December 29, 2011
Interface Masters Technologies has unveiled the Niagara 4232-4LX, a 40-Gbps PacketMaster and hardware-based load balancing system. The Niagara 4232-4LX is designed to complement network monitoring tools to enable filtering, mirroring, and sophisticated session-based traffic distribution and aggregation.
December 29, 2011
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) says its new N77 Series optical switches improve the cost-effectiveness of optical transceiver manufacturing tests as well as the efficiency of optical component and cable verification.
December 29, 2011
VolkerWessels Telecom, the telecoms division of Dutch construction company VolkerWessels, has choosen the Prysmian Group to supply FTTH cable for 2012 deployments. Draka will execute the contract, which the Prysmian Group says is the first Dutch multi-city agreement of its kind.
December 29, 2011
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom), the largest telecom operator in Indonesia, has upgraded its 354-km JaSuKa undersea cable between Dumai and Dangas. The upgrade adds 40-Gbps per channel to existing hardware using Nokia Siemens Networks technology. Four channels currently have the 40-Gbps capabilities.
December 29, 2011
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it has been chosen by France Telecom-Orange to increase the capacity of its fiber-optic network linking Paris and London. After a field trial carried out in the autumn, a first 100-Gbps connection was put into operation at the end of last November and a second connection will be available by the end of December.
December 29, 2011
The Broadband Forum recently issued its "Technical Specification for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks," a Technical Report that defines global requirements for the use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) in mobile backhaul networks.