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3rd February 2012 - We have handoff! Voice over LTE is on its way
Ericsson and Qualcomm have claimed 'first call' bragging rights for seamless call handover between WCDMA 3G and LTE using SRVCC on the handset
Source: TelecomTV
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1st February 2012 - OIF Meeting Kicks Off 2012 with Next Generation Interconnect Workshop
The goal from the workshop is to develop a Framework Document in 2012 that looks 5-8 years forward and identifies application spaces that may require industry consensus
Source: Optical Internetworking Forum
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26th January 2012 - IBM and NEC announce that they will work together to offer networking solutions based upon SDN and OpenFlow
IBM and NEC are moving OpenFlow beyond academic labs and cloud computing theory
Source: NETWORKWORLD
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25th January 2012 - What Impact Will Open Flow Have on Carrier Ethernet?
Carrier Ethernet is an important building block of a new networking option that could begin to have a significant impact over the next year or two. I’m talking about software-defined networks—an initiative also known as Open Flow
Source: Carrier Ethernet News
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23rd January 2012 - Adoption of small cells / public space femtocells reflects a mobile world in transition
Femtocells are growing beyond their original residential target market, moving into public space coverage, and becoming a full member of the ‘small cells’ set
Source: Infonetics Research
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23rd January 2012 - Melding networks to boost mobile broadband
In a Q&A, Bryan Kim, manager at SK Telecom's Core Network Lab, discusses the mobile operator's heterogeneous network implementation and the service benefits
Source: gazettabyte
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13th January 2012 - UK comms watchdog lays a curate's egg. Industry astonished - like the hound
Ofcom, the regulator of UK telecoms and the media has, at last, announced plans for the auction of what it calls "superfast 4G" wireless spectrum
Source: TelecomTV
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12th January 2012 - Telstra International extends Ethernet private line service reach
Telstra International (ASX: TLS.AX) is taking two new steps to make it easier for its MNC customers to order global Ethernet Private Line (EPL) service with Ethernet half circuits and a new ‘One-Stop-Shop' (OSS) option
Source: FierceTelecom
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12th January 2012 - Swimming in 100GbE’s alphabet soup
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what
Source: LIGHTWAVE
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11th January 2012 - New Tools for New Computing Challenges
Open Flow is part of the Software Defined Networking initiative, in which network software plays a crucial role in making the network more programmable and responsive
Source: The New York Times
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10th January 2012 - Operators embracing cloud services in earnest, significantly expanding cloud offerings
The top operator strategies for offering cloud services are bundling cloud services with network connectivity services and offering cloud services over Ethernet or IP VPN services
Source: Infonetics Research
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10th January 2012 - Overview and Standardization Trends of LTE-Advanced
This article explains the features of and standardization schedule for LTE-Advanced, which has been approved by ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union, Radio Communication Sector) as one of the IMT-Advanced systems (IMT: International Mobile Telecommunication)
Source: NTT
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9th January 2012 - Jobs and Ritchie
October 2011 marked the passing away of two men well-known in the computation and communications industries. Ritchie convinced his employer AT&T to distribute UNIX to universities, under license but free of charge.
Source: Carrier Grade Communications
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6th January 2012 - The CFP4 optical module to enable Terabit blades
The next-generation CFP modules - the CFP2 and CFP4 - promise to double and double again the number of 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) optical module interfaces on a blade.
Source: gazettabyte
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5th January 2012 - Small cells and LTE inspire Innovation
“There will be a new definition of high-capacity Microwave: greater than 155 Mbps. A few hubs will carry a lot of traffic,”
Source: Siân Harris for Layer123's CHANNEL123
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29th December 2011 - LTE pushes backhaul to small cells and new spectrum
The first of two articles from Packet Microwave Forum - Key themes are the growth in Ethernet microwave solutions and technology developments to support the higher capacity requirements of evolving networks.
