Enablence Acquires Teledata

Ottawa-based Enablence Technologies, which supplies FTTH equipment as well as optical components and subsystems for access, metro and long-haul markets, completed its previously-announced acquisition of Teledata Networks Ltd.Teledata, which is based in Tel Aviv, supplies multiservice access solutions, including VDSL equipment. It's flagship BroadAccess-1000E is a FTTX MSAG designed for the delivery of residential Triple Play services and Carrier Ethernet business services over copper or fiber. The BroadAccess-1000E covers multiple functionalities...

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Telefónica and Tata Comunications Sign Telepresence Deal

Telefónica and Tata Communications have signed an interconnection agreement to allow customers in each ofthe respective networks to have seamless Telepresence sessions, regardless of the service provider from whom they are being serviced. http://www.telefonica.com http://www.tatacommunications....

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Graybar to Distribute Fujitsu FLASHWAVE in North America

Graybar Electric Company, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and networking products, has joined the Fujitsu Strategic Authorized Reseller (STAR) program and will provide distribution expertise for Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE optical networking solutions and professional services enabling customers across North America.http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom http://www.graybar....

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Overture Networks Delivers G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection

Overture Networks has added G.8032 Ethernet ring protection switching to its UTS 4000 optical edge switch. ITU G.8032 Ethernet Ring protection switching is optimized for high-performance Carrier Ethernet applications, giving customers SONET-like performance with all of the bandwidth and flexibility of Carrier Ethernet. Features such as 50msec protection switching, deterministic performance and simplified design rules add quality, accelerate deployment...

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Verizon Completes 100G Ethernet Field Trial with Alcatel-Lucent

Verizon completed a field trial carrying 100G Ethernet traffic on a metropolitan Ethernet infrastructure. The trial, which ran from June 14 - 18, used existing Alcatel-Lucent 7450 switching equipment with new plug-in cards to place native 100GE traffic on a single fiber, creating the high-speed links. The tests were completed over 12.7 km (7.9 miles) of field fiber in the company's Dallas area network. Alcatel-Lucent's 7450 ESS nodes used 100 GE...

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Google Prevails Over Viacom in YouTube Legal Case

A U.S. District Court threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Viacom against Google. The judgment found that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement. Viacom said it would appeal the decision. http://www.google.com http://www.via...

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Verizon Wireless Readies Motorola's DROID X

Verizon Wireless confirmed that it will begin offering Motorola's DROID X beginning next month. It features fast Web browsing; a 1GHz processor; 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities; social messaging; Adobe Flash and access to the Android Market, which has more than 65,000 applications, along with a host of unique Verizon Wireless applications such as NFL Mobile, Skype mobile, V CAST Video, EA Need for Speed Shift, etc.The DROID X also features a dual-flash,...

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Verizon Tests 10 Gbps XG-PON with Motorola

Verizon has completed a field trial of a second XG-PON fiber-optic distribution system connecting at 10 Gbps downstream and 2.5 Gbps upstream to a FiOS customer location in Taunton, Mass. The test, which was completed in May, used an XG-PON system developed by Motorola.The field test used Motorola equipment deployed with dual fibers from an OLT (optical line terminal) in a Verizon switching facility to a combiner that coupled the XG-PON system with...

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Verizon Wireless Carries BLOCKBUSTER On Demand to Android

Verizon Wireless' V CAST Video has begun delivering BLOCKBUSTER On Demand content for DROID X customers. The service will offer customers the hottest new release movies available to download the day they become available, alongside Blu-ray and DVD releases. DROID X customers will be able to rent or buy titles to watch on their smartphones and other BLOCKBUSTER On Demand devices. Movies cost $9.99 and up to purchase and $3.99 each to rent. http://www.verizonwireless....

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TeliaSonera International Connects at i/o Data Centers in Phoenix

TeliaSonera International Carrier, which owns and operates more than 27,000 miles of fiber network with over 100 points of presence in 35 countries, has established a presence at i/o Data Centers in Phoenix, Arizona. i/o operates carrier-neutral data centers and provides its customers with direct access to more than a dozen telecommunications carriers including AT&T, Verizon Business, Level3, AboveNet, AGL, Cogent, Qwest, tw telecom, XO...

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Cisco Commits to $1 Billion Multi-Year Investment in Russia

Cisco made a firm commitment to invest $1B USD to drive entrepreneurship and sustainable innovation in Russia. The announcement came during a meeting in San Jose between President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers.Cisco will invest the $1 billion through a five phase collaborative plan and as part of Russia's Skolkovo Project to develop a new Silicon Valley center of innovation outside of Moscow.Key...

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