Dish, Internet2 and Cisco are planning to trial a neutral host private wireless network at Duke University beginning this summer. Dish’s involvement may seem surprising, but dig into the news a bit and it’s an intriguing area for Dish to…
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CENIC and Link Oregon Plan High-Speed Regional Education and Research Network
September 24, 2019 — LA MIRADA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An agreement between CENIC and Link Oregon establishes a unique regional partnership that allows both organizations to share resources and expertise in providing extended fiber broadband network capabilities and services to research, education, and other public-service organizations across…
Exec: Juniper Universal Chassis Router Can Work at Network Edge, in Core or in a Data Center
A Juniper universal chassis router announced today is designed to work at the network edge, in the network core or in a data center and to take on the functionality required for each application based on software. In addition, the…
Report Reinforces 5G Fiber Backhaul Opportunity for Fiber Network Operators
The importance of 5G fiber backhaul far outranks other backhaul options including copper, microwave, freespace optics and millimeter wave technologies, according to a report from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). All operators surveyed said fiber was important for 5G backhaul,…
Could 5G TV Spur Fixed 5G Deployments?
Network operators are looking seriously at using fixed 5G wireless technology to support pay-TV offerings, according to Strategy Analytics. 5G TV could be an “anchor use case” for deploying fixed 5G, argues Sue Rudd, Strategy Analytics director of service provider…
ECI Selected by Idaho Regional Optical Network for Network Upgrades
Petach Tikva, Israel, January 11, 2017 — ECI, a global provider of ELASTIC Network® solutions for service providers, critical infrastructures and data center operators, announced today that the Idaho Regional Optic Network (IRON) has chosen to upgrade its network infrastructure…
MBC Deploys Infinera for Terabit Network Upgrade for Education, Research & Development and Big Data Projects
Sunnyvale, Calif. – April 23, 2015 – Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, and Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a successful wholesale open-access transport provider, announced the deployment of the Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform. The Infinera Intelligent…
Libraries Get Serious About TV White Spaces Broadband
A new partnership between the Wireless Internet Service Providers’ Association and the Gigabit Libraries Network aims to facilitate the deployment of TV white spaces (TVWS) broadband in libraries nationwide. “The WISP needs experience with TVWS and libraries offer an ideal…
Gigabit Libraries Network to Trial TV White Spaces
The Gigabit Libraries Network is looking for at least half a dozen rural libraries to participate in a trial of WiFi hotspots that use TV white spaces for Internet connectivity. The GLN aims to announce participating pilot projects at the…
Mass Broadband Institute Deploys First Segment of State Broadband Network with Ciena
HANOVER, MD – May 1, 2013 – Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) is deploying Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with WaveLogic Coherent Optical Processors, to provide high-speed, high-capacity 40G connectivity—with…
Comcast Exec Says Company Could Use 400 Gbps Connectivity Today
A Comcast executive told Telecompetitor today that if 400 Gbps transport equipment were “commercially available and viable,” the company would be prepared to deploy it. “Today we bundle multiple 100 gigabit [connections] together so we could use 400 G technology…
