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Beyond 100G, Optical Vendors Push for 400G


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December 24, 2012 : Terabit is fun to talk about, but a lot of lab work has been going into the more immediate payoff of 400G

How Infinera Could Get a Shot at Verizon


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (11)
December 7, 2012 : It's hard to call Infinera a favorite for another US Tier 1 win, but there's a chance, one analyst says

Infinera Officially Lands CenturyLink


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (20)
December 4, 2012 : The DWDM vendor's win with a Tier 1 US carrier is finally out in the open

Infinera CEO Shows He's a Believer


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
November 26, 2012 : You'd expect a CEO to own his own company's stock, but they don't always buy on the open market like Tom Fallon just did

Infinera Slices & Dices Its 500G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
November 12, 2012 : Smaller capacity chunks might make the 500G DTN-X a little easier to swallow

Coherent Breathes New Life Into Subsea


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October 22, 2012 : Advances in coherent optics are good news for submarine network system upgrades but not so great for those wanting to lay new subsea cables

Avoiding Egypt: Where Cables Fear to Dredge


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September 21, 2012 : Subsea cables are vital to the world's data connectivity but there are some routes the subsea operators would rather bypass

ECOC 2012: Infinera's Tier 1 Traction


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September 18, 2012 : Deep diving with Telefónica, PMD tests with Verizon

XO's Not Done Yet With 100G


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
September 7, 2012 : The carrier says it's leading the US pack when it comes to 100G, and it's got room for vendors beyond Ciena and Nokia Siemens to get involved

Infinera CEO Campaigns for Growth


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September 5, 2012 : Infinera chief Tom Fallon says he's pumped about the DTN-X success and reminds us that lowering the cost of high-bandwidth networks is the key to industry growth
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New Product Recap: December 2011


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
December 27, 2011 : While you nurse your Christmas hangover, have a look at our handy guide to some of the most important product announcements from December 2011

100Gbit/s Ethernet Router Test: Alcatel-Lucent


Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Comments (14)
July 14, 2011 : The second in our series of 100GbE tests puts the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-12 through its paces
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Reliance Upgrades FNAL Terrestrial Backhaul Network


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December 5, 2012 : Reliance Globalcom upgrades FNAL terrestrial backhaul network to support OTN, using Ciena’s coherent 40G technology

CenturyLink Deploys Infinera DTN-X


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December 4, 2012 : CenturyLink deploys Infinera DTN-X for 100G national backbone

Reliance Picks Ciena's 100G


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November 27, 2012 : Reliance Globalcom partners with Ciena for 100G submarine cable network upgrade

Infinera Claims Top 100G Share


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November 19, 2012 : Infinera No. 1 in global long-haul 100G market share

TeliaSonera IC Picks Infinera


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November 12, 2012 : TeliaSonera International Carrier accelerates 100G customer delivery with Infinera’s Instant Bandwidth on DTN-X

Infinera Intros Instant Bandwidth


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November 12, 2012 : Infinera introduces Instant Bandwidth on DTN-X enabling software activation of 100G

Cyprus Deploys Infinera DTN-X


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October 31, 2012 : Cyprus Telecommunications Authority deploys Infinera DTN-X platform for 100G Mediterranean Subsea Network

Infinera Posts $19M Q3 Loss


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October 24, 2012 : GAAP revenues for Q3 2012 were $112.2M compared to $93.5M in Q2 2012

Interoute Uses Infinera's 100G


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October 16, 2012 : Interoute announces Europe-wide 100-Gigabit Ethernet services with Infinera DTN platform

AlcaLu Supplies 100G to SK


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September 20, 2012 : The company's 1830 PSS, with coherent 100G transport, gets added to the SK network in South Korea
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Infinera Boasts 8Tbit/s Pipe


AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
November 28, 2012 : 10:40 AM Vendor has been showing off its super-channels on Japan's non-DWDM-friendly fiber

A New Era of Mobile Backhaul


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November 19, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent is providing flexible, scalable, simplified solutions for the next generation of heterogeneous networks. From 100GB interfaces to 60GHz radios, Alcatel-Lucent is driving mobile backhaul innovation

Infinera Has Tier 1 News (Soon)


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (21)
October 25, 2012 : 8:30 AM The company talked about this big North American customer. The deal finally happened, and there aren't many guesses as to who it is

2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Best Product (Telecom)


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 23, 2012 : 11:00 AM Kicking off a series of blogs about the 2012 Leading Lights awards, here's the reasoning for the six telecom product finalists we picked

Infinera Wins Deal by Default


AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 7, 2012 : 10:30 AM In India, Infinera is the only vendor left standing in an optical equipment bid

How Metro Network Aggregation Helps You Handle the Bandwidth Explosion - by Tellabs


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To stay competitive, metro/regional operators need to upgrade network capacity. By consolidating fixed and mobile networks into a single packet-based network, you can offer customers virtually unlimited bandwidth while still cutting your costs.

New Optical Transport Network Strategies That Cut Costs - by Tellabs


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Using new technologies, operators are now building transport networks that are faster and more reliable. These new network designs are the key to connecting data centers and delivering cloud services profitably. Learn more in this white paper.

How to Manage Trade-offs while Building Optimal Mobile Backhaul Networks - by Aricent


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This whitepaper undertakes an in-depth analysis of the various technology options available for migrating the metro and core backhaul networks to packet-based transport. It is intended to help operators and OEMs to optimize their backhaul networks.

Now the Dutch Do 400G


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 21, 2012 : 1:45 PM KPN cranks up to 400Gbit/s with Huawei

Maximizing the Combination of Reach and Capacity in 100G Optical Networks - by Xtera Communications, Inc.


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Xtera deployed in 2011 the industry's most advanced 100G coherent equipment with soft-decision FEC and 40-nm CMOS technology. Combined with innovative line equipment, Xtera offers the unique line capacity of 15 Tb/s on distances exceeding 3,000 km.
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