Source: Siân Harris for Layer123's CHANNEL123
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15th December 2011 - High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
With a sustained data rate of 186 gigabits per second, high-energy physicists demonstrate the efficient use of long-range networks to support cutting-edge science
Source: Caltech
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14th December 2011 - MEF sets sights on the cloud
With the MEF set to approve several new Carrier Ethernet specs next month – including updates for CoS and mobile backhaul, and the new E-Access spec for interconnecting wholesale Ethernet access services – the industry group is turning its attention to the cloud
Source: telecomasia.net
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13th December 2011 - KT reveals cloud-powered LTE
KT’s LTE network sports a so-called “Cloud Communications Center” (CCC) architecture
Source: telecomasia.net
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13th December 2011 - Everything Everywhere to invest £1.5bn+ in Network Evolution Programme
Everything Everywhere, Britain’s biggest communications company that runs Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, today confirmed plans to further integrate its two mobile networks, upgrade existing network technology, and kick-off preparations for the rollout of cutting edge 4G mobile technology with an investment of more than £1.5bn+ over the next three years
Source: Everything Everywhere
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9th December 2011 - OIF Completes Implementation Agreement for OTN Switching
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members approved an implementation agreement (IA) for OTN-over-Packet-Fabric Protocol
Source: Optical Internetworking Forum
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2nd December 2012 - The U.S. leads the way in LTE
US telcos, particularly Verizon Wireless, have been trailblazers of the nascent LTE market. At the end of September 2011
Source: TeleGeography
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2nd December 2011 - First Implementation of 100 and 40Gbps Ultra-High-Speed Plug-and-Play Optical Communications
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, CEO: Satoshi Miura, Tokyo) and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com, CEO: Akira Arima, Tokyo), have conducted 100 and 40Gbps transmission tests in real field environments using existing installed optical fiber, and have demonstrated for the first time, plug-and-play functionality that greatly reduces the setup time previously required for configuring optical signals
Source: NTT
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2nd December 2011 - Getting the economics right: BT and ee join up on rural LTE trial
The idea is to service both fixed and mobile customers but to share the local infrastructure and (to a certain extent) the backhaul.
Source: TelecomTV
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29th November 2011 - Alcatel-Lucent adds networking to enhance the cloud
Alcatel-Lucent has developed an architecture that addresses the networking aspects of cloud computing. Dubbed CloudBand, the system will enable operators to deliver network-enhanced cloud services to enterprise customers
Source: Gazettabyte
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28th November 2011 - LTE Mobile Broadband Subscribers to Reach Almost 430m by 2016 but Will Only Represent 6% of Subscribers Globally
In the early years LTE will be dominated by the uptake of enterprise subscribers, but during 2013 consumer subscribers will begin to sign up in volume and begin to overtake enterprise subscribers by 2015
Source: juniper research
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22nd November 2011 - Cloud Impact on Ethernet Switch Market Could Top $1 Billion
The Ethernet Switch market is undergoing a technological transformation in the data center, as virtualization changes where and how applications are connected to end users. Two major trends will forever alter the Ethernet Switch market...
Source: DELL'ORO GROUP
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21st November 2011 - BT Connect – new Ethernet Connect services improving freedom to innovate
BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services, today announced a new milestone in the evolution of its BT Connect portfolio, with the expansion of its Ethernet Connect services to 28 countries and the launch of international E-LAN services
Source: BT
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21st November 2011 - IEEE Approves Study on Next Generation 100 Gb/s Optical Solutions for Ethernet Operation
According to the officials from IEEE (News - Alert), the study will be done on new amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
Source: TMCnet
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21st November 2011 - Could some operators go straight to LTE-Advanced?
