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By cableunion, February 16, 2012 10:56 pm

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments in Europe have experienced a 30.6 percent increase in annual growth across Europe to 3Q2011, according to a statement released by Broadband Forum (News – Alert) at the FTTH Conference Europe.

According to Oliver Johnson, CEO at Point Topic, the future of Europe, at least for the next five years, is going to be dominated by FTTx.

“The cost of full fiber (FTTH) deployment, particularly the last mile, is prohibitive and so the industry and consumers need a stepping stone which is provided by hybrid solutions such as FTTx,” Johnson added. “FTTx provides a significant increase in bandwidth and an efficient use of existing infrastructure and allows the welcome of continued amortization of costs.”

Broadband Forum also noted that Europe continues to hold the strongest position for IPTV (News – Alert). Europe has grabbed a major share (23.5 million customers) of the global ITPV market that is nearing 55 million subscribers. The growth in IPTV has fueled the growth of fiber because operators are increasingly opting for fiber access solutions to meet the connectivity needs of modern homes.

Broadband Forum is committed to expand its fiber related specifications and G-PON certification that will spur interoperability among major providers and accelerate the deployment of fiber solutions in the market.

The Broadband Forum G-PON ONU Certification Program is established with a goal to accelerate fiber deployments across Europe. Known as BBF.247, the certification is open to G-PON ONU products with Ethernet interfaces and confirms that an ONU fully conforms to TR-156 and the associated OMCI configuration as defined in the ITU G.988.  

Another major initiative from the international Broadband Forum is the comprehensive BroadbandSuite 5.0 which is a major resource for the fiber industry to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of PON.

“Our G-PON certification program is proving to be very effective with eight companies already achieving certified products in the past six months,” said Robin Mersh, CEO of the Broadband Forum, in a statement.

“Certification is key to future FTTx deployments and our efforts will enable next generation interoperable systems to come to market faster,” Mersh added. “Standards provide the foundation for that growth; further demonstrating G-PON capabilities to meet the demands of evolving operator networks.”

According to Mersh, G-PON Certification is will provide breakthrough step in accelerating deployments now and creating the platform for innovative applications and new service bundles.

While the European Union has actively begun lifting regulations on next-generation fiber deployments, Frost & Sullivan (News – Alert) recently found that to continue to increase a more favorable environment for the deployment of next-generation fiber networks, government and regulators still have work to do.

The research firm also highlighted that telecom operators must be prepared to collaborate with one another to define deployment goals that will benefit all of them, and the country as a whole.

Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

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By cableunion, January 27, 2012 9:36 pm

The Holy Land is also likely to become the land of super-fast Internet connections, as it adopts a technology called “fiber to the home” (FTTH).

Israel Electric Corp, a state-owned electric company, plans to offer a cutting-edge, high-speed broadband network to the entire nation, which is about the size of New Jersey. Because the country is relatively small and has some dense population centers, Israel Electric is predicting Israel will jump to the “forefront of the next generation of Internet technology,” according to a report from The Associated Press.

Israel is looking ahead by opting for fiber-optic lines that will likely provide connections that are 10 to 100 times faster than more traditional methods, The AP said. “All the developing countries that have a vision for 10 years ahead, or 20 years ahead, understand that the name of the game will be communications, broadband communications, very fast communications,” Tzvi Harpak, Israel Electric’s senior vice president for logistics, said in a statement made to The AP and carried by TMCnet.

Israel expects that 10 percent of the nation will be wired for the new technology by 2013, and two-thirds of the nation will be wired within seven years, The AP said.

Oliver Johnson, CEO of Point Topic, said FTTH will be the “gold standard” of “the next generation of broadband service,” The AP reported. The improved technology will lead to applications in such areas as videoconferences, medical surgery, and in cloud computing. It will also lead to increased chance for economic success, The AP said.

“Everyone feels that bandwidth will be this commodity down the road. If you don’t have it, you’ll be out of luck,” David St. John, spokesman for the FTTH Council, told The AP.

South Korea now leads the world with FTTH technology, followed by Japan and Hong Kong. About 7.1 million homes in the United States, representing 6.6 percent of the total residences, use FTTH, The AP said. An example is FiOS (News – Alert) from Verizon. Israel now uses mostly DSL and cable for connections.

Among the companies interested in installing the new technology in Israel are: Telecom Italia (News – Alert) SpA and BT Group PLC, as well as Israel-based firms Elbit Systems, Rapac Communication & Infrastructure, and Tamares, The AP said.

“There’s been quite a lot of interest,” Philippe Guez, managing director at Rothschild, the financial adviser on the project, told The AP. “We believe and hope the government and the Israel Electric Corp. will make the appropriate changes in order to make this wonderful project happen.”

