Frontier Adds 10G Optical Transport Service in 25 States

Frontier Communications launched a an Optical Transport Service in its markets in 25 state, offering point-to-point, transparent fiber paths. Frontier's Optical Transport Service's point-to-point dedicated wavelength uses a shared infrastructure with protocol support and protection configurations. The 10 gigabit service in now available within Frontier's exchanges in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,...

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Alcatel-Lucent: VoLTE Subscriber Licenses Pass 88 Million Milestone

Alcatel-Lucent provided an interesting metric for VoIP and VoLTE:  the company has now shipped more than 125 million Voice over IP subscriber licenses to  service providers, including more than 88 million licenses issued for VoLTE subscriber lines. Alcatel-Lucent notes that VoLTE will help operators reduce operational costs by moving to an all IP network, free up precious spectrum to meet increasing demand for mobile broadband, and combine...

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NSN Enhances its Single RAN

Nokia Solutions and Networks announced six enhancements for its Single RAN (radio access network) Advanced portfolio: Single RAN releases will support GSM, WCDMA and LTE deployments. The New Single RAN Advanced will align availability of three separate software releases, making it easy to build, operate and maintain NSN Single RAN Advanced networks. Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station 6 x 60W radio frequency module enables a compact three-sector site...

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Huawei Develops TWDM-PON Prototype

Huawei announced a prototype TWDM-PON system based on stacked XG-PONs with 4 or 8 wavelengths. The design required developing a new colorless ONU transceiver module, integrated transceiver module at the OLT, and a multi-wavelength management and control protocol. The system is a successor to a 40G TWDM-PON prototype previously announced. Huawei said the chief advantages of TWDM is that it allows operators to scale capacity while reusing the existing...

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