Vendors envisage that the first commercial deployments of LTE-Advanced will be in 2013
Source:Unwired insight
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21st November 2011 - Mobile Energy Efficiency Benchmarking service
The GSMA's Mobile Energy Efficiency (MEE) Benchmarking service enables operators to identify energy cost cutting and also greenhouse gas emission reduction opportunities in their mobile networks across the world
Source:GSM World
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17th November 2011 - Total Mobile RAN Revenues Up 20% Year-over-Year in 3Q11, According to Dell’Oro Group
The increase was driven in large part by sales of LTE and WCDMA, which comprised approximately one-half and one-third respectively of the total market’s gain
Source: DELL'ORO GROUP
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15th November 2011 - Huawei expands lead, Cisco shines in weak quarter for optical network equipment market
The bright spot of the quarter is WDM optical network equipment, global revenue for which is up 18% year-over-year (3Q10 to 3Q11)
Source: Infonetics Research
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14nd November 2011 - MSF Publishes Voice over LTE Event White Paper Results Successful VoLTE Calls between China and Germany
Over 65 network elements from 19 participating vendors were tested by 60 test engineers using 200 pages of test plans during this three-week event
Source: MultiService Forum
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14th November 2011 - Mobile industry is running out of room for expansion
Will mobile networks be able to cope with this growth over the next 20 years? What technologies can increase capacity? Shared infrastructure is one way forward
Source: gtb Global Telecoms Business
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14th November 2011 - O2 begins '4G' LTE mobile data trial in London
Today's launch of the UK's first 4G London trial network demonstrates our commitment to delivering 4G to our customers at the earliest opportunity
Source: BBC
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11th November 2011 - Carrier Ethernet will reign in the cloud
We are now approaching the world of telecommunications in a virtual manner; I am here, therefore I’m not. In this new world, cloud vendors, enterprises and providers are now charged with keeping up with customer expectations
Source: INKSLINGER
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10th November 2011 - Under the Atlantic Ocean, data zips at 100 Gbps
The test was conducted over 5,570 kilometers between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Southport, England
Source: GIGaom
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10th November 2011 - 100 Gbps innovations abound
Generally, it could take longer to get into metro networks because the economics don't make sense yet
Source: FierceTelecom
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9th November 2011 - LTE evolved packet core spending to pass 500 million USD in 2012
The growing deployment of LTE networks is the main driver for increased spending on gateways, which in turn are driving Evolved Packet Core (EPC) spend
Source:Microwave Engineering Europe
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8th November 2011 - NTT Com's PC-1 Transpacific Submarine Cable to Introduce Next-generation Optical Transmission Technology
The company has confirmed the commercial viability of digital coherent transmission
Source:NTT Communications
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7th November 2011 - TeliaSonera International Carrier and Infinera Complete World's First Terabit Optical Trial Based on 500 Gigabit per Second Super-Channels
Our vision is to offer customers leading-edge services that efficiently scale their business. As 10 Gb/s services proliferate and 100 Gb/s router ports emerge, we are trialing advanced solutions that scale optical networks beyond 100 Gb/s
Source: StockMarketsReview
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2nd November 2011 - US energy agency demos blazingly fast network
The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields
Source: NETWORKWORLD
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1st November 2011 - IP Transit Prices Continue to Decline, Geographic Differences Remain
Between Q3 2007 and Q3 2011, median GigE port prices in New York and Hong Kong declined at a compounded rate of approximately 17 percent, while prices in London fell by more than 20 percent
Source: TeleGeography
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1st November 2011 - Optus reveals it has completed first LTE data connection using 700MHz band
Gunther Ottendorfer, managing director of Optus Networks, was cited as saying that his company intends to test a range of commercially available consumer devices that operate in the 700MHz band, including smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hotspots
Source: TeleGeography
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1st November 2011 - Almost nobody is talking on 3UK - because nearly all the traffic is data
It's official. Not many people make voice calls or send texts over the 3UK network any more. That's because 97 per cent of the traffic is now data, as Martyn Warwick reports
Source: TelecomTV
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31st October 2011 - TV Beyond HDTV at ITU-R
ITU-R Working Party 6C's job is to agree 'baseband' formats for new video and audio systems that will be used in the broadcasting and media environments
Source: EBU Technical
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30th October 2011 - 4th mobile operator planned for New Zealand
Clear Mobitel (NZ) Ltd aims to become New Zealand’s fourth mobile carrier.
