Juniper and NSN Partner on Packet Transport Networking

Juniper Networks and Nokia Siemens Networks are teaming up to offer an "Integrated Packet Transport Network" solution to help simplify carrier architecture by integrating multiple layers. The solution is comprised of the Juniper Networks PTX Packet Transport Switches and the Nokia Siemens Networks hiT 7300 high capacity optical packet transport platform, thereby integrating the IP/MPLS and DWDM layers with a common control plane.At this week's OFC/NFOEC...

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Opnext Ships QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4 Transceiver

Opnext has begun commercial shipments of its QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4 transceiver for data center and enterprise networks.Opnext said its QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4 transceiver offers up to 100 times the reach of current QSFP+ SR4 solutions while improving on industry metrics as compared to the CFP form factor—power consumption is reduced by more than 50 percent and almost 80 percent less faceplate surface area is occupied."QSFP+ is emerging as the standard for...

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Ericsson Conducts 400Gbps Field Trial in Spain

Ericsson announced the deployment of 400 Gbps optical transmission technology in a field trial using Telefónica’s existing network in Spain. At this week's OFC/NFOEC in Los Angeles, Ericsson is demonstrating 1 Tbps optical transmission in partnership with the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and CNIT, Italy’s national consortium for telecommunicationshttp://www.ericsson....

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Broadcom Intros Dual, Quad, and Octal 10GbE and 40GbE PHYs

Broadcom has added four new physical layer transceivers (PHYs) to its portfolio of 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 40GbE high-speed Ethernet products for optical fiber communications. The new SFP+ physical layer transceivers (PHYs) include a variety of dual, quad and octal-channel devices for data center and enterprise networks, enabling the transition from 1GbE to 10GbE and 40GbE, and are based on advanced 40nm CMOS architecture. All four devices feature Broadcom's fourth generation of EDC technology, enabling data transmission on a 10GbE or 40GbE...

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ECI and MultiPhy Pioneer "Direct Detect" 100G Metro Technology

ECI Telecom and MultiPhy, which specializes in DSP-based high bandwidth CMOS communications semiconductors, have collaborated to develop a low-cost, metro 100G transport solution as an alternative to costly coherent technologies. With funding from the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), and based on a Ben-Gurion University project, ECI and MultiPhy have leveraged a Direct Detect transmission methodology to enable 100G links over metro distances. MultiPhy's new MP1100Q Direct Detect receiver, which can fit seamlessly with existing Metropolitan...

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SingTel Acquires Amobee for Mobile Advertising

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) agreed to acquire U.S.-based Amobee, a premium provider of mobile advertising solutions to operators, publishers and advertisers globally, for about US$321 million. SingTel said its ambition is to change the game by delivering next generation relationship marketing tools for brands to give them more scope to deepen their one-on-one engagement with different audiences across different countries. Mr...

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SingTel Restructures into 3 Units

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced a new organisation structure aimed at reinventing its core carriage business and capturing emerging opportunities in a new era of new devices, content and technology.The SingTel Group now has over 400 million mobile customers and strong presence in many markets. Going forward, the company will be organized in three units:Group Consumer, led by Mr Paul O’Sullivan, will focus on setting new...

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Sunrise Telecom to Debut packetWORX IPTV Suite

Sunrise Telecom is introducing a new packetWORX IPTV Suite, which includes its server-based packetWORX Monitoring System and packetWORX Analyzer field application. The packetWORX Suite is designed to help service providers validate IP-based applications. At CeBIT 2012, Sunrise Telecom will also showcase its RxT 10GE Ethernet Modules, in conjunction with IntelliSAM, its Carrier Ethernet Service Activation Test Suite.http://www.sunrisetelecom....

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Sensory's Pattern Matching Pushes DPI to 160 Gbps

Sensory Networks announced a new benchmark for its pattern matching software for accelerating deep packet inspection (DPI) platforms. Sensory's HyperScan library has delivered DPI throughput of 160Gbps with linear scalability, based on an intensive benchmark of HyperScan on a dual-socket platform (8-core, 16 threads per socket) using the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 family and Intel C604 chipset, scanning against a tier-1 commercial IPS signature...

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Infinera Lands Cable&Wireless Worldwide for its New DTN-X Multiterabit

Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) will deploy Infinera’s new DTN-X platform for its Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) network. The selection represents a major win for Infinera and its multi-terabit class Digital Optical Network solution with super-channel capability.Cable&Wireless Worldwide's forthcoming EPEG network will provide geographic diversity and high-capacity for network traffic between Europe, the Middle East and India. Currently,...

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Polatis Debuts 192x192 Optical Matrix Switch

Polatis, a start-up based in Andover, Mass., unveiled its new Series 6000 Optical Matrix Switch - a fully non-blocking, all-optical singlemode fiber cross-connect for up to 192x192 fiber ports with less than 1dB typical optical loss. The new optical switch could be used in a range of applications ranging from secure government communications to data center virtualization, broadcast video distribution, satellite RF/optical link management, network...

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VSG: 2011 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD

Vertical Systems Group published its 2011 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard, which ranks companies with four percent (4%) or more of retail business Ethernet ports installed at sites outside of the provider's primary home country. The Leaderboard includes the following providers (in rank order based on port share): Orange Business (France), Verizon (U.S.), Colt (U.K.), AT&T (U.S.), NTT (Japan), Level 3 / Global Crossing (U.S.) and BT Global...

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Deutsche Telekom Hits Top Speed of 512 Gbps in Single Wavelength

Researchers at Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) announced a new record -- 512 Gbps in a single optical-fiber wavelength channel over a distance of 734 km (Berlin - Hanover - Berlin). Alcatel-Lucent served as the key technology partner.Deutsche Telekom said the experimental system was tested in the real world conditions of its network.Specifically, the Telekom OSIRIS (Optically Supported IP Router Interfaces) research project realized transmission...

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NTT Com Launches Own Fiber Net in Indonesia

NTT Indonesia launched its own fiber-optic network service in the East Jakarta Industrial Park. The service, which uses a fiber-optic network constructed and managed by NTT Indonesia, enables multinational customers based in the industrial park to use high-quality, large-capacity fiber-optic access lines to connect to their global offices or global cloud platforms via NTT Indonesia’s nearest point of presence.The company hopes to build, operate and maintain additional fiber-optic networks in other locations in Indonesia, including other industrial...

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