VSS Monitoring Cites Growth for Network Intelligence Optimization

VSS Monitoring, a privately-held supplier of Network Intelligence Optimization, reported a record breaking Q3 2011 with 55 percent quarter-to-quarter growth. The company, which achieved year-over-year growth of 107 percent, , confirmed increased market demand for its analytics, security and WAN acceleration tools."Over the last six months, VSS Monitoring has focused on a more aggressive sales approach, implemented an attractive channel partner program...

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Bharti Airtel Picks NSN for Mobile Device Management

Bharti Airtel in Africa has selected Nokia Siemens Networks' Serve atOnce Device Management (SADM) software to be implemented across affiliates in 16 countries. In addition, Nokia Siemens Networks will consolidate the operator's existing multimedia messaging service (MMS) platforms into one centrally managed virtual platform. The solution will enable Bharti Airtel to remotely and automatically manage and configure user devices for new data serviceshttp://www.nsn....

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Level 3 to Develop 200 New Wireless Tower Sites with 52Eighty

Level 3 Communications is working with 52Eighty, a wireless tower infrastructure company, to develop 200 new wireless tower access sites near Level 3's strategic Extended On-Net (EON) sites. Under the deal, Level 3 will grant 52Eighty access rights to develop the new tower sites near its facilities within a two-year period, while Level 3 will deploy the necessary optical transport equipment at the sites. Additionally, 52Eighty will cover the cost of the tower construction, and Level 3 will enable transport services to and from the compound structure....

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Etisalat Looks to Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio

Etisalat, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in the United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent concerning the development of mobile broadband built around the Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio product family. The agreement was signed by Nasser bin Obood, Acting CEO- Etisalat and Mr. Nicolas Bouverot, Vice President ME, Alcatel-Lucent.http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Michigan Tech Deploys BridgeWave's 80 GHz Radios

Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) has deployed BridgeWave's 80 GHz millimeter wave systems to connect several disparate buildings across its campus. The 80 GHz links eliminated the need to trench fiber under the nearby Portage shipping canal. The GigE wireless bridges have a highly secure, narrow antenna beam width, which is useful when transferring sensitive information across the campus network. BridgeWave's AdaptRate (AR) radios...

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Gulf Bridge Awards 100G Terrestrial/Submarine Contract to Xtera

Xtera Communications announced a multi-year contract to supply its optical transport systems to Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East's first privately-owned submarine cable operator. Under the contract, Xtera Communications will supply GBI's 100G networking needs for terrestrial and upgrades of submarine routes in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa. The contract provides Xtera with full turnkey responsibilities. The contract also...

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Ultra-fast Broadband Rollout Begins in South Island, New Zealand

Chorus, the wholesale division of Telecom New Zealand, and Crown Fibre Holdings announced the start of the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) rollout in the South Island. The first site for the new network infrastructure is Blenheim's town centre.Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH) was chartered by the Government of New Zealand to manage a nationwide rollout of FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband.Chorus CEO Mark Ratcliffe said the new ultra-fast broadband network...

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LINX Builds New Exchange with Juniper Packet Transport Supercore

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), one of the largest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in the world, has selected Juniper Networks exclusively for a new network infrastructure enabling its members to interconnect and share video, cloud and other content-rich traffic. Telindus Ltd. is the local integration partner. Financial terms were not disclosed."We believe a huge proportion of the UK's traffic passes across our infrastructure with LINX passing...

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Actelis Cites Momentum with COLT as well as with Intelligent Transportation

Actelis has shipped its one millionth Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) port to Colt, which operates metro network in major European cities. Colt's Ethernet Services portfolio includes any-to-any and tree services (Ethernet Private Network), enhanced resilience and low latency. Colt has built on its extensive and wholly owned fibre network in Europe by deploying "Ethernet in the First Mile" technology in 12 countries, making its high speed Ethernet...

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