Cisco Expands its Open Networking Fabric with Nexus 6000

Cisco is rolling out a number of new products for its data center fabric, including new Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches, new hybrid cloud functionality via the Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud, and a network- programmable controller. The new offering are part of the Cisco ONE strategy, which addresses emerging trends around open networking, programmability and software defined networking (SDN) for data center, campus, cloud, and service provider deployments. Cisco...

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Dow Corning and IBM Develop Polymer Waveguide

Dow Corning and IBM have developed a new type of polymer material capable of transmitting photonic signals at high speed. The researchers have fabricated thin sheets into flexible optical waveguides. The material is stable at extreme operating conditions including 85 percent humidity and 85°C. In a presentation at the Photonics West conference in San Francisco, Brandon Swatowski, application engineer for Dow Corning Electronics Solutions, reported...

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Sandvine: Network Traffic Dips 15% during Super Bowl

Network traffic dipped by about 15% during the Super Bowl, according to Sandvine, which analyzed data from an network operator in the eastern U.S. The Super Bowl was streamed live via the CBS website, which saw a substantial spike in traffic for the broadcast.  However, this traffic amounted to 3% of the total, leading Sandvine to conclude that the majority of viewers tuned in via regular TV over cable, satellite or free over-the-air. This...

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KDDI Selects Infinera's DTN-X

KDDI has selected Infinera's DTN-X platform to upgrade the Miyazaki – Okinawa Cable network in Japan.  The upgrade will enable 100G services across the country. KDDI owns and operates the Miyazaki – Okinawa Cable, an independent cable system that links to the Japan Information Highway cable system, stretching 10,300 km. Nisho Electronics is Infinera's local partner. "The DTN-X provides us with an industry leading 100G transport solution that...

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C Spire Deploys Tekelec Diamater Signaling on LTE Network

C Spire Wireless, which serves Mississippi and parts of Alabama and the Florida panhandle, is deploying Tekelec’s Diameter Signaling Router (DSR) to deliver personalized services on its LTE network. The DSR intelligently routes the policy, charging, roaming, authorization, authentication and mobility management messages that enable mobile data services.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Tekelec said its DSR will support subscribers’ personalized...

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Dell'Oro: Flat Spending Trend for Session Border Controller Market

Service provider voice core equipment spending over the next five years is expected to remain approximately constant at nearly $7 billion per year, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group.  This compares with decline over the past five years.  Growth segments such as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Core, Voice Application Servers and Session Border Controllers (SBC) are forecast to offset declines in mature product segments such as...

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Oracle to Acquire Acme Packet for Session Border Control

Oracle agreed to acquire Acme Packet, a leading supplier of session border controllers, for $29.25 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $1.7 billion net of cash. Acme Packet supplies session delivery solutions to both carriers and enterprises Oracle said it would make Acme Packet a core offering in its Oracle Communications portfolio to enable customers to more rapidly innovate while simplifying their IT and network infrastructures. “The...

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Dell'Oro: Service Provider Router Market Growth to Fall Under 5% by 2017

The market for Service Provider routers will transition to lower growth below 5% by 2017, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group.  The market is forecast to mature as Service Providers reduce their router investments in the coming years as network traffic growth slows, equipment prices shrink, and networks are more efficiently provisioned. "In the recent past, it was common for the Service Provider Router market to grow annually...

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ZTE Prepares Modular, Small Cell Backhaul Solutions

 ZTE is planning to launch a new series of backhaul solutions aimed at LTE small cells, offering support for a wide range of data transmission methods, including packet bearer network backhaul solution, fixed broadband backhaul solution (through PON, xDSL and Cable), Microwave Wireless backhaul solution, WiFi Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) Wireless backhaul solution and TD-LTE backhaul solution. ZTE will offer transmission modules for DSL, PON,...

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Sumitomo Develops Power Amp for LTE-Advanced Base Stations

Sumitomo Electric Industries announced a high-efficiency broadband power amplifier for base stations. The device covers  a wide radio frequency (RF) bandwidth and conforms to LTE-Advanced specifications. Sumitomo notes that RF power amplifiers typically consume most of power required in a cellular base station. The company said its design optimizes the fundamental frequency and the high-order harmonics over a wide frequency range inside...

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Statoil Picks ALU for Subsea Control System

Norway's Statoil has selected Alcatel-Lucent to co-design and deliver a solution incorporating high-bandwidth communications and electrical power supply into subsea control systems for offshore oil and gas production facilities. Alcatel-Lucent said it is working on an independent submarine electrical and optical fiber cable connecting the production facility with subsea nodes positioned anywhere along the submarine cable outlet. http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Sea Launch Failure -- Intelsat 27 Lost

Sea Launch suffered a catastrophic failure 14 seconds after ignition and as result terminated rocket thrust.  The Zenit-3SL rocket with the IS-27 spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean approximately 4 km from the Odyssey Launch Platform. Intelsat 27 was to operate from 304.5º East, an orbital location currently occupied by Intelsat 805 and Galaxy 11. The satellite is designed to serve customers in North America, South America, the North...

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