Canadian optical networking specialist Optelian Inc. says Myanmar Post and Telegraph (MPT) is using Optelian’s LightGAIN DWDM system for its cellular backhaul and backbone network. MPT is installing a high-speed wireless infrastructure throughout the country with support and installation services from Myanmar World Distribution.

Technical design and consultancy firm AimValley, working in collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), has published an International Engineering Task Force (IETF) draft standard that describes Transparent SDH/SONET over Packet (TSoP) technology.

Vodafone is now using 100-Gbps technology from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) to link two of its data centers in New Zealand. The links represent the first deployment of 100-Gbps technology in the country, Ciena asserts.

MRV Communications, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) (PINKSHEETS: MRVC) has expanded its OptiSwitch Carrier Ethernet Access product line with the introduction of a demarcation-to-aggregation portfolio that comprises the OptiSwitch 906G and OptiSwitch 9244-1210G models.

A review of strategic alternatives that lasted nearly a year has led MRV Communications, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MRVC) to divest its network integration businesses and focus its efforts on its Optical Communications Systems (OCS) business. To this end, the company has lined up buyers for two of its network integration subsidiaries and will attempt to find someone interested a third.

Spirit Communications will upgrade its network footprint in the Carolinas with equipment from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN), the optical transport systems vendor announced yesterday. Ciena will supply its 5430 Packet-Optical Reconfigurable Switching System (RSS) and OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane software for the fiber-optic network project.

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has announced several senior appointment to its board, topped by the selection of Ihab Tarazi, Verizon’s vice president of global network planning, as its new chairman.

Philippine telecom incumbent PLDT (NYSE: PHI, PSE: TEL) says it will increase the capacity and service flexibility of its backbone Domestic Fiber Optic Network (DFON) via coherent 100-Gbps technology and Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching capabilities from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN).

European bandwidth infrastructure provider euNetworks Group Ltd. (SGX: H23.SI) has announced the deployment of an optical network between London and Dublin with a potential capacity of 8.8 Tbps. The completion of the link means that all 13 of euNetworks’ fiber-based city networks operate under a single, high-speed mesh domain.