Optical Networking
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Asia powers home with fiber deployment
News Region continues to surpass Europe and North America in adoption of fiber-to-the-home, with Asian economies in top four positions of global rankings.
Tags: Optical networking, Personal broadband, Network administration/implementation, Fiber, Broadband, FTTH, Sweden, Kuala Lumpur, Internet, U.S.
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent to manage S'pore NBN
News update Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent will run Singapore national broadband network's "active infrastructure" by its operating company, Nucleus Connect.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Optical networking, Alcatel, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Fiber, BSS, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Asian ISPs prepare for video explosion
News Internet service providers must be vigilant of their core infrastructure, increase capacity when necessary and use new technologies to optimize traffic flow.
Tags: Bandwidth, Network administration/implementation, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Optical networking, Google Inc., India, Video, Cable, Internet Service
Intel's Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010
News Intel won't promise when its optical communication technology will arrive. But a fiber-optic company allied with the chipmaker says cables will be done early in 2010.
Tags: Components, Optical networking, R&D, Intel Corp., Computer, optical networking, Fiber-optics, network, Light Peak, Foci
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Damaged undersea cables disrupting service
News Phone and Internet users in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are affected. How the cables were damaged is unclear.
Tags: Optical networking, Networking technology, Egypt, India, Bloomberg L.P., Europe, Cable, phone, Alexandria, Middle East
MMC inks chip deal for optical networks
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IBM adds optics to chip arsenal
News IBM yesterday announced plans to create high-speed processors for the fast-growing optical networking equipment market.
Chip designers to merge in US$4.5 billion deal
News In what will be the second-biggest merger in semiconductor history, Applied Micro Circuits yesterday said it plans to buy MMC Networks for about US$4.5 billion in stock.
Nortel to quadruple network speeds
News Nortel Networks is set to announce optical networking gear that will increase Internet backbone speeds fourfold over existing technology.
Tags: Business broadband, Optical networking
Networking firms make waves on Wall Street
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Alcatel, 360networks seal billion-dollar deal
News French telecom equipment maker Alcatel plans to make a US$1 billion investment in 360networks, as the emerging Canadian telecommunications carrier has agreed to buy at least US$1.2 billion worth of Alcatel equipment.
Lucent reorganizes to revitalize sales
News The telecommunications equipment maker forms two main product divisions, part of the struggling company's effort to revitalize sales.
Intel scoops up maker of optical chips
News The chip giant says it stands to gain new products, new engineering talent and future technology by buying West Bay Semiconductor.
Cisco moves to compete in metro networks
News Cisco Systems announced new optical networking hardware Wednesday, the giant's latest move to catch up with rivals in the fast-growing market to build networks in metropolitan areas.
