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Juniper Research: Mobile VoIP to reach 1B subscribers by 2017

Juniper Research made a bold prediction: There will be 1 billion VoIP subscribers by 2017. Read FierceEnterpriseCommunications Editor Fred Donovan's latest column to find out why. 

Zayo buys Litecast to expand presence in Baltimore area

Zayo Group is deepening its presence in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area by acquiring Litecast, a competitive fiber and Ethernet service provider, for $22 million.

NTT gets license to offer business services in Vietnam

NTT Communications on Thursday began offering its domestic and international network services in Vietnam through Global Data Services JSC (GDS), a cooperative effort between NTT Com and Vietnam Posts & Telecommunications (VNPT).

Comcast Business Services extends fiber network to downtown Houston

Comcast Business Services on Thursday launched an effort to expand its fiber network in downtown Houston.

Juniper acquires SDN startup Contrail Systems

Juniper Networks on Wednesday acquired Contrail Systems, an emerging Software Defined Networks (SDN) vendor.

UPDATED: Verizon ups 100G capabilities in both the U.S. and Europe

Verizon on Thursday said it is on track with its 100G optical network migration, having built out 20,921 additional km (13,000 miles) in the United States and 2,600 km in Europe this year.

Fujitsu, NTT, and NEC test 24 Tbps on fiber

Fujitsu, NTT and NEC on Tuesday came together to form a new coalition that has set a goal of achieving 400G per channel over fiber in two years.

Google's Schmidt: Kansas City is just one stop on FTTH journey

Google's FTTH network isn't just about Kansas City, Mo., company chairman Eric Schmidt proclaimed on Wednesday at the New York Times ' Dealbook Conference.

Ciena's fiscal Q4 takes hit from decline in packet optical spending

Ciena reported on Thursday fiscal Q4 2012 revenues of $465.5 million, up from $455.5 million in fiscal Q4 2011.

Knology extends data center services to business customers

Knology Business Services, a regional cable operator that was acquired by WOW! in July, unveiled a set of data security center services for its business customers on Wednesday.