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Ethernet Expo 2012: Adding SDN to the Mix


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 4, 2012 : At Ethernet Expo New York, telecom execs get real on the hottest trends of the day – SDN, cloud services and elastic Ethernet

RAD Has a Radical Ethernet Module


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
November 4, 2012 : The company comes to Ethernet Expo in New York this week with an SFP module that adds Carrier Ethernet to non-Carrier Ethernet boxes

Adtran Heralds a Tough Winter


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
October 4, 2012 : Wrap up warm … there's an icy wind blowin' across broadband capex county and it's already sending a chill up Adtran's pants

Overture Appoints New CEO


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
September 24, 2012 : Ciena exec joins Carrier Ethernet access equipment vendor as its new head honcho

MRV Takes Packet-Optical Path


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 22, 2012 : A year after re-examining its business, MRV decides to stick with networking, driven partly by a strong play in service provider IT

RAD Joins the Grandmaster Set


LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 15, 2012 : With its new mobile backhaul aggregation box, RAD Data has joined a select set of vendors with Grandmaster clock capabilities

Telco Systems Launches First Cloud Gateway


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
April 20, 2012 : A new aggregation system designed to sit at the edge of the cloud turned heads at Ethernet Europe

Clouds Gather Over Ethernet Europe


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
April 16, 2012 : There's no sunshine in Munich this week, but that's OK with Ethernet Europe folks, who are mostly interested in clouds anyway

Sheehan: Overture & Out


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (5)
December 20, 2011 : Two C-level departures and one promotion have been announced at Overture Networks

Vitesse Targets Ethernet Backhaul


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
December 5, 2011 : The company's latest Ethernet switch aims to bring lots more OAM to access and backhaul networks
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BBWF 2010: New Product Recap


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
November 9, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from The Broadband World Forum 2010

Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect Service Provider Interoperability Test


Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Post a comment
March 10, 2010 : EANTC and ancotel tested six European service providers for their readiness to interconnect Carrier Ethernet services through ENNI

New Product Recap: November 2009


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
December 1, 2009 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month

Who Makes What: GPON & WDM-PON Equipment


Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (25)
July 22, 2009 : A year on, who's in and who's out?
  • New vendors
  • New products
  • New trends
  • Testing Cisco's IP Video Service Delivery Network


    Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Comments (15)
    June 3, 2009 : The largest, independent test of Cisco's service delivery network
  • 1.9 million potential users
  • In-line video quality monitoring
  • Massive scalabilty of IP video services
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    Accedian Launches Vision SP


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 30, 2012 : Accedian Networks simplifies carrier Ethernet service activation with the launch of Vision Service Performance

    DragonWave Goes Remote


    LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
    November 27, 2012 : DragonWave and WireIE sign supply agreement as demand grows for carrier Ethernet services to rural and remote locations

    Overture Enhances Edge Platform


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 19, 2012 : Overture 1400 edge platform enhanced with new capabilities

    RAD Intros Ethernet Demarc SFP


    News Wire Feed - Comments (3)
    November 8, 2012 : RAD's Ethernet demarcation SFP is groundbreaking advancement

    ADVA FSP Supports Ethernet Rings


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 6, 2012 : ADVA Optical Networking brings Ethernet ring protection switching to FSP 150 family

    Ohio Co-Op Switches to Adtran


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    October 29, 2012 : Ohio cooperative switches to Adtran’s Total Access 5000 for next-generation rural FTTH network

    AimValley Introduces EX14 Transport NID


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    October 17, 2012 : The EX14 is a compact carrier class solution for Demarcation and Media Conversion at the network edge

    Transition Enhances NID


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    October 11, 2012 : Transition Networks announced the expansion of its Network Interface Device portfolio with the release of the S3280-TST

    Adtran Unveils ActivReach


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    October 4, 2012 : Adtran extends the reach of Ethernet and expands opportunities to deploy VoIP and data over voice grade wiring

    GTS CE Offers Carrier Ethernet Access


    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    September 11, 2012 : European operator and Carrier Ethernet firm unite to roll out Carrier Ethernet services across five countries simultaneously
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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

    Packet Processing in Telecommunications -- A Case for the Accelerated Network Server - by GE Intelligent Platforms


    White Papers
    This paper from GE Intelligent Platform examines the benefits of combining a standard COTS server with a packet processing accelerator to create a cost-effective, high performance accelerated network server for telecommunication applications.

    BBWF 2012: Canny Couple


    EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
    October 3, 2012 : Why cloud and broadband make good bedfellows for the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam

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


    White Papers
    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


    White Papers
    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.

    Wireless in the Metro - Packet Microwave Explained - by Aricent


    White Papers
    This whitepaper explores the application of packet microwave for LTE backhaul. It identifies its typical usage, benefits, applications, deployment scenarios, and also provides solutions to specific challenges posed by packet transport over microwave.

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


    White Papers
    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.

    Carrier Ethernet Q&A: Accedian CEO


    Ethernet Exposed - Stan Hubbard - Post a comment
    July 30, 2012 : 10:45 AM Heavy Reading and CEO Patrick Ostiguy discuss Accedian’s Performance Assured Ethernet solutions for business services and mobile backhaul applications

    WI-FI OFFLOAD—IS YOUR GATEWAY READY? - by Spirent Communications


    White Papers
    Service Providers are investigating Wi-Fi offload as a possible solution to increasing number of subscribers that are consuming the limited wireless spectrum. In this whitepaper you will learn how Testing is a key to success for Wi-Fi offloading.

    Intelligent Policy Enforcement and Appplication Delivery Networking - by Procera Networks


    White Papers
    Learn how Advanced Traffic Steering (ATS) and Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) have become natural enhancements for IPE solutions as they leverage the inherent visibility and application identification capabilities of a Deep Packet Inspection Engine.
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