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17 published in may 2012

Euronews: EC Sharpens Knives Over Huawei, ZTE


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 28, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Commission plans case over 'illegal state subsidies'; France Telecom gets Mobinil; set-top plant could close

AlcaLu Claims 400G Is Hot


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
May 24, 2012 : Even Alcatel-Lucent is surprised at the eagerness around 400G, with some carriers wanting bragging rights for the optical technology

AlcaLu CEO Likes His Product Lineup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
May 23, 2012 : The right pieces are in place, even if the results don't show up in quarterly earnings yet, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen says

Photos: AlcaLu Technology Symposium


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 23, 2012 : Between the XRS launch and an 'art gallery' of demos, AlcaLu's annual showcase gave analysts lots to look at

Euronews: Dante Opts for Infinera's Hot Tech


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 23, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: research network deploys DTN-X platform; the bleak view from Spain; NFC, not KFC, lands at French airport

Packet-Optical Transport Evolution: In Pictures


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 18, 2012 : You can't really see software-defined networking, but you can see a bunch of optical networking people talking about it

LTE Will Suck as Long as Backhaul Does


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
May 18, 2012 : Optical wholesaling seems to be doing well as a business, but that hasn't convinced operators to fiber up more of their cell towers

XO Takes a Shine to OpenFlow


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 18, 2012 : What it does isn't special or new, but OpenFlow has a money-saving potential that past technologies didn't, CTO Randy Nicklas says

100-Gig? 40-Gig? Yes, Says Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 17, 2012 : What if ports could change speeds in, say, 25Gbit/s increments? Cisco brought up the idea at the Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference

Optical Transport Traffic Up, Spending Flat


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Service provider transport networks are handling massively more volume, but spending has yet to surpass Sonet/SDH spending
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New Product Recap: April 2012


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May 7, 2012 : This month's recap of the latest, greatest communications products includes a longer video lineup from the 2012 NAB Show
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24 published in may 2012

Ciena Marks $28M Q2 Loss


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May 31, 2012 : For the fiscal Q2 2012, Ciena reported revenue of $477.6M

MRV Helps UNH-IOL


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May 30, 2012 : MRV simplifies management for University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory through advanced test automation

PMC Updates OTN Processor


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May 29, 2012 : PMC’s new Metro OTN processors enable packet-optimized metro optical networks

PEG Pegs Ekinops & Extreme


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May 29, 2012 : PEG Bandwidth selects Ekinops-Extreme Networks

ECI's OMLT Chosen by German Research Network


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May 29, 2012 : Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN-Verein) is deploying ECI's Optimized Multi-Layer Transport (OMLT) platforms to upgrade its X-WiN research network

ADVA Connects in Milan


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May 24, 2012 : New solution ensures secure transport for mission-critical data

Sycamore Loses $5M in Q3


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May 23, 2012 : Sycamore Networks reports third quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results

Dante Deploys Infinera in Europe


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May 23, 2012 : Dante chooses the Infinera DTN-X Platform for GÉANT multi-terabit pan-European research and education network

Ciena Updates Optical Control Plane


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May 22, 2012 : Ciena unveils next generation intelligent control plane software

Pacnet, Infinera Demo 500G Super-Channels


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May 22, 2012 : Pacnet and Infinera demonstrate 500Gbit/s optical super-channels in Asia
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XO Preps the Next Optical Wave


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 18, 2012 : The vendors have delivered packet-optical systems, and it's up to XO to do something good with them, CTO Randy Nicklas says. Meanwhile, he's also eyeing the potential of OpenFlow

CDNs & Cloud Drive XO Towards 100GigE


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May 18, 2012 : XO CMO Don MacNeil sees content of all kinds and data center interconnectivity driving his wholesale business, which in turn is driving the operator towards 100Gbit/s Ethernet

Verizon: Putting SDN in Its Place


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 18, 2012 : Given the disruptive potential of software-defined networking, what's going to happen to routers as we know them? Stuart Elby of Verizon gives us his theory

Packet Optical Goes Soft


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane

Huawei Denied German Bid


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (33)
May 10, 2012 : 10:45 AM Germany is the latest market where Huawei has been given the cold shoulder because of perceived security concerns
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