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Pacnet, Infinera demonstrate 500G superchannel transmission

Published on May 22, 2012 By Don

Pacnet, the operator of the EAC-C2C submarine cable system in Asia, in conjunction with Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), transmitted over 3 Tbps of capacity over its 4,500 km network, the company announced Monday.
During the trial, Pacnet tested the capabiliti…

In detail: Following the Packet Optical Transport Systems (P-OTS) evolution

Published on May 17, 2012 By Don

As service providers look to transition to an all-packet based network, the Packet Optical Transport System (P-OTS) has emerged as the mechanism that can support packet transport services such as Ethernet and MPLS over optical networks.
From a vendor p…

Alcatel-Lucent’s Q1 results hurt by lower telecom service provider sales

Published on April 27, 2012 By Don

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is feeling the sting of slow service provider sales in both North America and Europe with major declines particularly in both its optics and wireline units.
In Q1 2012, the France-based global telecommunications vendor reporte…

ADVA Optical beats profit expectations in Q1 2012

Published on April 25, 2012 By Don

ADVA Optical Networking (XETRA: ADV.DE) reported Q1 2012 revenues of €81.7 million ($108 million) in Q1 2012, coming within guidance between €79 million ($104 million) and €83 million ($109.6 million).
The Q1 results illustrated a 16….

Alcatel-Lucent lights up Opelika, Ala.’s new FTTH network, smart grid initiative

Published on April 24, 2012 By Don

Opelika, Ala. is giving its residents a new quad play offering over a new Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network that will not only offer traditional triple play voice, video and data service, but also a means to monitor their energy usage.
From a telecom se…

Wireline in the first quarter of 2012

Published on April 20, 2012 By Don

How did the wireline industry perform in the first quarter of 2012?
Check in here throughout the first quarter earnings report season for a summary of results from the wireline industry’s service providers and network equipment manufacturers. Each abbr…

Huawei makes stamp on 100G trend with Beltelecom network win

Published on April 13, 2012 By Don

Beltelecom, the Belarusian state-owned fixed line and broadband operator, has employed Huawei to build out its 100G optical network.
The 1,200 km WDM-based network, which leverages the vendor’s optical coherent detection technology, will transit Belaru…

Mexico’s Cofetel places wholesale regulations on Telmex

Published on March 23, 2012 By Don

Cofetel, Mexico’s telecom regulator, put forth new rules that will require Telmex to incorporate price and quality controls on wholesale services it sells to competitive service providers.
The agency said in a statement that the new regulations, which …

Deutsche Telekom conducts 512G transmission experiment

Published on March 8, 2012 By Don

Deutsche Telekom (XETRA: DTE.DE) has found new way to prepare itself for the insatiable demand for bandwidth.
Coming on the heels of various vendors offering products that can deliver 400 Gbps, the service provider’s Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-…

America Movil mulling move into the OTT video game

Published on March 5, 2012 By Don

Carlos Slim’s America Movil (NYSE: AMX) may not be able to offer TV over its copper and fiber network in its native Mexico, but now it plans to leverage its broadband lines to deliver a new over the top (OTT) video service.
As reported in Bloomberg cit…