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Cisco Boosts the Core With CRS-3
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March 9, 2010 : The once 'huge' CRS-1 gets a hugeness update in an announcement Cisco's been hyping for weeks UPDATED 12:10 PM
What's So Big About CRS-3?
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March 9, 2010 : Cisco did have some tricks up its sleeve for its new core router, but as you'd expect, other vendors are quick to pounce on it
AlcaLu Keeps Up Router Ambitions
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February 23, 2010 : The company's router sales defied the recession in 2009, which has it thinking even more strongly about expanding its market reach
Genband Wins Nortel's Carrier VoIP Biz
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February 24, 2010 : The 'stalking horse' process concludes as Nortel's VoIP crown jewels go to Plano, Texas, media gateway vendor
Force10 Files for an IPO
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March 2, 2010 : At long last, Force10/Turin takes a step toward going public, revealing some interesting numbers behind the original Force10
Photos: Scenes From CeBIT 2010
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March 5, 2010 : As the week winds down, we pass along some photos from CeBIT 2010 in Hannover, Germany, where we found more mobile phone fun on display
Verizon Expects 100G Deployment in 2010
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March 8, 2010 : New field trial results prove standards-based 100G technology works in multi-vendor environment, paving the way for 2010 deployment
AT&T Expects Leg-Up in 100G Deployment
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March 10, 2010 : Carrier will leverage its investment in 40G upgrade to enable faster move to 100G
100G Watch: Components Wanted
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February 19, 2010 : Vendors aren't waiting for someone else's coherent receiver; TPack plans a 100-Gig chip
Juniper's Ready for Stratus
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February 24, 2010 : Sometime this quarter, Juniper plans to hit the 'on' switch on the first of its data-center fabric products
MWC 2010: Scenes From Mobile World Congress
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February 15, 2010 : It's getting late in Barcelona, but here are a few quick pics from the day's activities
Rumor: Cisco to Reveal Access & Core Plans
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March 5, 2010
Dare We Aim for Terabit Ethernet?
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March 5, 2010 : While it's possible that 1 Tbit/s will be the next Ethernet standard, some vendors are hoping to talk users down to 400G
Opnext Makes Its 100G Move
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March 9, 2010 : Systems vendors have had the glory so far, but Opnext says it's proven its 100G technology on a long-haul span
Is IPv6 Finally on the Verge?
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March 15, 2010 : After 10 years of predictions that IPv4 addresses would run out, a transition to IPv6 appears to be gaining some sense of urgency
Ciena Misses in Q1
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March 4, 2010 : A partially explained revenue shortfall puts a dent in Ciena's earnings on the eve of the Nortel MEN acquisition
Startup Applies Spacetime to FPGAs
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March 1, 2010 : Two companies dominate FPGAs, but startup Tabula thinks it can challenge them with a quick-changing, faux-3D chip
100G Standards Aim for Lower Costs
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March 12, 2010 : The first 100G links are bound to be expensive, but the hope is that the prices will drop faster than they have for 40G
SPIT Week Spotlight: Nokia Siemens Networks
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March 4, 2010 : NSN's Business Solutions division has pulled together a compelling set of technology assets, but it currently has a cloud-shaped hole
Juniper Beefs Up TeliaSonera's Core
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March 11, 2010 : Making sure we don't forget there are routers besides the CRS-3, Juniper announces its first TX Matrix Plus customer
Metaswitch Squeezes AppTrigger
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March 9, 2010 : POW! Another telecom service broker is acquired, giving Metaswitch hardware, apps, and IP service transition credibility
Nortel Profits From Asset Sales
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March 15, 2010 : The sell-off process pushed Nortel's Q4 numbers out of the red to a near $1.8B profit
Maine Fiber Network Comes Under Fire
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March 12, 2010 : Three-Ring Binder got $25 million in broadband stimulus money, but opposition from Fairpoint is threatening its future
Optical Outlook Improves for 2010
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February 16, 2010 : After dropping 14% last year, optical equipment sales have a chance to gain back some ground
BT Sticks With Microsoft for IPTV
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March 12, 2010 : The longtime Mediaroom customer says it's still happy with Microsoft's IPTV package
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4G/LTE (Sponsored by Cisco)
3G Evolution (251), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (246), Carrier WiFi (2716), CDMA (3G) (3772), China Mobile (40), Core Network (817), EV-DO (264), Femtocells (519), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (127), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (148), GSM/EDGE (2480), HSDPA/HSUPA (780), IMS Core (107), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (1049), Messaging (303), Messaging (130), Mobile Advertising (148), Mobile location (98), Mobile Music (131), Mobile TV (222), Mobile Video (284), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (2001), Mobile/Wireless (6580), Municipal networks (110), Packet Core (136), Presence management (46), Radio Access Network (2909), Services (2679), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (126), Transmission (95), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (63), UMTS(3G) (421), Video services (4250), Videophone (198), Vodafone (1785), Voice Core (75), VOIP software (701), WiMax (1122), Wireless Backhaul (476), Wireless LAN (364)

Broadband
Access devices (282), Access equipment (2227), Access technologies (2416), Access test & measurement equipment (132), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (402), Cable Modems (750), Carrier WiFi (2716), Content/software downloads (244), Docsis (1166), DSL (2541), DSL chips (241), DSLAMs (709), Ethernet PONs (168), Femtocells (519), Free-space optics (39), FTTx (3651), Home gateways (678), Internet Video (1005), IPTV (3608), Media adapters (26), Microsoft (1658), PON (1469), Satellite (538), Video services (4250), VOD (2799), Yahoo (343)

