Last week, Nokia reported 2018Q2 results last week. They struggled yet another quarter, with slowing sales in the networks segment causing a steep decline in the bottom line. Barely had the results sunk in, when Nokia announced they had won a multi-year, $5 billion sale of 5G gear to T-Mobile. Financial results included net sales […]

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TruePulse is searching for Alcatel 3HE04743AA.  This is a 12-port 10GE board with IMM interface from the 7750 Service Router (7750 SR) platform.  The HECI code is IPUCAZH. The 7750 Service Router is used by service providers for Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), Provider edge (PE) for VPN, internet access, datacenter interconnect, aggregation router for IP […]

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Telecommunication professionals need time off too.  So why not join us at the Richmond Hill Rotary Club for our golf tournament on Mon May 28 at the Richmond Hill Golf Club?  Funds raised go to humanitarian causes in our community! https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1149/Stories/golf-tournament  

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Do you have extra Fujitsu FlashWave FC9580GLL5 or FC9580SF31 modules?  TruePulse is looking to purchase these and other Fujitsu modules for FlashWave 4500, previously called Flash2400 ADX Systems. The FC9580GLL5 is a 2-port GBE 1310nm Long Reach Interface Unit (LCAS), IFA2-GLL5.  It has a Heci code of SOUIAUZ. The FC9580SF31 is a 300G STS Switch […]

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Cisco today reported 2018 Q3 results for the period ended April 28, 2018. Cisco reported revenue of $12.5 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.7 billion or $0.56 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $3.2 billion or $0.66 per share. “We are executing well against our strategy, our innovation […]

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Looking to purchase surplus Nortel NT8E01QW and NT8E01QD.  These are S/DMS TransportNode modules 2.5 gbps modules. While some telecommunication companies are looking to decommission their Nortel S/DMS optical rings, others are trying to keep theirs in service.  This creates a simple way for the telco decommissioning equipment to generate some cash. The modules in question: […]

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China’s ZTE has temporarily closed their doors as a result of a US Department of Commerce order denying US companies to export components to them.  “As a result of the Denial Order, the major operating activities of the Company have ceased,” the company stated in an undated filing on their web site. In March of […]

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Earlier today, Telus reported for 2018Q1 a 2.4 per cent drop in first-quarter profit as a result of higher operating expenses.  Expenses surged 8.2 per cent to $2.11 billion.  In spite of lower profits, the company raised its quarterly payment to shareholders to 52.5 cents per share, up from 49.25 cents per share. Telus added […]

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Looking to purchase SM265B and SM267B boards.  These are switching modules used in the 5ESS, a Class 5 switch develop by AT&T in the 1980s!  Subsequently sold under Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent, and conceivably even Nokia brands.  Yes, people still have some Class 5 switches in deployment. SM265B has a HECI LMPQ04A, and comes with various Comcode […]

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Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that they would be acquiring Sprint in an all stock deal.  Sprint would be valued at $26.5B. The stated objective is to create a large enough company to have the critical mass needed for a nationwide 5G wireless rollout. The agreement would leave just three major wireless carriers in the United States […]

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