Level 3 unveils new data platform
Level 3 Communications today announced the completion of a major undertaking to deploy a new Enterprise Data network architecture that integrates its two major acquisitions...
NXTcomm name changes back to Supercomm
Supercomm is back. NXTcomm organizers are changing the name of the US telecom industry’s largest annual trade show back to the name it held for nearly two decades....
Total-home DVR comes to U-Verse subscribers
AT&T today officially launched U-Verse Total-Home DVR, letting subscribers play back both standard and high-definition recorded programs on up to seven televisions in the home....
FastTCP could speed IPTV over copper
A new version of Total Control Protocol or TCP, which governs most Internet traffic, could be a major new weapon for telecom companies....
Alaska Communications goes to 40G, lower 48
Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) is upgrading parts of its network with 40-Gb/s links in anticipation of traffic increases enabled by a pair of new network routes it is building that connect it to the continental United States....
NCTC to lift membership moratorium, but are telcos eligible?
NCTC will end its membership freeze in January, potentially creating an awkward mix of cable and telco companies – if they are welcome...
Cindy Christy leaves Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed to Telephony that Cindy Christy, who leads the company’s Americas region, is leaving the company....
Ciena reports tier-one spending slowdown
Ciena lowered its expectations for its fiscal year today, citing a broad slowdown in spending among tier-one carriers, particularly in North America, that the company believes could last a few quarters....
Green Telecom Part IV: Telco Systems brings solar power to data centers
Telecom gear maker Telco Systems is bringing a solar power system to market that will help reduce the cost of electricity consumed by data centers and other research facilities. ...
Google: Chrome browser no Trojan horse
Google this week surprised the Web world by releasing a new browser dubbed Chrome, with speculation quickly hitting a fever pitch as to what the search giant was "really" after with its ploy....
Broadweave to compete with rivals on its own FTTP network
Broadweave Networks will compete for customers over the same fiber network its rivals use – the network Broadweave now owns....
Telecommuting interest soars
There has been a sharp increase in the number of North American employers offering telecommuting as an option in the past year, according to an annual survey by WorldatWork....
Zhone offers VDSL2, bonded ADSL2+
Zhone Technologies unveiled new IP DSLAMs this week in accordance with the vendor’s strategy of using two technologies to help carriers offer advanced services over their current copper infrastructure....
FiOS TV getting small-business traction
When Verizon came along with FiOS TV, Bob Malone was quick to sign up – the first business to do so, in fact. ...
Foundry adds PB, PBB to the edge
Foundry Networks today introduced a new line of Ethernet switches that brings provider backbone bridging (PBB) to edge and aggregation networks...
CLECs give mixed economic report
The second quarter is typically a somewhat soft one for CLECs, but this season it also was seen as a barometer of overall economic conditions for the rest of the year....
Lessons Learned
Burlington has insisted on having Burlington Telecom as a department of the city, like parks and rec....
Qwest’s best-laid plans for DNC get last-minute twist
After more than a year of careful planning to accommodate the Democratic National Convention at Denver’s Pepsi Center, Qwest Communications found itself scrambling at the last minute to also wire that city’s Invesco Field at Mile High...
TXP merger promises better GPON economics
TXP, a vendor of optical network terminals (ONTs) -- the customer premises equipment in fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks -- is merging with Cambridge Industry Group (CIG), an ONT vendor based in China....
Nth Air hops on the DNC bandwagon
California broadband wireless startup Nth Air is embracing politics—at least Democratic politics....
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