Cable
Access equipment (2227), Access technologies (2416), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (758), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1153), Cable Modems (750), Cable/MSO equipment (2840), CableLabs (522), Cablevision (674), Comcast (2090), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (295), Cox Communications (923), Digital content (1302), Digital rights management (382), Docsis (1166), DVRs (737), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (228), FTTx (3651), Gaming consoles (72), Head-ends (242), Home gateways (678), IPTV (3608), Media adapters (26), Middleware & business support systems (932), Network DVR (112), PacketCable (132), PON (1469), QAM (331), Residential (856), Set-top boxes (1762), Stored video servers (392), Time Warner Cable (1041), TV (3954), Video equipment (2506), Video services (4250), Video software (1408), VOD (2799), VOIP services (3831), Wavelength services (319)

Ethernet
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1473), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (301), Access devices (282), Ciena (66), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (112), Ethernet chips (601), Ethernet equipment (2296), Ethernet over copper (239), Ethernet PONs (168), Ethernet services (1985), Ethernet technologies (587), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (184), Multipoint (143), Multiservice edge equipment (148), Multiservice provisioning platforms (628), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (379), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (264), Point-to-point (153), Powerline (90), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1054), Tellabs (16), Wireless Backhaul (476)

IP & Convergence
Activation (427), Anti-virus (31), B-RASs (232), Billing systems (803), Cell/WLAN (83), Centrex (200), Circuit emulation (16), Conferencing (139), Contact centers (38), Content delivery network (CDN) (417), Content/software downloads (244), Converged access (112), Core Network (817), Customer relationship management (319), Data Integrity (132), Denial-of-service attacks (50), Edge routers (1727), Element management systems (91), Encryption (157), Endpoint security (80), Enhanced voice (90), Enterprise (654), Fault management (127), Firewalls (118), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (834), GMPLS (79), IMS (1126), IMS Core (107), Interactive advertising (235), Internet Video (1005), Intrusion detection & prevention (104), Inventory management (221), IP equipment (1283), IP software (405), IPSec VPN (854), Layer 3 VPNs (211), Media gateways (371), Mediation systems (265), Messaging (130), Middleware (129), Mobile/Wireless (6580), MPLS (1805), Multicast (38), OSS (3387), OSS test & measurement (1120), Performance monitoring (407), Planning tools (84), Policy control (333), Presence management (46), Product Management (82), Provisioning (626), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (356), Residential (856), Revenue assurance & fraud management (397), Security (1929), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (358), Service management (299), Service-oriented architectures (325), Services (2679), Session border controllers (409), Signaling gateways (114), SIP (417), Softswitches (1107), SSL VPN (917), Telepresence (217), Traffic managers (843), URL filtering (66), User authentication (81), Video services (4250), Videophone (198), VOIP equipment (3471), VOIP services (3831), VOIP software (701), VOIP test & measurement equipment (147), VOIP VPNs (32), Web services (138), Wholesale (227), Wireless LAN (364), Wireline/Wireless (68), XML (52)

Mobile Backhaul
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1473), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (301), Access devices (282), Cell/WLAN (83), China Mobile (40), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (112), Core Network (817), Ethernet equipment (2296), Ethernet over copper (239), Ethernet PONs (168), Ethernet services (1985), Ethernet technologies (587), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (127), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (834), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (148), IMS (1126), IMS Core (107), Mobile/Wireless (6580), Optical amplifiers (352), Packet Core (136), Point-to-point (153), QOS (356), Speciality fiber (98), Tellabs (16), Transceivers (1275), Transmission (95), Transmission fiber (420), Vodafone (1785), Voice Core (75), Wavelength services (319), WiMax (1122), Wireless Backhaul (476), Wireless LAN (364), Wireline/Wireless (68)

Optical Networking (Sponsored by TeraXion)
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Service Provider IT (Sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks)
Activation (427), Anti-virus (31), Application servers (200), Billing systems (803), Carrier managed (92), Cloud computing (144), Content/software downloads (244), Customer relationship management (319), Data Integrity (132), Denial-of-service attacks (50), Digital content (1302), Element management systems (91), Encryption (157), Endpoint security (80), Fault management (127), Firewalls (118), Grid networking (83), IMS (1126), IMS Control Layer (36), IMS Service Layer (36), Interactive advertising (235), Intrusion detection & prevention (104), Inventory management (221), IP software (405), IP technologies (1517), IPSec VPN (854), Managed Services (77), Media gateways (371), Mediation systems (265), Messaging (303), Middleware (129), MPLS (1805), MPLS (696), OSS (3387), OSS test & measurement (1120), Performance monitoring (407), Planning tools (84), Policy control (333), Product Management (82), Provisioning (626), QOS (356), Revenue assurance & fraud management (397), Security (1929), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (358), Service management (299), Service-oriented architectures (325), Services (2679), SSL VPN (917), Telepresence (217), URL filtering (66), User authentication (81), Vendor managed (70), Web gateways (66), Web services (138), XML (52)

Video
Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (246), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (758), Cable TV chips (312), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (295), Content protection (324), Digital rights management (382), DVRs (737), Gaming consoles (72), Internet Video (1005), IPTV (3608), Middleware & business support systems (932), Mobile TV (222), Network DVR (112), P2P (271), Satellite (538), Set-top boxes (1762), Stored video servers (392), Telepresence (217), TV (3954), Video equipment (2506), Video services (4250), Video software (1408), Videophone (198), VOD (2799)