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Packet Transport
Ekinops unveils ONE3540 multi-service access router
The mid-range router is designed for the networks of Tier 1 operators who seek what the company termed “fiercely competitive pricing.”
Mergers & Acquisitions
FirstLight Fiber adds colocation resources via ColoSpace buy
FirstLight service enterprise and carrier customers in the U.S. Northeast with fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and unified communications services. The ColoSpace acquisition expands its service mix.
Companies
Orange Digital Ventures leads InterCloud €22 million funding round
InterCloud provides managed software-defined cloud applications interconnect services to global enterprises to enable them to deploy resources in a multi-cloud environment.
Network Automation
NTT, Microsoft to collaborate on enterprise network initiatives
The work will combine NTT’s ICT infrastructure, managed services, and cybersecurity know-how with Microsoft’s cloud platform and artificial intelligence capabilities.
Network Automation
DriveNets announces white box, chip partners for Network Cloud and Distributed Disaggregated Chassis
AT&T presented DDC to the Open Compute Project (OCP) at the OCP Regional Summit in Amsterdam in October.
High-Speed Networks
Infinera, GlobalConnect field trial 400G over 50-GHz grid metro fiber network
The exercise was conducted on a metro network in Oslo, Norway, with a 50-GHz wavelength grid, alongside existing 10-Gbps channels.
FTTH/B
KPN plans fiber to the home deployment in Amsterdam
The FTTH deployment is part of a project to connect 1 million homes throughout the Netherlands by the end of 2021.
DWDM & ROADM
Arvig adds ROADM capabilities to Minneapolis-to-Omaha fiber route
Arvig says it has added ROADM capabilities to more than 1600 fiber-route miles of its fiber-optic network. The independent fiber broadband and telecommunications provider says the new systems can support 64 wavelengths of 300 Gbps each.
FTTH/B
C Spire to expand FTTP footprint into Alabama
The initiative will start with Jasper, in northwest Alabama, in 2020 and extend to metropolitan Birmingham, Shelby County, and “other parts of Alabama,” in the words of a C Spire press release.
FTTH/B
Google Fiber to sell only gigabit broadband services
The company also will offer the opportunity to subscribe to Google’s YouTube TV as they subscribe to Google Fiber.
Transport
Huawei, BT Ireland conduct 1.2-Tbps live network trial
The 1.2-Tbps trial occurred over a link between a pair of data centers in Dublin.
Transport
German OptiCON project seeks 10X increase in fiber network capacity
The OptiCON effort will explore such areas as unused optical spectrum, new types of fiber types, and novel transmission schemes in search of pathways toward greater optical network capacity.
Companies
CommScope to realign into four operating segments
The move is part of a strategy to maximize the benefits of its acquisition of ARRIS and Ruckus Networks earlier this year.
Companies
Frontier Communications names Bernie Han new president and CEO
Han immediately succeeds Daniel McCarthy, who has resigned from the same positions against a backdrop of speculation that Frontier may be on the verge of bankruptcy.
