IEEE Forms 100G Backplane and Twinax Cabling Study Group

The IEEE 802.3 Working Group has formed a 100Gbps Ethernet Electrical Backplane and Twinax Copper Cable Assemblies Study Group. The call-for-interest was conducted by John D'Ambrosia of Force10 Networks and former chair of the recently ratified IEEE Std 802.3ba-2010. Supporters of the initiative see a need to develop an electrical solution for 100GbE backplanes and short reach twinax cabling that operates at greater than 10Gbps per lane. The study...

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Stoke Opens in Japan

Stoke, a supplier of mobile broadband gateways, has opened a strategic subsidiary office in Tokyo, Japan and has named Dr. Ikuo Nishioka as director. Nishioka served as president of Intel Japan and vice president of the sales group of Intel Corporation. Upon leaving Intel in 1999, Nishioka established Mobile Internet Capital KK (MIC) an independent venture capital firm with co-investors NTT-DOCOMO, Mizuho Securities, and Internet Research Institute. He served as president and CEO of the company until 2010. Nishioka then became President of Innovation...

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Dell to acquire Compellent for Virtualized Storage

Dell agreed to acquire Compellent,which specializes in highly-virtualized storage solutions with automated data management features, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $820 million, net of Compellent's cash.Compellent's solutions will be integrated into Dell's storage portfolio, including PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell/EMC. Dell also plans to keep Compellent's existing operations in Eden Prairie, Minn., and will invest in engineering,...

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Google Teams with Sonic.Net on its First FTTH Network

Sonic.net, an ISP based in Santa Rosa, California, has been selected by Google to operate and support the trial FTTH network planned for Stanford University. This experimental project will test new fiber construction and operation methods, while delivering full gigabit speeds to approximately 850 faculty and staff owned homes on campus. Construction of the Stanford fiber network will begin in early 2011.Sonic.net said it will manage operation of...

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Telecom NZ Continues Negotiations with Crown Fibre Holdings

Telecom New Zealand confirmed that it is in negotiations again with Crown Fibre Holdings about the nation's ultra fast broadband rollout. "We remain firmly of the belief that a structurally separate Chorus as the cornerstone of a national framework for fibre is the most efficient and effective way to deliver the government's fibre vision and that is reflected in our proposal," stated Paul Reynolds, Telecom CEO. http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/Earlier...

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New Zealand Kicks Off Ultra Fast Broadband Rollout

New Zealand marked the official launch of its ultra fast broadband (UFB) rollout with the first fibre laid today at Manaia View School in Whangarei. The announcement follows confirmation of a deal between Crown Fibre Holdings - the government agency set up to manage the Crown's $1.5 billion investment in UFB - and Northpower Limited. Under this arrangement, fibre will be rolled out to nearly 52,000 people in Whangarei by 2014, including more than...

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Thailand's True Tests 100 GigE with Alcatel-Lucent

True, a telecom operator based in Thailand, has conducted a field trial of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE) traffic using Alcatel-Lucent's service routing technology. The trial leveraged Alcatel-Lucent's existing 7750 Service Routers, 7450 Ethernet Service Switches, and the 5620 Service Aware Manager, which together form the base of True's converged IP/MPLS network. "The 100GE trial will help us prepare for the future and meet the need for increasing...

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UAE Selects Alcatel-Lucent's Small Cell Technology

du, which is based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's small cells technology to help its customers overcome indoor mobile coverage issues. du operates both an FTTH fixed network and an HSDPA+ mobile network. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent will provide its end-to-end Femto-based 9360 Small Cell portfolio - consisting of the 9361 Home Cell, the 9362 Enterprise Cell, the 9366 Small Cell Gateway, and Small Cell Management...

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Dell'Oro: Service Provider Edge Router Market Surges to Record

The worldwide Service Provider Edge Router market attained a record level in the third quarter of 2010, expanding by more than 25 percent compared with the same prior year period, and surpassing $1.5 billion, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Cisco Systems improved their market share lead in the third quarter, while Alcatel-Lucent overtook Juniper Networks for the second position. "The demand for edge routers in mobile backhaul networks...

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Mobixell Raises $10 Million for Mobile Optimization

Mobixell Networks raised $10 million in new funding led by Azini Capital and existing investors Escalate Capital, Intel Capital, and smac partners. Mobixell Networks, which is based in San Jose, California, is a global provider of rich media, mobile internet and broadband solutions. Its flagship product, Mobixell Seamless Access, helps mobile operators to improve network efficiency and monetize data services. Seamless Access provides intelligent...

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ShoreTel Appoints Peter Blackmore as CEO

ShoreTel named Peter Blackmore as its new president and CEO. Don Girskis, who served as interim CEO, will resume his position as senior vice president of worldwide sales. Blackmore was most recently president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of UTStarcom. Before UTStarcom, Blackmore was executive vice president in charge of worldwide sales, marketing and technology at Unisys Corporation. http://www.shoretel.c...

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PMC-Sierra Launches 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID Controller

PMC-Sierra introduced the first 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID controllers aimed at high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing applications. Based on PMC-Sierra's multi-core SRC 8x6G RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controller, the Adaptec by PMC Series 6 family is the industry's first 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID controller channel solution with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection which eliminates the need to replace Lithium Ion batteries used for cache maintenance.The...

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ADTRAN Enhances NetVanta Product Line

ADTRAN introduced two new switch platforms and a number of new security features for its NetVanta routers and switches designed for vertical markets such as health care, hospitality and retail. The new switch platforms offer 25 watt per port, 802.3at - Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) capability for security applications such as next-generation pan/zoom/tilt IP cameras or other PoE-enabled security endpoints. The new suite of features includes...

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Video: Dell'Oro on Record Quarter for Service Provider Routing

Dell'Oro's Shin Umeda discusses the record quarter for the Service Provider Edge router market. Mobile operators are fueling some of this growth. Vendor shares are also shifting -- Cisco turned in a strong performance and Alcatel-Lucent captured the No.2 position from Juniper. Also, with 100G and next gen-platforms like the Cisco CRS-3 and Juniper T4000 on the horizon, what is the outlook for 2011.http://www.delloro....

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