Comments (0)

By cableunion, February 2, 2012 12:12 pm

To meet increasingly demanding business needs of U.K.’s enterprise community, ADVA Optical Networking and Openreach, the infrastructure division of BT Group (News – Alert), have jointly launched a new optical spectrum access (OSA) service. Part of Openreach’s optical spectrum service (OSS) portfolio, OSA provides new levels of network connectivity.

Built on ADVA (News – Alert) Optical’s scalable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system FSP 3000, enterprises will now be able to transport enormous amounts of data throughout the U.K. with much improved latency and unparalleled encryption and security, said the partners.

In a statement, Jon Hurry, managing director, Strategy, Commercial, Portfolio & Policy, Openreach said, “The response to the FSP 3000 introduction has been exceptional.”

He added, “Since the pre-launch of this service we’ve collaborated with a range of communications providers, whose customers are expecting dramatically more from their networks. Scalability and protecting their investment is at the heart of our customers’ strategy; they need to transport increasing amounts of data across greater distances more securely and faster than ever before. OSA meets those criteria. Today’s launch marks a milestone for U.K. businesses seeking to position their networks as a competitive advantage.”

According to the collaborators, the OSA service provides dedicated single or resilient point-to-point optical fiber links throughout the U.K. With a route distance of up to 103 km, the service accommodates a range of interfaces and uses the same low-latency technology deployed extensively in many of the world’s leading financial trading networks.

Configured to specific networking demands and accommodating a full range of protocols and service interfaces, OSA has been built with the sole purpose of moving large amounts of data faster, farther and more securely, stated ADVA Optical Networking (News – Alert).

Alistair Swales, senior vice president, U.K. sales, ADVA Optical Networking, commented, “This is an incredible time to be involved in U.K. networks,”

“In less than one month we’ve seen over 200 design requests from customers interested in the new OSA service. This is simply unparalleled. Our R&D teams are working closely with Openreach to ensure this new service fulfills its promise and takes U.K. enterprise networking to previously unattainable heights. For today’s businesses and their mission-critical data, OSA is an imperative,” noted Swales.  

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO East 2012, happening now, in Miami, FL. ITEXPO (News – Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It’s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. For more information on registering for ITEXPO registration, click here.

Stay in touch with everything happening at ITEXPO. Follow us on Twitter.

Ashok Bindra is a veteran writer and editor with more than 25 years of editorial experience covering RF/wireless technologies, semiconductors and power electronics. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

Comments (0)

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.

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO East 2012, taking place Jan. 31-Feb. 3 2012, in Miami, FL. ITEXPO (News – Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It’s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. For more information on registering for ITEXPO registration click here.

Stay in touch with everything happening at ITEXPO. Follow us on Twitter.

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

Edited by Rich Steeves

Comments (0)

By cableunion, January 25, 2012 8:08 pm

Intergraph is enabling utilities and communications organizations to better design, administer and maintain fiber networks with the launch of G/Technology Fiber Optic Works version 1.1.

The new fiber network management tool from Intergraph expands fiber network information access to intranet and field users by introducing new network and analysis capabilities for Intergraph NetViewer and MobileViewer.

Intergraph is a global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Its G/Technology Fiber Optic Works effectively streamlines the management of fiber optic infrastructure for utilities, communications providers, municipalities and state agencies who are implementing a public or private fiber network.

The new version offers an enterprise data environment that includes business rules, design tools, relationship models and data validation to support crucial business workflows.

Fiber Optic Works 1.1 extends review and reporting of fiber network information to users using local area network (LAN) or disconnected in the field mode. The new release allows users to generate, edit and review alternative schematic representations of selected portions of the fiber network.

“We are pleased to introduce our newest addition to G/Technology, Fiber Optic Works 1.1, into our Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) solution portfolio,” said Karen Ball, product manager, Intergraph Corporation. “With fiber networks steadily becoming more important in the communications industry and critical to smart grid initiatives in the utilities industry, Fiber Optic Works 1.1 provides a configurable COTS solution to meet the design and asset management needs of those implementing their own fiber optic infrastructure.”

