27

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Alcatel-Lucent’s new Gigabit Wi-Fi ONT

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Alcatel-Lucent has announced that they will add to their fiber to the home (FTTH) products with a new optical network terminal (ONT) that supports gigabit Wi-Fi, as well as an online service-activation feature called ...

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21

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Remember Carrier Access?

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Do you remember Carrier Access Corp? They used to design and manufacture optical transport equipment. Even though their platforms are manufacturing discontinued, there is still a demand for certain boards. ...

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18

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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ADVA Launches ConnectGuard Optical Security Suite

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ADVA Optical Networking launched its new ConnectGuard™ solution. Engineered specifically to provide the most advanced data protection possible, ConnectGuard™ presents service providers and enterprises with unique solutions to secure their ...

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15

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Nokia takes control of Alcatel-Lucent

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Announced just hours ago, Nokia will be merging with Alcatel-Lucent creating a titanic telecom company with over 100,000 employees and US$27 billion in revenues.  Nokia is the one taking control. In ...

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14

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Titanic anniversary may coincide Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent merger?

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Tomorrow, April 15, 2015 will be the 103rd anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  The ship that was supposed to be the biggest and greatest ship ever built…until it ...

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09

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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The oldies but the goodies…

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There is a lot of old optical transport equipment still out there.  SONET, SDH or DWDM.  The equipment was deployed 20 or more years ago.  It is now manufacturer discontinued, ...

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07

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Planet of the Apes

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In the original 1968 movie Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston and other astronauts crash land on a planet inhabited by apes with human intelligence and emotions.  A classic story ...

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04

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Facebook goes with Infinera in Europe

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Infinera announced that Facebook deployed an Infinera Intelligent Transport Network to light a 3,998 kilometers route without any regeneration. The systems is capable of delivering up to eight terabits per second ...

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03

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Rogers launches VoLTE

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Rogers has launched Canada’s first VoLTE service on the LG G3 Vigor handset. Support for more handsets is expected later this year. VoLTE, which allows operators to run voice calls ...

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02

Apr

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Huawei reports ballooning profits and sales

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[Shenzhen, China, March 31, 2015] Huawei released their 2014 annual report which showed record revenue and net profit, with financial performance up strongly across all business areas. Overall Group revenue ...

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