Given that Israel is considered a major technology center, the adaption of FTTH not just for major technology companies but for everyday folks is not a surprise. “Providing high-quality, fiber-to-the-home bandwidth for consumers all over Israel (especially in peripheral areas) is a national interest as it promotes economic growth, education, provision of government services, social welfare,” Eden Bar-Tal, director general of Israel’s Communications Ministry, told The AP.

Israel Electric traces its roots to 1923, when it was started as The Electric Company for Palestine. It has 2.4 million customers, according to data cited by Yahoo Business.

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Ed Silverstein is a TMCnet contributor. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

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By cableunion, January 19, 2012 4:52 am

Zayo Group (News – Alert), a national provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services, has been selected by Meridian Joint School District in Idaho for its fiber network to the entire school.

Meridian Joint School District, which currently serves over 35,000 students and more than 2,500 employees, plans to make use of 100 megabit Ethernet service from Zayo Group, for its forty-nine schools and administration buildings.

Jerry Reininger, Director of Information Systems for Joint School District No. 2 in Meridian, said that the new network increases their district’s Internet access, internal capacity and reliability giving their district access to technology applications that enhance learning.

“Zayo worked with our district to understand our requirements up front, and designed a solution to meet the district’s need for building an E-Rate compliant high-bandwidth network,” Reininger added.

With the new project, Zoya adds 46 route miles to its network footprint in the Boise metropolitan area, which spans 175 on-net buildings and 182 route miles of fiber. The School District network encompasses forty-nine sites connected across six fiber rings.

“School districts and universities are finding creative ways to leverage telecommunications services to enrich the education experience and reduce costs,” states Steve Cardwell, Vice President, West Region of Zayo. “Zayo delivers private, dedicated Ethernet and Fiber networks with virtually unlimited capacity for growth. We believe networks like Meridian’s will become the standard for districts across the country over the next few years.”

Zayo even won the name as one of the Denver-areas Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

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Jyothi Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jyothi’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

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By admin, December 22, 2011 5:50 am

Thursday, Dec 22, 2011

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, today announces the signing of a new FTTH deployment contract with VolkerWessels Telecom, the telecoms division of Dutch construction company VolkerWessels. The contract will be executed by Draka which earlier this year became part of the Prysmian Group.

In a first Dutch multi-city agreement of its kind, Draka becomes the sole partner of VolkerWessels Telecom for a series of FTTH projects that will bring next generation broadband closer to an additional 48.000 homes in 5 townships throughout the Netherlands and a possible extension to 63.000 households. Construction will begin in phased stages in January and is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. These latest regional networks are an expansion of the Reggefiber nationwide fibre network which currently covers 110 municipalities in the Netherlands.

“We’re pleased to appoint Draka as our trusted partner for this extensive FTTH project,” said Arjan ten Hove, Director VolkerWessels Telecom FTTH. ”Draka and VolkerWessels have established a close working relationship based upon past successes. We will build upon this with this first multi-city arrangement that allows us to work closely on joint innovations for these townships and communities.”

Under the recently signed agreement, Draka will be responsible for the entire materials requirement of VolkerWessels Telecom FTTH projects over the coming year. Draka will provide materials from an extensive portfolio for passive infrastructure deployment to townships and communities throughout a total of 5 regions in the Centre and North East of the country.

“Providing quality solutions which control CAPEX and OPEX of passive network installations meets our network Partner demands for lower Total Cost of Ownership, “ says Mischa Vos, Commercial Director, Benelux, Prysmian Group, Telecom Solutions. “For complex FTTH access network roll-outs, flexibility and close partnerships with Customers are key to successful innovation and installations.”

Draka estimates that the project requirements will include over 1.100 km of fibre cable and 6.200 km of direct buried fibre access cable, together with the ducts, micro-tubes, ODF drawers and cabinets required to complete the installation. This offers a protective, convenient solution to bring the retracted fibre over the last section from the trench to customer homes when they agree to be connected.

Source: Prysmian Group

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By cableunion, December 21, 2011 3:54 pm

Zayo Group (News – Alert), provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services, has announced the successful completion of a fiber build into the Green House Data facility, SSAE 16, Type II data center.

The company in its announcement said that in addition to the new fiber build, it will be delivering IP Transit service to the facility and ensure that the centers 70 tenants from across 24 states and 3 countries will have on-net connectivity.

The Green House Data facility is the first multi-tenant data center in Wyoming providing customers with premium cloud hosting and colocation services at cost-effective prices. Powered by 100 percent renewable wind energy the Green House Data facility operates at a 40 percent higher rate of efficiency compared to legacy data centers.