Source: COMMSDAY
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26th October 2011 - What's OpenFlow's killer app?
As most participants at the inaugural Open Networking Summit extolled the virtues of software-defined networking (SDN) and the OpenFlow protocol, others are waiting for key features to emerge before considering it for their networks
Source: NETWORKWORLD
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26th October 2011 - High-speed Ethernet planning guide
Standards-based 40- and 100-gigabit Ethernet switches and routers are starting to show up in enterprise networks, following ratification of the IEEE 802.3ba specification in mid-2010
Source:NETWORKWORLD
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20th October 2011 - 3G will account for 84% of all mobile connections in the Middle East and North Africa by 2016
Because mobile markets are rapidly saturating, operators in the Middle East and North Africa will increasingly focus on mobile data for growth
Source: analysys mason
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20th October 2011 - India to create nationwide fibre network
Indian government is set to approve $4bn project for national optical fibre network aimed at connecting villages
Source: Global Telecoms Business
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19th October 2011 - Chicago needs 84,500 small cells by 2015, world needs over ten million
To provide LTE everywhere in the US around 1.8 million small cells would be required, based on estimations on data growth and usage across the country.
Source: Microwave Engineering Europe
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19th October 2011 - Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup
Here’s that rare Steve Jobs story, one that’s never been told, about the company that got away
Source: Forbes
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19th October 2011 - An agile approach
As EVP of Colt Communication Services, Francois Eloy is in a position to redesign Colt’s business relationships. But what are the issues which have led him to make these changes, and what broader changes does he foresee for the telecoms industry at large?
Source: Capacity Magazine
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19th October 2011 - Colt extends cloud services into Europe
The expansion will now help European customers access local enterprise private cloud services from local data centres by the end of 2012
Source: BusinessCloudnews
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18th October 2011 - Cisco Will Support OpenFlow
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) plans to support the OpenFlow protocol on its Nexus switches, starting with the low-latency Nexus 3000 line
Source: Light Reading
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14th October 2011 - Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom-Orange to get buyin' with Buyin
Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom-Orange have received regulatory clearance for their joint procurement operation. The division will start operating on Monday 17 October under the name Buyin
Source: Mobile Europe
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14th October 2011 - GSA raises forecast for LTE networks
185 firm commercial LTE network deployments, 64% higher than a year ago, are in progress or planned in 66 countries, including 35 networks now commercially launched
Source:GSA
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13th October 2011 - Orange and China Telecom sign strategic partnership framework agreement
Under the agreement, the first areas of cooperation involve providing improved access and services for Orange’s business customers in China and China Telecom’s in Europe
Source: Orange
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13th October 2011 - Landing of the ACE cable at Penmarc’h in Brittany in France
First international submarine cable for Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tomé & Principe, Sierra Leone
Source: Orange
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12th October 2011 - Internet2, ESnet Complete First Transcontinental 100G Network Deployment
Two of the nation’s leading research networks – the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and Internet2 –today announced that they have completed the world’s first transcontinental deployment of 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) using coherent technology
Source: Internet2
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11th October 2011 - MSF Completes Latest Global Interop Test: Results to be presented at Layer123 LTE/EPC event in December
The MSF (MultiService Forum) announced today the successful completion of the first ever MSF VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution)
Interoperability Event, backed by the GSMA
Source: The MultiService Forum
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11th October 2011 - LTE: A Latent Problem?
Analysts are divided about how latency might affect the performance of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks in the U.S., following the publication of recent network test results
Source: Light Reading Mobile
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10th October 2011 - Orange and T-Mobile customers to benefit from 3G in more places, as Everything Everywhere extends the "big switch-on"
Starting next week, the 3G switch-on will roll-out, region by region, to all Orange & T-Mobile customers, over the next few months. Customer charges remain the same when using the other network’s signal.
