AT&T has reportedly agreed to buy Time Warner for $80 billion dollars.  The formal announcement may come as early as later today.  The combined companies would form a telecommunication and media colossus. Consolidation in the telecom space continues.  How does this make the “mom-and-pop” independent telcos and cablecos feel! For more merger details, see http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084

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Nokia says that it has incorporated assurance capabilities to its Network Services Platform (NSP) to support carrier software-defined networking (SDN) facilities. The new capabilities allow telcos to establish and maintain SDN multivendor, multilayer networks and services.  This is especially important with unpredictable demand and traffic patterns. Telecom operators today need to ensure the on-demand network […]

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  The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill Ontario invites you to help welcome Joe Roberts of The Push for Change to Town of Richmond Hill on Sunday, October 23 at a breakfast to be held at the Sheraton Parkway. Also known as the “Skid Row CEO”, Joe is currently walking across Canada to increase awareness […]

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The eight-year legal battle over how to allocate Nortel Networks Corp. assets has reached a tentative settlement. Former employees and pensioners are eager to see their payout. Considered one of the largest bankruptcy cases in Canadian history, the legal and professional fees of Nortel’s demise have climbed to US$2 billion over the past five years, […]

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This year has brought a level of discussion around the world about the US Presidential election that is perhaps unprecedented.  Everyone has an opinion.  Including me.  And here it is: In the US Presidential election, TruePulse formally endorses…civility. With the upcoming American presidential election nearing, one of the common themes has been “To Make America […]

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Google Fiber announced the closing of the ISP Webpass acquisition. The acquisition importantly extends Google Fiber’s footprint into five new markets and provides the company with the wireless broadband expertise it says it expects to use in other markets. Webpass serves subscribers in Boston, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, and Miami. Google Fiber has not […]

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Facing tough competition from Huawei and Nokia, Ericsson announced that they will be laying off approximately 3,000 employees in Sweden.  On the other hand, they are announcing their intention to hire 1,000 engineers for R&D. So they are positioning this as more a realignment of the workforce than a retrenchment.  Moving production jobs to less […]

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Access equipment vendor Calix, Inc. introduced the AXOS E3-2 Intelligent PON Node, designed to collapse access and service edge functions into a distributed network architecture.  It combines access and service edge functions into a distributed network architecture moving equipment and intelligence closer to the users.  Calix claims this platform eliminates up to 80 percent of […]

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