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XO employs P-OTS platform of Transmode for its US metro network expansion effort

XO Communications has named Transmode as one of its main Packet Optical Transport System (P-OTS) suppliers for its nationwide metro network capacity expansion project.

2012-06-20

TeleGeography: North America, Europe IPTV penetration reaches saturation point

Telcos worldwide are finding that IPTV is resonating with their respective customer bases as service penetration reached 15 percent in the first quarter of 2012, reveals a new TeleGeography report.

2012-06-20

Windstream lights up 1G fiber network for Richmond, Va. school district

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) is providing the Richmond, Va., school district a private, 87-mile 1G fiber-based Wide Area Network (WAN).

2012-06-20

Transmode stresses synchronization capabilities

Transmode Systems AB has collected its network synchronization and timing capabilities under the brand Intelligent Sync (iSync), announced today at the WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking event in Monaco. As the company's portfolio & capabilities have expanded and as network synchronization continues to become increasingly important in many networks, the company has responded by introducing new synchronization management and monitoring functionality.

2012-06-19

Vodafone clears major hurdle to CWW acquisition

A major institutional shareholder in Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) (OTC: CBWWF.PK) has agreed to support Vodafone's (LSE:  VOD.L) pending $1.6 billion acquisition of the service provider. 

2012-06-19

Calix makes headway in APAC with Symphonet customer win

The Malaysian communications provider Symphonet is employing Calix's (NYSE: CALX) E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) for its Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) broadband-service initiatives in Kuala Lumpur and Johore Bahru.

2012-06-19

Mid-Band Ethernet service of CenturyLink recognized by Frost & Sullivan

CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) Ethernet efforts, particularly its Mid Band Ethernet (MBE) offering, won top honors from business-research firm Frost & Sullivan, which awarded the company with its "Customer Value Enhancement Award in Retail Mid-Band Ethernet (MBE) Services."

2012-06-19

Sprint sets aggressive domestic, international Ethernet expansion effort

Sprint (NYSE: S) may have been a bit late to the Ethernet service party, but its latest move to expand the service to 143 domestic and 38 countries by the end of 2012 shows that the provider is serious about the segment.

2012-06-19

Julie Veach to substitute Sharon Gillett on FCC Wireline Competition Bureau

Sharon Gillett, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau, has resigned her post to return to the Boston area, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced last Friday. Julie Veach, currently deputy general counsel in the Office of General Counsel, will step into Gillett’s shoes as Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau starting June 30.

2012-06-18

Amsterdam Internet Exchange deploys metro 100 Gbps from ADVA Optical Networking

Systems house ADVA Optical Networking says that the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) will deploy ADVA’s 4x28-Gbps approach to metro 100-Gbps transmission as part of a new core network build that will connect data center locations throughout Amsterdam.

2012-06-18