Blueprint -- New Directions For Ethernet: Slower Speeds

by David Fair, Board of Directors, Ethernet Alliance; Unified Networking Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation Odd title for a networking article, don’t you think?  It’s odd for a couple of reasons, but reasons that reveal the vibrancy of Ethernet.  First, this is a forty-year old technology if you mark its birth from Bob Metcalf’s famous napkin sketch: What’s remarkable is that this technology even has “new directions” after four decades!...

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Vertical Systems: Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD

Orange Business (France), BT Global Services (U.K.), Verizon (U.S.), Colt (U.K.), AT&T (U.S.), Level 3 (U.S.) and NTT (Japan) top the list ofr Vertical Systems Group’s 2014 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD. Global Providers ranked on the LEADERBOARD each hold a four percent (4%) or higher share of billable retail Ethernet ports at sites outside of their respective home countries. Other Global Providers offering Ethernet services have shares...

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Coriant Intros Pico Packet Optical Transport Platform

Coriant introduced a compact packet optical transport platform optimized for service enablement at the edge of metro networks, including Data Center Interconnect (DCI), flexible business services, mobile backhaul, and SONET/SDH network migration. The Coriant 7100 Pico Packet Optical Transport Platform, which extends the reach of the Coriant 7100 product family, was designed using the same layer-agnostic switching philosophy. Coriant says its 7100...

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NTT DOCOMO Base Stations Avoid On-Peak Electricity Consumption

NTT DOCOMO is testing a base station with dual power-source control technology that uses more than 95% reduced-impact (solar and off-peak) electricity. The idea is to avoid the use of on-peak electricity as much as possible. The proto type base station leverages lithium-ion batteries to store excess solar electricity generated during the daytime and off-peak electricity generated during the nighttime. Stored electricity is used as the primary source...

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Bright House Launches 300/15 Broadband Service in Florida

Bright House Networks, a cable operator serving approx. 2.5 million customers in five states, launched a new 300 Mbps broadband service throughout its full Florida service area. Download speeds are up to 300 Mbps and upload speeds are up to 15 Mbps. "We continually look for ways to provide the best available choices to our customers. Just a few months ago, we increased our maximum bandwidth offering to 150 Mbps, and now we are making available an...

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ViaSat Acquires EAI Design for Secure ASIC/FPGA Designs

ViaSat Inc. has the product and technology portfolio of EAI Design Services LLC. in order to expand its capabilities in high-speed, low-power secure space-based ASIC and FPGA microprocessor design.  Financial terms were not disclosed. EAI Design developed a family of IP cores and stand-alone encryption products for high-speed networking to 100 Gbps that extend boundary protection for data centers and corporate wide area networks. These technologies...

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Advanced Photonix and Luna Innovations Merger on Track for May

Advanced Photonix and Luna Innovations Incorporated now expect to complete their previously announced merger in May 2015, following regulatory filings and approvals of their respective boards of directors. Advanced Photonix is a leading supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices and instruments used by Test and Measurement, Process Control, Medical, Telecommunication and Defense markets. API has three product lines: High-Speed Optical Receiver...

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Ooreoo Crosses 100 Million Customer Milestone

Ooredoo has crossed the 100 million mobile customer milestone across its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Ooredoo operates in markets with an addressable population of more than 700 million people, and sees strong potential for growth across its footprint. Its newest market, Myanmar, has a population of around 53 million people and a relatively low mobile penetration rate of 27 percent, according to the Ministry of...

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