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CommScope pulls trigger on TE Connectivity Broadband Network Solutions buy 01/28/2015 Confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal, TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) says it has reac...
CommScope to buy TE Connectivity's Network Solutions unit: WSJ 01/27/2015 The Wall Street Journal reported late January 26 that CommScope is on the verge of buying the Net...
Data center interconnect sales growth driver for fiber-optic network gear says Ovum 01/26/2015 Market research and analysis firm Ovum predicted last week that demand for optical network (ON) h...
Infinera ends 2014 on the upswing; expects the same in 2015 01/26/2015 Optical transport systems vendor Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN) ended the best year in its history...
Packet-optical transport systems demand robust through 2019 says Dell'Oro 01/22/2015 Dell'Oro Group says in a newly released forecast report on optical transport gear that the demand...
Non-operational items lead Verizon to GAAP 4Q14 loss 01/22/2015 The impact of "non-operational items" led Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ...
Orange to fund startups via Digital Ventures investment program 01/22/2015 French telecom giant Orange says it will launch an early stage investment program aimed at suppor...
LightPath Technologies closes $1.3M private placement with Pudong Science & Technology 01/22/2015 LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH), which supplies optical components and subsystems, sa...
	25 Gigabit Ethernet, 50 Gigabit Ethernet to reshape data center switching market says Infonetics 01/20/2015 The IEEE has just started work on 25 Gigabit Ethernet specifications and won't take up 50 Gigabit...
Netrality Properties to offer meet me rooms with no monthly cross-connect charges 01/16/2015 Real estate development firm Amerimar Enterprises, Inc. and Allied Fiber CEO and founder Hunter N...
Zayo to buy colo provider Latisys, expand western dark fiber network 01/16/2015 Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZAYO) has announced a pair of expansion initiatives. The company ...
	AFL adds to patent portfolio 01/15/2015 AFL says it recently has been awarded four new patents. They cover technologies related to the co...
Integra adds Electric Lightwave, Integra Business fiber network units 01/13/2015 Fiber-optic network services provider Integra has announced the creation of a pair of new busines...
	Huawei foresees 20% revenue increase for 2014 01/13/2015 In addition the company expects to see CNY33.9 billion to CNY34.3 billion ($5.47 billion to $5.54...
BTI Systems: We owned 2014 01/12/2015 Optical transport systems provider BTI Systems says it set a revenue record in 2014. The privatel...

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Pressure points for 2015 An uneven 2014 is coming to an end. Here's a look at what 2015 may bring in the way of optical co...
Optical transport vendors prep for SDN The Open Networking Foundation is still prepping its vision of how software-defined networking co...
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2014 Annual Technology Forecast It's not that we can't wait for 2013 to end, but here's a look at what optical communications tec...
Interview with Andre Kriger -- FTTXcellence Award winner fibers Brazil With both the World Cup and Olympics coming to Brazil, the country's service providers are furiou...

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