Sunrise Telecom Inc. (OTC: SRTI) says the new addition to its family of CATV spectrum analyzers, the AT2500Plus, enables comprehensive digital and analog test automation to ensure that networks meet the technical parameters required by FCC and SCTE-40. Thus, the AT2500Plus helps operators to eliminate...
Troy Cable chooses ADTRAN for SmartBand BTOP middle mile project/Eurofiber offers 100 Gigabit Ethernet using Infinera’s DTN platform
Alabama’s Troy Cable has chosen ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) to deliver carrier access and enterprise equipment for the cable operator’s SmartBand Project, according to the systems house. Troy Cable is using funding from the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) to deploy a 595-mile fiber-optic middle-mile network...
ABI Research: Cable to account for 25% of fixed broadband subscribers by 2017/Reliance Globalcom activates Al-Faw cable landing station in Iraq
Cable digitization efforts in developing economies will be a key driver for cable broadband penetration worldwide, driving service revenues to the $50 billion mark in 2017, according to the latest market analysis from ABI Research. Cable operators in developing regions are entering the market for...
ElectroniCast: 2012 fiber-optic connector/mechanical splice market to fall/Datwyler offers turnkey fiber-optic distribution stations
According to the latest report from ElectroniCast Consultants, consumption of fiber-optic connectors used in the American and Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) regions is forecast to decline this year. However, recovery is expected in 2013, the company says. ElectroniCast says the number of fiber-optic connectors and mechanical...
Alcatel-Lucent to supply 100G SLTE for GlobeNet connection to Colombia/Optical transport for cell backhaul: SONET, Carrier Ethernet, and cell-site fiber challenges
Submarine capacity supplier GlobeNet, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Oi, will use optical transport equipment from Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) in its recently announced project to link Colombia to its existing undersea fiber optical network (see “GlobeNet undersea cable route to link Colombia and...
Hibernia Atlantic renames GFN as the Global Express Platform /Colt opens low-latency route from Dublin to London
Global capacity provider Hibernia Atlantic has rebranded its Global Financial Network (GFN) as the Global Express Platform. While the name has changed, the network continues to supply reliable, high-speed, low-latency services to the financial community, including global broker dealers, hedge funds, and capital markets across...
Ciena to upgrade Japan-US Cable trans-Pacific network with 100G/FibreCo Telecommunications uses Corning fiber in open access network
Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says the Japan-US Cable consortium is upgrading its trans-Pacific submarine network, which spans nearly 23,000 km between the US and Japan, with Ciena’s Wavelogic 3 coherent 100G technology. Expected to be in service in early 2013, the upgraded network will bring...
NTT to deploy Fujitsu 100-Gbps DWDM systems to connect Tokyo and Osaka/Broadband Forum: Broadband reaches 600 million subscribers worldwide
Fujitsu says it has collaborated with NTT Communications Corp. on a successful field test of coherent 100-Gbps DWDM transmission via a commercial fiber-optic cable between Tokyo and Osaka. The test clears the way for full network construction using the 100-Gbps DWDM systems. While Fujitsu has...
GlobeNet undersea cable route to link Colombia and Miami/New York City unveils broadband initiatives
GlobeNet, a provider of submarine capacity and a subsidiary of Brazil’s Oi, has announced plans for an express route from its future landing on Colombia’s Atlantic coast to Miami. UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones, the largest Internet provider in Colombia where it also acts as a full-service...
Infinera shipping DTN-X/BTI Systems touts Asian success
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) says it has begun shipments of its DTN-X platform to customers for deployment. The company says it also has the system in several trials and has received purchase orders from new and existing customers. The company has already announced Cable&Wireless Worldwide and...
