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Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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The Internet of Things and the Connected Home

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At the recent Canadian Telecom Summit (http://www.truepulse.com/canadian-telecom-summit-2015/), both Telecom equipment vendors and Service Providers were predicting the huge bandwidth demand and “big data analysis” that would be triggered by the IOT ...

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15

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Nortel OpTera NTN442FC

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Some telecom carriers are still using the Nortel OpTera Metro 3500, or OM3500 platform. Well Nortel is no longer in business. Are replacement spares still available? YES! TruePulse carries a ...

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13

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Is ONF Atrium SDN Software the breakthrough?

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The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has released the first version of Atrium, a collection of open software-defined networking (SDN) software elements. Atrium’s objective is to ease the adoption of open ...

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06

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Ciena NTK528XAE5 Arrived!

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We just received a shipment of Ciena 6500 equipment, also known as Nortel OME 6500 or OM6500.  In the photo, we show the NTK528XAE5, Optical Supervisory & Idler Channel Cct ...

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05

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Ciena 2015Q2 Results Surprise Again

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June 5, 2015 – After missing revenue estimates in 2015Q1, optical transport equipment supplier Ciena Corp. surprised again in 2015Q2 – but this time blowing past estimates. For the fiscal ...

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03

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Day 3 – Canadian Telecom Summit – Juniper’s Rami Rahim

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Former Toronto resident, and Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim returned home to speak at the Canadian Telecom Summit.  He talked about the directions of technology today, and his belief in ...

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03

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Day 2 – Canadian Telecom Summit – WIND Mobile’s Alek Krstajic

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An interesting choice for the Lunch-time keynote presenter, immediately following the Regulatory Blockbuster, was WIND Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic. As expected, Alek talked about the CRTC and Federal Government wanting ...

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03

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Day 2 – Canadian Telecom Summit – Regulatory Blockbuster

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The more things change…the more they stay the same.  That was the theme of the Canadian Telecom Summit 2015 Regulatory Blockbuster moderated by Greg O’Brien of www.Cartt.ca The “big three” ...

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02

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Day 1 of Canadian Telecom Summit 2015 – Cyber Security

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One of the more interesting, even if more scary presentations was on Data Security by David Ostertag, Global Investigations Response, Verizon.  He presented the results of their latest Data Breach ...

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02

Jun

2015

by Peter Szoke

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Day 1 of Canadian Telecom Summit 2015 – Big Data

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The main theme from the first day was “Big Data” and what it means. There is definitely more data that telcos have to deal with.  Mark Henderson, President of Ericsson ...

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