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Telkom South Africa taps Alcatel-Lucent for GPON FTTH, VDSL2
June 26, 2012South Africa’s Telkom SA has chosen Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to supply equipment for a broadband network upgrade that will involve both fiber- and copper-based architectures.
US Internet develops ZyXEL Active Ethernet gear for FTTH
June 26, 2012Systems vendor ZyXEL Communications says that US Internet, a Minnetonka, MN-based provider of high speed Internet and hosting services, has deployed ZyXel’s Active Ethernet equipment in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) application.
Intune platform established on ATCA technology from Schroff
June 26, 2012AdvancedTCA (ATCA) systems and design expertise from electronics packaging specialist Schroff, part of Pentair Technical Products Group, has played a key role in the development of the first commercial product from Dublin-based optical packet switch company Intune Networks Ltd.
Ciena to improve Japan-US Cable trans-Pacific network with 100G
June 26, 2012Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says the Japan-US Cable consortium is upgrading its trans-Pacific submarine network, which spans nearly 23,000 km between the US and Japan, with Ciena’s Wavelogic 3 coherent 100G technology.
USCarrier Telecom improves network in Georgia
June 25, 2012Wholesale long-haul optical transport services provider USCarrier Telecom has finished an overbuild of its network from Savannah to Macon, GA, using Z-Series packet-optical transport platforms from Cyan. The upgrade touches five points of presence along the route.
ASSIA DSL Expresse upgrade targets at 100 Mbps
June 25, 2012DSL software tool vendor ASSIA, Inc. has released the latest version of its flagship product, DSL Expresse. The new ASSIA DSL Expresse 2.7 package extends the tool’s diagnostic capabilities, extends its use to multi-tenant applications, and improves its use as an operational tool – all with an eye toward supporting the wide deployment of 100-Mbps services via vectored VDSL.