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Global Crossing Sale Faces Trouble
Reports say Global Crossing has not received many bids for its assets, and none of the bids approach the amounts the company was hoping for. (more)
Ciena Realigns Business Divisions
New organizational changes designed to focus on company's efforts to support top-tier service providers. (more)
MIT Taps Genuity for OC-12 Access
Genuity continues to make strides in running its operations more cost-efficiently, in response to current market challenges presented by the continued downturn in IT spending. (more)
Teleon To Buy Majority Position in ONS
Teleon Corp. (formerly named Tel-One, Inc.) said it has signed a letter of intent to acquire an 80% position in Optical Network Solutions LLC (ONS). The intent of the parties is for Teleon, after proper due diligence, to secure an 80% interest in the assets and specific liabilities of ONS, whose corporate facilities are located in Bradenton, Fla.
ONS provides traditional telecommunications infrastructure, fiber optic solutions and advanced bundled services (voice, data, and security) to commercial business parks and multi-unit residential housing developments. ONS has established agreements with developers in the Atlanta area to service current development sites located throughout the Georgia market. The agreements also include three additional business projects of a similar size under construction in the surrounding area.
Product News
StockerYale is Dope!
StockerYale Inc., a supplier of photonics-based products, announced the availability of its EDF-980-T1 and EDF-RC-980-T1 erbium-doped fibers, which are specifically designed to optimize the performance of C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The Company expects to begin shipping samples of these high-performance fibers to customers in July.
The high numerical aperture (NA) and low bend loss of StockerYale's EDF-980-T1 erbium-doped fiber is ideal for EDFAs that call for a tighter fiber coil. Other features include excellent power conversion efficiency and low splice loss to standard single mode fiber.
Other News
RCN, Starpower Sign Deal With Cogent
Firms to provide dark fiber rings and building lateral connections in NYC and Washington. (more)
Alcatel Wins Major Contract for SBC Broadband Project
Alcatel and SBC Communications have reached a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to deploy the Alcatel 7340 Fiber-to-the-User (FTTU) solution for residential customers in SBC Pacific Bell's Mission Bay project in San Francisco. Using Alcatel's 7340 FTTU solution SBC's network will have the capability to deliver to consumers voice, data, and video services over an all optical network including emerging high bandwidth services like High Definition TV (HDTV). The Alcatel 7340 delivers voice, interactive video supporting hundreds of analog and digital channels, and Internet access at much higher speeds than traditional dial-up modems.
Alcatel and SBC are working to define a network architecture that supports current DSL Internet access service and makes way for FTTU technology, which offers additional solutions for SBC's small business and home office customers.
Cortex Chooses Ixia to Test Telecom Ottawa's Network
Telecom Ottawa Ltd., a broadband data utility serving the Ottawa region, today announced that its all-optical, next-generation Ethernet-based network became operational following testing and verification conducted by Cortex Networks. Cortex Networks selected Ixia as the "third-party test tool best suited to assess the tremendous capacity of this 10-gigabit optical Ethernet broadband network," officials said. The results of internal testing and the Cortex trial -- completed over a two-month period -- were announced at an event held to celebrate the business launch of Telecom Ottawa, attended by leaders from the Ottawa community.
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