Charter Names New CEO

Charter Communications named Thomas M. Rutledge as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Michael J. Lovett, who announced in October his plan to step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of Charter on the earlier of April 30, 2012 or when a successor was appointed. Rutledge joins Charter from Cablevision Systems, where he served as Chief Operating Officer from April 2004 until December 2011. He began his career in 1977 at American Television and Communications (ATC), a predecessor company of Time Warner Cable. Mr. Rutledge...

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KT Deploys Allot Gateways

Korea Telecom (KT) has deployed multiple Allot Service Gateway Sigma E and Allot NetEnforcer AC-10000 platforms to analyze data consumption and optimize bandwidth in the South Korean Ministry of Education's network. Allot's scalable bandwidth management and analytics solution is designed to provide centralized real-time monitoring and visibility of application usage and user behavior, and additionally guarantee the delivery of IPTV and educational multimedia applications such as the Education Broadcasting System (EBS). Allot Service Gateway Sigma...

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Broadcom Prevails in Emulex Patent Infringement Suit

Broadcom has prevailed in a patent infringement case with Emulex concerning Fibre Channel and 110 GbE controller technology.The United States District Court for the Central District of California has found that Emulex infringed two Broadcom patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,058,150 and 7,471,691. The infringing products include Emulex's BladeEngine 2 (BE2), BladeEngine 3 (BE3) and Lancer (XE201) chips and four of Emulex's Fibre Channel switch products. The BE2 and BE3 are 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers, which are sold as Ethernet controllers and used...

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Level 3 Powers California Central Valley Broadband Project

Level 3 will provide IP capacity for the Central Valley Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure project, a $66.6 million total cost project that is being partly funded with $46.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The project will bring advanced communications to rural, underserved areas by creating a 1,300 mile, high-capacity fiber-based infrastructure throughout 18 counties in California's Central Valley. Level 3 is...

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VSS Monitoring Releases Line-Rate Packet Reassembly

VSS Monitoring introduced a packet fragment reassembly feature for greater utilization and network intelligence within analytic tools. VSS Monitoring provides session-based/flow-aware monitoring solutions to reassemble packets from Gigabit and 10GigE networks to ensure a reliable and efficient session. By prioritizing bandwidth with premium data, the network's QoS can be assured. This latest offering is compatible with IPv4 and IPv6, as well as networks...

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Vodacom Tanzania Upgrades with NSN

Vodacom Tanzania is implementing Nokia Siemens Networks' Single RAN (radio access network) platform to upgrade and modernize its network. Under a five-year contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is supplying its Flexi Multiradio Base Station to replace Vodacom’s existing GSM and 3G base stations. This multi-technology platform is able to run GSM, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and LTE, and can be defined to roll out a particular technology with a simple...

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AT&T Drops Bid to Acquire T-Mobile USA

AT&T officially abandoned its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA. The break-up of the deal requires AT&T to pay Deutsche Telekom $4 billion, which AT&T will recognize as a pre-tax accounting charge this quarter.“AT&T will continue to be aggressive in leading the mobile Internet revolution,�? said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO. “To meet the needs of our customers, we will continue to invest. However, adding capacity to...

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Charter Names New CEO

Charter Communications named Thomas M. Rutledge as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Michael J. Lovett, who announced in October his plan to step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of Charter on the earlier of April 30, 2012 or when a successor was appointed. Rutledge joins Charter from Cablevision Systems, where he served as Chief Operating Officer from April 2004 until December 2011. He began his career in 1977 at American Television and Communications (ATC), a predecessor company of Time Warner Cable. Mr. Rutledge...

Read More

KT Deploys Allot Gateways

Korea Telecom (KT) has deployed multiple Allot Service Gateway Sigma E and Allot NetEnforcer AC-10000 platforms to analyze data consumption and optimize bandwidth in the South Korean Ministry of Education's network. Allot's scalable bandwidth management and analytics solution is designed to provide centralized real-time monitoring and visibility of application usage and user behavior, and additionally guarantee the delivery of IPTV and educational multimedia applications such as the Education Broadcasting System (EBS). Allot Service Gateway Sigma...

