Friday 5 video for 01.26.18

Jan 26th, 2018
This edition of the Friday 5 is brought to you by the number 400 -- as in 400 Gigabit Ethernet. Also on tap are submarine network advances, software defined access network advances, and interest in disaggregated optical hardware advancing.
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Pico opens dark fiber backbone network connecting New Jersey financial market data centers
The fiber-optic network connects such Wall Street liquidity centers as Equinix NY4 (Secaucus), Nasdaq (Carteret), Intercontinental Exchange NYSE (Mahwah), and Cyxtera NJ2 (Weehawken).
Oct 8th, 2019
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OmniClouds selects Nokia’s Nuage Networks’ SD-WAN 2.0 platform
Nuage Networks will build and operate the SD-WAN 2.0 network, which will aim to connect enterprise customers over a large coverage area, including key public cloud data centers.
Oct 8th, 2019
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ADTRAN offers SD-WAN capability to serve SMBs and distributed enterprises
The company says the platform enables service providers to offer SD-WAN while keeping existing voice and security solutions in place.
Oct 8th, 2019
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Hurricane Electric establishes PoP at Lamda Hellix Athens data center
The PoP is Hurricane Electric’s first in Greece.
Oct 8th, 2019
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Verizon, NEC trial uses fielded fiber-optic networks for sensor applications
NEC sensor technology attached to Verizon’s fiber-optic cable was able to collect information on city traffic patterns, road conditions, road capacity, and vehicle classification.
Oct 7th, 2019
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Openreach launches rural FTTP trials
Openreach, the broadband network subsidiary of BT, says it is conducting trials of fiber to the premises (FTTP) deployment techniques that may make it more economical to deploy “full fiber” networks in rural areas.
Oct 7th, 2019
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Construction of Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable set to begin
Southern Cross NEXT, an extension of the existing Southern Cross two-cable system, is expected to be ready for service sometime between December 2021 and January 2022.
Oct 7th, 2019
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Crosslake Fiber taps Hylan for New York portion of fiber network across Lake Ontario
Crosslake has constructed the network to supply dark fiber services between the Canadian and U.S. cities. The submarine portion lands just northwest of Lockport, NY, on the U.S. side and very near to Toronto's downtown core on the Canadian side.
Oct 7th, 2019
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VeEX offers NET-BOX HTTP/TCP test set for gigabit internet quality of experience assurance
VeEX positions the NET-BOX is an optimized QoS testing platform that offers an affordable, reliable, high-performance FPGA-based alternative to expensive high-end laptops often used for enterprise speed tests.
Oct 7th, 2019
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XGS-PON, DOCSIS 3.1 gear lead 2Q19 increase in worldwide broadband access equipment sales: Dell'Oro Group
Sales of broadband access equipment worldwide increased 3% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, says Dell'Oro Group.
Oct 3rd, 2019
Sales of Ethernet optical modules are expected to decline in 2019 for the first time since 2009. But growth should return next year, LightCounting predicts.
Ethernet transceiver sales to decline 18% in 2019: LightCounting
Oct 3rd, 2019
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iNNOVO Cloud picks Smartoptics Open Line System for data center interconnect
Oct 3rd, 2019
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Ciena to buy Centina to improve Blue Planet capabilities
Oct 3rd, 2019
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Telefónica UK uses Juniper Networks for Fusión Network evolution
Oct 1st, 2019