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Week in research: Carrier WiFi on growth track; Japan ranks 3rd for broadband

Published on May 11, 2012 By Don

Carrier WiFi equipment hits its stride: BelAir Networks, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Ruckus Wireless accounted for more than two-thirds of carrier WiFi equipment revenue in 2011, Infonetics Research said, in a year that saw global revenue grow 35 percent….

Week in research: APAC optical spending jumps 13.3%; FTTx helps speed European buildouts

Published on February 17, 2012 By Don

Optical spending surges: Purchases of optical networking equipment, including WDM and SONET/SDH, rose 8 percent globally between Q3 and Q4 of 2011–from $3.4 billion to $3.6 billion, says Infonetics Research, and 13.3 percent in the Asia Pacific region…

Frontier Communications deploys Infinera optical transport equipment

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) says that Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) has deployed Infinera’s ATN for its metro network in Pennsylvania. Frontier already uses Infinera’s DTN systems in its fiber-optic backbone network.

Frontier Communications deploys Infinera optical transport equipment

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) says that Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) has deployed Infinera’s ATN for its metro network in Pennsylvania. Frontier already uses Infinera’s DTN systems in its fiber-optic backbone network.

China Unicom names Alcatel-Lucent as its key GPON equipment broker

Published on November 10, 2011 By Don

China Unicom has launched an ambitious Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) product that will serve 29 provinces in the country.
To make this network build a reality, the service provider is going to leverage Alcatel-Lucent’s (NYSE: ALU) GPON equipment, includ…

Ericsson wins "non-exclusive" New Zealand Chorus UFB fiber cable deal

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

Ericsson has been chosen by Chorus, the wholesale arm that will soon be spun out of Telecom New Zealand, to provide fiber cable for its contribution to the country’s Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) network initiative.   
Although financial terms o…

Verizon Launches New Home Monitoring Platform – $10 a Month Plus Cost of Hardware

Published on October 12, 2011 By Don

Confirming rumblings we’ve touched on previously, Verizon today officially unveiled the company’s new home monitoring platform for existing broadband, TV and phone customers. The “Home Monitoring and Control” service costs users an additional $10 a mon…

Week in research: Microwave leaders vie for supremacy; U.S. remains major international Internet hub

Published on September 15, 2011 By Don

Microwave leaders vie for supremacy: Infonetics’ Q2 2011 Microwave Equipment vendor market share and forecast report showed that Ericsson, NEC and Huawei are all now within one market share point of each other in the microwave market. Richard Webb, dir…

Utilities Telecom Council: Utility telecom spending could reach $3.2B in 2011

Published on September 12, 2011 By Don

As U.S.-based utilities move ahead with their smart grid plans they will spend more of their capital dollars on telecom equipment and services throughout 2011, a new study by the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) reported.
The UTC study, “Utilities Telec…

Week in research: Core router upgrades increase 11%; enterprise network equipment sales fall

Published on June 17, 2011 By Don

Core routers angle upward: As adoption of 100 Gbps technologies increases, adoption of core routers capable of handling next generation speeds is on a growth path, according to Dell’Oro Group. The service providers core router market grew 11 percent ye…