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Broadcom Prevails in Emulex Patent Infringement Suit

Broadcom has prevailed in a patent infringement case with Emulex concerning Fibre Channel and 110 GbE controller technology.The United States District Court for the Central District of California has found that Emulex infringed two Broadcom patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,058,150 and 7,471,691. The infringing products include Emulex's BladeEngine 2 (BE2), BladeEngine 3 (BE3) and Lancer (XE201) chips and four of Emulex's Fibre Channel switch products. The BE2 and BE3 are 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers, which are sold as Ethernet controllers and used...

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Level 3 Powers California Central Valley Broadband Project

Level 3 will provide IP capacity for the Central Valley Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure project, a $66.6 million total cost project that is being partly funded with $46.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The project will bring advanced communications to rural, underserved areas by creating a 1,300 mile, high-capacity fiber-based infrastructure throughout 18 counties in California's Central Valley. Level 3 is...

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VSS Monitoring Releases Line-Rate Packet Reassembly

VSS Monitoring introduced a packet fragment reassembly feature for greater utilization and network intelligence within analytic tools. VSS Monitoring provides session-based/flow-aware monitoring solutions to reassemble packets from Gigabit and 10GigE networks to ensure a reliable and efficient session. By prioritizing bandwidth with premium data, the network's QoS can be assured. This latest offering is compatible with IPv4 and IPv6, as well as networks...

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Vodacom Tanzania Upgrades with NSN

Vodacom Tanzania is implementing Nokia Siemens Networks' Single RAN (radio access network) platform to upgrade and modernize its network. Under a five-year contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is supplying its Flexi Multiradio Base Station to replace Vodacom’s existing GSM and 3G base stations. This multi-technology platform is able to run GSM, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and LTE, and can be defined to roll out a particular technology with a simple...

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AT&T Drops Bid to Acquire T-Mobile USA

AT&T officially abandoned its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA. The break-up of the deal requires AT&T to pay Deutsche Telekom $4 billion, which AT&T will recognize as a pre-tax accounting charge this quarter.“AT&T will continue to be aggressive in leading the mobile Internet revolution,�? said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO. “To meet the needs of our customers, we will continue to invest. However, adding capacity to...

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EXFO Introduces Optical Spectrum Analyzer

EXFO introduced a new Optical Spectrum Analyzer test module for its Windows-based IQS-600 platform. The module leverages EXFO’s unique OSNR measurement approach, which enables lab researchers and technicians to achieve accurate in-band OSNR measurements of a ROADM or 40 Gbps system. It can be used to analyze WDMs and EDFAs, to measure drift and spectral transmittance, and to easily control DFB lasers from a remote location via Ethernet or GPIB using provided SCPI commands. http://www.exfo....

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Optimum Lightpath Reaches 5,000 Buildings On-Net

Cablevision's Optimum Lightpath now has more than 5,000 buildings in the New York metropolitan area connected directly to its fiber network, which now boasts more than 4,700 fiber route miles across the region. "From the beginning, Optimum Lightpath has focused on providing a highly reliable, flexible, 100 percent fiber network that could deliver the services that meet the current and future needs of our diverse customer base," said Dave Pistacchio,...

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CenturyLink Wins $250M Department of Defense Contract

CenturyLink won a multi-year contract valued at more than $250 million from the Defense Information Systems Agency/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA/DITCO) to provide private line services for dedicated high-speed connections between military installations. Under the terms of the 5-year order by DISA/DITCO, CenturyLink Government will provide private line services to the DOD as it migrates to Networx, the largest global...

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France Telecom-Orange Implements 100G with Alcatel-Lucent

France Telecom-Orange is upgrading its optical fiber network linking Paris and London using 100G technology from Alcatel-Lucent. The deployment follows a field trial in the autumn on the 720 km Paris-London route, which was already supporting 10 Gbps channels. For this trial, Alcatel-Lucent enhanced its existing 1626 Light Manager with 100G next-generation coherent technology through the 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS).Didier Duriez, Senior Vice...

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