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Cisco Goes After Video-centric Exabyte Era with New IPoDWDM Enhancements
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jul 15, 2008]
Cisco announced that it has extended
IPoDWDM to the edge with
new 10 Gbps interfaces and doubled the
reach of its 40 Gbps
interfaces to 2,000 kilometers without
regeneration. The
enhancements address the challenges of
the emerging Exabyte
Era.
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Alcatel-Lucent Submits META to ISOCORE Tortures – Comes Out with Lipstick Intact
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 30, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent announced that Isocore
Internetworking Lab
verified that its solution meets the needs
of mobile service
operators for backhauling disparate
cellular networks across
common IP/MPLS infrastructure; the
report is publically available.
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SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2008: Cisco and Comcast Demo First 100 Gig Ethernet Interface
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 30, 2008]
Cisco and Comcast successfully tested 100
GigE technology over
Comcast’s existing backbone using the CRS-1
with 100GE
interface. The solution provides an increase
in bandwidth per
wavelength by a factor of 10 over the initial
deployed
capability.
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Ceragon’s FibeAir IP-10 Achieves MEF Certification, Plus a $5 Million Follow-on Equipment Order
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 26, 2008]
Ceragon announced that it obtained MEF carrier Ethernet
certifications for MEF 9 and MEF 14, so the FibeAir IP-10 is
now certified for delivering standard carrier-Ethernet services
over microwave, and backed it up with a new $5 million deal.
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MPLS-TP Wins Over T-MPLS - While Multiple Layer 2 Approaches Continue to Fight It Out
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| Advisory Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 23, 2008]
The telecom industry has engaged in
multiple
technology and
architectural discussions in recent times,
such as PBB-TE, G-
MPLS, T-MPLS, IPoDWDM and MPLS-TP.
This
report reflects the
advances in technology, standards,
management
and market
momentum.
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Juniper Updates Analysts at NXTcomm 2008, Highlights Progress with Service Providers
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 23, 2008]
The Juniper NXTcomm 2008 Analyst
Update highlighted progress
with carriers in all areas of its product
and solutions
portfolio. Juniper touted new logos for
the PSDP and new low-
speed interfaces for its MX-series and
highlighted JUNOS
advances.
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NXTcomm 2008: Foundry Announces 320 Gbps Trunks, MPLS-Layer 2 Interworking, and BGP Stability Features
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 20, 2008]
Foundry announced a 320 Gbps link
aggregation capacity and improved
scaling of metro Ethernet services
through MPLS-Layer 2 integration. The
company also announced BGP scalability
enhancements, but it did not provide a
customer endorsement.
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Alcatel-Lucent Blends Ethernet and VPLS Worlds – Offers Scaling for Inter-Metro and National VPN Services
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 19, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent announced PBB - VPLS
interworking, which
increases the scale and reach of carrier
Ethernet VPN services,
plus it combines the scalability and
resiliency of PBB with the
traffic engineering and convergence
benefits of MPLS.
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NXTComm 2008: ANDA Networks and Nakina Systems Team on EtherView 2.0 to Manage a Multi-vendor Ethernet Access World
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 12, 2008]
ANDA Networks and Nakina team to deliver a multivendor
management solution which scales to support up to 10,000 nodes;
management includes all of ANDA’s EtherTone, Ether Reach and
EtherSLAM gear plus a host of other vendors’ access devices.
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Redback Launches Smart Ethernet Switch to Unify Fixed and Wireless Networks
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 11, 2008]
Redback introduced the SM family of
smart Ethernet switches to
accelerate the unification of fixed and
mobile networks. The
SM 480 is the first in a family of service-
aware carrier
Ethernet products to address metro
access and core convergence.
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Gridpoint Systems Hopes to Excite Service Providers with a New Bandwidth-savvy Access Device
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 09, 2008]
Gridpoint Systems announced the 3400
family of Intelligent
Carrier Ethernet Nodes, a 10 Gbps
Ethernet access device, which
Gridpoint claims can deliver an increase in
network efficiency
of at least 30%; a customer reference,
however, is needed.
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ECI Strengthens Its Integrated Mobile Backhaul Solution with Ceragon Partnership
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 06, 2008]
ECI and Ceragon announced a partnership that enables ECI to add
wireless backhaul capabilities to its suite of integrated
solutions to support the needs of 2G/3G and next generation
mobile backhaul needs; however can partnerships be successful?
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Alcatel-Lucent Bolsters TPSDA to Support More Multimedia
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jun 06, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent announced extensions to
TPSDA that deliver more HD IPTV and
enable new services. Providers will
welcome them with open arms, but they
must be prepared to cope with a new
suite of complicated capabilities and
associated features.
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Ethernet Demarcation: Is It Critical to End-to-End Service Delivery?
