MEF GEN14 Conference to Showcase Global Ethernet - Nov 2014

Kevin Vachon introduces MEF GEN14, a global gathering of the Ethernet community that is planned for 17-20-November-2014 in Washington, D.C.  The 3-day conference will cover all of the topics of Carrier Etherent ranging from enterprise business services, cloud services, mobile backhaul, etc.  The exhibition will showcase proof-of-concept for future Carrier Ethernet capabilities. Dates: November 17-20, 2014 Venue: Gaylord National in...

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Comcast Wins Govt Contract for Business Ethernet Services

Comcast Business was awarded a Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration (GSA), which enables the company to sell directly to federal, state and local government customers. The initial Schedule 70 applies to Comcast Business Ethernet services. Comcast currently offers Carrier Ethernet connectivity at rates ranging from 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps. In the future, Comcast plans to expand the Schedule to also include its full voice product...

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Vertical Systems: Fiber Reaches 39% of U.S. Commercial Buildings with 20+ Employees

Fiber now reaches an estimated 39.3% of commercial buildings in the U.S. with twenty or more employees, according to latest research from Vertical Systems Group.  The remaining 60.7% of buildings are in the Fiber Gap with no accessibility to fiber. "During the past year, network operators narrowed the business fiber gap through construction and acquisitions. The majority of new fiber deployments were focused on connecting medium and smaller...

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South Africa's Internet Solutions Deploys 500G Super-Channels with Infinera

Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data and part of the NTT group, announced the deployment of Infinera's DTN-X platform across its South African long distance network. Internet Solutions provides telecommunications services to public and private sector companies across South Africa and serves more than 80% of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solution enables Internet Solutions...

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Zayo Plans New Metro Fiber Build for SF Bay Area

Zayo plans to build 550 new route miles of dark fiber in the San Francisco Bay Area, including throughout downtown San Francisco and the surrounding communities of Oakland, Berkeley, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Walnut Creek and Fairfield.  Construction on the project will start in May 2014 and is scheduled for completion in June 2016. Zayo’s existing San Francisco fiber network includes 920 route miles and 443...

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Southern Cross Delivers 100G to CoreSite Silicon Valley

Southern Cross Cable Network, a leading Australasian supplier of international subsea capacity, is now delivering 100 Gbps connections at CoreSite’s “SV1” (Silicon Valley) data center, connecting the U.S. to Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. The 100 Gbps technology has been deployed across all segments of Southern Cross’ 30,000-kilometer submarine network.  The 100Gbps transmission technology increases total lit capacity across Southern...

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Fujitsu Delivers Optical Upgrade for Missouri Research Network

The Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) has upgraded its optical networking infrastructure using Fujitsu’s FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP).  The upgrade enables MOREnet to transport any combination of Ethernet, ROADM, SONET/SDH and OTN traffic with a single addressable network element. The FLASHWAVE 9500 platform supports 100G bandwidth today, and with the integration of Fujitsu’s next generation...

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Accenture and Orange Business Services Form Cloud Alliance

Accenture and Orange Business Services have formed an alliance to support large enterprises with their cloud strategy and the transformation of their infrastructure and applications to cloud-based models. The alliance initially targets French businesses. "We are delighted to announce this new relationship with Accenture. Cloud transformation is not just about transferring infrastructure and applications to the cloud. Each company’s IT legacy and...

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Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom Deploys Mavenir's IMS Platform

T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), Croatia's largest telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has deployed Mavenir Systems' IMS HSS-FE (Home Subscriber Server-Front End) system  to consolidate subscriber data on a single platform and pave the way for next gen services like Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Rich Communication Services (RCS). The IMS HSS-FE is a software solution based on Mavenir’s mOne Convergence Platform is designed...

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