The 36th Annual Richmond Hill Rotary TV Auction for Charity will be held on Sat Dec 5, 5-11pm. Don’t miss out on the shopping event of the season! Buy great stuff and super prices, and support wonderful local charities! The auction will be broadcast live in York Region on Rogers TV Cable 10 or 63. […]
Yes, this is a gripe blog entry. And to get to the end, BlackBerry is finished as a company. Never purchase one of their products, unless you are really stupid. Here is my story. Due to some recent computer problems, I was forced to purchase a new one with a new version of Microsoft Outlook […]
Telecom industry titans Ericsson and Cisco announced a global business and echnologypartnership to create the networks of the future. The multi-faceted relationship will offer customers the best of both companies: routing, data center, networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities. Together the companies plan to deliver customer value by: Offering service provider […]
Submarine telecom service provider Aqua Comms Limited has selected Ciena to facilitate 100G connectivity on its new AEConnect Cable System from New York to London, and beyond to greater Europe. Ciena will supply its GeoMesh offering, which will include its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. The route will also enable trans-Atlantic connectivity for global carriers and multi-national […]
The Globe and Mail has reported that total legal bills amounting from the Nortel bankruptcy have passed $2 billion. That is a staggering amount especially considering that the amount raised from selling off of all the Nortel assets was $7.3 billion. In May of this year, it was announced that Judges in Delaware and Ontario […]
Yesterday, I attended a training session at my local SCTE chapter (if you have not gone, I really recommend them). There were five interesting presentations. One that I found particularly interesting was 4K TV over Cable Networks by Ritesh Mukherjee, Director, Network Solutions, Huawei Technologies Canada. 4K TV is still a novelty today. I personally […]
Telecommunications carrier AT&T announced consolidated revenues for the third quarter totaled $39.1 billion, up nearly 19% versus the year-earlier period largely due to the acquisition of DIRECTV. Compared with results for the third quarter of 2014, operating expenses were $33.2 billion versus $27.4 billion; operating income was $5.9 billion versus $5.6 billion; and operating income […]
Optical transport equipment supplier Coriant has released a new version of its Coriant Transcend SDN Transport Controller focused on addressing multi-vendor, multi-layer networking environments. “The lack of efficient interworking in multi-vendor transport networks makes it challenging for network operators to meet dynamic, high-capacity service demands in a fast, cost-effective, and profitable way,” said Uwe Fischer, […]
Canada’s telecommunication provider Telus unveiled a plan to invest $1 billion (CDN) to upgrade homes and businesses throughout Vancouver with high-speed Fibre-optic capabilities. “Bringing fibre optic infrastructure directly to homes and businesses is a generational investment, and the most significant contribution our organization can make to propel Canada’s communications infrastructure and ensure its global competitiveness […]
Telecommunications market research firm Dell’Oro Group reported that for 2015Q2, that the market for Ethernet Switch – Data Center grew strongly, in contrast to White Box switches vendors in this market. White Box switches use industry standard hardware components combined with open-source software to provide cost-effective solutions for Data Centers. “The quarter was highlighted by […]