Tollgrade to Offer Accanto's Service Assurance Solutions

Tollgrade Communications announced an OEM agreement with the Finland-based Accanto Systems, a leading supplier of advanced Customer Service Assurance and troubleshooting solutions to communications service providers.Tollgrade will now offer Accanto's line of 'intelligent customer service assurance' products as well as its own next generation service assurance portfolio and its recently introduced Stratum test and diagnostics solution.Accanto's suite of products, including advanced multi-protocol analyzers and network monitoring systems which support...

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Hitachi Introduces 100Gbps Optical Transport Platform

Hitachi Communication Technologies America introduced its next generation, 100 Gbps optical transport platform. Hitachi said its AMN6400 platform is based on true Packet/Optical architecture, and includes optical layer ROADM/WSS and hybrid packet/OTN switching. The platform supports metro applications such as services aggregation and translation, and long-haul functions such as OTN switching, advanced ULH optics, and MPLS-TP features -- all from...

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BridgeWave's Gains EU Certification for its 80 GHz

BridgeWave Communications' FlexPort 80 GHz TDM+IP multi-gigabit wireless platform has received Notified Body Expert Opinion (NBEO) validating its performance conforms with the European R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. This Directive covers essential requirements for Safety, RF Exposure, EMC and Radio Spectrum necessary for placing the product on the European market.BridgeWave's FlexPort millimeter wave product is the second product within its family to receive the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) certification. Last year, the...

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RAD Introduces Carrier Ethernet Demarc Device

RAD Data Communications introduced a Carrier Ethernet demarcation device that delivers SLA-based Layer 2 and Layer 3 business services to the customer premises over native Ethernet access. It provides delineation between the user network and the transport network for those services, as well as for mobile backhaul.RAD's ETX-204A transports up to one gigabit of user throughput with differentiated quality of service and end-to-end monitoring to ensure SDH/SONET-like performance and 99.999 percent reliability. The device smoothly handles multi-priority...

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MRV Debuts LambdaDriver IP Switching Module

MRV Communications announced the first shipment of its LambdaDriver OPN 800/1600, a packet switching blade that forms the core of MRV's packet optical transport (P-OTS) network system. The new blade features eight Gigabit Ethernet, either small form-factor pluggable (SFP) or copper ports for access network connections and two 10-Gigabit Ethernet XFP-based ports for connection to the backbone network.MRV highlights a number of enhanced operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) and end-to-end optical packet service management capabilities,...

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PMC-Sierra and Entropic Demo 1G and 10G EPON

PMC-Sierra and Entropic Communications are collaborating to develop a solution for delivering >100 Mbps broadband connectivity to each customer in MSO fiber deployments. The partnership combines PMC-Sierra's high-speed standard-compliant EPON and 10G EPON solutions and Entropic's Access solution. The seamless fiber to coax solution uses PMC-Sierra's PAS8011 10G EPON OLT, which serves up to 32 ONUs and terminates to Entropic's Access network controller, which supports up to 63 homes with >100 Mbps of aggregate throughput over the existing...

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Exar Introduces SONET/SDH 40G Framer

Exar Corporation introduced high-density SONET/SDH framers that deliver 40G of bandwidth in a single device. The new Tethys II devices can be coupled with Optical Transport Network (OTN) devices to enable next-generation line cards for optical networking. The Tethys II devices are single-chip solutions that integrate functions previously requiring several components, including aggregation of up to 16 channels of traffic, serializing/deserializing, pointer processing, clock and data recovery, as well as transport overhead (TOH) and path overhead...

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GSMA Sees Big Opportunity for Off-Grid Charging for Mobiles - 500M Potential Users

The GSMA estimates there are 485 million mobile users without access to the electricity grid, a factor which severely limits usage opportunities. In a newly published report entitled Charging Choices, the GSMA forecasts a US$2.3 billion opportunity for mobile operators through the provision of off-grid charging solutions such as solar phones or external solar chargers in emerging markets. "We are extremely excited that operators are able to provide...

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Plaster Networks Unveils its Powerline In-Home Networking

Plaster Networks, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, introduced its Powerline solution for delivering music, videos, and other multimedia content using existing electrical wiring within the home. Plaster Networks combines intelligent powerline adapters based on the HomePlug AV standard with a web-based service for remotely managing and configuring the home network. The Plaster Networks solution also includes powerline isolators that can filter unwanted noise, improving network reliability and performance.Combined with Plaster Networks...

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ECI Builds Managed Services Portfolio with Optimization Tools

ECI Telecom is expanding its portfolio of professional services with a suite of new tools for network planning, maintenance and operation. The new software tools include:1. Network Design Platform (NDP) -- ECI's new, vendor-agnostic planning and design tool supports multiple technologies, such as fiber, WDM, TDM, Ethernet and MPLS. 2. LightPlan -- Developed for WDM network planning, simulation and documentation, ECI's LightPlan enables efficient...

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Infineon's Lantiq Spinoff to Acquire Aware's Assets

Lantiq, a new fabless semiconductor company being spun out from Infineon Technologies, has agreed to acquire the home networking and DSL-related assets of Aware for $6.75 million. Aware, which is based in Bedford, Mass., has a long history in DSL silicon and OFDM/DMT technology. Over the years the company has developed strong competence in home networking solutions including ITU-T G.hn. As part of the deal, Lantiq will gain access and ownership...

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Cisco Debuts 2nd Gen Integrated Services Routers

Cisco introduced the second generation of its Integrated Services Router (the ISR G2) and outlined a five-phase plan designed "to help deliver services and applications to anyone, anywhere, on any device, at anytime - seamlessly, reliably, and securely."Cisco's new "Borderless Networks" architecture combines Cisco's routing, switching, wireless, and security technologies into a more tightly integrated networking infrastructure that allows businesses...

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