GreenTouch: 90% Reduction in Network Energy Consumption by 2020

The goal of a 90% reduction in network energy consumption by 2020 compared to a 2010 baseline is achievable, according to a new study published by the GreenTouch Consortium, a global research initiative dedicated to dramatically improving network energy efficiency.  This remarkable cut in electricity can be achieved while accounting for the dramatic increase in network traffic over this same decade. GreenTouch said its study applied advanced...

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GlobeNet and Equinix Optimize Brazil-US Connectivity

GlobeNet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi (formerly Brasil Telecom), has extended its low latency network into Equinix’s MI3 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Boca Raton, Florida, opening up the fastest IP traffic route from the United States to Brazil. Equinix’s MI3 facility serves as a carrier-neutral network access point for GlobeNet to connect its low latency, subsea cable route from Equinix’s SP2 facility in São Paulo,...

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Samsung Tests Adaptive Array Transceiver for Gigabit Speed Cellular

Samsung Electronics is testing adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka band at a frequency of 28 GHz at a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers.  The company said the technology will be the core of future 5G networks. The new technology sits at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will provide data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current 4G networks. Samsung's...

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OIF Begins Work on SDN Framework

The Optical Internetworking Forum has started work on an SDN Framework document to better focus the conflicting and confusing requirements that vary in the industry for Transport SDN. "The OIF is working on defining a framework for the industry to clarify the interfaces required in the Transport SDN ecosystem, leveraging input from carriers,” said Jonathan Sadler, Tellabs and the OIF’s Technical Committee chair. “In addition, the OIF is advancing...

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Level 3 Announces Carrier Cloud Voice with Alianza

Level 3 Communications is introducing a Carrier Cloud Voice solution for CLECs, wireless carriers, cable multiple system operators (MSOs) and telcos. The service, which is offered in partnership with Alianza, is a complete outsourced voice solution for service providers that are looking for ways to add voice but avoid significant up-front investment and ongoing operational costs. The joint solution combines Level 3's Enhanced Local Service and Alianza's...

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Tekelec Updates Policy Server (PCRF)

Tekelec announced a new release of its Policy Server (PCRF) with the following capabilities: New Rules Engine:  Provides the ability to create and quickly introduce flexible offers using dynamic quotas, such as promotional quotas spanning weeks, days or hours within an existing plan month; roll-over data within any time frame (e.g. day to day or month to month); quotas that adjust or start over in the middle of a service plan.  In addition,...

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BICS to Upgrade European Network with Infinera DTN-X

BICS, a global provider of international wholesale carrier services, has selected the Infinera DTN-X platform to upgrade its Pan-European network. The BICS Pan-European network stretches across 9,000 kilometers of fiber in Europe and linking through a cable landing station in Marseille into the EIG & SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable systems.  BICS offers international wholesale services through a network of 100 points of presence in 55 cities...

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TeliaSonera International Carrier Launches One of the World's Largest IPX Platforms

TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) announced the launch of TeliaSonera IPX running over its 100G, fiber backbone with 200 Points of Presence (PoPs) worldwide. Available to both TeliaSonera group and external operators, at launch it carries TSIC’s roaming and signaling portfolio and VoIPX. This will be supplemented with LTE signaling services later in 2013 and a comprehensive suite of additional IPX services to follow.   "Once people...

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SK telesys Joins Symmetricom's SyncWorld Ecosystem

SK telesys, the wireless system manufacturer of SK Group Korea, has integrated Symmetricom' SoftClocks with its small cell solutions. SK telesys produces and supplies repeaters that act as the core devices for telecom providers' CDMA/WCDMA services. The company's two small cell products, the SLN-FN080 and SLN-FD080, have integrated Symmetricom's SCr100 Small Cell SoftClock solution using network time protocol (NTP) signals. SK telesys will join...

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