Friday 5 video for 12.01.17

Dec 1st, 2017
The IEEE expects LANs to see the light, Nokia isn't buying, AT&T wants to buy but the DoJ won't let them, and other optical communications related news from the past two weeks are all detailed in this week's Friday 5 video.
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ZTE to debut ZXHN F680 V9 dual-gigabit home gateway at Broadband World Forum 2019
The gateway supports dual-band Wi-Fi with 1,000-mW equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP), which ZTE asserts is sufficient for full coverage for large homes.
Oct 14th, 2019
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Nokia offers Altiplano Access Controller for intent-based software-defined access
Use of the tool offers operators more intuitive and automated control over their access networks as they add gigabit broadband services, the company asserts.
Oct 14th, 2019
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Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative sees tech support cost reduction from Calix platforms
The co-op is using those savings to upgrade the Wi-Fi capabilities it offers to its customers.
Oct 14th, 2019
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Clearfield offers YOURx Multi-Purpose Terminal
The company describes the YOURx MPT as a craft-friendly, outside plant (OSP)-rated housing that can be reconfigured for a variety of fiber distribution and drop cable network scenarios.
Oct 10th, 2019
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AT&T to sell operations in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America
Liberty Latin America will acquire network assets, including spectrum; real estate and leases; customers, including 1.1 million wireless subscribers; and contracts.
Oct 10th, 2019
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Nokia touts Quillion fixed access network chipset family
The chipset family will support GPON and 10G PON architectures on the fiber side and a variety of approaches, including Gfast, on the copper side.
Oct 10th, 2019
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HUBER+SUHNER adds to broadband network business with BKtel Group acquisition
BKtel develops, manufactures, and deploys active and passive components for broadband networks, particularly fiber to the home (FTTH), hybrid fiber/coax (HFC), and distributed access architecture (DAA).
Oct 10th, 2019
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MEF to collaborate with ONUG on MEF 3.0 SD-WAN standards
The two organizations say ONUG’s enterprise use case requirements will directly influence MEF’s SD-WAN projects.
Oct 8th, 2019
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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
Oct 8th, 2019
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Hurricane Electric establishes PoP at Lamda Hellix Athens data center
Oct 8th, 2019
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Verizon, NEC trial uses fielded fiber-optic networks for sensor applications
Oct 7th, 2019
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Openreach launches rural FTTP trials
Oct 7th, 2019