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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
Terremark president of Verizon resigns, company faces another executive shuffle
Terremark, Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) cloud and data center services unit, is again realigning its management team as company president Nelson Fonseca leaves the company.
2012-07-01
Hawaiian Telcom adds Universal Sports content to its IPTV lineup
Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq: HCOM) has expanded its video-content library by striking a deal with the Universal Sports Network, enabling it to provide Olympic sports coverage to its TV customers in Oahu.
2012-07-01
Supreme Court indecency ruling could influence broader FCC telecom enforcement
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning enforcement of the Federal Communications Commission's indecency regulation reaches beyond the broadcast industry into the telecom sector.
2012-07-01
Banco Mercantil do Brasil deploys Tellabs packet-optical transport system
Banco Mercantil do Brasil has deployed the Tellabs 7100 Nano packet-optical transport system in an upgrade and expansion of its independent communications network. While packet-optical transport systems may be most closely associated with service providers, Banco Mercantil do Brasil is one of dozens of Fortune 500 companies that have deployed the 7100 Nano Optical Transport System, Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) asserts.
2012-06-28
Optelian releases FLX-1610 multi-service networking card for LightGAIN
Optelian says it has added the FLX-1610 multi-service networking card to its LightGAIN portfolio of optical transport systems. The card is designed to provide high-density, multiprotocol aggregation and flexible deployment options.
2012-06-28
Motorola Mobility adds workgroup terminal to passive optical LAN line
Motorola Mobility has added the WT24004 Workgroup Terminal to its line of passive optical LAN (POL) products. The WT24004 is intended to reduce network complexity by consolidating passive optical LAN connectivity in applications with a high concentration of end users and IP-enabled devices. These applications include wireless access points, security badge readers, and security cameras.
2012-06-28