Read a related article at TMCnet “Intergraph Discovery Tour Events in Frankfurt, Germany and Basel, Switzerland on January 24-26 to Feature CADWorx Plant and P&ID Integration With CAESAR II, PV Elite for Design and Engineering.”

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO East 2012, taking place Jan. 31-Feb. 3 2012, in Miami, FL. ITEXPO (News – Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It’s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. For more information on registering for ITEXPO registration click here.

Stay in touch with everything happening at ITEXPO. Follow us on Twitter.

Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Stefanie Mosca

Comments (0)

By cableunion, January 23, 2012 11:16 am

Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (News – Alert) (ICSS), the wholesale provider of Deutsche Telekom and Lattelecom, Latvia’s tier one telecommunications service provider, have announced an alliance to give Europe a next generation network. The investment is expected to help operators in Russia and other neighboring states to address the needs of high speed Internet customers, which are ever-increasing in the region.

As a part of the alliance, the companies have reportedly signed a deal to deploy Baltic Telecommunications Highway, a powerful data transmission highway that will address the growing network connectivity needs across the Baltics.

ICSS provides global voice communication and Internet connectivity to millions of people, and global roaming and messaging on next generation platforms, as well as smart content distribution, media exchange, and virtual carrier solutions. Lattelecom offers telecommunications solutions for households, small and medium enterprises and state and municipal institutions as well as corporate customers.

ICSS and Lattelecom will jointly lay an advanced network technology based fiber-infrastructure across the Baltics, Poland and Germany. This deployment is expected to enable transmission speeds of up to 10 Gbps, the partnering companies claimed in a press release.

In addition of making investments in the infrastructure of their respective countries, ICSS and Lattelecom will also make significant investments in Poland and Lithuania to complement the Baltic Highway.

According to Juris Gulbis, Lattelecom’s chairman of the Management Board and CEO, the Baltic Telecommunications Highway project has high international significance as it establishes the shortest data flow route between Europe and rest of the world.

“With increasing volume and diversity of the Internet content as well as various data exchange services, the Internet data exchange consumption continues growing throughout the world. Therefore Lattelecom early on the way is setting up a powerful data transmission highway which in the future will help Lattelecom in satisfying the ever growing need for high Internet speed of customers,” Gulbis explained. “Baltic Telecommunications Highway is a project of international importance as it will ensure Russian and other neighboring state telecommunications operators with the geographically shortest route for data flow to Europe and the rest of the world.”

“By partnering with Lattelecom, we bring businesses in the Baltic States and beyond access to a European next generation network. The Baltic States as well as Russia have witnessed a substantial surge in demand for network connectivity, and through the Baltic Highway we will jointly provide enhanced connectivity for the region,” noted Holger Magnussen, senior vice president at ICSS.

In separate news, Deutsche Telekom (News – Alert) announced a strategic partnership with online daily deals company Groupon to deliver Groupon’s local commerce deals in European countries within the Deutsche Telekom network.

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO East 2012, taking place Jan. 31-Feb. 3 2012, in Miami, FL. ITEXPO (News – Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It’s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. For more information on registering for ITEXPO registration, click here.

Stay in touch with everything happening at ITEXPO. Follow us on Twitter.

Madhubanti Rudra is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

Comments (0)

By cableunion, January 6, 2012 1:37 am

Lightower Fiber Networks, a provider of fiber network and bandwidth service for users in the Northeast, announced that its diverse network solution has been selected to drive a strategic network initiative by Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI). MBI, which is a part of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, decided to leverage the diverse network solution as a part of its MassBroadband 123 initiative for the expansion of broadband and Internet across the state of Massachusetts.

Lightower’s network within the MassBroadband 123 initiative will effectively connect the MassBroadband 123 network to Boston’s leading Internet connection point by leveraging diverse paths. This will help in improving and ensuring reliability of network. More than 120 communities within the western and north central regions of Massachusetts will be delivered high-speed Internet by MassBroadband 123. The deployment of the fiber-optic infrastructure will form the foundation for delivering innovative broadband technology to both residents as well as business clients within the region. Furthermore, the infrastructure will provide the necessary support for agencies within Commonwealth Massachusetts across the western region.

