Ever since Nortel’s Voice Product Line were sold off to Genband ( http://www.genband.com/media-center/press-releases/genband-selected-acquire-nortels-cvas-assets ) and Avaya ( http://www.avaya.com/usa/about-avaya/newsroom/news-releases/2009/pr-091218/ ) in 2010, finding parts to keep your DMS switches working has been hit and miss. TruePulse has a huge selection of DMS-10, DMS-100, DMS-250 and DMS-500 modules and parts. For example, we just received a J2427A-1 L3, […]
In the Jason Lowe, VP ClearCable www.clearcable.ca, seminar, he discussed another critically important area: the various Fiber to the Home (FTTH) options, and how they compare with the traditional Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) options. There are a few technology options for FTTH: RFoG or Radio Frequency over Glass G-PON or Gigabit Passive Optical Network E-PON […]
March 5, 2015: Ciena Corp. today reported $529.2 million in revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2015. The number missed the bottom end of its guidance for the quarter by $10.8 million. However, the company exceeded profitability expectations and guided revenues up significantly for the second quarter. “Our first quarter performance is […]
Yesterday, I went to a SCTE seminar by Jason Lowe, VP, at ClearCable Networks, www.clearcable.ca. The seminar focused mostly on the technologies used by MSOs (cable TV companies), especially DOCSIS. But he also talked about the distribution network technologies RFoG, G-PON and E-PON. Today I am going to make some comments on DOCSIS. He started […]
At times we get to a point where we need to think beyond telecommunications. We need to think about how we can give back to our community. There is no better person to help us with this task than Rotary International President Gary GK Huang. Gary will be coming to speak at the Sheraton […]
TruePulse currently has available for immediate shipment a used BTI Systems BT7A48AA, a 10-port 10 Gig Multiprotocol Muxponder. For technical specifications, refer to http://www.btisystems.com/Portals/0/Documents/Data-Sheets/Muxponder-Family-DS0022.pdf We also have a number of other BTI Systems products, including: BP1A05PB-UC, BP1A33BB, BP1A36AB, BP1A43AA, BP1A46AB, BP1A46BA, BP3AM3CL, BP3AM4DL, BP3AM1DE, BT7A20CA, BT7A52DA, BT7A53BA, BT7A54BA, BT7A5671. Please phone if you have requirements […]
According to February 23, 2015 published report by Infonetics Research, the global market for WDM optical systems grew by 6% in 2014 to US$10 billion. However, not all optical vendors shared equally in the success. Ciena grew by 12% in optical sales, while Alcatel-Lucent shrunk by 3%, resulting in Ciena overtaking Alcatel-Lucent as the world […]
In the seminar series, I heard Gaeton Coulombe of Calix, and Robert Conger of Adtran, speak along a similar theme: what is coming after GPON (gigabit passive optical network). Well for those who have deployed GPON, and want better service, there is NG-PON2. It opens up a different band of wavelengths, 1524-1544nm. In an interesting […]
Another interesting seminar was on NFV – Network Function Virtualization by Juniper Networks’ Jason Presement. In most large enterprises, services have been rolled out largely in silos. Each department rolled out their own independent project and applications. These applications were of course difficult to integrate. Automating the operations were difficult. NFV – Network Function Virtualization […]
Over the last two days, I have been attending a telecom seminar. Several interesting presentations have sparked ideas. I will blog of a few as they occur to me. Peter Rhamey of TMT Advisors discussed many of the macro trends facing the industry. There are many. One of the more interesting is the urban versus […]