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Euronews: Key Marketing Man Exits Nokia


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 9, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Telefónica goes large on Big Data; MegaFon plans London IPO; ADVA does ROADMs in Belgium

Euronews: Will UK Fast-Track 4G Auction?


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 2, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: UK 4G auction date may be brought forward; NSN sells IPTV assets to Accenture; ADVA in Polish position

Oclaro Lines Up Against Finisar, JDSU


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
September 11, 2012 : More advanced line-card products could be a looming battleground for the optical components suppliers

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

Tellabs: Holding On in Europe


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (9)
July 27, 2012 : Tellabs is managing its spending, keeping cash levels high and paying dividends. But discussing its future creates a head-slapping good time

Telefonica's Packet-Optical Payoff


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 10, 2012 : Spanish operator's R&D team believes new software capabilities can make packet-optical networking cheaper and more efficient

Euronews: Huawei Nears Managed Services Coup


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
July 10, 2012 : In the spotlight today: Huawei's outsourcing talks; multi-layer networking; a 100Gbit/s record; global M2M cooperation; and more

XO Shows Some Love for Transmode


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 20, 2012 : Swedish transport vendor joins some big North American names in the metro equipment supplier list at XO Communications

Cyan & Calient Become Packet-Optical Buddies


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
June 5, 2012 : Fancy things like CDC ROADM networks and packet-optical management integration are happening on a job in the corner of Minnesota

Network Efficiency Trumps Speed, Says AT&T


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
May 18, 2012 : Jim King of AT&T Labs says 100G isn't as important to the company as the optical technology that makes the transport network run smoothly
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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

Market Spotlight: ROADMs


Next-Generation ROADM Reports - Comments (14)
November 11, 2010 : System vendors are weighing up their ROADM plans as they work with operators to boost network flexibility

New Product Recap: August 2010


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
September 6, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
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Lightower, Sidera Merge in $2B Deal


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December 27, 2012 : Boston investment firm Berkshire Partners leads a deal to combine Lightower and Sidera to form a carrier with more than 6,000 on-net locations

KAMO Power Deploys BTI Gear


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November 9, 2012 : KAMO Power leverages smart grid control network to generate new high-value services with BTI Systems

ROADM WSS Market Shrank in 1H'12


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October 16, 2012 : ROADM WSS component market down 34 percent in the first half of 2012

ADVA Lands ROADM Deal in Belgium


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October 9, 2012 : Belgian cable operator upgrades its ADVA FSP 3000 core optical network with ROADM technology

ADVA Lands Polish ROADM Deal


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October 2, 2012 : ADVA deploys ROADM technology for Polish research and education network

Finisar Intros 2-Slot ROADM


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September 17, 2012 : Finisar demonstrates industry's first 2-slot ROADM linecard for next-generation telecom networks at ECOC 2012

ADVA Lands Missouri Deal


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September 10, 2012 : ADVA Optical Networking announced that Bluebird Network has selected the ADVA FSP 3000 for a government-stimulus-funded project

Adtran Updates Optical Edge


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August 1, 2012 : Adtran broadens packet optical solution for metro and middle-mile applications

Transmode Reports Q2 Profit of SEK34.8M


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July 24, 2012 : Sales and profits up at Swedish optical gear vendor

Telefonica Trials Automated Multi-Layer Network


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July 10, 2012 : ADVA and Juniper help Spanish giant explore the possibilities of multi-layer automated service provisioning and restoration
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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

Intune Waxes Lyrical


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 20, 2012 : 3:00 AM After years of trying, the Irish packet-optical systems vendor looks to have cracked the telco market with a major operator

The Economics of Next-Gen ROADM Networks - by Heavy Reading


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In this white paper, we address the ROADM economics case question directly - not through general discussion of operator use cases, but through specific, quantifiable analysis conducted by leading network operators. This white paper presents...

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.

Ethernet: The Key Catalyst for Network Convergence inside the Datacenter - by Aricent


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This whitepaper demystifies several new standards and alternatives to converge multiple application-specific datacenter networks. It will enable OEMs to better understand the options for datacenter convergence, and address implementation challenges.

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.

100G Update: Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock


LRTV Interviews - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
March 16, 2012 : Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock explains how 100G improves latency, when the costs might be right to see 100G in the metro and why Verizon supports flexible grid technology

Deploy Fiber-Based Ethernet Backhaul Without Disrupting Your Business - by Tellabs


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Have you considered migrating your backhaul network to Ethernet? Worried it will negatively impacting your business? It doesn't have to. This white paper from Tellabs outlines the key steps for upgrading a backhaul network to Ethernet and the...

LTE Stretches Synchronization to New Limits - by Tellabs


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Tellabs' white paper helps you find the right packet syntonization/synchronization solution for your LTE network. Learn how to migrate smoothly to IEEE 1588v2-based syntonization and how to support phase synchronization once final standards emerge.
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