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| Advisory Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [May 29, 2008]
With the rapid rise in Ethernet
everywhere, how critical is the Ethernet
demarcation point within the service
provider network? The answer lies with
the details of recent product
announcements and the capabilities
offered in new vendor solutions.
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Zeugma Enters the Service Router Space with a Large Application Sandbox
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [May 28, 2008]
Zeugma Systems unveiled its flagship
product, the Zeugma
Services Node (ZSN), a service delivery
router that combines
massive computing resources with next-
generation edge router
capacity and service awareness, plus an
open development
sandbox.
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iPOP 2008: Isocore Completes Interoperability Testing – Inter-Provider Connectivity
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [May 27, 2008]
Isocore announced the completion of its
Leading Edge Code
Testing initiative, focused on features
such as complex path
computation and VPLS - PBB
interworking, which enable Carrier
Ethernet services across multiple MPLS-
based provider networks.
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Huawei’s 2008 Global Analyst Conference: This Year’s Update (Network Products)
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [May 01, 2008]
Huawei held its annual Global Analyst Conference towards the
end of April in Shenzhen. Its focus on IP remains, and we are
seeing continued investment in its router product portfolio
aimed at global Tier 1 service providers.
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Huawei Strengthens Its Position in the IP Core by Growing Its NE5000e Cluster to 10 Terabits
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Apr 29, 2008]
Huawei launched its Quidway NetEngine
5000E Core Router Multi-
chassis Cluster System to meet the
bandwidth and capacity
challenges of Tier 1 service providers. The
system has been
deployed by China Telecom, to meet
growing capacity
requirements.
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Mobile Backhaul Roundup – CTIA and Mobile World Congress 2008
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| Advisory Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Apr 11, 2008]
Mobile backhaul solutions of all types continue to have a
strong presence in tradeshows such as CTIA and Mobile World
Congress, as vendors introduce wireless and wireline solutions
to solve the capacity and flexibility needs of mobile operators.
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Juniper Launches New Mobile Backhaul Solution to Capture Growing Market Momentum
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Apr 01, 2008]
Juniper announced new hardware and software to bolster its
support for mobile backhaul, including the BX 7000 Multi-Access
Gateway, new M-series Circuit Emulation interfaces, and
enhancements to JUNOScope, plus new zero-touch deployment
features.
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Alcatel-Lucent Strengthens its Wireless Mobile Backhaul Positioning with New 9500 MPR Features Tailored to the North American Market
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Apr 01, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent strengthens its wireless mobile backhaul
offering with the North American (NA) launch of the 9500 MPR
all-packet solution. The NA version provides ANSI DS1, DS3 and
Ethernet interfaces and new radio options for long haul systems.
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Alcatel-Lucent Strengthens Its Hold on the Edge with Terabit Performance and Rich Service Capabilities for Its IP Router Portfolio
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 28, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent’s extensive enhancements
increase the
performance of its routers to Terabit
levels while providing
higher bandwidth, greater port density,
and increased service
awareness to support the growing need
for advanced broadband
services.
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CTIA: RADWIN Sets New Price and Performance Benchmark with New 2000 Series of Sub-6 GHz Wireless Backhaul Solutions
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 21, 2008]
The new RADWIN 2000 sub-6GHz wireless backhaul solution sets a
new price/performance benchmark. Still in beta, it needs to be
field hardened before mobile operators will place a significant
volume of critical mobile services over the new system.
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DragonWave Takes the Performance Route, Upping Microwave Link Performance to 1.6 Gbps and Adding a Service Delivery Unit
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 19, 2008]
DragonWave improved its competitive
position in mobile backhaul
with two new products, but customers
may question the value of
sourcing pseudowire devices from it
directly, since many
vendors can provide solutions based on
best-of-breed platforms.
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ECI Strengthens Its Metro Ethernet Position with New Switch Family and 1Net Framework to Deliver Integrated Broadband, Optical and Ethernet Services
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 17, 2008]
ECI announced its 9000 Family of carrier Ethernet switches for
metro transport services plus a framework for Ethernet
services, 1Net, which covers WDM/ROADM, MSPP and carrier
Ethernet. Will it be enough for ECI to gain new market momentum?
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Extreme Releases a Manageable Edge-to-Core PBB-TE Solution, Including an Embedded VPLS Gateway
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 12, 2008]
Extreme Networks announced the
general availability of its PBB-
TE solution that spans from the edge of
the network through the
metro core. The solution includes new
software and hardware
and a strategic relationship with
Soapstone Networks.
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What It Means to Be ‘‘Green:’’ Environmental Responsibility in the Telecom Industry
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Data Management, Business Network Services - U.S., Carrier Infrastructure , Enterprise Network Systems, Broadband Infrastructure , Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Optical Infrastructure , Wireless Services - Europe, Solutions Assessments, Application Infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure , Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, IP Services Infrastructure, Wholesale Telecom Services , Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Digital Media Infrastructure, Telecom Infrastructure Services, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- BeNeLux, Central Europe, China/Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nordics, Pan-Asia, Pan-European, Singapore, Southern Europe, UK/Ireland [Mar 07, 2008]
As Kermit once said, “It’s not easy being
green.” Current
Analysis recognizes the challenges and
opportunities associated
with environmental sustainability and it is
taking a
comprehensive approach to analyzing the
key issues in this
movement.
