Although the Canadian government started the auction of four prime blocks of 700 MHz spectrum, there is no update yet on any winners. In fact, we may not hear the auction results for another five weeks. In any case, with Verizon indicating that they would not bid, and Wind Mobile pulling out at the last […]

After all, they sold their Optera optical transport group to Ciena, their DMS switching group to Genband, their Enterprise business to Avaya, their Passport data products to Hitachi, and their GSM business to Ericsson and Kapsch. Why bring them up now? Well in fact, thousands of Nortel bondholders, retirees and suppliers are still waiting to […]

Last week, Huawei announced that they and Telefonica Chile will deploy the world’s first commercial OTN-based 400G wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) network this year using 100G and 400G technologies. This will be the industry’s fastest metropolitan WDM network based on 400G OTN technology. As standards have not yet been established, Huawei will deploy their proprietary solution […]

Ciena announced their 2013 Q4 results today. Although revenues were very strong at $583.4 million, above even the high-end of their guidance of $515 to $545 million, adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were only $0.16 compared with expected $0.24. GAAP gross margin also slipped sequentially from 42.4% in the previous quarter to 39.7% in 4Q13. […]

This blog entry is a little different, in that telecommunications and networks will not be the main focus. For those of us who have had a prosperous 2013, the upcoming holiday season gives a chance to reflect on our success, and consider how we may be able to give back to society and our community. […]

Yes, I have been a long-time BlackBerry user – and loved it.  When the batteries on my BB Bold were dieing, I held off on purchasing a new smart phone until the until the new Q10 was available.    Was it worth the wait?  Well the phone took a long-time to get used to.  And now […]

I am pleased to announce the launch of my newly redesigned website, truepulse.com! This new web presence will be more responsive, with a mobile-friendly design, and much more up-to-date content.

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