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Fiber-optic cable benefiting Cuban government only
May 27, 2012The fiber-optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, long and eagerly awaited by Cubans as a speedy new ramp onto the Internet, is “in full operation” but only between the two governments, according to news reports and experts.
Fiber Comm Veteran Appointed Firecomms CEO
May 27, 2012Fiber communications veteran Hsin Chia was named chief executive officer of fiber optic components development company Firecomms.
Broadband project making progress
May 27, 2012Tuscarawas County commissioners gave approval Thursday for Horizon Telecom to install fiber-optic lines along a county highway near Newcomerstown as part of an effort to bring broadband service to Ohio’s Appalachia region.
DRC Misses Deadline for High Speed Internet
May 27, 2012Africa's Internet users had something to celebrate this month. A total of 13 West African countries have just hooked up to a new underwater fiber optic cable running from Cape Town to London, bringing them better phone connections and a new high speed Internet link. But one country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), missed the boat bringing the cable ashore.
Alcatel-Lucent releases 7950 XRS core routers
May 24, 2012Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) has taken the wraps off its entry in the large-scale core router market. The 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) family, based on the company’s highly touted FP3 400-Gbps chipset, offers 32-Tbps capacity and 160 ports of 100-Gigabit Ethernet in the top of the line incarnation, the 7950 XRS-40.
IFN exploits Ciena for packet-optical upgrade
May 24, 2012Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says Indiana Fiber Network (IFN) will deploy Ciena’s 5430 Packet-Optical Reconfigurable Switching System (RSS) and OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane software to expand the capacity and service flexibility of its backbone network, and provide assured service delivery.
