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Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:51PM Q&A with Andrew Lord, head of optical research at BT, about his impressions following the recent OFC/NFOEC show.
OFC/NFOEC reflections: Part 1
"We [operators] need to move faster"
Andrew Lord, BT
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00PM
"The sheer massive [server] volumes is generating an innovation dynamic that is far beyond what we would expect to see in networking"
Don Clarke, NFV
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 10:43AM The OIF's Carrier Working Group is assessing how software-defined networking (SDN) will impact transport. Hans-Martin Foisel, chair of the OIF working group, explains SDN's importance for operators.
Briefing: Software-defined networking
Part 1: Operator interest in SDN
"Using SDN use cases, we are trying to derive whether the transport network is ready or if there is some missing functionality"
Hans-Martin Foisel, OIF
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:18AM Gazettabyte spoke with BT, Level 3 Communications and Verizon about their 100 Gigabit optical transmission plans and the challenges they see regarding the technology.
Briefing: 100 Gigabit
Part 1: Operators
Operators will use 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) coherent technology for their next-generation core networks. For metro, operators favour coherent and have differing views regarding the alternative, 100Gbps direct-detection schemes. All the operators agree that the 100Gbps interfaces - line-side and client-side - must become cheaper before 100Gbps technology is more widely deployed.
"It is clear that you absolutely need 100 Gig in large parts of the network"
Steve Gringeri, Verizon
100G serial interface, 100Gbps, BT, CFP, CFP2, Level 3, Verizon, service providers in Feature Print Article Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 9:08AM Briefing: Green ICT
Part 2: Operators’ power efficiency strategies
Service providers have set themselves ambitious targets to reduce their energy consumption by a fifth by 2020. This despite the expected traffic they will carry being thirty times today’s volumes. Given the cost of electricity and operators’ requirements, such targets are not surprising: KPN, with its 12,000 sites in The Netherlands, consumes 1% of the country’s electricity.
“We also have to invest in capital expenditure for a big swap of equipment – in mobile and DSLAMs"
Philippe Tuzzolino, France Telecom-Orange
AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KPN, PUE, Verizon, service providers in Feature Print Article Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 4:43PM |
Date |
Domain |
Partners |
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Sept 2009 |
Wireline Access |
Ericsson |
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Feb 2010 |
Radio Access Network |
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson |
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April 2010 |
Optical and transport equipment |
Ciena |
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July 2010 |
IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core |
Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper, Cisco |
The table shows the selected players in AT&T's domain supplier programme announced to date.
AT&T has stated that there will likely be eight domain supplier categories overall so four more have still to be detailed.
Looking at the list, several thoughts arise:
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 9:10AM Briefing: Dynamic optical networks
Part 2: Wavelength provisioning and network restoration
How are operators using reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) in their networks? And just how often are their networks reconfigured? gazettabyte spoke to AT&T and Verizon Business.
Operators rarely make grand statements about new developments or talk in terms that could be mistaken for hyperbole.
“You create new paths; the network is never finished”
Glenn Wellbrock, Verizon Business