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CeBIT: Extreme and Soapstone Demonstrate Dynamic PBB-TE Provisioning and Services
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 05, 2008]
At this year’s CeBIT, Extreme and
Soapstone demonstrated the dynamic
PBB-TE provisioning of services across
Extreme’s switches using Soapstone’s
Provider Network Controller. The
demonstration is one of the first to
provision PBB-TE dynamically.
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Cisco Delivers New Access Service Router Series to Recast the Network Edge
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Mar 04, 2008]
Cisco announced its new Aggregation Services Router 1000
Series - designed to take the edge network all the way into the
Exabyte era. The new series, based on Cisco’s latest
QuantumFlow processor, delivers high performance plus embedded
services.
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Axerra’s AXN Series Provides Pseudowire Access Devices and Gateway Solutions
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| Product Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 26, 2008]
Axerra's pseudowire products support
mobile backhaul
applications, reducing leased line costs
and migrating legacy
traffic. IETF PWE-3-compliant interfaces
are supported, but
the products are not yet compliant with
MEF certification
metrics.
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Juniper Steps Boldly to Meet Carrier Challenges – Puts JUNOS Control Plane Outside the Box
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 25, 2008]
Juniper announced the Juniper Control
System 1200, which takes
advantage of a new architecture that
enables faster time-to-
revenue with reduced CapEx, OpEx, and
independent scaling of
control and forwarding planes for
operational efficiency.
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Ciena’s CN 5060 Multiservice Carrier Ethernet Platform Earns Its MEF 9 and 14 Stripes
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 19, 2008]
Ciena announced that the CN 5060
multiservice carrier Ethernet platform has
secured carrier Ethernet certification from
the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). This
helps it compete for Ethernet
applications, but it does not offer product
differentiation.
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Mobile World Congress 2008: Tellabs Strengthens Its Integrated Mobile Solution with New xDSL-Capable 8607 Access Switch
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Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 12, 2008]
Tellabs introduced its new 8607 access
switch for mobile
backhaul, which delivers DSL and
G.SHDSL capabilities and
supports a hybrid mobile backhaul model
for voice and data
traffic. It did not say when the new
product would be
available.
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Ericsson and Redback to Grow Silicon Valley-based IP Unit
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 08, 2008]
Redback announced new leadership changes and the creation of a
larger product unit, ”Product Area Packet Networks,” that will
merge Ericsson’s R&D resources for fixed and mobile IP products
and triple its R&D investments in Silicon Valley.
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Exalt Expands Its Positioning in Mobile Backhaul with New EX-Series Solutions
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Feb 05, 2008]
Exalt announced the carrier-class EX-s,
EX-i, and EX-r wireless
backhaul solutions, which can be
configured to provide native
TDM and IP traffic and offer capacity,
security, and
availability in indoor, outdoor, and split
configurations.
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Packet Design Launches VPN Traffic Explorer – Gets into Layer 3 MPLS-VPNs
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jan 31, 2008]
Packet Design introduced the VPN Traffic Explorer, a network
management product designed to give service providers a full
picture of MPLS-VPN customer traffic flows. The new tool
provides visibility into managing Layer 3 MPLS-VPN service
delivery.
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Force10 Spreads Its FTOS Across all Platforms to Reduce TCO
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jan 29, 2008]
Force10 announced that FTOS now supports its full portfolio of
switch/routers, offering for a single management interface and
operating environment across the TeraScale E-Series, C-Series
and S-Series, reducing the total cost of ownership.
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Alcatel-Lucent Strengthens Its META Mobile Infrastructure Offering
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jan 24, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent announced new hardware
and software features for
its service router portfolio to improve
mobile network
resiliency and efficiency. New features
include new interface
modules, multi-chassis APS, and multi-
class QoS for PPP sessions.
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InfoVista Steps Up to Monitor PBT-based Networks and Services
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jan 16, 2008]
InfoVista announced its membership in
the Carrier Ethernet
Ecosystem, launched by Nortel, to further
the adoption of PBT
technology. InfoVista’s VistaInsight for
Networks 3.0 will be
enhanced to support service assurance
features in PBT networks.
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Operax Adds Two Additional Patents to Its Group of Network Management Innovations
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| Competitive Update |
Carrier Infrastructure
- [Jan 16, 2008]
Operax received two patents for its
innovative solutions offering converged
topology views in a multi-vendor network
and a flexible approach to bandwidth and
resource reservations on an open-ended
or time-limited basis.
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