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FREMONT, Calif., July 15, 2010—Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions, today announced the company’s product portfolio of high-speed Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) systems, including its line of XR239 EFM Repeaters, has been proven to be in compliance with the ANSI T1.417-2003 standard for Spectrum Management for Loop Transmission Systems by Telcordia. Compliance with the T1.417 standard signifies to telecom network service providers that Actelis’ high-speed EFM systems and repeaters will have no adverse impact on any neighboring voice and broadband services, such as ADSL, ADSL2+ and VDSL2 (xDSL), when deployed in the access portion of the public telephone switching network (PTSN). Telcordia, an authority on the ANSI T1.417 standard, used a series of sophisticated testing tools and processes to conduct the full suite of tests defined in T1.417 using Actelis’ EFM systems and repeaters.

“Telcordia performed a thorough more

The E7 Has Become the Fastest Platform in Calix History to Reach the 100 Customer Milestone

PETALUMA, Calif.–Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that the E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) has been deployed by more than 100 communications service providers (CSPs) across North and Latin America and the Caribbean. Architected to address the emerging capacity and flexibility challenges of an “all-video world,” the E7 has found fertile ground among a wide variety of CSPs looking to deploy advanced Ethernet-based fiber access services – from traditional independent operating companies (IOCs) who are looking to deliver advanced residential services to their communities, to municipalities and international carriers seeking to inspire economic development, to multiple systems operators (MSOs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) providing reliable Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) services to business. The fastest platform in Calix history to be deployed by 100 customers, the E7 has surpassed this milestone more

How Thomas Cooley Law School benefits from Virtual Ethernet Services

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 13 — Grand Rapids-based US Signal Company has been a pioneer of connectivity for more than a decade. The leading provider of data bandwidth in the Midwest, the company recently announced its expansion into four Ohio markets: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Columbus.

“We have created technologies that make Virtual Ethernet Service affordable, simple, and stable — making a fully meshed network accessible from point A to B almost anywhere,” says Trevor Bidle, vice president of engineering for US Signal. “Virtual Ethernet Service allows our customers to control the routing and flow of their own networks.”

How VES Works

In 2008, Thomas Cooley Law School migrated from a hub and spoke arrangement to Virtual Ethernet Service (VES) to connect its campus locations. Virtual Ethernet Service provides Cooley with high-speed connectivity to each more

CHICAGO–CENX, Inc., operator of the world’s first and most connected Carrier Ethernet exchange, today announced the appointment of Sanford (Sandy) Brown as its Chief Executive Officer. Sandy brings to CENX more than 15 years of executive and operational experience with the world’s largest communications company, AT&T, where he was responsible for multi-billion dollar lines of business, including the successful development and deployment of AT&T’s award-winning Carrier Ethernet services.

“We are delighted to welcome Sandy to an already industry-leading team of veteran telecom executives. Sandy’s addition is perfectly timed to CENX’s accelerating global expansion and fast growing business operations,” said Nan Chen, co-Founder and President of CENX. “Sandy brings extraordinary operational experience and a shared vision of the profound changes and challenges carriers face as Ethernet rapidly becomes the dominant technology for service delivery.”

“Carrier Ethernet exchanges are clearly the critical enabler for worldwide scalability and ubiquity of Carrier more

Enhancements to Innovative Ethernet Switching Software Deliver Advanced Features for OEMs Developing Virtualization and Cloud Computing Solutions

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30 — Aricent, a global innovation, technology and service company focused exclusively on communications, today announced a new release of its widely deployed Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS) specifically tailored for building Data Center Ethernet equipment. Aricent’s ISS is a licensable, pre-packaged software framework that jumpstarts the development and integration of advanced switching products, and has been selected by more than 60 networking and telecom equipment manufacturers worldwide.

