MRV Adds OptiSwitch Carrier Ethernet NID

MRV Communications introduced its OptiSwitch 940 Gigabit Ethernet / 10Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) multi-port network interface device (NID) for connecting and monitoring enterprise Carrier Ethernet Services and mobile backhaul services. The small form-factor (1RU) OS940 features high-performance, non-blocking switching throughput on all four-10GE ports and 12 tri-mode (10/100/1000) GigE interfaces. The platform targets a wide range of aggregation and...

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Verizon and Google Announce Joint Net Neutrality Proposal

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg announced a joint proposal on how Internet traffic should be managed and regulated. Verizon agreed to support a wide range of Net Neutrality principles for wireline networks, and Google conceded that these principles need not apply to wireless networks.Key points of agreement include:1. The FCC's current wireline broadband openness principles should be maintained, ensuring that consumers have...

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AT&T Launches U-verse Mobile App

AT&T released an iPhone application that lets its U-verse subscribers download and watch popular TV content on their iPhone. The app also provides the ability to browse the U-verse TV program guide, view program descriptions, and manage the home DVR. http://www.att....

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EU's BIANCHO Project Targets Energy Efficient Photonic Components

A three year research and development initiative known as the BIANCHO project (BIsmide And Nitride Components for High temperature Operation) is seeking to develop radically more energy-efficient photonic components. The project, which has the financial backing of the EU Framework 7 programme, will develop new semiconductor materials to allow lasers and other photonic components to become more energy efficient and also more tolerant of high operating...

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ADTRAN Supplies its Total Access 5000 in Maine

Oxford Networks, a telecom company operating across the state of Maine, has selected ADTRAN's flagship Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP). Oxford Networks has one of the largest fiber investments in northern New England and is aggressively modernizing its network to bring next-generation services to market using the 10 Gigabit Ethernet transport of the Total Access 5000. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.adtran....

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Orckit-Corrigent Gains TSEC for GPON in India

Orckit Communications' CM-4000 products have received Technical Specification Evaluation Certificate (TSEC).by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Quality Assurance (QA) organization, which validates that a vendor's networking equipment conforms to all of the technical specifications and requirements specified by Telecom Engineering Center's Generic Requirements (GR) and ensures that the products meet the highest quality and environmental standards...

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CALIENT and Freeport Offer Govt Teleconferencing

CALIENT Technologies, which supplies MEMS-based photonic switching systems, is working with Freeport Technologies to deliver a video teleconference solution that can accommodate multiple government security domains without breeching network security. The new solution combines CALIENT's FiberConnect 320X adaptive photonic switch and Freeport's Enterprise Video Network Switch (VNS) to enable a single CODEC to be used for up to five network security domains without breaching a security domain, making it ideal for government agency video teleconferencing...

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Vitesse Expands its 10G Ethernet SerDes Line

Vitesse Semiconductor will begin sampling its latest 10G Ethernet physical-layer SerDes designed for high-density 10G aggregation in emerging 40G/100G Ethernet backbones, mobile backhaul/transport, and enterprise applications. The roll out includes dual and quad Ethernet PHYs supporting Synchronous Ethernet and other precision timing capabilities, along with working and protection failover capability for Carrier Ethernet resiliency.Vitesse said...

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NSN Supplies LH DWDM for First Communications

First Communications has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' long-haul DWDM system to expand its optical transport network. Plans are underway to add high capacity routes to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Ashburn, VA, and extend into Toronto. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its hiT 7300 ultra-long haul DWDM platform to provide 1G to 40G services. The platform is upgradeable to 100G. Nokia Siemens Networks will also...

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Telefónica O2 Germany Targets 800MHz LTE Trial with NSN

Telefónica O2 Germany is preparing to launch an LTE pilot network in Halle, Germany using equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks. The network will be built in 2.6 GHz and Digital Dividend (800 MHz) spectrum and will reuse existing base station sites.Nokia Siemens Networks said it will deploy the complete LTE overlay network comprising of Flexi Multiradio Base Stations and the Enhanced Packet Core (EPC) nodes Flexi NG and Flexi NS. The network will...

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Tektronix to Acquire Arbor Networks for CyberSecurity Solutions

Tektronix Communications agreed to acquire Arbor Networks, a provider of network security and management solutions, for an undisclosed sum.Arbor Networks, which is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., supplies solutions for the detection and mitigation of network security threats based on IP flow-based analysis. Its products include Arbor Peakflow, a carrier-class Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention platform, and its Arbor eSeries platforms...

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Global Crossing Partners with Bivio on Government Security

Global Crossing's Federal Sector will use Bivio Networks products, including the recently announced Continuous Threat Monitoring Solution, to provide a powerful and sophisticated managed security service to U.S. Government customers that will include continuous monitoring, intrusion detection, anomaly detection and data retention.Global Crossing, in partnership with Bivio, will provide professional services; management of security hardware and applications; and operational support for continuous network monitoring.Global Crossing said its service...

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TI Licenses ARM's Cortex-A series Processor Core

Texas Instruments is the first licensee of ARM's next-generation Cortex-A series processor core. The license was signed in June 2009 and TI has been working on its latest OMAP design ever since. TI said it aims to raise the bar in high-performance, power-efficient computing with its upcoming OMAP platform for mobile devices while offering industry-leading low power consumption. "Our position as ARM's advanced lead partner for its next-generation Cortex-A series processor core underscores TI's unwavering commitment to helping customers achieve...

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