Enabling Elastic Optical Networking for SDN Architectures

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a term that has quickly risen to the forefront of the networking industry, with the objective of solving many of the challenges facing network providers today. While there are many varying opinions of exactly what SDN means, there is one common trait amongst them - “programmability”.  SDN is a means to open up the network and support programmability of the network, often comprised of multiple...

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América Móvil Launches LTE in Mexico with Ericsson

América Móvil's Telcel brand officially launched its LTE service in Mexico. The service delivers downstream rates of up to 20 Mbps.  Telcel said its initial rollout covers 30 zones in nine of the country's largest cities: Mexico DF, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Querétaro, Puebla, Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, Hermosillo and Mérida. Telcel has about 69 million subscribers it has an estimated market share of about 77% in wireless services in Mexico. Ericsson...

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Ericsson Hits 223 Mbps with TDD LTE Advanced

Ericsson announced a demonstration of LTE TDD (TD-LTE) carrier aggregation for China Mobile.  The test achieved a peak download speed of 223 Mbps using two carriers of 20MHz each over a standard radio unit. The demonstration was performed in Beijing on standard Ericsson Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Ericsson RBS 6000 radio hardware already running in China Mobile’s network, along with standard radio units and data link boards supporting carrier...

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Internet2 Deploys Brocade for National-Scale, 100GbE SDN

Internet2 is using Brocade's MLXe Core Routers as an integral component of its 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)  network. "Networking infrastructure is being transformed by SDN into an open platform for innovation. We are excited that Brocade 100 GbE and true Hybrid-Mode OpenFlow technologies are part of the new Internet2 Network. By working with Internet2 and its members, Brocade will build upon its pioneering work on high-speed software-defined...

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Ericsson to Cut 1,550 Jobs in Sweden

Ericsson plans to eliminate about 1,550 positions in Sweden, covering all job areas, including sales, general and administration, research and development, supply and service delivery. The majority of cuts will hit Ericsson's Networks unit, but all parts of the organization in Sweden are to some extent affected, impacting all its Swedish sites except Falun, Hudiksvall, Kalmar and Katrineholm. "It is naturally a difficult message for our employees...

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FCC Chairman Comments on AT&T Plan

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski welcomed AT&T investment plan while noting that AT&T also filed a petition concerning rules on the evolving access network. “AT&T’s announcement of billions of dollars in new investment in wired and wireless broadband networks is proof positive that the climate for investment and innovation in the U.S. communications sector is healthy. Today’s announcement adds to nearly $200 billion of investment...

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AT&T's Project Velocity IP (VIP) Boosts CAPEX by $14 Billion

AT&T unveiled Project Velocity IP (VIP) -- its plan to invest $14 billion over the next three years to significantly expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband network. The plan adds $8 billion for wireless initiatives and $6 billion for wireline initiatives.  It also makes a distinction between areas where the company believes are better served wirelessly rather the through a traditional copper network or deploying...

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Sprint to Acquire 20 MHz of Mid-West PCS Spectrum from U.S. Cellular

Sprint will acquire 20 MHz of PCS spectrum in the 1900 MHz band in various Midwest markets from  U.S. Cellular for $480 million in cash and certain liabilities.  The deal includes 20 MHz of PCS spectrum in Chicago, South Bend, Ind. and Champaign, Ill. and 10 MHz of PCS spectrum in the St. Louis market. In addition, the transaction involves approximately 585,000 U.S. Cellular customers. U.S Cellular will continue its business...

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