Carrier Ethernet builds critical mass 

By: By Ed Gubbins

New equipment introductions at NXTcomm08 were in many ways a love letter to carrier Ethernet, illustrating its growing influence, even among skeptics....

Ixia's 100 GbE challenge 

By: By Sarah Reedy

IP testing company Ixia used NXTcomm08 to showcase its 100 gigabit Ethernet proof-of-concept, alongside a new provider backbone transport and peer-to-peer...

Speakeasy joins XO Ethernet resellers 

By: By Ed Gubbins

XO Communications has branched out its Ethernet-over-copper offerings, enlisting a growing number of resellers in recent months including Speakeasy, a unit of Best Buy that also regularly competes with XO in some markets...

Nokia Siemens extends multi-haul gear both ways 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Nokia Siemens unveiled the latest release of its Surpass hiT 7300 metro/regional network platform today, boosting capacity for ultralong-haul links and extending its reach further into metro optical networks....

NXTcomm08: Cox Business brings cable voice to SIP Forum 

By: By Carol Wilson

LAS VEGAS--Cox Business today announced that it is the first cable MSO to join the SIP Forum, hoping to bring the needs of its business customers into the conversation around SIP trunking...

NXTcomm08: Soapstone demos carrier Ethernet service plane 

By: Rich Karpinski

Soapstone Networks demonstrated its service control plane framework for assuring carrier Ethernet service via a live, multi-vendor network running on the NXTComm08 show floor....

NXTcomm08: Accedian offers real-time SLAs 

By: By Ed Gubbins

LAS VEGAS -- Accedian Networks on Tuesday announced the availability of an element management system (EMS) promising to enable what the company calls “real-time service level agreements (SLAs)” for Ethernet and IP services....

NXTcomm08: Alcatel combines PBB, VPLS 

By: By Ed Gubbins

LAS VEGAS -- Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled a method for transporting business services through metro networks that combines the vendor’s familiar multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) with Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) -- a Layer 2 technology whose use represents a departure for the vendor...

NXTcomm08: ECI adds edge ROADM, ADM card 

By: By Ed Gubbins

LAS VEGAS--ECI Telecom today introduced a new version of its reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) for edge networks....

Carrier Ethernet vendors preview new wares 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Vendors target mobile backhaul, wholesale data at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas...

Cogent throws down pricing gauntlet 

By: By Carol Wilson

Cogent Communications, the competitive Ethernet service provider which has always been a pricing maverick, is cutting its prices further in a bold move intended to put some competitive distance between Cogent and its closest rivals, Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing. ...

Fujitsu’s packet optical platform goes PBT 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Fujitsu Network Communications announced support for Provider Backbone Bridging - Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE) in its year-old packet optical networking platform today, saying it will now recommend the connection-oriented Layer 2 technology over other transport methods in metro networks...

Kontron, Astute offer ATCA storage for IPTV 

By: By Sarah Reedy

Embedded computing provider Kontron and bladed storage provider Astute Networks today teamed up to introduce an Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) bladed Ethernet server-storage platform for network equipment providers (NEPs) to design edge-level content delivery....

Calix promises more bandwidth and flexibility 

By: By Carol Wilson

Two new products announced today by Calix are aimed at helping service providers address the surge in demand for bandwidth by increasing both capacity and flexibility at the edge of the network....

Carrier Ethernet vendors preview new wares at NXTcomm08 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Some equipment vendors set to unveil new carrier Ethernet gear at the NXTcomm08 trade show next week are spilling the beans a week early, including Redback Networks, RAD Data Communications and Aktino....

Gridpoint offers smarter network management 

Gridpoint Systems, a new startup focused on traffic management, today unveiled a metro edge network node designed to maximize efficiency in carrier networks. ...

Alcatel-Lucent carves out managed broadband offerings 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Alcatel-Lucent today announced an update to its triple-play platform designed to add higher service quality options to best-effort broadband...

Zayo closes seventh acquisition, eighth to follow 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Zayo Group has closed its seventh acquisition and is working on eight, the regional network provider announced today...

Zayo lights Northeastern ‘express lane’ 

Zayo Bandwidth has stitched together networks from three different acquisitions to light a new optical network in the Northeast that the company claims will offer lower latency because it takes an especially direct route...

Survey shows managed services boom 

By: By Carol Wilson

The latest results from a multi-year Ovum study, commissioned by Cisco Systems, confirm the telecom market’s move to managed services, a strategy that Cisco has embraced for its service provider customers...

NXTcomm 2008: Everything under the sun 

By: By Telephony Staff

With a high-powered keynote schedule and slew of exhibitors representing the latest technology trends, telecom's mega-event is set to sizzle in Las Vegas...

Cogent revamps sales as productivity sags 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Cogent Communications is making sweeping changes in its sales force to reduce churn and boost productivity following the lowest quarterly sales productivity numbers in the company’s history....

FiberNet expands nationally as capacity demand grows 

By: By Ed Gubbins

FiberNet is embarking on a $2-million network expansion project to add capacity to its network and connect new metro markets just as the company is reporting an increase in higher-bandwidth optical transport services not seen in some time...

Why Cisco’s U.S. service provider business is down 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Cisco Systems reported a decline in orders among U.S. service providers in the quarter ending in April but insisted it was a temporary phenomenon...

Ethernet goes small-time 

By: By Carol Wilson

Growing demands at small- to medium-sized businesses make them a prime target for Ethernet services...