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Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies are marking June 6 as "IPv6 Day". The goal is to set a major milestone in the transition...

By 2017, 85 percent of the world’s population will have internet coverage via 3G and there will be close to 9 billion mobile subscriptions, compared to 6 billion at the...

Netflix is rolling out its own content delivery network. The plan is have ISPs deploy "Open Connect" content caches in their local data centers, or to peer with the Netflix...

The Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC), which provides broadband connectivity to the Northeast region of Minnesota, has selected the Cyan Z-Series packet-optical transport platforms (P-OTP), Cyan 360 software-defined operations suite, and...

Netronome introduced its 200 Gbps NFP-6xxx family of network flow processors based on Intel’s 22nm 3-D TriGate technology and designed for high-performance networking applications that require programmable, line-rate, stateful processing...

Cisco introduced a new packet core platform for mobile networks. The new Cisco ASR 5500 system, which builds on the packet core foundation acquired with Startent Networks in 2009, brings...

Airtime launched its video chat service for Facebook users. The site lets users find open video chat sessions by topic. The video chats can also jointly view YouTube and other...

AppliedMicro's "Black Mamba" APM8669x chip, which is the highest performing member of its PacketPro2 family of multi-core processors, offers virtualization and domain protection capabilities designed to keep systems operating continuously....

Zayo agreed to acquire FiberGate, which operates a Washington, D.C. metro area network, for an undisclosed sum. The FiberGate acquisition adds 130,000 fiber miles to Zayo’s metro network in and...

Lantiq confirmed that its XWAY xDSL and network processor Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) and UGW software suite received the “IPv6 CE Ready�? designation after successful tests at the University of New Hampshire...

Following its recently-completed acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave transport business, DragonWave said it will eliminate 68 positions from the company’s workforce in Ottawa and Israel. DragonWave expects to save...

Microsoft unveiled Xbox SmartGlass -- its vision for bridging entertainment between devices. Xbox SmartGlass is an application for Windows 8, Windows Phone, and other portable devices that connects phones, PCs...

Telstra launched its commercial services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania. In areas with NBN coverage, Tasmanians can access Telstra’s broadband services with download speeds to the home...