TDS gets big embrace from Ethernet
By: By Tim McElligott
Used for Internet backhaul today, TDS Telecom sees everything over Ethernet down the road...
Optical equipment startup raises $45M
By: By Ed Gubbins
Matisse Networks has closed a $45 million funding round, bringing the optical networking equipment startup’s total funding to $80 million...
Ciena surfs runaway optical growth
By: By Ed Gubbins
Ciena reported continued growth today with expectations for more to come, buoyed by seemingly insatiable demand for increased network capacity and an ongoing transition from legacy network architectures to Ethernet and IP....
Verizon narrows packet/optical search
By: By Ed Gubbins
Verizon isn’t casting a wide net in its search for a packet optical networking platform, according to one Wall Street analyst....
Tellabs adds native Ethernet switching to ROADM
By: By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs is adding native Ethernet switching and aggregation to its 7100 reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM), the company announced today...
AT&T tops Ethernet market, but slipping
By: By Carol Wilson
A new Vertical Systems reports shows an ever-more-competitive Ethernet marketplace, as AT&T lost ground and Cox Communications became the first cable company in the top four U.S. Ethernet providers...
Report: Nortel invests in optical vendor
By: By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks is taking a minority stake in optical networking vendor Tejas Networks, according the Economic Times...
LightEdge uses Actelis to displace T-1s
By: By Carol Wilson
Managed service provider LightEdge Solutions said today it is deploying Actelis Ethernet-over-copper products to offer voice, data and network service bundles to small to mid-sized businesses in six Midwestern and Southwestern states...
IP services brighten XO Holdings’ Q2 picture
By: By Mark Donahue
Despite positive gains for its IP services, XO Holdings posted a slightly higher net loss for the second-quarter this week and saw a dip in revenue over the same period...
Cisco co-founder launches DWDM start-up
By: By Ed Gubbins
Cisco Systems co-founder Len Bosack is launching a new equipment start-up today aimed at bringing optical networking to people who are more comfortable with routers than optics...
Zhone’s business shifts overseas
By: By Ed Gubbins
Zhone Technologies’ business shifted internationally in the second quarter, as half of the company’s $44 million in revenue came from outside the United States...
India’s Reliance acquires Yipes
By: By Ed Gubbins
Reliance Communications, one of India’s largest telecom carriers, has agreed to acquire San Francisco, Calif.,-based Ethernet service provider Yipes Enterprise Services for nearly $300 million in cash, the companies announced today...
The right transport foundation for carrier Ethernet services
By: By Brian Pratt, Meriton
A subtle yet revolutionary change is in the process of happening to Ethernet, creating a brand new and very exciting industry around the concept of carrier Ethernet transport (CET). CET offers a new option for the transport of Ethernet services in carrier networks. To understand the substance and significance of the CET, it is important to understand where so-called next-generation network thinking has been and how it is changing...
In the Spotlight: John Hawkins, Nortel Networks
By: By Ed Gubbins
Amid multivendor interoperability demonstrations at the NXTcomm trade show in Chicago this month, Nortel Networks announced the formation of what it called a ‘PBT ecosystem’ comprised of vendors working together to publicize Provider Backbone Transport technology, a connection-oriented layer-two-based approach to Ethernet transport. John Hawkins, Nortel’s manager of carrier Ethernet marketing, spoke about Nortel’s PBT plans in advance of the show...
RCN acquires Neon Communications
By: By Ed Gubbins
RCN has agreed to acquire Neon Communications for about $260 million in cash, expanding the carrier’s reach and presence in the Northeast...
Verizon accelerating network upgrades
By: By Carol Wilson
The growth of wireless and video services is helping fuel double-digit global network growth for Verizon Business, now the backbone network provider for both Verizon’s FiOS video services and Verizon Wireless, Fred Briggs, executive vice president of network operations and technology said Wednesday...
NXTcomm: Actelis lands Windstream
By: By Carol Wilson
CHICAGO--Actelis Networks today announced that Windstream is deploying its ML1300 and ML600 point-to-multipoint Ethernet-over-copper systems to offer symmetrical Ethernet services to multiple markets ranging from large government agencies and other institutions to the small to mid-sized business market...
Wave 7 adds GPON to access platform
By: By Carol Wilson
Access equipment maker Wave 7 Optics today said it has added gigabit passive optical network capabilities to its Trident7 Universal Access Platform...
Juniper unveils new core router
By: By Ed Gubbins
Juniper Networks revealed its newest core router today after months of industry speculation...
Carrier Access exposes Mangrove’s roots
By: By Ed Gubbins
Equipment vendor Carrier Access revealed new details last week surrounding Mangrove Systems, the company it acquired for $8 million in March. Mangrove had slightly more than $3 million in total assets at the end of last year—less than half their value a year earlier...
Occam lets slip details of new gear
By: By Ed Gubbins
Details of a new, unannounced product appeared temporarily this week on the Web site of Occam Networks...
IP/MPLS edge spending surges
By: By Ed Gubbins
Global spending on service provider switching and routing equipment was up 12% from a year ago to $2.4 billion in the first quarter, according to Ovum-RHK...
Time Warner Telecom punts on new name
By: By Ed Gubbins
Time Warner Telecom has given itself more time to come up with a new name....
Turin gets in T-1 bonding game
By: By Ed Gubbins
Turin Networks unveiled a new edge aggregation system today that bonds T-1 lines together to deliver Ethernet services over copper infrastructure...
Cogent to double pace of connections
By: By Ed Gubbins
Having declared positive cash flow today for the first time in its eight-year history, Cogent Communications vowed to double the pace at which it connects buildings to its network this year...
