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Articles tagged with: Optical Networking
Huawei Overtakes Alcatel-Lucent in Optical Network Hardware Market
Huawei has moved into the lead position for revenue share in the worldwide optical network hardware market in the first quarter of 2009, challenging perennial leader Alcatel-Lucent, according to market research firm Infonetics Research. more
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Verizon and NSN Set New Record for 100 Gbps Optical Transmission
Verizon and Nokia Siemens Networks have taken a step closer to being able to transmit commercial traffic at a speed of 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) traffic. The two companies carried out a successful 100 Gbps transmission on a single wavelength for more than 1,040 kilometers over field fiber, setting a new distance record and demonstrating better performance than conventional transmission. more
Related Tags: rsa, core-network, verizon, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, USA
Telecoms Shines Amid the Gloom
Independent analyst comment - John Lively, VP Forecasting and Analysis at Ovum more
Related Tags: social-networking, avea, teliasonera, capex, ovum, verizon, alltel, france-telecom, bell-canada, bell
Alcatel-Lucent Signs US$1.1 Billion Network Contracts in China
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a package of frame agreements with a combined value of up to EUR750 million (US$1.12 billion) for mobile communications solutions and services with China Mobile and China Unicom. They were secured through Alcatel-Lucent's subsidiary in China, Alcatel Shanghai Bell. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, china-mobile, td-scdma, core-network, alcatel-lucent, shanghai, network-management, alcatel, China
North American Wireless CAPEX Slumped by 18% in Q3
Ovum RHK has posted its analysis of third-quarter 2007 revenue and capital spending by North American network operators. The research firm says that wireline operators increased capital spending by 7 percent versus the third quarter of 2006, while mobile operator capital spending plummeted 18 percent. Revenues remained on trend, with mobile revenue growing nearly 10 percent, and fixed revenue basically flat versus last year. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, capex, ovum, USA
Nortel Wins $2 Billion CDMA Contract
Nortel says that it has signed an expected five-year, US$2 billion agreement with the US based CDMA operator, Verizon Wireless. Under this agreement, Verizon Wireless plans to deploy additional CDMA2000 radio base stations, switching, IP platforms, optical networking solutions and related equipment. In addition, this agreement builds on the contract announced in July 2006, whereby Nortel was selected to supply Verizon Wireless with CDMA 1xEV-DO Revision A technology. more
Related Tags: nortel, mobile-games, ims, cdma2000, 1xev-do
Indonesian Operator Selects Optical Backhaul Upgrade
Alcatel-Lucent says that it is deploying its intelligent optical networking solution for PT Telekomunikasi Selular, Indonesia's largest mobile operator. Alcatel-Lucent is expanding and upgrading the existing network with its optical cross-connect and multi-service technologies to enhance the current backhaul capacity and aggregation capabilities. more
Related Tags: backhaul, pt-telekomunikasi
Juniper, Ericsson Linkup Possible, Analysts Say"
If Lucent Technologies and Alcatel marry their businesses, Ericsson and Juniper Networks could be next at the altar, analysts said Monday. more
Related Tags: juniper-networks, citigroup, tellabs, nortel, cisco, cisco-systems
ECI Celebrates Thousandth Optical Delivery
ECI Telecom says it has celebrated its ongoing collaboration with one of the world's largest cellular operators. Since 2000, ECI has been working closely with this leading European-based mobile provider to upgrade and expand its GSM infrastructure, which is now one of the largest ECI optical networks worldwide, with over 1,000 XDM platforms already installed and running live traffic. The operator has tens of millions of dollars worth of ECI's optical equipment installed in its network. more
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Unicom subsidiary improves its backbone network
Lightscape Networks has signed a contract with Zhejiang Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, for Lightscape Networks' scalable XDM optical platform. The cellular operator is investing in next-generation optical networking equipment in the metropolitan area network (MAN) to meet growing demand for data, long distance and other value-added communications services. more
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