Cisco Predicts Sixfold Increase in Global IP Traffic by 2012

Global IP traffic will increase at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 percent from 2007 to 2012, nearly doubling every two years. This will result in an annual bandwidth demand on the world's IP networks of approximately 522 exabytes, or more than half a zettabyte, according to a newly published "Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast" friom Cisco. A zettabyte is equal to 1 trillion gigabytes, or 1,000 exabytes, which corresponds to 250...

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Foundry Scales Carrier Ethernet Trunks to 320 Gbps

Foundry Networks introduced new link aggregation capabilities that enable its NetIron XMR backbone routers and NetIron MLX metro routers to support trunks of up to 320 Gbps using 10 Gbps line rates. Specifically, Foundry enables new and existing NetIron XMR and MLX customers to aggregate up to 32-ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) to provide an aggregated link capacity of 320 Gbps. The company employs load-sharing algorithms in order to fully...

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Infinera Updates Financial Guidance, Sees Lower North American

Infinera reaffirmed its guidance for the second fiscal quarter ending June 28, 2008; provided initial revenue guidance for its third quarter ending September 27, 2008; and provided an updated revenue outlook for fiscal year 2008 ending December 27, 2008 that is lower than its previous annual outlook. The anticipated quarter over quarter revenue decline in the third quarter was attributed to indications that the company's existing North American customer base will purchase less product in Q3 than previously anticipated. The company believes this...

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Deutsche Telekom to deploy Infinera DWDM

Deutsche Telekom will deploy Infinera's optical transport platform for its pan-European network. DT's pan-European network spans almost nine thousands kilometers and links Germany with most major European markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.Infinera said DT selected its platform due to its PIC-based Digital Optical Networks architecture, including the new ILS2 (Infinera Line System 2) system. This system offers up to 160 DWDM channels in the C-band, extends optical reach to 2500 kilometers, and enables future capacity scalability up to...

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Fujitsu to Sample Mobile WiMAX Chipsets for Mobile Devices

Fujitsu Microelectronics America announced a new mobile WiMAX chipset optimized for small, embedded modules targeting mobile WiMAX devices such as smart phones and PDAs. Samples will be delivered to major module manufacturers starting in August 2008.The chipset includes a baseband IC, the MB86K22; an RF IC, the MB86K52; and a power management IC, the MB39C316. The three devices are essential elements for competitive WiMAX modules. The chipset was designed so that the size of the WiMAX module will be 12x12mm. The idle current, which has a direct...

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Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile Sign a US$1 Billion Framework Agreement

China Mobile has awarded a US$1 billion framework agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for mobile communication equipment and services. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will provide China Mobile with mobile core network solutions, wireless network solutions, TD-SCDMA equipment, applications, transmission and IP router equipment and the related services.This agreement was secured through Alcatel-Lucent's flagship company in China, Alcatel Shanghai Bell. The...

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Italy's Linkem to Deploy WiMAX Rev-e with Alcatel-Lucent

Italy's Linkem Spa, a leading wireless broadband service provider, will provide a turnkey WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network (also called Rev-e) in the Lazio Region. Terracina (in Latina Province) will be the first city reached by the service. Linkem is a holder of recent WiMAX licenses in 13 Italian regions, spreading from north to south and reaching 80% of the Italian population.Alcatel-Lucent will provide a complete WiMAX Rev-e infrastructure solution, including the radio access network, microwave backhaul and IP routers that will cover a selected...

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EMBARQ selects Alcatel-Lucent's IP/MPLS

EMBARQ is deploying Alcatel-Lucent's IP/MPLS equipment as a basis for the service provider's ongoing network upgrade. The deployment will enable EMBARQ, which offers a comprehensive range of communications services in 18 states across the country, to deliver advanced premium communications services to its business and residential customers via a single network infrastructure. The solution is based on the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router, the Alcatel-Lucent 5750 Subscriber Services Controller, and the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager,...

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Microsoft Introduces Embedded OS for Portable Navigation Device

Microsoft released its Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 operating system designed specifically for OEMs building handheld portable navigation devices (PNDs). Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 is aimed at connected, service-oriented PNDs that connect to online services, mobile phones using Bluetooth, Windows-based PCs and the Internet. Key features include:Live Search delivers OEMs and partners key elements enabling Internet-based Live Search on devices to find up-to-date points of interest similar to the ones provided by the Live Search Maps service.Bluetooth...

