Blueprint: What’s Next for Carrier Ethernet?

by Stan Hubbard and Members of the MEF More than 1,000 service providers and network operators worldwide now rely on Carrier Ethernet (CE) to support high-performance Ethernet & Ethernet-enabled data services, to interconnect network-enabled cloud services, to underpin 4G/LTE mobile and consumer triple play services, and to meet internal networking needs. Tens of thousands of businesses and enterprises in every industry vertical have transitioned...

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Infinera and DANTE Demo Single-Card Terabit Super-Channel

Infinera and DANTE, the European advanced technology research network organization, successfully demonstrated a single card terabit super-channel on an active segment of GÉANT's production network between Budapest, Hungary and Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The demonstration showed for the first time how a single photonic integrated circuit (PIC) can enable more than a terabit of super-channel coherent capacity from a single line card with a single...

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Huawei and 21Vianet Build China”s Largest Commercial SDN

21Vianet, the largest carrier-neutral Internet Data Center provider in China , is preparing to launch the largest to launch commercial SDN in China to enable the management of cloud services in its facilities. Huawei is the supplier. Specifically, 21Vianet deployed Huawei's Cloud Fabric Data Center Network Solution that mainly uses the CE12800 series data center switches and Agile Controller.  Initial deployment is at eight large-scale data...

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Seaborn Builds US-Brazil Undersea Cable with ALU

Alcatel-Lucent kicked off construction of US-Brazil subsea cable for Seaborn Networks.  A turnkey installation agreement is in force for the six-fiber pair Seabras-1 system, which will boast an initial maximum design capacity of 60 Terabits per second. “We look forward to continuing to work closely with Alcatel-Lucent during the manufacturing and build stage of this project,” said Larry Schwartz, Seaborn’s Chief Executive Officer. “And we are...

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DOJ Clears Level 3's Acquisition of tw telecom

The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared Level 3 Communications' pending acquisition of tw telecom, completing the process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR). http://www.level3.comhttp://www.twtelecom.com In June, Level 3 Communications agreed to acquire tw telecom in a deal that will combine its global fiber network and international data centers with tw telecom's extensive metro footprint in major U.S. markets....

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Intel Releases 2nd Generation LTE Modem Platforms

Intel announced the first commercial availability of the Intel XMM 7260 modem. The LTE modem is now shipping in the Samsung Galaxy Alpha smartphone for Europe and other regional markets. The Intel XMM 7260 and Intel XMM 7262 modems delivers Category 6 data rates up to 300 Mbps. Intel said its second-generation LTE platforms and provide device manufacturers a high-performance, power-efficient solution for the coming wave of LTE-Advanced networks...

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Procera Hits Max Performance on Intel Open Network Platforms

Procera Networks reports that its NFV software solution has demonstrated theoretical maximum performance running on Intel Xeon processor E5, Intel Xeon processor E5 v2, and Intel Xeon processor E5 v3-based commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) platforms. The performance testing consisted of side-by-side instances of test systems based on multiple generations of Intel Xeon processor-based systems. The test utilized the new Intel Xeon processor E5 2600...

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Intelsat Sees Market Transition to 4K Services

An Intelsat survey of media company executives has found that 42% have made the decision to launch a 4K UHDTV service and have a specific timeframe for its rollout, with 23% planning to launch in less than four years. The survey finds that 35% of non-technical executives expect Direct-to-Home (DTH) will be the first segment to gain momentum as compared to 60% of technical executives who believe Video on Demand is where 4K UHDTV will first take hold. The...

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