Source: Everything Everywhere
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7th October 2011 - Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale kick-off 4G live trial
200 triallists in Cornwall now testing UK’s first mobile and fixed line broadband network collaboration
Source: Everything Everywhere
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7th October 2011 - Vodafone and O2 order 60 new masts a month from supplier
Cornerstone, the joint venture that operates Vodafone and O2's shared network elements, has placed an order for 60 mobile phone masts per month for the next two years
Source: Mobile Europe
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6th October 2011 - Telecom companies lash out at EU Fiber proposal
Telecom operators hit out at a new European Union proposal that aims to spur investment in faster fiber optics networks by reducing profits generated on copper-based networks, saying it was wrongheaded and would actually stunt progress
Source: Telecom ENGINE
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4th October 2011 - Live from Packet Microwave Forum - Major Carrier: Small-Cell Backhaul Must Be Cheap
LONDON -- Packet Microwave Forum -- Whichever technology will be used to backhaul small cells, it has to be cheap.
Source:Light Reading Mobile
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3rd October 2011 - TeliaSonera plans LTE expansion in Sweden
Swedish operator will roll out LTE into to 231 towns and cities by the end of 2011 and 432 in 2012, up from 153 today
Source: Global Telecoms Business
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29th September 2011 - France Telecom outlines mobile offload strategy
France Telecom-Orange on Wednesday emphasised the importance of using WiFi to offload traffic from its mobile network, based on its existing network of WiFi access points, but warned that there are still challenges to be overcome.
Source: Total Telecom
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29th T-Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent push the speed limit in transmission networks with one of Europe`s first 100G lines in a commercial network
T-Mobile's fibre-optic backbone network can now support transmission speeds of 100G
Source: T-Mobile
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29th September 2011 - Telstra lights up 4G mobile services in Australia
Australians will enter a new era of mobile telecommunications today with Telstra launching the nation’s first superfast 4G LTE mobile network in capital city CBDs and more than 30 regional and metropolitan centres
Source: Telstra
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29th September 2011 - IPTV now serves more than 50 million customers worldwide
Fiber deployment key to next phase of broadband growth and robust service offerings
Source: The Broadband Forum
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29th September 2011 - Convergence - The "Final Frontier"
With the advent of "Anything as a Service" in the cloud, we are coming closer and closer to that reality.
Source: NETWORK WORLD
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27th September 2011 - Data center equipment up 4% YoY, HP nearly triples share; SAN equipment up 16% YoY with Cisco up 39%
The foundation is finally set for true convergence of data center network infrastructure. Any way we look at it, we see convergence accelerating, from growth in the purpose-built data center switch market to the exploding adoption of Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Infonetics Research
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27th September 2011 - IEEE task force massages 100GE for backplanes
The IEEE standards body has set up a task force of industry vendors to start work on the four-lane, 25Gb/sec signaling that will be required for future 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Source:The Register
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27th September 2011 - Telstra launches LTE to public
Australian incumbent operator Telstra has today made LTE services and its debut 4G dongle available to consumers
Source: telecomasia.com
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20th September 2011 - AT&T LTE network lit in five cities?
According to unconfirmed US press reports, A&T’s long-awaited Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network has launched in five markets, namely: Dallas-Forth Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Atlanta and Chicago
Source: TeleGeography
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20th September 2011 - AT&T LTE network lit in five cities?
According to unconfirmed US press reports, A&T’s long-awaited Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network has launched in five markets, namely: Dallas-Forth Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Atlanta and Chicago
Source: TeleGeography
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20th September 2011 - Behind Verizon’s latest 100G deployment plans
Darryl Wilson, manager of global optical transport technology and planning for Verizon, provided some additional details about the technology upgrade.