In a release, Shawn Mills, president of Green House Data, said that, “We’re excited to add Zayo to our data center in Cheyenne, a growing hub of data center activity. Leveraging Zayo’s nationwide metro and long haul fiber network supports our customers’ growing bandwidth needs.”

Tenants at the data center facility will benefit from IP Transit and will be provided with the comprehensive Dark Fiber, Private Line, and Ethernet services portfolio from Zayo.

David Howson, president of Zayo Bandwidth, said that, “Now data center operators like Green House Data have a single-source option for metro and long haul connectivity, with deep coverage across the country. Expansion of data center connectivity is an important initiative for Zayo to provide customers on-net access to the cloud-based content they need.”

Providing fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services, Zayo Group is based in Louisville, Colo., and a privately owned company. The company delivers its suite of services over region based metro and fiber-to-tower networks.

In other news, Zayo Group recently announced that it will provide a dark fiber ring for Arsalon Technologies, LLC in the greater Kansas City Metro area. The new dark fiber ring spans 45 miles and extends from the Kansas City International Airport to College Boulevard.

Arsalon will utilize this new ring to further provide business-class web hosting, managed solutions, colocation and dedicated hosting to the technology community in the region.

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

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By admin, December 15, 2011 3:29 pm

The first major European sub-sea cable has been launched by Sea Fibre Networks or SFN. This launch marks a major watershed for international connectivity between Ireland and the UK. Europe’s most advanced sub-sea telecoms network CeltixConnect is owned and operated by SFN.

The much awaited sub-sea lay will commence with the arrival of the 450 foot Cable Innovator in Dublin, Ireland. Sub-sea cables are used to carry 98 percent of Internet traffic. The infinite growth of data driven by cloud computing, online gaming, social media and mobile data devices will be supported by the critical infrastructures.

The growth of the latency sensitive digital services industry will be accelerated by the shortest route, CeltixConnect. Many of the issues faced by FDI technology and financial organizations will be therefore addressed. The infrastructure to drive Ireland and the Welsh smart economy will be also provided.

In a release, Diane Hodnett, CEO of Sea Fibre Networks, said, “CeltixConnect delivers connectivity that is a game changer not only for business and industry but for everyday life on the net. Smartphones, Facebook (News – Alert), Online gaming and cloud based services, all of which didn’t exist ten years ago when the last cables were laid into and out of Ireland and the UK.”

According to Hodnett, every two years, the demand and traffic volumes related to the Internet are doubling. The accommodation of the ever-increasing demand is putting a strain on legacy networks globally. The massive customer interest experienced by SFN is a proof to this.

Pat Rabbitte T.D., Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in Ireland said, “Ireland’s continued success in attracting digital services foreign direct investment is dependent on its ability to deliver on the fundamentals of high capacity communications infrastructure – the most critical of which is a modern sub-sea cable capable of transporting content and data in and out of the country securely and at the highest speeds.”

Sea Fibre Networks Limited is a privately held Irish company. An experienced team of executives have founded SFN. These executives have a track record of owning and operating sub-sea and terrestrial telecoms networks.

Carolyn John is a Contributor to TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please columnist page.

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By admin, December 14, 2011 2:24 pm

Center for Development of Telematics has been acknowledged by the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association for its successful development of the Gigabit Passive Optical Network Technology. The GPON technology, which is a critical component for supporting seamless broadband connectivity over optical fiber, has seen successful deployment over the BSNL (News – Alert) Network at Ajmer, Rajasthan.

In a release, Ashok K. Aggarwal, Honorary Director General, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association, said, “The indigenously developed GPON technology vindicates TEMA’s stand about the capabilities of Indian Research & Development and local manufacturing by Indian organizations. C-DOT has showcased its muscle in the field of R&D in the telecommunication arena. With the transfer of GPON technology to Indian telecommunications manufactures in the public and private domain, not only C-DOT, but Indian Telecommunication Equipment Manufactures’ will further get the much needed encouragement and commitment by the Government of India.”

The GPON technology from C-DOT will support a number of nation-wide fiber expansion projects in the country. National programmes such as the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) and the State-Wide-Area-Network (SWAN) which will provide connectivity in both rural and remote areas will get the much needed stable foundation of the GPON technology. TEMA is confident that the GPON technology is easily the future of broadband solution deployment and connectivity in rural India. The Government’s broadband initiatives in the rural sections of the country will help in delivering the consolidated benefits of e-Education, e-Governence, e-Commerce, and e-Medicine.

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

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By admin, December 14, 2011 2:24 pm

Today Alcatel-Lucent announced dual attention milestones associated to a Latin American telecommunications market.