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Neotel Selects Telsima for WiMAX in South Africa

South Africa's Neotel has chosen Telsima's WiMAX technology for its network deployment. It is estimated that fewer than a quarter of households in South Africa have access to basic fixed line telecommunications, and only a small fraction of those have broadband Internet access. Neotel will contract Telsima's regional partner, Tellumat, to provide the equipment and associated turnkey services and support for the deployment of Neotel's WiMAX network....

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Tellabs Digital Cross-connect Packs 400% Greater Density, 80% Power Savings

A new high-density (HD) 384 port shelf on the Tellabs 5500 digital cross-connect system enables service providers to obtain 32 times the port densities of older Tellabs 5500 Digital Cross-Connect systems. Tellabs said its HD384 port shelf delivers 400% more capacity than the current HD96 port shelf. In addition, each circuit of the new port shelf sips its power sparingly. Each one uses up to 80% less energy than previous circuits. The shelf connects to all Tellabs 5500 systems and can coexist with previous deployed versions of the shelf on the...

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Microsoft Mediaroom Powers 2 Million TV Sets Worldwide

Microsoft Mediaroom reached 1 million subscriber homes in the first quarter of this year and now Mediaroom is powering connected TV services on more than 2 million TV sets worldwide. It took Mediaroom 18 months to reach its first million TVs and only five months, more than three times faster, to reach its second million TVs. Microsoft now counts 20 Service Provider customers for its Mediaroom IPTV platform.Microsoft also announced six new additions...

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ECI Expands and Enhances its XDM Platform

ECI Telecom has expanded its XDM optical portfolio with new "edge" ROADM, multi-rate cards and a variety of additional enhanced capabilities.This includes a new 2-degree (2D) ROADM that was cost-efficiently designed for metro-core and metro-edge segments, and complements ECI's leading best-of-breed multi-degree WSS ROADM. With the 2D ROADM, the XDM offers reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM) functions that allow up to 40 channels...

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Ethernet Alliance Forms Data Center Subcommittee

The Ethernet Alliance has formed a Data Center subcommittee, chartered to be a reference and resource for IT professionals for both existing and emerging data center-focused Ethernet technologies and standards. In addition to assisting users and developers of Ethernet, the Data Center subcommittee will identify areas where technical work may be needed to provide enhancements, enabling Ethernet to remain the best choice for IT professionals to meet their growing data center networking requirements. The Ethernet Alliance said it will work closely...

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One Minute Video: What is RF over Glass (RFoG)?

One Minute Video presented by Shane Eleniak, Alloptic -- What is RF over Glass? (RFoG)?Jargon Bus...

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Thailand's DTAC Deploys NSN's Base Stations

Thailand's Total Access Communication Public Company Limited ("DTAC"), which operates 800 MHz and 1800 MHz mobile networks, has received the first of 1,500 Flexi EDGE base stations from Nokia Siemens Networks. NSN said its base stations can deliver up to a 70% energy savings over existing equipment as they minimize the need for air conditioning at the base station site. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks....

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Softbank Telecom and Bay Microsystems Deploy Multi-Site Disaster Recovery for VMware

SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. has deployed Bay Microsystems' ABEx2020 Multi-Service Transport Gateway to deliver high-performance carrier Infiniband services as part of its Wide Area Virtualization infrastructure and to demonstrate its automated multi-site disaster recovery solution.The Wide Area Virtualization infrastructure, implemented between SOFTBANK TELECOM data centers in Tokyo and Osaka (approximately 500 km apart), included virtualization of servers, storage, and I/O. Infiniband was adopted as the datacenter network, providing the highest performing...

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Road to 100G Alliance Forms Technical Committee

The Road to 100G Alliance has formed an official Technical Committee chartered to identify gaps in technology and standards that could impact the rollout of 100G OTN and Ethernet networking platforms. Lalit Merani, Product Planning Manager at Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, has been appointed the Chairperson of the Technical Committee and will oversee the committee's Working Groups.The first two Working Groups formed by the committee will focus...

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