Source: connected planet
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20th September 2011 - Market for optical component and modules maintains momentum for growth despite a slow start in early 2011
There is very little, if any, excess inventory of components accumulated across the broader market according to information obtained by LightCounting.
Source: Light Counting
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16th September 2011 - Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems wants cloud services protected from U.S. government intervention
T-Systems is bullish about the cloud services opportunity, but does not want its customers' information being compromised by the U.S. government accessing their information
Source: FierceTelecom
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13th September 2011 - OIF Approves 1st Implementation Agreement for 25G Generation
The CEI work is important to the networking industry because it paves the way to second generation 100G systems and even beyond
Source: OIF
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13th September 2011 - Verizon First Global Service Provider to Deploy 100G on U.S. Long-Haul Network
The company plans to deploy this next-generation technology on more than 10 routes in 2011, taking advantage of the advanced technology to significantly reduce latency
Verizon
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12th September 2011 - NEC, Ericsson get top marks from carriers in latest Infonetics Research microwave survey
The bottom-line result of our latest microwave strategies survey is that, for operators, customer support is the key way to differentiate from the pack
Source:Infonetics Research
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12th September 2011 - Ericsson, NEC, Huawei now within 1 market share point of each other in microwave market
Over the last 18 months, Huawei increased its quarterly microwave equipment revenue by over 90%
Source: Infonetics Research
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9th September 2011 - Infonetics finds Huawei biggest gainer in microwave market
Revenue gains in Ethernet and hybrid TDM/Ethernet microwave equipment sales failed to offset price erosion across most microwave market segments, leading to a thin 2.4% rise in the overall microwave equipment market in 2Q 2011, according to research firm Infonetics.
Source: Mobile Europe
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7th September 2011 - TD Telekom Deutschland brings LTE to more rural areas
Telekom Deutschland (TD), the domestic fixed and mobile division of German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom, has expanded its rural Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to Massing and Issing in Bavariaex
Source: TeleGeography
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6th September 2011 - Everything Everywhere and Three set to scale with Virgin Media Business
Mobile Broadband Network signs a £100 million plus contract to provide even higher speeds for its customers
Source: Virgin Media Business
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5th September 2011 - Ofcom approves use of white space spectrum
U.K. regulator plans to make devices that connect via gaps between TV signal bands licence-exempt
Source: total telecom
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2nd September 2011 - LTE devices: After the dongles: the surprising march of the multiple devices
For mobile device manufacturers, the challenges will be to have the best possible integration of 4G into existing devices
Source: IDATE
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1st September 2011 - GSA forecasts 93 commercial LTE networks by 2012
237 operators have either launched commercial service, or are in trials, tests or studies
Source: Mobile Europe
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30th August 2011 - Industry Leaders Join MSF VoLTE Testing
MSF Initiates LTE Public Safety Testing
Source:MultiService Forum
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25th August 2011 - Mid-2011 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Verizon had the largest share gain in the first six months of 2011, resulting in a jump up to second position on the Global Provider Leaderboard, surpassing Colt
Source:Vertical Systems Group
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24th August 2011 - Next Gen Interconnect and 100G Projects from OIF Seek to Address Growing Pains for 100G and Beyond
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members initiated a Next Generation Interconnect Framework project which explores various applications spaces for high speed optical and/or electrical interconnect and identifies the necessary elements for follow on implementation agreements (IA)
Source: OIF
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24th August 2011 - Celebrating 20 Years of Accomplishments
One of the founding principles of the Internet's design is openness and, in 1992, a small group of Internet pioneers came together to make sure it stayed that way.
