So I was talking to Doug, a Ciena OM6500 and Alcatel PSS1830 optical networking expert, at XXXXX Telecom, and he said “Ya, I like beer…but is it worth travelling all the way to Richmond Hill for the Rotary Craft Beer Festival?” Well, listen to Mike: For more details on the Richmond Hill Rotary Craft Beer […]
We are receiving several Nortel (now Ciena) Optera NTN407AA DS1 Service modules. The units are fully loaded including NTN407MA, 2 x NTN313AA, 1 x NTN31112, 3 x NTN312AA and 1 x NTN355AA. We also have a great stock of other legacy optical equipment including Nortel, Ciena, Alcatel, Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent, Tellabs, Coriant, Calix, ADC, Adtran, Nokia, […]
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. has landed a 20-year $50 million agreement for dark fiber worth from a major U.S. carrier. The unidentified customer will use 3,200 route miles of dark fiber on Zayo’s existing long-haul fiber-optic network as well as on previously announced routes currently under construction. “Zayo’s dark fiber backbone will enable the customer […]
On a week when the Dow Jones was up 1.5%, Level 3 Communications was up 7%. What gives? Rumours that Level 3 is “exploring strategic alternatives”. That may well mean it is for sale, with Comcast (denying) the most likely candidate. Other industry experts speculate that Level 3 is really more interested in acquiring another […]
We woke up Friday morning to hear that the majority of people in the UK have voted to leave the European Union, also known as Brexit. Without trying to sound judgemental, did everyone in the UK fail Economics 101? This regressive move will hit the UK the most, but everyone will be impacted. It is […]
On Saturday, August 6th, The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill will be holding their fourth annual Craft Beer Festival to raise funds for charities supported by Rotary. The event will be held at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, so there is VIVA bus service along for those that consume a few drinks. […]
Optical telecom equipment vendor Ciena Corporation today announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2016. For the fiscal second quarter 2016, Ciena reported revenue of $640.7 million as compared to $621.6 million for the fiscal second quarter 2015. On the basis of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Ciena’s net income for […]
For many North Americans who may have considered Telstra to be just a large Australian domestic carrier, their views are largely out of date. Telstra is rolling out fiber and services in a bid to become the dominant intra-Asian telecom provider. According to Executive Director International Operations and Services, Darrin Webb, “We already own and […]
This morning, BCE announced plans for the acquisition of MTS. MTS shareholders will receive about $40 per share, for a total of approximately $3.1-billion. BCE will also assume $800-million in net debt for a total of $3.9-billion. MTS is Manitoba’s incumbent telephone company and has the majority of the province’s wireless users. In January, MTS […]
Juniper Networks Inc reported first-quarter profit of $91.4 million. Net income came in at 23 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 37 cents per share. That was 2 cents less than the average Wall Street estimate. Revenues came in at $1.1 billion in the period, slightly short […]