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Articles tagged with: Ethernet and Alcatel Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent Wins Japanese Backhaul Contract
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Japan's NTT DoCoMo to build the mobile backhaul network for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Alcatel-Lucent's packet optical solution will provide DoCoMo with ethernet-based aggregation and transport from the base stations to the core network. more
Related Tags: backhaul, lte, long-term-evolution, Japan
Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly
Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. more
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Digicel Antilles Completes Microwave Radio Network Rollout
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has successfully completed the deployment of a microwave packet radio network for Digicel Antilles. The end-to-end mobile backhaul solution deployed by Alcatel-Lucent is based on the 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) that can aggregate any type of traffic - TDM, ATM and ethernet - over a converged Microwave Packet network. more
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Nortel's bankruptcy filing enables radical change, and not just at Nortel
Opinion piece by Dana Cooperson and Matt Walker, analysts at Ovum
On 14 January 2009, Nortel Networks moved beyond talk of divestiture and
speculation of bankruptcy, and filed for creditor protection in Canada and the
US, with Nortel UK entering administration separately under a filing managed by
Ernst & Young. The company reached this point after multiple management
regimes failed in their attempts to remake the company after the bursting of the
telecoms bubble. Nortel's move may result in a more balanced industry
structure for communications equipment.
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Related Tags: t-mobile, ptc, nokia, wimax, cisco, itu, lte, zte, mts, ericsson, ovum, verizon, tellabs, t-mobile-germany, nortel, bankruptcy, lg, ran, nortel-networks, umts, ciena
EMEA Network Equipment Spending Increased 4% in 3Q08
IDC's EMEA Quarterly Network Tracker shows a quarter- over-quarter increase of 4% of network equipment spending to reach $3.8 billion in the third quarter of 2008, and a decline of 5% compared to the same period in 2007. However, when excluding residential equipment, the networking market shows a more positive picture, with 8% quarterly growth and a decline of 1% compared to the same period last year. more
Alcatel-Lucent Wins New Zealand Backhaul Contract
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Telecom New Zealand to deploy its IP Multi- Protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS)-based mobile backhaul solution. Alcatel-Lucent's IP/MPLS solution is being rolled out across Telecom nationwide and supports its strategic transition to all-IP network. more
Related Tags: base-station, w-cdma, cdma, telecom-new-zealand, mobile-broadband, base-stations, backhaul, New Zealand
Landline Improvement Spending Reaches Levels Not Seen Since 2000
According to recently published reports by DellĂ'Oro Group, telecom service providers worldwide snapped up more than $36 billion of equipment to enhance their wireline networks in 2007, up more than 10 percent over 2006 levels. Sales to service providers for wireline infrastructure have not approached this level since the year 2000. more
Related Tags: cisco, huawei, capex, nortel, dell, siemens
Alcatel-Lucent Announces New Release of Long-Haul Microwave Solution
Alcatel-Lucent has announced enhancements to its long- haul microwave solution, the Alcatel-Lucent MDR 8000, to support operators' migration from time division multiplexing (TDM) to ethernet transport over wireless transport networks. Additionally, operators benefit from enhanced backhauling capabilities for mobile and WiMax applications, while maximizing network efficiency. more
Related Tags: microwave
Carriers report 90-100% increase in Ethernet traffic
In a recent study by Infonetics Research to determine the data network evolution plans and router and switch requirements of service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the increasing importance of ethernet features prominently. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, cisco, voip, edge, infonetics-research, switches, iptv
BrT chooses Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS solution
Brazil's third largest fixed line operator Brasil Telecom (BrT) has awarded French equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent a contract to install an IP/MPLS network overlay to support fixed and mobile broadband services, the vendor said in a statement. more
Related Tags: brasil-telecom, Brazil