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NTT Communications has selected Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router for its VPN enterprise services in Japan and worldwide. Previously such services were supported by independent networks, but the move to a...

MetroPCS stockholders are expected to vote on April 12, 2013 on the proposed combination of MetroPCS with T-Mobile.  The deal has already cleared all regulatory reviews.  If the stockholders approve,...

Broadcom introduced two low cost, high definition (HD) digital cable set-top box SoCs with integrated Full-Band Capture and IP video server technology. The new devices, which are aimed at entry-level...

Wireline employees represented by the Communications Workers of America District 9 rejected a new labor contract that had been negotiated by the union and AT&T West.  The contract would have...

Cisco showcased its new 100 Gbps, CMOS-based transceiver technology at this week's OFC/NFOEC 2013 event in Anaheim, California. The new technology, which Cisco describes a breakthrough for the rollout of...

China Mobile and Ericsson have verified the performance of Uplink Coordinated Multipoint (UL CoMP) in a TD-LTE trial network. The companies confirmed that in cell edge areas, UL CoMP can...

Huawei is showcasing a 40T Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) prototype at this week's OFC/NFOEC 2013 event in Anaheim, California. The prototype supports simultaneous transmission of 20 C-band optical channels running...

CommScope has acquired iTRACS, a company that specializes in open, enterprise-class data center infrastructure management (DCIM). Financial terms were not disclosed. iTRACS, which is based in Tempe, Arizona, offers a...

South Korean banks and TV broadcasters suffered a coordinated cyber attack on Wednesday afternoon.  Impacted organizations include Shinhan Bank, Nonghyup, KGS, MBC and YTN, with outages lasting several hours. North...

Robert McDowell announced plans to step down as FCC Commissioner in the coming weeks. In 2009, President Obama will renominated Robert M. McDowell for a second term as FCC Commissioner. McDowell,...

QualiSystems' TestShell Framework now manages more than five-million devices worldwide in the testing labs of network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), storage manufacturers, telecom operators, data center providers, Fortune 500 enterprises and...

ADTRAN is enhancing its Total Access 5000 platform for the metro core with a new module that offers 8x10GE optical transport with Ethernet switching.  This expands the service delivery, aggregation...

Sunrise Telecom has aded OAM (Operations, Administration and Management) and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) capabilities to its RxT Smart Productivity Test Platform. The new features, which are integrated into the...