In a release, Pamela Goldberg, CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, said, “Extending broadband access will strengthen the state’s innovation economy and enhance our competitiveness. The MBI is building a sustainable fiber-optic network that will attract private investment and position the Commonwealth for future economic success.”

The decision to deploy the diverse network solution from Lightower was based on the multiple benefits of the solution. Lightower’s solution has been designed as an open and rugged and a highly competitive procurement system. Two diverse paths on the Lightower network will be used for the leasing of the MBI fiber to enable a connection between the MassBroadband 123 network with Boston’s major Internet Point of Presence.

The additional path of the Lightower network will connect with MassBroadband 123, providing redundant and diverse pathways to the major Internet access points in Boston. These connections will also provide a more affordable option for service providers in the western part of the state to carry Internet traffic to Boston.

Rob Shanahan, CEO of Lightower, said, “As a high tech company headquartered in Massachusetts, Lightower is honored to provide one of the fundamental components of the MassBroadband 123 network. We are committed to supporting the vision of Governor Patrick and his administration of expanding broadband services to communities in western and north central Massachusetts and in furthering technological advances across the state. By leveraging Lightower’s diverse fiber optic network assets, MassBroadband 123 benefits from connecting western and north central Massachusetts to all corners of the Commonwealth and the major Internet connection points in Boston.”

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO East 2012, taking place Jan. 31-Feb. 3 2012, in Miami, FL. ITEXPO (News – Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It’s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. To register, click here.

Stay in touch with everything happening at ITEXPO. Follow us on Twitter.

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

Edited by Rich Steeves

Comments (0)

By admin, December 7, 2011 10:08 pm

Fibre Optic cabling provides a distant larger bandwidth than copper and is typically used for fortitude tie between localised networking equipment. With a shield from electromagnetic division (EMI) Fibre ocular cabling provides a high confidence link. It is also a resolution for inter-building links and other connectors over a limit 90m for Category 5e and Cat 6 copper cabling.

At Technique Networks we are ardent about twine and honour ourselves on providing honest accurate assessments of all a business cabling requirements, ensuring that all systems that we pattern implement currently will mountain adult tommorow.

Network Design

With over 30 total years of network pattern experience, we entirely know a intensity minefield of mechanism networks and are means to consider your infrastructure mandate and pattern your destiny cabling complement to maximize a opening of your network, covering all aspects of network topologies and LAN solutions such as: CAT 5e, CAT 6, 10GB, Fibre ocular and wireless networks…

Structured Cabling

With a continued growth of high opening networks and a appearance of new technologies including Voice over IP, Gigabit and Ethernet, a need for rightly designed and commissioned future-proofed structured cabling systems is now larger than ever…

Why Fibre Optic

Fibre Optic cabling provides a distant larger bandwidth than copper and is typically used for fortitude tie between localised networking equipment. With it’s shield from electromagnetic division (EMI) Fibre ocular cabling provides a high confidence link…

Network Equipment

Technique networks supply and implement a full operation of approved active networking apparatus to fit all applications. All apparatus comes finish with manufacturer guarantees…

Technique Networks supply and Install a following extensive operation of approved 25 year fitting Fibre Optic cabling and infrastructure products all designed with we a patron in mind.

Services: Backbone pattern installation, internal/external building links, termination, alloy splicing, OTDR testing/certification, error anticipating diagnostics, maintenance.

Cable types: OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 (multimode), OS1, OS2, (singlemode), 4-24 cores, lax tube, parsimonious buffered, internal/external, rodent resistant, CST, S.W.A, 62.5/125, 50/125, 9/125.

Connection types: ST, SC, LC, APC, FC, MTRJ multimode/singlemode + many more.
Pre-terminated solutions: For all twine forms as listed above.

Patchcords: SC, ST, LC, FC, APC, MTRJ, SIMPLEX, DUPLEX, OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, OS1, OS2.

