Carrier News

e|net enhances services with Ciena’s Carrier Ethernet suite

Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says that e|net, a private company that manages the metropolitan-area network (MAN) program on behalf of the Irish Government, has selected Ciena’s 3916 and 3930...

ADVA pushes GMPLS for packet-optical transport

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) hopes to strengthen its position in packet-optical systems with the announcement it has launched a new user network interface (UNI) for its Generalized...

Fibrenoire installs Carrier Ethernet gear from Ciena

Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says that Canadian fiber-optic Internet and private network services provider Fibrenoire has deployed Ciena’s Ciena’s 3960 and 3920 Service Delivery Switches...

XKL unveils DarkStar DSM optical transport system

Enterprise fiber-optic transport system developer XKL, LLC has introduced the DarkStar DSM, an optical transport system designed to provide “hands-free” configuration and provisioning...

Clearfield sets new standards for fiber density

Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD) has unveiled two new high-density fiber management products: the multifiber push-on (MPO) equipped Clearview Cassette and Half-Wide LGX Blade. By teaming it with the...

Phonoscope selects Ciena’s packet-optical platform

Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says Houston-based metro carrier Phonoscope has selected its packet-optical transport and Carrier Ethernet technology to provide high-capacity, next-generation optical...

Openreach launches Optical Spectrum Access service with ADVA Optical Networking gear

Openreach, the infrastructure division of BT Group, has launched a new Optical Spectrum Access (OSA) service using optical transport equipment from ADVA Optical Networking. Part of...

IP fiber network spurs fourth quarter revenue for Allstream

MTS Allstream of Canada is touting the success of its IP fiber-optic network expansion. The service provider says it signed 46 new customers for IP-based services in the fourth quarter of 2011...

AT&T taps Fujitsu as optical domain network equipment supplier

AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced it has selected – or, it is believed, selected again -- Fujitsu as one of two domain suppliers for optical transport and metro and core network equipment. The...

H3G installs 100 Gbps in Austrian mobile backbone network

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it is supplying Austrian mobile operator H3G with 100-Gbps technology for its backbone network. H3G and Alcatel-Lucent are installing the coherent...