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HHS Awards tw telecom Contract to Deliver 10Gbps Optical Bandwidth Services

tw telecom inc., a leading provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises, large organizations and government entities throughout the U.S., today announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide a new Wide Area Network (WAN – Cloud B) that will interconnect three HHS Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) site locations.

24 Feb 2014

Commercial Li-Fi System to be Demonstrated at Mobile World Congress

As covered on the BBC earlier today, pureLiFi, the light communications technology company, will demonstrate the first commercially available Li-Fi system - Li-1st - at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona between 24th and 27th February.

20 Feb 2014

Fibertech Networks Completes Aggressive Network Expansion Project

As one of the fastest growing fiber optic broadband providers in the Northeast, Fibertech Networks today announced it has completed its most aggressive network expansion project. The company recently finished building more than 1,000 new route miles of new fiber networks in Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo, OH.

19 Feb 2014

Spending for Optical Hardware Flattens in 4Q13

Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2013 (4Q13) and year-end Optical Network Hardware report. (Full report published by February 24.)

19 Feb 2014

Frontier Optical Transport Service Now Available in 25 States

Frontier Communications Corporation today announced that Frontier Optical Transport Service is now available in its markets in 25 states. This service delivers point-to-point transparent fiber paths specific to interexchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, and carriers and enterprise customers requiring extensive bandwidth and secure transport backed by service level agreements.

18 Feb 2014

Ericsson and Ciena to Develop Joint Transport Solutions for IP-Optical Convergence

Ericsson and Ciena today announce a strategic global agreement to develop joint transport solutions for IP-optical convergence and service provider software-defined networking (SDN). As part of this agreement, Ericsson offers Ciena's Converged Packet Optical portfolio, including the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and 5400 family.

From Ciena 17 Feb 2014

ADVA 100G Metro Successfully Trialed by ACOnet in Research and Education Infrastructure

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that ACOnet, the Austrian Academic Computer Network, has successfully trialed the ADVA 100G Metro in its research and education infrastructure.

13 Feb 2014

ECI’s Apollo Packet-Optical Transport System Utilized in Bezeq’s Israel 100G Optical Network

ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation network solutions, today announced that Bezeq International, Israel’s leading telecommunications company, has deployed Israel’s first 100G optical network, using ECI’s Apollo packet-optical transport system.

12 Feb 2014

TE Connectivity’s Powered Fiber Cable System Accelerates Small Cell Installation, Optimizes 4G Coverage

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, today announced a new solution to speed and simplify the installation, powering, and communication with small cells and other network access devices.

11 Feb 2014

China-based Telecom OEM Selects Picometrix’ CR-100D for 100G Optical Transport Network Equipment

Picometrix®, LLC, an Advanced Photonix® company, announced today that it has been chosen by a leading China provider of telecommunications equipment and networks solutions to supply the CR-100D for their 100G optical transport network equipment. Initial orders total close to $500K with potential revenue of over $2M for the next fiscal year.

10 Feb 2014