Active Equipment: Media convertors 10/100/1000 Mbps, 10Gb, Media Chassis, 10/100/1000 Mbps, 10Gb switches, POE switches equipment, twine transcievers (GBIC modules).

Fibre Enclosures: 4-48 twine ports patch panels , splice enclosures, wall mountain enclosures.

Cabinets: Server/passive cabinets, building standing, wall mounted, in all measure configurations.

If we would like to know some-more or a quote for a implement of your twine ocular network afterwards greatfully finish a form during a bottom of a home page…

fibreopticinstallation.org.uk

Thank you.

Andrew Trehearn
Operations Director
Technique Networks
Tel: 0800 3213151

Date:  2011-12-07
Download:  
Med-res image:  
Hi-res image:  

Read More At: here

Comments (0)

By admin, December 7, 2011 6:22 pm

Colocation America (News – Alert), a premier U.S. data center provider recently announced partnership with Dome9 Security to provide automated cloud security firewall management service to Colocation America’s growing customer base.

“Data safety is among the chief concerns for clients setting up dedicated servers and we are delighted to offer an additional level of security with the Dome9 server security management firewall,” said Albert A. Ahdoot, Business Development Director at Colocation America, in a release.

Dome9 Security is the major player in cloud security management. It is the only cloud server security service to automate cloud firewall management, closing ports such as SSH, RDP, and MYSQL otherwise left open so administrators can connect to and manage their servers.

Officials said that this common practice leaves servers and their data vulnerable to hackers. In such situations, Dome9 secures all administrative ports and enables secure access, on-demand.

“We are pleased to offer our service to Colocation America customers to best secure their infrastructure,” said Dave Meizlik, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Dome9. “No other cloud security service automates firewall management, and by partnering we’re able to provide Colocation America customers with a valuable service to enhance their security management.”

Ahdoot further says: “Our partnership with Dome9 is a major achievement in our ongoing commitment to providing our clients with access to the most up-to-date technology solutions.”

In related news, Colocation America recently entered into a partnership relation with Kolmisoft, a development company specialized in delivering professional VoIP billing and routing solutions, to expand its offerings of professional VoIP billing and routing solutions.

Officials said that Kolmisoft’s MOR is aimed at businesses seeking a more advanced softswitch or billing platform or those that are just getting started in the industry.

Because of the growing VoIP market and the consequent need for dependable connectivity and dedicated servers, the partnership between Colocation America and Kolmisoft is intended to meet the demand of telecom providers for reliable server up time, and easy-to-use VoIP billing and routing services.

Deepika Mala is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

Comments (0)

By admin, November 22, 2011 12:59 am

SINGAPORE – They will be used as a “last resort” when other means to guarantee a satisfactory personification margin have been exhausted, positive Minister for Information, Communications and a Arts Yaacob Ibrahim, as laws were upheld yesterday lenient a Government to serve umpire a telecommunications sector.

These powers embody arising a Separation Order for a send of resources from a licensee to another entity, in sequence to guarantee foe in a market.

For instance, it could be practical in a unfolding where a telco user has control over vicious infrastructure such as wire spectrum and could precedence this marketplace energy opposite a competitors in a downstream activities such as a sell of Internet and mobile services.

The extended regulatory powers drew regard from Non-Constituency MP Lina Chiam in Parliament yesterday. “Can a apportion also encourage a House that a powers postulated to him in this amendment will not be used other than to foster marketplace foe and to tackle transparent and benefaction threats to a inhabitant security?” she asked.

Dr Yaacob responded: “I would like to assure that before we use a subdivision sequence in particular, we will guarantee we empty all other means probable within a powers. The subdivision sequence is like a final resort, in that we have to meddle in sequence to secure a kind of foe we wish in a market.”

“The attention is elaborating very, really quick … with new services and entrants entrance into a market, we consider it’s critical to guarantee that a personification margin is level.”

He added: “Ultimately we trust satisfactory foe will expostulate prices to affordable levels for all Singaporeans.”