• The wins paint a initial blurb LTE deployment in Latin America and a initial Latin American Cable Operator to Deploy 100G Optical Technoogy;

• The wins are a clever denote of a trade expansion occuring in Latin America and a infrastructure investments being done to residence it;

• The annouoncements are a clever indicator of a strength of Alcatel-Lucent’s business in a region
• Double-Digit Growth over Past 3 Consecutive Quarters

Excerpts of press releases are next – – full releases can be found here: alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/pressroom

Argentina’s Cablevision selects Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 Gigabit Optical Solution to Cope with Booming Data Demand and Rising Transport Costs

First wire user in South America to muster a 100 gigabit per second visual network to boost multicast video services and high-speed Internet access

Buenos Aires, Dec 13, 2011 –Cablevision Argentina, one of a Latin America’s largest wire TV and Internet services providers, will be a initial wire user in South America to muster an modernized visual networking resolution to broach services during 100 gigabits per second (100G) speeds. Cablevision Argentina has comparison Alcatel-Lucent’s next-generation 100G visual awake networking resolution to dramatically boost opening and use speeds to accommodate a flourishing direct for video, multimedia and Internet applications from a patron base.

ANTEL and Alcatel-Lucent Launch 4G/LTE Services In Uruguay; Establish a First Commercial 4G/LTE Wireless Network in a Latin American Country

Paris and Montevideo, Dec 13, 2011 -Antel, a heading provider of communications services in Uruguay, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) are now creation a guarantee of high-speed mobile broadband a existence in Uruguay by delivering a initial blurb 4G/LTE wireless network in a Latin American country.

The network has been designed and built formed on Alcatel-Lucent’s complete, end-to-end LTE solution. Antel’s subscribers will suffer a many modernized mobile phone services such as, HD video, high-speed navigation, high peculiarity videoconferencing, online gaming and other applications. LTE Services will primarily be accessible in Montevideo and Punta del Este, and will develop to yield additional coverage.

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By admin, December 2, 2011 7:08 am

Friday, Dec 02, 2011

â–  A general cable R&D center built in Wuhan, Hubei
â–  Employs first rate researchers in world-class facilities to develop technologies for extra high voltage and special industrial cables
â–  Aims to be a world-class general R&D center in China by 2015

On the 28th, LS Cable & System (Chairman & CEO Christopher Koo) announced its establishment of an R&D center (head: Director Seungik Jeon) in China as the first in Korea’s cable industry. By building the R&D center, LS Cable & System anticipates to:

· develop products customized to the local market,
· strengthen business competitiveness by developing core technologies, and
· secure technological competence of its subsidiary in China.

The main strength of LS Cable & System’s R&D center in Wuhan, Hubei is the dedicated and professional human resources who possess the highest competencies. These people have proven their abilities at leading universities in China, including Xi’an Jiaotong University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Technology and Harbin University of Science and Technology. In addition, Wuhan is where the National Power Grid High Voltage Research Center of the State Grid Corporation, China’s largest power company, is also located. This will surely prove to be very advantageous in terms of joint research and product certification. Moreover, Wuhan is adjacent to Yichang, the city where LS Hongqi Cable & System (the Chinese subsidiary of LS Cable & System) is located so the geographical closeness will surely produce synergies. LS Cable & System also pointed out that Wuhan is the center of China’s Rising Strategy for Central and Western Regional Development, one of the country’s macroscopic development strategies.

Through the R&D Center, LS Cable & System is endeavoring to:

· secure 220kV and 345kV level extra high voltage cable development capacity,
· strengthen abilities to develop special cables for industrial use, such as wind power generation and mining, and,
· improve the competitiveness of its low and medium voltage cable products.

In addition, through organic links with the head office’s R&D center in Korea, LS Cable & System plans to develop the center into a general research center of the world’s highest standards for the electric power and communications fields by 2015.

LS Cable & System’s efforts at technological development are already producing visible results. Following a production certification for the AC 1000kV level super extra high-voltage ACSR cable from the China Electricity Council in March this year, LS Cable & System has completed performance verification of the gap conductor of high transmission efficiency created using a super thermal-resistant aluminum alloy as the conductor. In addition, 220kV level extra high-voltage power cable development and verification are scheduled for completion by early December. Accordingly, LS Cable & System forecasts rapid growth in the Chinese market.

LS Cable & System Director Seungik Jeon said, “The R&D center in China will offer an opportunity for LS Cable & System to advance further into the Chinese market.” Director Jeon added, “Based on our world class R&D competencies, we will introduce products that are optimized to the local market in China.”

Source: LS Cable

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By admin, November 28, 2011 1:04 am

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