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AT&T, Opnext, Cisco demonstrate 127-Gbps transmission with live traffic

MARCH 9, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- AT&T has seen yesterday’s Verizon 100-Gbps trial and raised it 27 Gbps with a trial of live traffic at 127 Gbps. The extra 27 Gbps represents the...

Cisco unveils CRS-3 Carrier Routing System

MARCH 9, 2010 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has unveiled the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) -- which, as its name implies, has three times the horsepower as its previous CRS-1 platform. Cisco...

Global Crossing upgrades capacity on MAC, SAC, and PAC submarine networks

MARCH 9, 2010 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) will significantly expand capacity on its Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC), South American Crossing (SAC), and Pan American Crossing (PAC) undersea...

Oi’s GlobeNet and Alcatel-Lucent complete submarine network upgrade

MARCH 9, 2010 -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and GlobeNet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi (Bovespa: TNLP3, TNLP4, TMAR3, TMAR5, TMAR6 and NYSE: TNE), say they have completed the...

Verizon, Juniper, NEC, Finisar conduct 100G field trial

MARCH 8, 2010 -- Verizon, Juniper Networks, NEC Corporation of America, and Finisar Corp. say they have successfully completed what they tout as the first field trial of 100-Gbps optical fiber...

Clearfield intros new WDM packaging

MARCH 9, 2010 -- Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) has announced four application-specific WDM packaging alternatives to the industry standard package of discrete (unpackaged) and LGX style...

ElectroniCast: Market for fiber-optic fusion splicers to reach $550 million in 2014

MARCH 9, 2010 -- ElectroniCast Consultants has released a new market forecast and analysis report that says the market for fiber-optic fusion splicers will increase to $550 million in 2014, with...

Japan’s KDDI selects ADVA Optical Networking for managed WDM service

MARCH 8, 2010 -- ADVA Optical Networking announced that KDDI Corporation (KDDI), one of Japan’s largest communications service providers, has deployed the ADVA FSP 3000 Wavelength Division...

Analysts: 40G should flourish during wait for 100G

By Stephen Hardy Overview The wait for economical 100-Gbps systems should give 40-Gbps technology plenty of time to take root in carrier networks, analysts agree. The metro should see...

Budapest Internet Exchange selects Force10 Networks for network

MARCH 9, 2010 -- Force10 Networks Inc. says that the Budapest Internet Exchange (BIX) has selected the E-Series switch/routers to provide highly reliable performance and scalability for its growing...