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Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan tests the 1G broadband waters

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT), Taiwan's largest telco, has begun a trial of 1G fiber-based broadband Internet services.

2012-05-27

TELUS, Orange take part in new remote telehealth pact

Telus Health Solutions (Toronto: T.TO) and Orange have come together to target new remote health opportunities for chronic disease patients.

2012-05-27

Astral Media acquisition of Bell Canada gets green light from shareholders

Bell Canada (NYSE: BCE) has cleared another hurdle in its effort to acquire Astral Media, as that company's shareholders approved the deal at a meeting held this week in Montreal.

2012-05-27

Senator urges FCC, DOJ to review cable deal of Verizon, DSL/POTS bundling

Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) pending marketing deal with cable companies is under fire from U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who said he believes the pact raises competitive concerns.

2012-05-27

Telstra enhances VPN, cloud performance with Application Assured Networking service

Telstra (ASX: TLS.AX) believes that it can provide an even better experience for its enterprise cloud and VPN customers so it has introduced its Application Assured Networking (AAN) service.

2012-05-27

DANTE chooses Infinera DTN-X platform for GEANT Research & Education Network

Research and education network operator DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) has selected the DTXN-X platform from Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN) for the  pan-European GÉANT network that it operates on behalf of Europe’s national research and education networks (NRENs).

2012-05-24

Ciena ups its control plane ante with new OneConnect offering

Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) is extending the capabilities of its control plane technology across all of its platforms, including the 6500 Packet-Optical Transport System (P-OTS) gear it acquired from Nortel, with the launch of its OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane software.

2012-05-24

Transtelco dips feet into the cloud market with CloudBand product of Alcatel-Lucent

Transtelco, a competitive provider targeting the U.S. to Mexico border, is evaluating a cloud services strategy by conducting a trial of Alcatel-Lucent's (NYSE: ALU) CloudBand solution.

2012-05-24

NTT enhances VPLS service to its European service mix

NTT Communications (NYSE: NTT) is giving European customers another option for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), one of many moves it has made lately to appeal to the market's multinational clients looking for alternative global connectivity solutions.

2012-05-24

Gig.U member Case Western Reserve illuminates 1 Gbps fiber network

Case Western Reserve University, one of the 37 partners in Blair Levin's emerging Gig.U project, is one of the first universities to build out an on-campus 1G-capable fiber network.

2012-05-24