Second Intelsat EpicNG Launch Expected in August

Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG series of high throughput satellites (“HTS”), arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will undergo final preparations before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on the 24th of August, 2016. Intelsat 33e was manufactured by Boeing and is equipped with the most advanced digital payload on a commercial spacecraft. Intelsat 33e will extend Intelsat’s high throughput...

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Israel's Bezeq Trials Adtran's G.fast

Bezeq, Israel's incumbent operator, has undertaken field trials of ADTRAN's range of G.fast FTTx solutions. The tests, in one of Israel’s largest cities, involves a variety of copper loop lengths and Internet speeds. Specifically, Bezeq is currently trialling the 8-port and 16-port ADTRAN distribution point units (DPUs), which are both physical layer and chipset agnostic, ensuring rapid service provisioning and activation. “Bezeq is committed to...

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Zayo Appoints Jack Waters as CTO and President of Network Solutions

Zayo appointed Jack Waters as chief technology officer (CTO) and president of Network Solutions, reporting to Zayo’s chairman and CEO Dan Caruso. Waters and Caruso worked together beginning in 1997 in launching Level 3 Communications and throughout Caruso’s seven years at the company. During Waters’ 18-year tenure with Level 3, he held key leadership and engineering roles and is well known for his role as their long-time CTO. Before joining Level...

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