alien wavelength with optical handoff between the two systems." (See
Transmode Boasts 100G Deployments.)
Bulgarian radio station NURTS is using NEC's iPasolink systems to backhaul its digital radio traffic. NEC has previously deployed digital transmission technology for the broadcaster. (See NEC Backhauls in Bulgaria.)
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading
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