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Fibrenoire, a service provider offering Internet and private network services over an optical fiber network in Quebec and Ontario, announced it has completed implementation of an end-to-end Cisco Carrier Ethernet System covering the Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto regions.

Cisco’s Carrier Ethernet System transforms the way service providers operate by providing a massive scale, end-to-end packet optical architecture and flexible 1G to 10G service delivery.

The Cisco Carrier Ethernet System is also pre-tested to minimize the time and technical resources required to test and validate network performance. This result is an end-to-end Metro Ethernet Forum-certified system allowing Fibrenoire to offer state-of-the-art services.

“Cisco is committed to Fibrenoire’s success. The Cisco team is always available to listen and explore our current and future needs. For Fibrenoire, having Cisco’s commitment and being able to talk directly to product experts is critical,” said Jean-François Lévesque, owner and CTO, Fibrenoire.

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Sandefjord, Norway and Oxnard, California, December 15, 2011 – Nevion chairman Per Otto Dyb has announced the appointment of technology and business development veteran Geir Bryn-Jensen as Nevion CEO. Bryn-Jensen, who previously served as executive vice president of sales and marketing, joined Nevion in 2010.
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Singapore, December 2, 2011 – For the second time this year RAD Data Communications has won a Best Product Award at a Carrier Ethernet World Congress event.

This latest award, for Best Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Product in Asia-Pacific, was presented at the Carrier Ethernet APAC 2011 in Singapore. The winning product is RAD’s ETX-203A Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device.

“The ETX-203A stands out among its peers by its incomparable price-performance advantage,” said Amir Karo, Vice President of Marketing at RAD Data Communications. “This is especially relevant in APAC, where, until now, high CapEx has slowed the introduction of premium Carrier Ethernet services.”

The award was determined by a panel of judges from leading industry analyst firms Informa, Infonetics, and Ovum and presented under the auspices of IIR Telecoms & Technology, organizer of the event, and in the presence of the Metro Ethernet Forum.
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MAHWAH, New Jersey, November 29, 2011 – Dr. Yaakov (Jonathan) Stein has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at RAD Data Communications.

Dr. Stein has served as RAD’s Chief Scientist since coming to the company in 1999. In his new role as CTO, his responsibilities will include analysis of relevant technology trends, steering RAD’s participation in standardization forums, supervising IPR issues, research cooperation with academia, and special research projects.

Dr. Stein has authored numerous academic papers, standardization contributions, and patent applications. He has chaired and given invited lectures at international conferences and is an active participant in several telecommunication industry standardization forums. He has co-authored and contributed to many IETF RFCs, ITU-T Recommendations and MPLS Forum (now Broadband Forum) Implementation Agreements. He presently co-chairs the IETF’s Timing over IP Connection and Transfer of Clock (TICTOC) working group. His book, Digital Signal Processing – A Computer more

Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), the country’s largest telecommunications provider, announced the deployment of Cisco router technologies as a platform for its IP NGN.

This implementation, for current and future service requirements across fixed and mobile networks, will meet customer demand for high bandwidth and mobile networks that support video and collaboration by providing enhanced network capacity, high resiliency and robust IPV6 support.

PLDT is the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines and offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across the Philippines’ most extensive fiber optic backbone and fixed-line, cellular and satellite networks.

PLDT and its wholly owned subsidiary, Smart Communications, the leading wireless services provider in the Philippines with 47.8 million subscribers on its GSM network (as of the end of June 2011), has deployed Cisco CRS-3 and ASR 9000 Series routers to efficiently handle the multidirectional traffic of network more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, November 3, 2011 - RAD Data Communications announced today it will unveil the industry’s first All-in-One Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device at Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 November 8-9 at the Hilton New York.

The compact ETX-203AX Network Interface Device (NID) is completely modular, enabling operators to deliver Carrier Ethernet services over different media from a single part number. Connectivity includes dual 100/1000 Mbps fiber/copper links, bonded NG-PDH circuits or SHDSL EFM, with future modules supporting GPON, bonded VDSL, and other media.

“The IT and OSS resources required to introduce a new managed network element in a service provider network can run up to $1 million and take up to one year before commissioning,” explains Uri Zilberman, President of U.S.-based RAD Data Communications Inc. “Instead of seven or eight rounds of OSS development, a single part number for different service infrastructures requires more

Nevion to present managed video services solutions at CAPER 2011
VideoIPath solutions for IP and optical video networks lower the cost of remote production

Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 26, 2011 – Nevion, a leading provider of managed video services for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, will showcase its new VideoIPath managed video services solutions at CAPER 2011, the international trade fair for broadcast, cable, cine and multimedia. Nevion will be exhibiting alongside its distributor Sistemas de Video Comunicacion (SVC) at booth C11 in hall 5 at Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 26 – 28.
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CHICAGO, October 25, 2011 – As part of the 4G World conference and expo, which opens today in Chicago, RAD Data Communications is exhibiting in Booth 1927 its ETX-205A Carrier Ethernet mobile demarcation device, which less than two weeks ago bested competitors when it won the Best Mobile Backhaul Product Award at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Amsterdam.

Designed for mobile backhaul, wholesale services and business applications as a member of RAD’s EtherAccess portfolio, the ETX-205A enables pure Ethernet backhaul as well as the consolidation of 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE traffic at base stations. Placed at cell sites, hubs and mobile switching centers, it helps backhaul providers, as well as fixed-mobile carriers monitor network performance and guarantee quality of service.

The ETX-205A incorporates a host of differentiating features. Most notably, these include hardware-based OAM for accurate monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs), such as more

Nevion to present managed video services solutions at SMPTE 2011

Hollywood, CA, October 19, 2011 – Nevion, a leading provider of managed video services for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, will showcase its new VideoIPath managed video services solution for IP networks at the 2011 SMPTE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition at booth #317. The event takes place on October 24 – 27 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Nevion’s director of product management, Dr. Chin Chye Koh, will present at the conference on ‘Leveraging video services management to enhance video transport’ on Wednesday October 26 in the High Performance Networks session in Salon 1.
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PETACH TIKVA, Israel, October 18, 2011 – Siklu Inc., a pioneer in the wireless backhaul market today announced closing of its $19 million Series B investment. New investors in this round include Amiti Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated and another undisclosed category leading strategic investor. They have been joined by all existing investors: DFJ-Tamir Fishman Ventures, Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity. Ben Rabinowitz, Managing Partner at Amiti Ventures, will join the Board of Directors of Siklu.

Siklu delivers scalable and flexible carrier-grade millimeter wave Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions. These state-of-the-art, advanced architecture solutions offer unparalleled price-performance value. Providing the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership, and incorporating on-board advanced networking capabilities, solutions from Siklu are ideally suited for mobile backhaul, Carrier Ethernet business services, enterprise, and vertical applications in developed and emerging markets.

Siklu, already recognized as having the widest and deepest IP and technology advantage more