Under a nice Telecommunications Act, a apportion will also have a energy to approach a takeover of a telco’s business if a telco is incompetent to continue holding a looseness in a instance of insolvency, and has to exit a market. This is to guarantee smoothness of pivotal telecommunication networks or services for open and inhabitant interest.

Such a Special Administrative Order (SAO) is germane to open telecommunication licensees (PTLS) or telcos that yield large-scale simple communication services, and Critical Support Infrastructure operators that control network comforts that are essential and formidable to replicate. For instance, it could be a telco that shares a coaxial wire in an MRT hire with other calm providers.

Also upheld were a much-anticipated revisions in penalties for telcos that violate their looseness codes or codes of practice, formerly capped during S$1 million.

The new sustenance will concede operators to be fined 10 per cent of a annual turnover or S$1 million, whichever is higher, giving regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) some-more coherence when determining on penalties.

The IDA will also now be means to emanate created orders to building owners and developers to guarantee their correspondence with formula of practices to yield entrance to space and comforts for a designation and operation of telecommunications systems.

Read More At: here

Comments (0)

By admin, October 21, 2011 4:35 am

Friday, Oct 21, 2011

Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded two four-year contracts for a total amount of 15 million euros by RATP (the state-owned operator of Paris’ public transport systems) to supply specialized railway infrastructure cables that deliver the ideal combination of high performance, safety and reliability for projects to maintain, upgrade and expand the city’s metro and tram networks.

Enhanced safety

Nexans will supply over 6,700 kilometres of various safety, control and signalling cables. Among them, specialized safety cables (K20) for tunnel installations, where, in the event of a fire, their halogen-free and flame-retardant design will assure low toxicity and minimal smoke emissions to enhance survival, fire-fighting and emergency rescue operations as well as maintaining the continuity of vital power and data communication circuits. Within this K20 range, Nexans will provide power, telecom, signalling and safety cables.

Beyond infrastructures, Nexans will also supply on board cables for the renovation of metro and RER rolling stock, in compliance with European and French standards.

The cables for the RATP contract will be manufactured by Nexans factories located in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. In these contracts, Nexans will also propose the supply of drums manufactured in France for the RATP logistic centre based at Boissy Saint Léger in the south of Paris.

“This is a very important contract that reinforces our position as a leading cable supplier for RATP’s current projects” Says Eric du Tertre, Nexans Market Segment Director Rail Infrastructure. “This success continues a long standing working relationship with RATP that reflects the proven quality of our cables, our commitment to understanding their business and our flexibility in delivering both technical and commercial solutions to meet their specific needs”.

Source: Nexans

Comments (0)

By admin, October 21, 2011 4:35 am

Friday, Oct 21, 2011

Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded two four-year contracts for a total amount of 15 million euros by RATP (the state-owned operator of Paris’ public transport systems) to supply specialized railway infrastructure cables that deliver the ideal combination of high performance, safety and reliability for projects to maintain, upgrade and expand the city’s metro and tram networks.

Enhanced safety

Nexans will supply over 6,700 kilometres of various safety, control and signalling cables. Among them, specialized safety cables (K20) for tunnel installations, where, in the event of a fire, their halogen-free and flame-retardant design will assure low toxicity and minimal smoke emissions to enhance survival, fire-fighting and emergency rescue operations as well as maintaining the continuity of vital power and data communication circuits. Within this K20 range, Nexans will provide power, telecom, signalling and safety cables.

Beyond infrastructures, Nexans will also supply on board cables for the renovation of metro and RER rolling stock, in compliance with European and French standards.

The cables for the RATP contract will be manufactured by Nexans factories located in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. In these contracts, Nexans will also propose the supply of drums manufactured in France for the RATP logistic centre based at Boissy Saint Léger in the south of Paris.

“This is a very important contract that reinforces our position as a leading cable supplier for RATP’s current projects” Says Eric du Tertre, Nexans Market Segment Director Rail Infrastructure. “This success continues a long standing working relationship with RATP that reflects the proven quality of our cables, our commitment to understanding their business and our flexibility in delivering both technical and commercial solutions to meet their specific needs”.

Source: Nexans