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Monday, November 2, 2009
ANDA Networks Adds Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Box
ANDA Networks introduced a new EtherEdge 4300 Ethernet-based mobile backhaul device designed for deployment at mobile base-station towers. The EtherEdge 4300 incorporates ANDA's EtherProbe real-time performance monitoring verification, with new EtherStream sub-flow monitoring for on-demand WAN optimization and management of high-growth, multi-service mobile data traffic flows. This enables the device to load balance, perform WAN optimization and...
CENX Opens Carrier Ethernet Exchanges in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
CENX (Carrier Ethernet Neutral eXchange), a start-up headed by MEF President Nan Chen, opened three Carrier Ethernet Exchanges in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The carrier neutral, co-location/data-center neutral CENX Carrier Ethernet Exchanges aim to streamline the problem of interconnecting various Carrier Ethernet services.CENX is offering a web-based member-tailored marketplace for service providers to interconnect Carrier Ethernet around...
EANTC and Ixia Verify Juniper's MX Series 3D Routers
The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), which was commissioned by Juniper Networks to validate the performance, services scale, and power efficiency of the new 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (16x10GbE) MPC line card and Juniper Networks MX80 3D Universal Edge Router, stated that it has verified that the Junos Trio-based MX 3D routers delivered the performance and scalability claimed by Juniper:Density and scale: 1.44 Tbps (unidirectional) throughput at one billion packets per second in 1/6 rack; 240 Gbps (unidirectional) IPv4 and IPv6...
Verizon Business Expands VPLS Service Internationally
Verizon Business announced the expansion of its Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) to its network POPs in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. The expanded footprint reaches 31 international locations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. Verizon Business leverages its extensive network of interconnection agreements with other in-region Ethernet providers to offer this...
Equinix Builds Carrier Ethernet Exchange with Major Carriers
Equinix has signed up a number of major players for its newly launched Carrier Ethernet Exchange platform, including AboveNet, Exponential-e, Hibernia Atlantic, Level 3, PCCW Global, Reliance Globalcom and Tinet, among others.The Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange development program consists of a platform for multi-provider carrier Ethernet interconnection that meets Metro Ethernet Forum standards. The program is reviewing a variety of solutions...
Cisco Cites TelePresence Adoption at 35 Universities
More than 35 higher education institutions have purchased Cisco TelePresence to scale expertise, foster more open innovation between academic and private industry researchers and develop innovative distance learning programs that benefit from in-person collaboration. Among these are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, Purdue University and Stanford University. http://www.cisco....
Cisco, EMC and VMware Form Private Cloud Coalition
Cisco, EMC and VMware have formed a Virtual Computing Environment coalition aimed at pervasive data center virtualization and a transition path to private cloud infrastructures.A private cloud is a virtual IT infrastructure that is securely controlled and operated solely for one organization. It can be managed either by that organization or a third party, and it can exist on or off premises or in combination. The companies said their private cloud...
Atheros' XSPAN with 3-Stream MIMO Delivers 450 Mbps
Atheros Communications introduced its AR9300 family of 11n solutions, featuring XSPAN with Signal Sustain Technology-3, or SST3, which provides 450 Mbps PHY rates derived from a 3-stream 11n MIMO configuration. Atheros said this design ensures robust bandwidth and energy efficiencies for latency-free media connectivity for personal computers, digital home networking equipment from retail vendors, carriers and consumer electronics manufacturers,...
NSN Sharpens its Focus in Corporate Reorganization
Nokia Siemens Networks is undertaking a corporate restructuring aimed at reducing its annualized operating expenses and production overheads by EUR 500 Million by end 2011 compared to the end of 2009. The company said it has fully achieved the original merger integration savings objectives of Nokia Siemens Networks, but that changes in the global economy and competitive environment make further cost reductions necessary. The plan includes reorganizing...
SOFTBANK First to Deploy UTStarcom's NetRing MPLS-TP
SOFTBANK TELECOM will be the first customer to commercially deploy UTStarcom's new NetRing Transport Network product. NetRing supports MPLS-TP as a solution to overhaul existing mobile backhaul networks, provide Ethernet services and deliver broadband aggregation applications.Specifically, SOFTBANK TELECOM will use UTStarcom's NetRing TN platform to migrate its existing aggregation network from legacy SDH/ATM to a packet based network for the delivery of high-speed services. This will enable SOFTBANK TELECOM to offer new Ethernet-based Enterprise...
AT&T Extends MPLS Network to Kuwait with Qualitynet and NavLink
AT&T has extended its network to Kuwait. The new MPLS node, deployed in Kuwait City, will provide AT&T's global customers with improved connectivity in the Middle East and allow local Kuwaiti companies better access to global markets via AT&T's worldwide network. The node has been deployed in cooperation with Qualitynet, a leading local provider of data communication, internet and networking services in Kuwait, and NavLink, a company...
