Many cable operators haven’t deployed DOCSIS 3.0 yet (especially on the upstream side), but that obviously hasn’t stopped the development of the next step in cable broadband technology. CableLabs says they’re cooking up a new specification that will su…
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has chosen technology and services from Fujitsu Network Communications for a multi-node regional fiber-optic network. The network is designed …
Like so many places, locals in the UK are growing tired of waiting on British Telecom’s “fiber to the press release,” which continually promises next-generation speeds but consistently keeps them either unconnected or struggling with slower DSL technol…
Frontier (Nasdaq: FTR) may have found the answer to its next-gen last mile prayers in AT&T’s (NYSE: T) U-verse Fiber to the Node (FTTN) technology.
As reported in Stop The Cap!, which obtained documents about its potential plans, the telco has inti…
GreenTouch, a global consortium focused on energy reduction in information and communications technology (ICT) networks, has unveiled a new PON technology it says will reduce the power consumption of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks by as much as 30X.
BT says that Deddington, Oxfordshire will serve as the first pilot location for its fiber-only exchange program. The program is designed to test the benefits of fiber to the home (FTTH) technology.
Stimulus dollars are connecting Eric Mack’s tiny mountain town to a high-speed fiber network. But without further investment, the new technology could continue to pass him by.
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Mid-Atlantic-based service provider Lumos Networks has completed a technology test of Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) 100-Gbpscoherent DWDM technology across its service area, according to the systems house. The test confirms that Lumos Networks can support 100…
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has added another element to its optical portfolio by completing its acquisition of Lightwire, an optical interconnect technology specialist.
The vendor will integrate Lightwire’s CMOS technology into its line of switches, routers …
The state of Ohio has decided to upgrade its own network to support 100G speeds in an effort to create what it believes will be new research and employment opportunities in high tech areas including medical research, higher education, manufacturing, en…