Internet.org Aims for Global Connectivity

A new Internet.org initiative is being launched to make the Internet "available to every person on Earth." The effort is being spearheaded by Facebook, in partnership with Ericsson, Qualcomm, Mediatek, Opera Software, Samsung and Nokia.  The partners plan to explore solutions in three major opportunity areas: affordability, efficiency, and business models. http://www.Internet.org #ConnectTheWorld...

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Vertical Systems: Cable Operators Advance on U.S. Ethernet Leaderboard

Cable MSOs are making advances as providers of business Ethernet services and now comprise 20% of the total U.S. Ethernet port base, according to Vertical Systems Group's latest U.S. Ethernet Leaderboard. The Incumbent Carrier segment remains the largest, with 47% of total U.S. Ethernet ports, followed by the Competitive Provider segment (33% of ports). Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Ethernet Leaderboard are as follows (in rank order based on port...

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SK Telecom Plans 32,000 LTE-Advanced Base Stations by Year End

SK Telecom is expanding its LTE-Advanced commercial service network, via its local entity Ericsson-LG, to downtown areas of 84 cities nationwide, including the entire Seoul metropolitan area and six other major cities.  The carrier launched its commercial LTE-Advanced service earlier this summer, offering up to 150Mbps mobile broadband speeds, twice that of LTE.  The initial launch included the entire Seoul area, the downtowns of 42 cities...

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Hibernia Networks Links Telecity's London & Frankfurt Data Centers

Hibernia Networks announced two new Points of Presence (PoP) into Telecity Group’s 8/9 Harbour Exchange London and Gutleutstrasse, Frankfurt data centers.  Hibernia will now deliver Ethernet and Wavelength services from 2Mbps to 100Gbps at these locations. Hibernia can provide carriers, ISPs and enterprise organizations two new venues that enable Amazon Web Services (AWS) and LINX (London Internet Exchange) connectivity in London and Global...

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AT&T Sees Savings in Cooling Systems

AT&T estimates that  U.S. commercial buildings with cooling towers could collectively save up to 28 billion gallons of water annually by upgrading systems and relying more on free cooling techniques. This is equivalent to the amount of water that more than 765,000 Americans use at home in a given year.  The water savings could range from 14-40% of overall building usage, according to the study conducted by AT&T and Environmental...

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Oklahoma's Dobson Tech. Deploys Cyan for Packet/Optical + SDN

Dobson Technologies, an Oklahoma-based provider of business and residential telecom and transport services, as well as cloud data center services, has deployed Cyan's Z-Series packet-optical transport platforms (P-OTPs) across its major markets and has turned-up Cyan's Blue Planet software-defined networking (SDN) system. The Cyan solution comprises Z77, Z33 and Z22 packet-optical platforms deployed in roughly 40 markets supporting Dobson's telecom...

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Infonetics: Carrier VoIP/IMS Market Surges 30% in 2Q13

The market for VoIP and IMS solutions surged 30% in 2Q13 boosted by VoLTE spending in North America, according to Infonetics. "IMS equipment has officially moved into an LTE and voice-over-LTE world, and there’s no going back now,” notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research. “In the second quarter we saw this impact spending on session border controllers and IMS core equipment for VoLTE access and interconnection...

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Crehan: 10-Gigabit Ethernet Returns to Strong Growth

The market for 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) has returned to strong growth, posting double-digit increases in both revenues and shipments for the second quarter of 2013, according to the recently published Server-Class Adapter & LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) Report from Crehan Research. The report shows that the 10GbE growth was broad-based, with both the adapter card and LOM/controller segments posting increases. "The demand for high-speed server...

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USA and Canada Agree to Border Spectrum Sharing

The U.S. and Canada have agreed on three interim spectrum sharing arrangements covering a range of wireless communications operations along the U.S.-Canada border. The agreements, which were negotiated by the FCC and Industry Canada, govern the sharing and coordination of spectrum in the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz, 92-94 GHz and 94.1-95 GHz bands.  The agreement also covers general aviation air-to-ground communications services, and more efficient...

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Columbus Networks Deploys Juniper T4000 Core Routers

Columbus Networks, which operates a number of undersea cables across the Caribbean, has upgraded its network with the Juniper Networks T4000 Core Routers to meet rapidly expanding bandwidth requirements for hosted services and multimedia applications, including mobile, video, cloud and research.   The upgrade extends and enhances the existing Juniper Networks T1600 core routing infrastructure in the network.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Columbus...

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XO Expands to Canada

XO Communications announced an expansion to Canada.  Its Canadian subsidiary will now offer route-diverse, high-speed network services across all of Canada's six time zones. XO network services are now available throughout Canada, including Dedicated Internet Access, high-speed IP transit, MPLS IP-VPN, VPLS, Ethernet, Private Line and Wavelength services for enterprise and wholesale customers. "Our Canadian expansion is an example of the...

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