Ethernet evolution
By Ed Gubbins
How the LAN-born technology will finally conquer global networks...
Vendors scramble to size up, compete for Bell GPON deals
By Ed Gubbins
Competition for upcoming RFP expected to be tighter than two years ago...
Nortel puts faith in service edge
By Vince Vittore
Nortel spent much of it Investor Technology Day this week sketching out a vision of the future networks that looks radically different than today’s architecture but not all that different than most other vendors...
Hitachi names first U.S. GPON customer
By Ed Gubbins
Hitachi Telecom USA has named its first customer for the new gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) equipment the company introduced last week...
Comptel: CLEC Covista to deploy MetaSwitch
By Carol Wilson
ORLANDO--Covista, a national CLEC in the process of converting its customers onto its own facilities, has chosen MetaSwitch to provide the next-generation infrastructure for its local and long-distance business...
Comptel: Hatteras adds system flexibility
By Carol Wilson
Hatteras Networks has added optical plug-in modules to its Ethernet over copper system to enable its customers to have higher-speed connections between its access system and an Ethernet switch, or across a corporate facility....
IPTV's success will depend on personalization apps, interop
By Vince Vittore
Vendors announce partners, services at Broadband World Forum Europe...
Set-tops ready to cut the wires?
By Vince Vittore
Among the early, big "gotcha" issues to creep up among service providers offering video over IP was figuring out how to get the IP stream from the side of the house to the set-top box...
RFP nears, Bells outline GPON future
By Ed Gubbins
A joint request for proposal clarifies telcos' distinctions, common ground as they prepare to shop for next year's GPOM trials and future deployments...
Can telcos avoid a speed race with cable?
By Vince Vittore
Within a year, some cable operators will be able to offer 100 Mb/s Internet access. How carriers respond will vary greatly...
Meriton eats Mahi
By Ed Gubbins
Meriton Networks is acquiring Mahi Networks for an undisclosed sum, the two equipment vendors revealed today. Neither company would disclose whether the deal was made with stock, cash or both....
Techs in training
By Carol Wilson
How three independents dealt with the bumps and bruises of being video pioneers...
NDTEL gets active on FTTP
By Vince Vittore
Like many independents, NDTel is deploying fiber-to-the-premises...
Pioneer stars in windstorm drama
By Vince Vittore
On July 4 around 4 a.m., an alarm call went out to all on-call personnel for Pioneer Telephone in Oklahoma...
How to put a small town in lights
By Vince Vittore
Columbus Tel rids its network of copper and dives headfirst into fiber...
Bell Labs pushes optical Ethernet to 100 Gb/s
By Ed Gubbins
In two papers presented to the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Scotland today, researchers at Bell Labs, a division of Lucent Technologies, reported conducting transmissions of 100 Gb/s Ethernet over fiber, claiming to be the first in the industry to achieve such speed with optical Ethernet...
Swimming upstream
By Carol Wilson
The oft-overlooked upstream channel is about to get some much-need attention...
NexTone CEO: Layer 5 to rule
By Ed Gubbins
BOSTON--Though network operators spend much of their time these days managing Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies, the network of the future will be dominated by Layer 5, said Malik Khan, chairman and chief executive officer of NexTone Communications...
MPLS moves downstream
By Ed Gubbins
Carriers and vendors debate how far toward the customer MPLS should go...
ATIS makes IPTV interop pitch, vendors forge ahead anyway
By Vince Vittore
IPTV was upgraded yet another notch on the hot technologies scale last week when the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions announced the end of its first meeting of the IPTV Interoperability Forum...
NMS goes from OEM to off-the-shelf
By Tim McElligott
Once a board-level supplier of signaling and media applications, NMS Communications introduced a range of off-the-shelf media servers this week and announced Ericsson as its first large customer....
Juniper locks on carrier security
By Vince Vittore
Juniper Networks today announced a new platform targeting carrier-provided network-based SSL VPN services. ...
Telco Systems delves into MPLS
By Vince Vittore
Telco Systems today launched its first of what is expected to be a series of MPLS devices....
UBS: DT’s triple-play push could be contagious
By Ed Gubbins
Competition is forcing European incumbent telcos to deploy triple-play services sooner than expected, investment research firm UBS concluded today in response to Deutsche Telekom’s announcement of plans to build a 50-city fiber-to-the-curb network...
SkyStream tunes in 20 MPEG-4 wins
By Vince Vittore
SkyStream announced today that it has 20 MPEG-4 AVC customers worldwide for its Mediaplex and iPlex video headend systems...
