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Cisco unveils long-awaited CRS-1 upgrade
Cisco's long-awaited follow up to its flagship core router CRS-1 came today with the debut of its new CRS-3 core router. Offering up to 322 Tbps of capacity, Cisco says the CRS-3 offers unified... Read more >>
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CenturyLink catches the 40 Gbps service wave
At next week's Spring Comptel show in Nashville, Tn., it's likely the talk on the show floor will center on how wholesale carriers are ramping up networks to satisfy mobile operator's wireless... Read more >>
Cisco unveils long-awaited CRS-1 upgrade
Cisco's long-awaited follow up to its flagship core router CRS-1 came today with the debut of its new CRS-3 core router. Offering up to 322 Tbps of capacity, Cisco says the CRS-3 offers unified... Read more >>
Telefonica considers joint bid on Mexican fiber auction
To challenge Mexico's telecom monopoly Telmex for network backbone capacity, Telefonica is considering an alliance with other competitive and even regional cable operators to bid on the Mexican... Read more >>
Tax confusion could hamper broadband stimulus deployments
Service providers and communities that were lucky enough to get a broadband grant in the first round of grant awards may have gotten through one hoop to fulfill their broadband ambitions, but they... Read more >>
GSA puts $35B Connections II vehicle on the track
By officially releasing a draft request for proposals this week for the upcoming Connections II contract, the General Services Administration (GSA) believes that government agencies will have a... Read more >>
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- What's a Telco to do?
- Verizon brings the 100 Gbps show to Dallas
- ADVA Optical brings light to KDDI's managed WDM service
- FCC wants to shift USF focus towards broadband
- AT&T Southeast, CWA ratify core wireline agreement
- Alcatel-Lucent: 200 million DSL lines and counting
- tw telecom gets on the debt refinancing train
- Net neutrality comes to Ofcom's attention
Also Noted
> IEEE 802 standards committee turns 30
> Telefonica Chile ordered to open broadband lines
> UTOPIA Network adds Connected Lyfe to FTTP service lineup
> Westell Technologies amends credit facility
> Symmetricom unveils integrated IEEE 1588 sync software solutions
> T3 appoints Jim Dunn as VP of sales, marketing
And finally... City leaders are going to great lengths to become part of Google's fiber network experiment
Industry Voices
Packet Optical Networking Platforms: One size does not fit all
by Eve Griliches, ACG Research (Editor's note: This article is also included in FierceTelecom's new eBook called Packet Optical Networking Platforms: Maintaining the legacy, next-gen balance. Click... Read more >>
Special Report
Sizing up the top three U.S. ILECs in Q4 09
This report charts the performance of the top three largest wireline ILECs, including metrics such as access line loss, broadband and video additions. And take a look at how these figures stand up... Read more >>
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