At NXTcomm08, you’re likely to hear a lot of talk about making
Ethernet more sophisticated, more discerning, and most of all, “more
intelligent.”
Of course, stressing the need for a more intelligent brand of Ethernet
isn’t very flattering to the plain-vanilla kind. But let’s face it,
Ethernet has always been in some ways like the Forrest Gump of the
networking world. It’s not complex, and occasionally it messes up,
but
it can run really fast, and it doesn’t seem to upset anyone, and
because of those simple but valuable qualities, over the years, it’s
turned up just about everywhere.
It’s also great at ping-pong. (D’Oh! I always take these analogies
one step too far.)
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Zayo Group has closed its seventh acquisition and is working on
eight, the
regional network provider announced today.
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A Canadian start-up company with a Greek name is introducing a new
approach to delivering broadband services designed to streamline
delivery and pump up revenues for service providers.
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Zayo Bandwidth has stitched together networks from three different
acquisitions to light a new optical network in the Northeast that the
company claims will offer lower latency because it takes an especially
direct route.
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The Metro Ethernet Forum continues its important work on a range of
industry standards fronts. Perhaps one of the forum's most auspicious
efforts is its most recent one: the formation of a new wholesale access
group assembled to author a set of standard procedures for ordering
Ethernet services on a wholesale basis.
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Adva Optical Networking introduced a new demarcation device
designed
to manage the interface between carrier networks. The company says to
think of its new FSP 150CM as two back-to-back versions of the
demarcation gear that Adva sells today for the handoffs between
carriers
and their enterprise customers.
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The latest results from a multi-year Ovum study, commissioned by
Cisco Systems, confirm the telecom market’s move to managed services,
a strategy that Cisco has embraced for its service provider customers.
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When it comes to fiber-to-the-home technology in North America,
passive optical networks get all the attention. But FTTH based on
active
Ethernet technology is quietly growing more prevalent.
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When Ethernet first crept into the market as a carrier service in
the late '90s, it was mostly targeted at the high end: enterprises with
multimegabit bandwidth needs. But even the smallest business has seen
its bandwidth requirements grow as more routine tasks are automated and
more commerce moves onto the Web.
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The telecom industry has gone through a period of incredible
innovation in the last 10 years, resulting in mass proliferation of
wireless, broadband and the rise of the Internet. Will that innovation
continue? And will the next 10 years be productive as the last? Bell
Labs vice president and head of research Gee Rittenhouse discusses the
telecom network of 2018 with Telephony senior editor Kevin
Fitchard.
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June 16 at NXTcomm
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and rural service providers will get the insights and perspective they
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This paper looks at the challenges faced by network-based operators
in today's rapidly evolving communication market place. It outlines the
key considerations for operators to effectively compete in this market,
and it introduces the Alcatel-Lucent Transformation Advantage Framework
for business, services and network transformation to guide operators
through vital, large-scale changes.
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In a VoIP environment, voice quality is still a paramount concern.
New technologies make management of it even simpler for service
providers. This paper reviews some of the issues that impact voice
quality in packet-based carrier networks, and considers potential
solutions.
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Service availability is of paramount importance to any provider of
real-time services, like Voice-over-IP (VoIP). One major U.S.-based
service provider understands firsthand that the ability to test product
robustness, availability and security (RAS) has a direct, measurable
impact on the bottom line.
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