Startup Bolsters Edge of Optical Networks
Sirocco Systems is developing optical network gear to intelligently sort data from customer networks and efficiently feed it into carrier's high-speed optical core networks.
Sirocco Systems is developing optical network gear to intelligently sort data from customer networks and efficiently feed it into carrier's high-speed optical core networks.
The University of Texas will use dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technology, mainly used in carrier networks, to solve a looming bandwidth problem between two of the school's campuses.
If demonstrations from last week's DSLCon show are carried over into the real world, corporate customers will be able to turn common phone lines into high-speed voice-data circuits with ease by year-end.
Bell Atlantic Mobile and Vodafone AirTouch PLC have combined to launch Verizon Wireless, a separate joint venture offering cellular, paging and PCS services that will spend US$3 billion this year on network upgrades.
If you can get an entire wavelength of bandwidth to your door, how do you break that down into the bite-sized chunks your network applications really want?
Bell Atlantic Corp. admits that if you want to sell low-cost, high-bandwidth services to everyone, you can't rely solely on digital subscriber line.
This week, the premiere DSL show of the year will feature products from a host of vendors looking to address one of the knottiest problems facing companies trying to build far-flung DSL networks - lack of service availability.
A new tool for building all-optical networks is as simple as blowing bubbles.
VPNet Technologies Inc. has overhauled its management, remote-client and operating system software to ease the administration and use of virtual private networks (VPN).
You probably haven't heard much about Xcellenet lately, but they are back and trying to solve a looming network problem: management and security of personal digital assistants (PDA) and other handheld devices accessing the enterprise network.
With voice-over-DSL technology, carriers can provide impressive multiple-channel voice and broadband data services running simultaneously on a regular phone line - but they can't do it with any old DSL.
When competitive local exchange carriers compete, they don't always do it the old-fashioned way. These upstart carriers that challenge the regional Bell operating companies look to the latest technologies to build networks. Cost is the main reason. The new equipment also supports services that traditional carriers just can't offer, or lets the CLECs offer services at prices RBOCs can't beat.
Remember that satellite office your company shut down six months ago, the one with T-1 access to headquarters? You canceled that T-1, so you no longer pay for it, right?
Gabriel Communications Inc. started offering voice, Internet access and virtual private network services in 1998 so its customers could get one bill from one provider.
How about this for a deal: 100M bit/sec Internet access for $1,000 per month?