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Analyst: Telstra Telecom takeover would benefit consumers
June 7, 2012New Zealand consumers would win if Telstra manages to navigate through all the complexities of selling its New Zealand subsidiary TelstraClear to Vodafone so it can acquire Telecom, a telecommunications analyst said.
Valdor Reorganizes to Drive Sales & Profitability
June 7, 2012Valdor Technology International Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Robert Nickel, Mr. Ralph Kettell, Mr. Rick Pogue and Mr. Ron Boyce have increased their commitment to the Valdor team. Messrs. Kettell, Pogue and Boyce have joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Nickel has been named CEO and President and has been nominated to join the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 29, 2012. Mr. Boyce has been promoted to the office of Vice President Sales & Marketing. Mr. Elston Johnston, Director, has been named Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brian Findlay, Director, remains Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Las Yabut remains Vice President Manufacturing. This reorganization brings forward an exciting change in leadership, with experience in building companies in the technology/telecom sector. The Company will focus on growth of sales and profitability taking advantage of Valdor's industry leading next generation product lines.
Permits take ‘fiber ring’ on starting line
June 7, 2012Permits to begin installing the “fiber ring” as part of District 205’s Operation Rebuild-Achievement project were obtained Monday. Underground work on the fiber optic network is expected to begin this week.
Calient & Cyan partner for CDC ROADM deployment
June 5, 2012All-optical switch vendor CALIENT Technologies, Inc. and packet-optical transport platform developer Cyan Inc. will collaborate to provide Minnesota Telecom’s Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC) with colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) ROADMs based on their respective technologies.
Cablenet of Cyprus taps Ekinops for capacity upgrade
June 5, 2012Cablenet Communication Systems Ltd. of Cyprus has purchased the Ekinops 360 optical transport platform to increase the capacity of its optical network, according to the systems vendor. The 360 platform’s ability to support bidirectional transport over a single optical fiber will improve the efficiency of Cablenet’s network, Ekinops asserts.
Opnext turns away private equity bid to unseat Oclaro
June 5, 2012Optical communications components and subsystems vendor Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXT) has revealed it received an unsolicited bid from a private equity firm hoping to top the bid Opnext’s board has already accepted from Oclaro. However, the board has turned aside the offer.