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A new CloudEthernet Forum has been established to address the specific issues of scaling and applying suitable Ethernet services to meet the stringent demands of delivering cloud services. The CloudEthernet...

Internet2 has established a direct peering relationship with two Microsoft cloud services:  Windows Azure and Microsoft Office 365 Education. These services will enable unmetered access to both the high-performance computing...

May 22nd marked the 40th anniversary of the day Bob Metcalf sketched out the basic concept of Ethernet. The anniversary was marked in commemorative event at the Computer History Museum...

BT conducted a series of trials of 100, 200, and 400G, as well as an "800G super-channel," using equipment from Ciena. The trials, which occurred in March 2013, ran over...

The FCC will allocate $300 million in a second round of Connect America Phase I incremental funding to further leverage private investment in rural America and accelerate the availability of broadband to...

Mavenir introduced a Unified Access Gateway (UAG) for converged core network services across Circuit Switch (CS) and IP Multimedia System (IMS) networks. The UAG is a standard IMS Session Border...

Verizon Wireless announced availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4.   Pricing is set at $199 with a new two-year contract activation.  Key features include LTE connectivity, 13–megapixel camera, 5–inch full...

ARSAT, a state-owned telecommunications operator in Argentina, will upgrade its network to 100G using Alcatel-Lucent’s Agile Optical Networking technology. The first routes to be upgraded are Buenos Aires to Mendoza,...

Nokia Siemens Networks announced several enhancements for its Liquid Radio WCDMA Software Suite to help mobile broadband manage the smartphone boom and substantially reduce the network signaling overload. Fast Dormancy...

Vitesse Semiconductor introduced the first PHY transceivers to integrate MACSec technology for end-to-end, Layer 2 network security. The new Vitesse SynchroPHY Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10GE devices enable network-wide Layer...

Citrix introduced XenMobile Enterprise, an integrated solution combining mobile device, app and data management, a unified corporate app store, mobile productivity apps and “one-touch” live support. XenMobile Enterprise includes MDM...

Juniper Networks introduced its Junos Network Analytics suite, a set of big data analytics and network intelligence tools developed with Guavus, a start-up specializing in big data analytics solutions. The...

Overture announced an initial equity investment of $8 million, with an opportunity to raise up to $11.7 million, to support new software, hardware and service development initiatives. Overture said the...