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Infonetics: MoCA is the popular home networking mechanism of choice
As more consumers purchase an array of tablet computers, Internet-enabled TVs and other devices to access online content and communicate via social networking sites like Facebook, the sales of home networking gateways and routers continue to rise.
2012-07-03
Consolidated extends geographic, service reach with the closing of its SureWest acquisition
Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) has put the final touches on its $324 million acquisition of Roseville, Calif.-based SureWest.
2012-07-03
Alpheus continues to branch out into the business service market
Alpheus Communications, a regional Texas metro fiber provider, is moving forward with its plans to even make a bigger name for itself in the competitive yet lucrative services market.
2012-07-03
Optical transport for cell backhaul: SONET, Carrier Ethernet & cell-site fiber challenges
With the advent of LTE/4G technology, our communication industry frequently hears and sees that copper T1 service to cell tower sites is quickly becoming inadequate. Wireless carriers continue to increase the number of new cell sites and to upgrade existing 3G sites to 4G/LTE. These carriers are more frequently requesting a minimum of 50-Mbps Ethernet initial service to these new tower sites and Ethernet upgrades to existing T1 services -- often with follow-on commitments to add 150-Mbps Ethernet service with just a three- or four-month notice.
2012-07-02
ONPATH Technologies, NetQuest partner for Packet over SONET/SDH network
ONPATH Technologies and NetQuest Corp. have announced a strategic partnership which will integrate the NetQuest OptiCop SONET/SDH packet aggregation and monitoring switch into ONPATH’s Universal Connectivity System (UCS) suite. The result will be the industry’s most complete Layer 1 through Layer 4 network monitoring access platform, the two companies assert.
2012-07-02
Gigaphoton Wholly Owned Taiwan Subsidiary Starts Business Operation
Gigaphoton Inc., a major lithography light source manufacturer, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Gigaphoton Taiwan Inc. started business operation on July 1. Through Gigaphoton Taiwan Inc., the company will aggressively promote new business opportunities to find potential customers in Taiwan by teaming up with lithography system manufacturers as well as further reinforce its local technical support system for existing Taiwanese customers of Gigaphoton DUV lasers for semiconductor lithography systems.
2012-07-02
Ixia gains BreakingPoint Systems for $160M, bolsters security testing power
Ixia is beefing up its security testing capabilities by signing a deal to acquire BreakingPoint Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Ixia will pay $160 million in cash for BreakingPoint, subject to adjustment based on the security company's net working capital and cash at closing.
2012-07-02
Petrospec gains Qorex to expand downhole fiber-optic sensing offerings
Petroleum reservoir monitoring solutions company Petrospec Engineering Ltd. has acquired Qorex, LLC (Rocky Hill, CT). Petrospec provides turn-key and emerging unconventional resources companies with downhole pressure, temperature and flow monitoring equipment for thermal heavy oil applications. Petrospec also provides well optimizing, petroleum engineering, and petroleum field services to oil production companies across the globe.
2012-07-02
Alcatel-Lucent to offer 100G SLTE for GlobeNet connection to Colombia
Submarine capacity supplier GlobeNet, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Oi, will use optical transport equipment from Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) in its recently announced project to link Colombia to its existing undersea fiber optical network. The equipment will provide GlobeNet the ability to support 100-Gbps wavelengths over the new 1000-km route, which will serve the need for broadband services between Colombia, the United States, and other Latin American countries.
2012-07-01
Colt lightens London to Ireland low-latency route
Colt (LSE: COLT) is taking charge of the European low-latency networking opportunity with its new Dublin to London route.
2012-07-01