On March 30, 2015, Alcatel-Lucent announced that Verizon will deploy a new optical wavelength routing technology on its U.S. ultra-long-haul network. Combined with the use of electrical switches, the new capability, available on the 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS), will allow Verizon to perform multilayer end-to-end service provisioning. The new wavelength routing capability was developed […]

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This NT3H72AA Radio Signal Processor board that was long ago MDed by Nortel.  You may think it would be impossible to find a spare, but TruePulse has them in stock.  We also have the NT3H32AC, NT3H98AF, NT3H6706, NT3H36BC, NT3H71AA and NT3H73AA. TruePulse stocks all sorts of MDed (manufacturer discontinued) Central Office telecom equipment from Nortel, […]

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Over 300 Rotarians, politicians, dignitaries and Rotary supporters congregated at the Sheraton Parkway in Richmond Hill to hear Rotary International President Gary Huang speak.  Huang spoke at length about Rotary’s effort to eradicate polio around the world.  But more importantly, he inspired hundreds of people to continue the struggle.  Regardless of how busy I am […]

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Verizon has choosen to build its next-generation 100-Gbps metro fiber optic network infrastructure with platforms from Ciena and Cisco. “Deploying a new coherent, optimized and highly scalable metro network means Verizon stays ahead of the growth trajectory while providing an even more robust network infrastructure for future demand,” said Lee Hicks, vice president of Verizon network […]

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Just arrived in stock, a Fujitsu FC9565TPE1, which is a 100G 88-channel tunable muxponder (10x10G MXP) for a Fujitsu FlashWave 9500 system. HECI is WOWUA3F. Let me know if you could use one. TruePulse buys and sells Fujitsu FlashWave boards. We are currently looking to purchase boards for the following systems: FlashWave 9500 Packet Optical […]

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We brought in a few extra Nortel QPP502A.  This is a DE-4, 2-wire, FXO/GT module.  Please let me know if you are interested. Also in stock, QPP365B, QPP365C, QPY558A and QVF52B.  For the complete list of DE-4 modules, check out our on-line catolog.  

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Fujitsu Optical Components has announced that they will have a CFP2 Analog Coherent Optics (CFP2-ACO) chip ready for release in the third quarter of this year. The CFP2-ACO should support 100 Gbps via coherent transmission technology for the metro application. The ACO design moves the digital signal processing (DSP) ASIC from the module to the […]

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The CRTC has announced the unbundling of cable packages for Canadian consumers.   As part of the decision, all cable consumers will have access to a “Basic” cable package for $25.  Other channels can be purchased individually (pick-and-pay), or in small groups of channels. Some of the specialty TV channels, such as children’s programming may not […]

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We recently received these four Nortel NTLX44AA into stock. The NTLX44AA is a sync card for the Nortel, or really now Genband MG-4000 /Media Gateway-4000. Used in conjunction with the DMS switch, the MG4000 spans TDM and ATM domains by accepting TDM trunk signaling and translating the output into ATM formats. The TDM-to-packet gateway can reduce […]

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Cyan and CenturyLink have announced that CenturyLink will deploy Cyan’s Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to deliver NFV-enhanced services to enterprise and small and midsized business (SMB) customers. This is an important sale at the US third-largest service provider for Cyan, over larger competitors. Cyan will provide CenturyLink with their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB). CenturyLink’s PSB […]

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