Cable FTTP Goes Standard
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 03, 2011 : SCTE blesses 'RF over Glass' as a standard, but will there be enough demand for the technology to feed the vendors that support it?
WikiLeaks Cable Casts Dim Light on Huawei
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 03, 2011 : WikiLeaks has published a US diplomatic cable that is less than complimentary about the past business practices of Huawei in Africa
Juniper Makes Its Packet-Optical Move
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
March 03, 2011 : It's more packet than optical at the moment, but it suddenly makes Juniper relevant in a core battle that includes AlcaLu and Ciena
ADVA in for the Long Haul With 100G
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
February 28, 2011 : After a good year in the metro market, ADVA decides it's time to compete with the long-haul brigade. But it faces some challenges
MPLS Argument Leads to Split Standard
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
February 28, 2011 : The ITU appears to be supporting an AlcaLu/Huawei-led revolt, a move that some are calling a rift in MPLS standardization
Huawei's Open Letter to the US
News Analysis -
February 24, 2011 : The company takes a stand against what it considers to be an unfair image in US eyes – and openly invites an investigation
Global Crossing Preps Major US Upgrade
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
February 23, 2011 : Company will build first US data centers and upgrade to ultra-long-haul optics to meet demand for cloud services and IP video
Calix Jumps Into SaaS
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
February 15, 2011 : Access gear maker now offering network flow monitoring on a managed services basis to help rural telcos cut costs, add new services
MWC 2011: New Product Recap
Reports -
February 24, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from the Mobile World Congress 2011
TeraXion Adds R&D Gear
News Wire Feed -
March 03, 2011 : TeraXion introduces coherent communication products portfolio
Avago Intros Mini Pluggables
News Wire Feed -
March 03, 2011 : Avago Technologies mini-SFP+ optical transceivers increase port density for storage and ethernet equipment
Tyco Launches 40G QSFP+
News Wire Feed -
March 03, 2011 : Tyco Electronics launched new highly-compact 40-Gbps QSFP+ optical transceivers
CableLabs Completes DPoE Specs
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 02, 2011 : CableLabs and its members have issued Docsis Provisioning of EPON specifications
Infinera Demos 500G PICs
News Wire Feed -
March 02, 2011 : Interoute and Infinera have completed a demonstration of Infinera's new 500 Gigabits/second (Gb/s) photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
DiCon Goes Directionless
News Wire Feed -
March 02, 2011 : DiCon’s MEMS Split and Select paves a new rod to Directionless ROADM Network Management
Boomerang Rumor
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
March 03, 2011 : 2:45 PM It's back! AlcaLu to be bought by Huawei!
Cable Tech Tidbits
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2011 : 10:50 AM A rundown of news from our cable broadband event, including Comcast's upstream tests, SCTE's OK of RFoG and cable's connection with EPON
Ambeault: The Answer Man
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
February 24, 2011 : 5:50 PM When Verizon customers complain, exec Joe Ambeault answers. What kind of subversive is this guy?
BT Wants Integrated Network/IT Kit
LRTV Interviews - Ray Le Maistre -
February 14, 2011 : Mike Galvin, managing director of research at BT Innovate & Design, says the key aspect in technology development the UK operator is looking for is integration between network and IT systems
FTTH Friends
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
February 10, 2011 : 11:00 AM 'Matt mates' meet in Milan – one's at Huawei, and the other's formulating CenturyLink's fiber access strategy
BT's CTO Preps for Video Challenge
LRTV Interviews - Ray Le Maistre -
February 03, 2011 : BT's CTO/CIO Clive Selley talks about the challenge of video traffic, net neutrality, optical developments and the use of service provider IT (SPIT) to deliver self-service capabilities to the operator's customers
Nice Try, Verizon
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 02, 2011 : 5:45 PM The FCC wins today's round in the net-neutrality rules title bout
BT Pals Reunited
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
February 02, 2011 : 5:10 AM Ben and Bland are back batting for the same team at Alcatel-Lucent
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