The new ISS release includes functions essential to delivering Ethernet in the Data Center including Priority Flow Control (PFC), Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS), congestion notification and Data Center Bridging Extensions (DCBX). Additional features targeted for the Data Center include VRF, hot-standby for OSPF and PIM, graceful restart, IS-IS integration, and enhancements to private VLAN, ACL, MLDv2, MSDP and IPv6. These more

Migration to next-gen wireless networks includes industry leading synchronization, interface and management options

MANSFIELD, Mass.–Telco Systems, a BATM company (LSE: BVC) and a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet access and aggregation solutions, is enabling carriers and wireless operators to create robust and cost effective packet backhaul networks without replacing their heavily invested core networks. As integral parts of the Company’s access to aggregation packet backhaul solution, the new T-Marc 3208SH cell site gateway and T-Metro 7124S 10G multi-service aggregation switch will allow carriers and wireless operators to seamlessly backhaul traffic from multiple 2G, 3G and 4G cell sites across a Carrier Ethernet access network.

“One of the main concerns carriers have is maintaining proper synchronization while the standards and base station equipment evolve. No one can afford a complete forklift upgrade”
“One of the main concerns carriers have is maintaining proper synchronization while the standards and base station more

Upcoming Webcast Alert:

Service Providers and Enterprises around the world are eagerly migrating to Ethernet technologies due to Ethernet’s ability to scale, its progressively more sophisticated management features, and lower costs.

With the ratification of new standards, Ethernet has recently evolved to the point where it is now a viable inter-carrier solution as well. The challenge now is to expand Ethernet service availability to all required customer endpoints.

Join Rochelle Barnett, Cisco Systems, Marketing Manager, your host for a webcast addressing the changing Ethernet Services market.

Discussion Topics Include:
- The Growth of Business Ethernet Services
- The Opportunity and Drivers of Ethernet Exchanges
- How Ethernet Exchanges will help expand the overall Ethernet market

Our Panel of Speakers Include:
Erin Dunne, Vertical Systems Group, Director of Research Services
Rose Klimovich, Telx, Vice President, Product Development and Product Management
Greg Smith, Cisco Systems, Marketing Manager
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Ethernet Virtual Private LAN Service Enables Enterprises to Transform Their Ethernet LANs Into Ethernet Wide Area Networks

HERNDON, VA–XO Communications today announced the introduction of expanded capabilities of the XO Ethernet Services portfolio with the nationwide launch of XO Ethernet VPLS.

XO Ethernet VPLS enables businesses, large enterprises and government agencies to easily and cost-effectively transform their Ethernet local area networks into wide area networks that connect key offices and data centers and deliver applications to end users. XO Ethernet VPLS combines the simplicity and scalability of an end-to-end, unified Ethernet network and the application-aware capabilities of MPLS to allow customers to manage and enhance the performance of voice, video, data and business applications across their wide area networks.

“Today’s enterprise networks are growing more complex in terms of the increasing number of applications and bandwidth demands they are required to support,” said Tom Hobika, vice more

Latest Trial With Alcatel-Lucent on Metropolitan Facilities Advances Technology by Successfully Supporting Switched Ethernet Services at Super-Fast Speeds

ASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Continuing to lead the industry in 100G technology, Verizon has completed a field trial carrying 100 gigabit-per-second Ethernet traffic on a metropolitan Ethernet infrastructure. Using Alcatel-Lucent equipment deployed in Verizon’s Switched Ethernet Services network, the trial successfully transmitted data over 12.7 kilometers (7.9 miles) of field fiber in the company’s Dallas area network.

Verizon SES is a next-generation switched Ethernet service enabling customers to easily interconnect their locations within a metrowide network as well as access private and public wide area networks (WANs) using optical fiber-based access. Ethernet service is well-suited for numerous customer applications, based on its ability to provide point-to-point and multipoint connectivity options combined with multiple classes of service and increments of bandwidths.

Demand for SES is increasing, driven by trends such more

Cisco announced that Neotel South Africa, majority owned by Tata Communications, has enhanced its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) to offer new business services based on the Cisco Carrier Ethernet system.

This upgrade is driven by increasing customer demand in South Africa for sophisticated video, mobile and cloud services on a single network infrastructure.

As Africa’s first Cisco TelePresence provider, the company has seen rapid adoption of its public Cisco TelePresence facilities in Johannesburg. Neotel’s linkage with Tata Communications enables it to interconnect to the large number of existing Tata Communications public Cisco TelePresence rooms.

Advanced Video, Cloud and Mobile Services
Neotel has more than 4,000 kilometers (about 2,500 miles) of fiber in the metro Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban regions — enabling the company to grow its premier business services in these key centers.

The implementation of a Cisco Carrier Ethernet system with more