Source: Internet Society
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12th August 2011 - Optical network hardware gains 21% year-over-year in Q2, Huawei and ZTE surge
Our expectations for single-digit market growth this year remain in reach. If global optical network equipment spending in the second half of 2011 is flat with the first half, total spending for 2011 will be up 6.5%
Source: Infonetics Research
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11th August 2011 - Telecom Egypt’s 40 gigabit system operational
Telecom Egypt has started operations of its TE-North cable system across the Mediterranean. The 3,600 kilometre system is the first Mediterranean cable network operating at 40 gigabits a second
Source:Global Telecoms Business
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5th August 2011 - euNetworks Optimises London to Frankfurt Low Latency Route
euNetworks’ direct exchange-to-exchange connectivity, linking key Finance Exchanges and Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) in London to Frankfurt, is now done with a lowest one way latency of 4.29 milliseconds.
Source: euNetworks
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5th August 2011 - Service providers capitalize on Ethernet and IP MPLS VPN services; $78B market by 2015
While retail business makes up the bulk of the Ethernet services market, revenue from wholesale Ethernet services (i.e., services sold by service providers to service providers) is growing faster than retail, at a 19% compound annual growth rate through 2015.
Source: Infonetics Research
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5th August 2011 - Survey confirms carriers want to integrate IPoDWDM and OTN optics into routers
83% of "carriers surveyed" are either already using IPoDWDM on routers or plan to for access, metro, backbone and/or data center connections.
Source: Infonetics Research
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5th August 2011 - Trans-Pacific Circuit Prices Plunge
Between Q2 2009 and Q2 2011, the median monthly lease price for a 10 Gbps wavelength from Los Angeles to Tokyo fell 63 percent, from $98,500 to $36,000
Source: TeleGeography
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5th August 2011 - NTT America Announces 500G Milestone for NTT Communications’ Tier-1 Network
NTT Communications Global IP Network has reached 500 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of capacity on its transpacific network.
Source: NTT Communications
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1st August 2011 - Vodafone Spain secures spectrum to deliver new services for customers
Vodafone Spain has been awarded a total of 60 MHz (2x30 MHz) of new spectrum in the Spanish government’s auction, enabling the Company to provide its customers with enhanced mobile internet services across the country, including in rural areas.
Source: Vodafone
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1st August 2011 - The OIF Turns Focus on OTN
Approves OTN-capable E-NNI Routing 2.0 IA
Source: OIF
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1st August 2011 - U.S. Ethernet Bandwidth Surpasses Legacy Bandwidth
Driven by escalating demand for higher speed network services, the volume of Ethernet bandwidth purchased by enterprises in the U.S. has surpassed the aggregate bandwidth for legacy circuits, according to new research from Vertical Systems Group
Source:Vertical Systems Group
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1st August 2011 - NTT Com Launches Ethernet Virtual Private Line for High-speed Point-to-Point Connections Globally
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today the worldwide launch of its Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service, called Global Virtual Link.
Source: NTT Communications
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1st August 2011 - du launches first phase of its Optical Transport Network
Reaching yet another milestone on its network infrastructure front, du has announced the completion of the first phase of its Optical Transport Network (OTN)
Source: albawaba
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26th July 2011 - Action urged on mobile notspots
The upcoming 4G mobile auction should be used as an opportunity to upgrade the UK's mobile infrastructure, says an advisory group.
Source: BBC
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26th July 2011 - The worldwide LTE industry presented a five-time subscriber increase quarter-over-quarter in Q2 2011
The quarter over quarter subscriber increase for LTE and WiMAX was 478% and 14% respectively at the end of June 2011, according to the 15th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis.
Source: Maravedis
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22nd July 2011 - France Telecom-Orange passes an important milestone in its FTTH fiber-optic program outside very-dense areas
France Telecom-Orange has published its third party-operator access offer for its FTTH fiber-optic network outside very-dense areas, and has signed an agreement with Free (Iliad Group) concerning fiber deployment in these areas that is due to begin in 2011 and 2012.
Source: France Telecom-Orange
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21st July 2011 - 100 x 100G trans-Atlantic cable in works
Subsea cable startup Emerald Atlantis is pressing ahead with a project to deploy what it says will be the world's first 100 x 100G subsea cable network |
