China Telecom launches 100G Asia-Europe on Terrestrial Route

Hong Kong-based China Telecom Global (CTG), the subsidiary of China Telecom established in 2012, announced the launch of 100 Gbit/s service capability over its terrestrial cable system to address demand for high capacity connectivity between Asia and Europe in collaboration with Russian operators. Building on the launch of the Super TSR (Transit Silk Road), an ultra-low latency terrestrial route via the China-Kazakhstan Gateway, the latest initiative...

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Video: Connecting Key Destinations - @Global_Capacity

Global Capacity is expanding seven of its OneMarketplace POPs, adding access to its high-performance Ethernet backbone, expanding Ethernet access for local businesses, and adding connections for cloud business services. In this video, Mary Stanhope, VP of Marketing for Global Capacity, provides an update. See video: https://youtu.be/o8nsxZk9ZrQ ...

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Video: New Subsea Capacity for the Caribbean - @DeepBlueCable

Deep Blue Cable is a new 10,000-km undersea cable system being developed for the Caribbean.  In this video, Stephen Scott, CEO of Blue Deep Cable, talks about delivering a new wave of communication to the Caribbean and the Americas.  See video: https://youtu.be/2t-FkmZcFIg ...

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Beijing Internet Harbor Tech Deploys Coriant's DCI

Beijing Internet Harbor Technology Co., Ltd. (BIH), a leading provider of Internet Data Center (IDC) and value-added cloud computing services in China, has deployed the Coriant Groove G30 Network Disaggregation Platform (NDP) to scale metro network capacity and enhance high-speed interconnect services for its end-user customers, including large and small enterprises, Internet and Web 2.0 providers, and government agencies. The Coriant Groove G30...

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ADVA Ensemble upgrades NFV platform to support uCPE

Ensemble, a division of ADVA Optical Networking, has launched a major upgrade of its NFV platform, a software-based suite designed to enable the low-cost deployment of universal CPE (uCPE) solutions, adding key enhancements for telco-scale virtualisation.With the enhancements, service providers are able to combine multiple virtual network functions (VNFs) on a single uCPE, rather than stacking multiple boxes, to gain lower total cost of ownership....

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Huawei Marine completes survey for SeaX-1 cable system

Huawei Marine Networks, the joint venture between Huawei Technologies and UK-based Global Marine Systems, and Singapore-based Super Sea Cable Networks (SEAX) announced the completion of offshore and inshore marine surveys covering the full route of its SEA Cable Exchange-1 (SeaX-1) submarine cable system that will kink the eastern seaboard of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.The SeaX-1 cable system comprises a 250 km high-speed, high...

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Telco Systems and Advantech deliver open vCPE solution for SMB market

Telco Systems, a BATM Advanced Communications company and provider of CE 2.0, MPLS, IP, SDN/NFV solutions, and the Networks & Communications Group within Advantech have jointly announced a partnership to deliver an open vCPE solution designed to enable VNF services using cost optimised hardware.The partnership between Telco Systems and Advantech is intended to facilitate the rapid deployment of Telco Systems' NFVTime open vCPE solution across...

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Global Capacity expands 7 One Marketplace Ethernet access points

Global Capacity, the provider of connectivity as-a-service based on its One Marketplace platform, announced the expansion of seven One Marketplace points of presence (PoPs) in its North American network, including six Ethernet local access aggregation points and three high performance Ethernet Backbone points designed to support demanding cloud, over-the-top applications and data services.The new locations that have been Ethernet-enabled include...

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LightCounting expects Ethernet transceivers to drive silicon photonics market

LightCounting, in a research note on the silicon photonics (SiP) market, has reiterated its forecast for the product segment based on updated projections for sales of Ethernet and DWDM transceivers, specifically finding that while the share of SiP products in the total market has not changed significantly the product mix has, and noting that the success of SiP will be more dependent on Ethernet transceivers and less on DWDM modules.LightCounting...

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China telecoms market update - Part 2

Fixed broadband subscribers for March 2017 (millions): Total subs Added March Total '16 March vs trend China Mobile 85.681         2.411   22.595 Above average China Unicom 76.589             0.357   2.906   Above average China Telecom 125.82          ...

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New York's Cleareon launches service assurance monitoring solution

Cleareon, a New York City-based provider of network solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and large enterprises, announced the launch of its new Service Assurance Monitoring and Reporting platform, which allows customers to monitor circuit performance against historical baselines and service level metrics.Cleareon's new service assurance solution monitors end-to-end circuit performance, as well as the business services and...

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