MWC Video Perspective: Wireless Backhaul for LTE

Amir Makleff, CEO of BridgeWave Communications, discusses the elements needed for small cell backhaul. 1. Does the backhaul remain the primary obstacle for widespread small cell rollouts? 2. How does BridgeWave's FLEX4G address the LTE backhaul challenge? 3. What is happening with BridgeWave relative to small cell backhaul? 4. Is time-to-market the critical factor that carriers look to when considering wireless backhaul? http://youtu.be/d...

Read More

Oclaro Develops 100G Indium Phosphide Tunable Transmitter

Oclaro has achieved a key milestone towards the development of a 100G coherent CFP2 pluggable module based on a new generation of indium phosphide (InP) photonic components that can deliver the high density, low power dissipation, and reduced cost. Specifically, Oclaro demonstrated that its transmitter can achieve the high electro-optic bandwidth and low power dissipation to meet the requirements of an analog coherent CFP2.  The integrated...

Read More

Compass-EOS Unveils Silicon-to-Photonics Router

Compass-EOS, a start-up based in Israel, unveiled its radical silicon-to-photonics router that essentially leverages an on-chip optical mesh and electronics to route high-densities of 100GbE and 10GbE. The company's silicon-to-photonics implementation, which it calls icPhotonics, simplifies router design by bringing the entire backplane on-chip, thereby enabling petabit-class scalability, significantly smaller footprint and power consumption, and...

Read More

Silver Spring Networks Prices IPO at $17

Silver Spring Networks, which supplies a networking platform for energy utilities, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 4,750,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. This equates to approximately $81 million. The shares are expected to begin trading on The New York Stock Exchange on March 13, 2013 under the symbol "SSNI." Silver Spring Networks customers include major utilities around the globe...

Read More

FCC Approves MetroPCS + T-Mobile USA Merger

The FCC approved the proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS, including the transfer of control of a number of Personal Communications Service (PCS) and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) licenses and leases, and one lower 700 MHz license.  “With today’s approval, America’s mobile market continues to strengthen, moving toward robust competition and revitalized competitors. We are seeing billions more in network investment, while the courts...

Read More

ECI Transmits 100G over Bezeq's 4,600Km Submarine Cable

ECI Telecom successfully transported non-regenerated 100G traffic using its Apollo OMLT platform.  The test traveled over the the Jonah international submarine cable, owned by Bezeq International, over a total distance of 4,600 km, from Tel Aviv to Bari, Italy and back. The 100G trial was carried out over Bezeq International’s live operational submarine fiber, in conjunction with the Tera Santa Consortium, as part of its research on long-distance...

Read More

Moscow's Akado Telecom Selects Infinera

Akado Telecom , a major multi-service cable network operator in the Moscow region, has selected Infinera's DTN and ATN optical transmission platform for its metro optical network. Akado Telecom provides a full range of advanced communication services based on its own fiber-optic network, which extends more than 18,000 kilometers. Akado's multi-service network provides high-speed residential Internet access, voice services, and cable TV services,...

Read More

Utah Education Network PicksCiena for Metro Optical Network

The Utah Education Network (UEN) and the University of Utah have deployed Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. The network provides 100G connectivity between the University and its new downtown Salt Lake City data center and to UEN member organizations. Ciena’s technology will also provide high-performance optical transport to support UEN, which operates a statewide backbone for K-12 educational schools, Head Start organizations, higher education...

Read More

Infonetics: Network Security Appliance Market Expands

Worldwide, network security appliance and software revenue grew 10% in 2012 to $6.3 billion, and is up 7% from the year-ago 4th quarter, at $1.7 billion, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Integrated security appliances have gained share every quarter since 4Q11. In 2012, Cisco, Check Point, Juniper, McAfee, and Fortinet led the network security market, though Infonetics expects possible share changes in 2013. "In the network...

Read More