Sprint Implements 40 Gbps IP-over-DWDM using Cisco/Ciena

Sprint is deploying 40 Gbps network trunks in its Tier 1 IP backbone using IP-over-DWDM (IPoDWDM) technology. The implementation of IPoDWDM drives efficiencies by eliminating client connections between the router and DWDM system and increasing bandwidth four times by transmitting 40-Gbps across an existing 10-Gbps DWDM system. The companies said the integration of router and DWDM transponder components reduces network complexity and increases the...

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Cisco Enhances IP-over-DWDM, Doubling Reach for 40 Gbps

Cisco announced a set of enhancements to its IP-over-DWDM technology (IPoDWDM), which is available on its core Carrier Routing System (CRS-1). These include new modules that can provide data throughput at 40 Gbps across existing 10 Gbps networks. The solution is positioned as a core transport architecture for handling the surge of traffic from video over the Internet.The list of enhancements includes:Doubling the reach of the Cisco CRS-1 40-Gbps...

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Alcatel-Lucent Endorses MPLS-Transport Standardization Efforts

Alcatel-Lucent announced its commitment and support for MPLS-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP), building on the standardization efforts by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Enhancing MPLS with transport operational practices - including operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) and survivability - is expected to help carriers scale their transport networks while adding performance monitoring and multi-domain capabilities.Alcatel-Lucent...

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BridgeWave Debuts 60 GHz Point-to-Point Wireless Bridge

BridgeWave Communications, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced the availability of its SLE100 point-to-point bridge that delivers highly reliable, low latency, wire-speed 100 Mbps full-duplex, half-mile (800-meter) connectivity. The product leverages BridgeWave's existing 60 GHz radios and is priced at under $10,000 per link.Enterprises can take advantage of unlicensed spectrum (U.S. and Canada) to bridge their LANs. The narrow...

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Infineon's DSL CPE Silicon Adds Concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for IPTV

Infineon Technologies has enhanced its portfolio of ADSL2+ and VDSL2 solutions for customer premise equipment (CPE) with an IPTV over DSL feature package with capabilities such as predictive error decoding (Erasure Decoding) and Gamma Layer Retransmission. Erasure Decoding improves impulse noise immunity with no changes to the carrier DSLAM, and can achieve up to two times better error protection than a non-erasure decoding capable CPE in real world...

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Alloptic Receives Patent for "Multiple Wavelength TDMA Optical Network"

Alloptic has been granted a patent for "Multiple wavelength TDMA optical network" technology in the United States (U.S. Pat. 7,386,236). This patent provides intellectual property protection to Alloptic for the simultaneous use of multiple wavelengths to increase bandwidth over a passive fiber optic network (PON).Alloptic noted that it was the first company to develop an Ethernet-based PON product and that it continues to introduce new technology to the communications industry, most recently with RFoG and 10G PON products.http://www.alloptic....

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Avanex and 3S Photonics Reach Settlement

Avanex and 3S Photonics announced resolution of their contractual disputes. While neither side admits liability, the two parties have agreed to a settlement that includes payables, receivables and lost profit under the parties' terminated global distributorship agreement, and a release by both parties of all claims asserted against each other, including the dismissal of legal actions taken in New York, California, and the Commercial Court of Evry, France. With this resolution there will be no further litigation between Avanex and 3S Photonics....

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Xelerated Unveils GPON Silicon Design

Xelerated, which supplies merchant silicon to eight of the top ten Carrier Ethernet systems companies, unveiled a new reference design for GPON. Specifically, Xelerated's new HX300 family of network processor units (NPUs) and Ethernet switches can now interoperate with Broadlight's BL3458 controller. The fully integrated GPON solution enables carriers to deploy revenue-generating services in the access network while reducing costs, increasing time-to-market...

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BEA WebLogic Evolves into Oracle Communications Service Delivery Portfolio

Oracle introduced a set of software applications to enable next-generation, IP-service delivery The Oracle Communications Service Delivery portfolio combines components of the former BEA WebLogic Communications middleware platform and Oracle Fusion Middleware. The solution aims to help independent software vendors develop applications to help service providers monetize new services. It offers the ability to integrate with BSS/OSS to activate services, manage subscriber data and bill for services.Oracle also announced today the availability of...

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MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition Registers Compliance

MontaVista Software announced that its Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 has registered compliance with the Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) logo certified. "This three-way compliance is another proof of MontaVista's commitment to the Linux community and is evidence of MontaVista's continuing commitment to the specific carrier grade requirements of its telecom customers," said Paul Steinberg, chairman of the SCOPE...

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AT&T Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center

AT&T has joined the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC), which is a 21,000-square-foot facility located in building 25 on the Redmond, Wash., campus of Microsoft. The center features Microsoft's scalable Hyper-V technology laboratories, partner showcase labs, an executive technology briefing room and partner offices for building, testing and designing superior network solutions that focus on delivering greater availability to revenue-centric, network-based applications and services. The center is designed to engage customers through...

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Hifn Debuts its New SentryXL Family of Security Processors

Hifn introduced its SentryXL family of security processors for delivering high-performance data encryption, compression, and hashing. The company said its latest silicon sets a new benchmark for size and power consumption as the industry's smallest standalone encryption and compression accelerator. The SentryXL design measures only 11mm x 11mm and has 0.3W of typical power consumption. The SentryXL is software compatible with Hifn's earlier...

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Optimum Lightpath to Acquire New Jersey's 4Connections

Optimum Lightpath, a division of Cablevision Systems, has agreed to acquire e 4Connections LLC, which operates a fiber network connecting a significant part of New Jersey. Financial terms were not disclosed. Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, 4Connections provides first and last mile fiber capabilities to businesses. The company has been an early supporter of New Jersey's quest for more advanced telecommunications networks.http://www.optimumlightpath....

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