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06/22/2011
Why Cox Is a Business-Services Frontrunner
Now that Cox’s business unit has passed the $1 billion revenue mark, it has set its sights on the second billion. (For more, see Cox Business Generates $1 Billion in Annual Sales). Phil Meeks, Cox Business senior vice president, was reaching out last week at the Cable Show with some talking points. "We’re off to […]
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06/01/2011
Carrier Ethernet: Four Ways To Meet Backhaul Challenges
The popularity and rapid growth of mobile-data services presents a potential revenue driver for mobile operators fighting rapidly declining average revenue per user (ARPU) for voice services. Mobile-data traffic volumes are sure to continue to grow at a breakneck pace, with Cisco predicting a compound annual growth rate for this traffic of 92 percent from […]
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05/16/2011
New Comcast Sales Team Targets Mid-Size Business Customers With Metro E
Today, Comcast signaled its intention to compete for mid-size business customers. Until now, the MSO has focused on providing business solutions to small companies of less than 20 employees, crossing the $1 billion mark for business services revenue in 2010. With that revenue momentum (and motivation), the MSO has announced Metro Ethernet services for mid-size […]
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05/12/2011
VeEX Device Tests Synchronized Packet and Legacy Networks
VeEX has debuted the VePAL TX130M+, a purpose built tester to validate next generation packet synchronization technologies implemented in mobile backhaul and Carrier Ethernet networks. The unit is a handheld solution capable of emulating both master and slave clocks according to ITU-T G.8261 SyncE and IEEE1588v2 standards. This is particularly useful for carriers since either […]
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04/25/2011
Verizon Wireless Hires Level 3 For Microwave Backhaul Solution
Verizon Wireless’ CTO recently said the carrier prefers fiber for its wireless backhaul, but that it wouldn’t preclude using microwave. (For more, see Verizon Wireless CTO Addresses LTE, VoLTE, Backhaul). In light of that, last week, Level 3 Communications was tapped to provide Verizon Wireless with mobile backhaul in some rural areas with a solution […]
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04/13/2011
IP/Ethernet Claims Majority of Mobile Backhaul Spending, Says Infonetics
Market research firm Infonetics Research recently released its Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services market share and forecast report, finding that as operators refresh their 2G networks and transition to 3G, they almost universally adopt IP/Ethernet as the mobile backhaul solution to lower the costs of growing mobile data traffic, using IP as the base technology […]